It is angsty, dark and… well, spoilers and character death are a given. AU too, as it differs from the reality of the main Marvel Universe. That too is expected.

Disclaimer: Not mine. Not the guys, not the world, not the school or anybody… right now. Just the situation and the sick idea itself.

Warning: The aforementioned SPOILERS for Wolverine v3 25 (and more I think), Character death if you think about it, then… slight squick if you don't like to read about kissing a loved one who just died… Oh yeah. SLASH! Don't tell me I didn't warn you. Well… having Northstar in it makes it reasonable, but still.

Pairing: Pretty self explanatory after the first few lines, but just for those who want to hear it again:… Julian and Northstar.

Rating: Will go up. Right now… whatever.

Enjoy.

Premise

Julian stared down at the cold body. Well, the guy was as dead as they got, there was no question about it. Absolutely none. Gutted by the great, mind-controlled Wolverine. How twisted can it be? They were some kind of friends, were they not? Maybe he even had the hots for Wolverine. He was, after all, manly enough. Or maybe it wasn't his type? It's not like he let Julian in on that information.

He stroked his hands trough the dead man's hair, mussing the otherwise perfect hairdo. He frowned. He'd probably hate it, that is, if he were still alive. But there was no chance of riling up the guy anymore, was there? His teacher was dead, getting out of their unfinished business.

He leaned down, caressing a cold cheek absently, and put his mouth close to the dead man's ear.

"It is a tie, you know. You sure as hell didn't win." He whispered, his lips caressing the man's cold ear. "And you missed out on the good part too." He drew a line with his lips on the cheek to the cold lips and pressed down. The kiss was short and closed-mouthed. He considered moving the body with his telekinesis, but found the idea too undignified. He may have lost his opportunity, but he would not resort to that. It seemed more like the lovesick's way, and that was really, really untasteful, not to mention utterly pathetic. He hated the guy, and got close to him only because of vengeance. And he was angry at Wolverine that he took it from him, and that was the only reason he snuck in before the X-Men and the guy with the huge saw came back and made a big pile of 'match the body parts' out of the guy.

He stroked a thumb down the same cheek he touched earlier, then took a last look. He felt… very dissatisfied. He guessed he felt that bad because he really wanted to go trough with his plan, and the man got himself killed before he could bring on the grand finale.

He patted the cheek absent mindedly, then turned around, left the infirmary and got back to his own room.

Fuck Northstar, he still had a life to live.

Whew. I just had to stop here, or else it would have been ruined. I hope some of you like it, because I hate begging for reviews. But I still can do it. So…

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