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Title: Soon
Authors: technosage
Chronology: post-FT, 6/26/06. Vaguely AU.
Warnings: PG-13 for language; angst and schmoop
Pairing: Lee Danvers (Fallen Angel)/Scott Summers (X-men Movie-verse)
Standard disclaimer: Not making money here, not claiming ownership. Not mine, but I wish they were.
Summary: Phone calls don't always make it better, but maybe they don't make it worse.
Author's Note: For greater_scott and his author, because it's never really soon enough.
Scott hung up with a quiet, "See you soon."
Lee had to force her fingers not to crush the Damned phone. All she wanted right then was him. There. Hands in her hair, with that mulish look he got when he wanted to kiss her soft and she wanted to fuck.
It made her restless. Achey.
Afraid.
She remembered the first night Kal hadn't been there. When she'd rolled toward him in her sleep and kept rolling until she hit the wall. The jarring thud of hip meeting floor, the forced rush of breath, the salty twang in her jaw when she looked midair above their bed and he wasn't there.
Longing, like everything in her reached for him and hit that Damned wall. Nothing. Nonexistence. Neverness. She'd burned out her telepathy trying to find him and Ariella somewhere out there in the universes.
What she felt now... she almost called Scott back and told him to go away. To leave her alone, never touch her again. Better that than learn to love him and have him taken away.
But he wouldn't let her. In her head, she heard him. Kind and caring, just a man, who made her feel like just a woman. In spite of all the other things they both were.
"You make me feel, human again," he'd told her.
Later, she'd admitted, awkward and shy, "You make me feel like a real girl." Not like an Angel or a cape or anything else.
"Everyone deserves that. To feel real. Alive."
She didn't deserve it, but he wanted it. With her. Wanted her enough to put up with weeks apart, other loves, first loyalties always elsewhere. God, she didn't deserve him. But she wanted him.
Lee set her cell on her nightstand and went out onto the balcony. Arms wrapped around her waist, she stared without seeing.
So what if she was restless? She could patrol, or run wild with Loz.
And achey? Alcohol had always worked before; if not, Tim would come and help her sleep.
Afraid?
Only until he kissed her again.
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