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X2: Ororo, in-between
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dirty_diana, originally posted here. 162 words.
"Let us make a toast to those who have gone," Hank says, a politic choice of words. Not "died" or "defected" or "simply left". They raise their glasses, and Ororo misses her friend, her student, and what could have been.
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"You are so angry," Kurt told her once.
Well, why wouldn't she be?
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It's an open-door policy, they tell the kids. If you want to talk anytime about anything, just drop on by. We're all in this together, and divided we fall.
"I don't care if he has his reasons," Bobby is saying to her. "It won't matter if the next time we meet, it's killed or be killed."
"I wish we'd stop talking in such Darwininan terms," Ororo muses.
"It's not Darwinian," says Bobby. "He's just an asshole."
She smiles. "He was our asshole once."
"Well, not anymore."
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Scott doesn't have much to say to anyone, and no one pries.
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She is impatient for the next battle.
dirty_diana, originally posted here. 162 words."Let us make a toast to those who have gone," Hank says, a politic choice of words. Not "died" or "defected" or "simply left". They raise their glasses, and Ororo misses her friend, her student, and what could have been.
+
"You are so angry," Kurt told her once.
Well, why wouldn't she be?
+
It's an open-door policy, they tell the kids. If you want to talk anytime about anything, just drop on by. We're all in this together, and divided we fall.
"I don't care if he has his reasons," Bobby is saying to her. "It won't matter if the next time we meet, it's killed or be killed."
"I wish we'd stop talking in such Darwininan terms," Ororo muses.
"It's not Darwinian," says Bobby. "He's just an asshole."
She smiles. "He was our asshole once."
"Well, not anymore."
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Scott doesn't have much to say to anyone, and no one pries.
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She is impatient for the next battle.