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Zero Plus One by Azurine (PG-13)
Fandom: X-MEN COMICVERSE
Pairing: None
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
azurine
Author Website: Teethmarks
Why this must be read: Because fandom never has enough friendship stories, let alone friendship stories this beautiful. This fic is set in the Ultimate X-Men universe, but I don't think you have to know anything about the differences between it and the regular X-Men universe in order to enjoy this story.
Azurine does an amazing job of portraying the growing friendship between two unlikely characters: Wolverine and Iceman (who is a young teenager in this universe). The story is deceptively simple, but full of emotion and meaning. The emotional evolution of both characters is both believable and touching.
Logan remembers how strange it was at first, just being around people who were so happy. It would have been easy to dismiss them as naïve or simple, but he’s seen what they do and how serious they are about it. Which makes the happiness seem even stranger to him, but he likes it.
He sits in the shade and drinks his beer and watches, soaking it in. The laughter, the playful taunts, the horseplay. All things that did not exist in his former life, the life of cages and cattle prods and casual abuse.
He’s not sure he’ll ever join in, but it’s enough to know he’s welcome to.
~*~
Aside from his brief relationship with Jean, he's kept mostly to himself here. He’s the odd man out. He did not come here as a young mutant who lost his way; he’s different, and they all know it. He was a soldier and a killer and a machine. He is still all those things, but they don’t use those words here.
Things have changed a little, since their run-in with Weapon X. Though he’d give up their newfound empathy in a heartbeat if it meant sparing them the first-hand knowledge of what that place was like.
His bum luck that Jean and Scott ended up sharing a cell. It’s obvious that something happened there, is still happening. Logan has chosen not to interfere. He could have loved Jean deeply, given the chance, but as he watches her grow closer to Scott he knows he will never have that with her now. That doesn’t stop him from wanting it.
This is new for him, this yearning. Logan has been turned down by damn few women in his life, and never has he had to live in the same house with one of them, see her every day. He’s decided it stinks.
He’s spent some time with Peter, but they don’t talk much during their late-night forays. Not much to say, really. They understand each other, and what they don’t understand, they accept.
And then there is Bobby.
Bobby adores Logan. Stands in the garage and jabbers at him when he’s working on his motorcycle. Follows him around the mansion on the occasional off day. Asks him questions. Constantly. How much did that cigar cost? If you could be someone else for one day, who would it be? Have you ever used your claws to open a can of tuna? Do you even eat tuna?
Zero Plus One
Pairing: None
Author on LJ:
azurineAuthor Website: Teethmarks
Why this must be read: Because fandom never has enough friendship stories, let alone friendship stories this beautiful. This fic is set in the Ultimate X-Men universe, but I don't think you have to know anything about the differences between it and the regular X-Men universe in order to enjoy this story.
Azurine does an amazing job of portraying the growing friendship between two unlikely characters: Wolverine and Iceman (who is a young teenager in this universe). The story is deceptively simple, but full of emotion and meaning. The emotional evolution of both characters is both believable and touching.
Logan remembers how strange it was at first, just being around people who were so happy. It would have been easy to dismiss them as naïve or simple, but he’s seen what they do and how serious they are about it. Which makes the happiness seem even stranger to him, but he likes it.
He sits in the shade and drinks his beer and watches, soaking it in. The laughter, the playful taunts, the horseplay. All things that did not exist in his former life, the life of cages and cattle prods and casual abuse.
He’s not sure he’ll ever join in, but it’s enough to know he’s welcome to.
~*~
Aside from his brief relationship with Jean, he's kept mostly to himself here. He’s the odd man out. He did not come here as a young mutant who lost his way; he’s different, and they all know it. He was a soldier and a killer and a machine. He is still all those things, but they don’t use those words here.
Things have changed a little, since their run-in with Weapon X. Though he’d give up their newfound empathy in a heartbeat if it meant sparing them the first-hand knowledge of what that place was like.
His bum luck that Jean and Scott ended up sharing a cell. It’s obvious that something happened there, is still happening. Logan has chosen not to interfere. He could have loved Jean deeply, given the chance, but as he watches her grow closer to Scott he knows he will never have that with her now. That doesn’t stop him from wanting it.
This is new for him, this yearning. Logan has been turned down by damn few women in his life, and never has he had to live in the same house with one of them, see her every day. He’s decided it stinks.
He’s spent some time with Peter, but they don’t talk much during their late-night forays. Not much to say, really. They understand each other, and what they don’t understand, they accept.
And then there is Bobby.
Bobby adores Logan. Stands in the garage and jabbers at him when he’s working on his motorcycle. Follows him around the mansion on the occasional off day. Asks him questions. Constantly. How much did that cigar cost? If you could be someone else for one day, who would it be? Have you ever used your claws to open a can of tuna? Do you even eat tuna?
Zero Plus One
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