crack_van | The Good Fight by Glacis (NC-17)

Fandom: MUTANT X
Pairing: Jesse Kilmartin/Brennan Mulwray
Author on LJ: unknown
Author Website: Castle's Keep
Why this must be read:

How did the Mutant X team feel during the events of 3x01 "Into the moonless night"?

Glacis writes the event brilliantly, keeping the characters in character, you can actually hear their voices talk.

Jesse wanting to save everyone and find Adam, Shalimar and Brennan fighting the good fight.

Warning: Major character(s) death, mild kink.

Excerpt:

It also contributed immensely to his short-sightedness. Jesse watched with resignation as Brennan fought with Lexa about Adam, comparing him to Eckhart and damning them both to hell. Brennan said he’d survived on the streets before he’d even heard of them, and he could damned well do it again.

Even through the roar in his ears, Jesse heard that, and pain shot through his heart. He swayed on his feet. Shalimar sent him a desperate look, but he couldn’t do anything. He couldn’t move. Couldn’t talk. Could do nothing but stare at Brennan in dumb despair and silently beg him not to leave.

Shalimar understood, reacting when Jesse couldn’t. She raced after Brennan, stopping him before he could leave the room. “I can understand you giving up on Adam,” she told him, her voice breaking. “But please don’t give up on me and Jesse.”

Please, Jesse agreed silently, please don’t leave me.

“I won’t,” Brennan told her, meeting Jesse’s eyes over her head for a moment before leaning down to kiss her forehead. “I just need time to think.”

He’d be back. He’d promised, with that look.

Jesse took the thought back to his quarters with him and fell, still dressed, on his bed. He was asleep before his head hit the pillow. The nightmares began as soon as his eyes closed, and chased him through the rest of the short night. When he woke, he was far from refreshed, but he could focus again, and that was all he needed.

The Good Fight