Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel. But I made up Claire.
NOTE: I'm not sure if this qualifies as slash. Might not be slashy enough. Yet. By the way, if you don't know, Victor is Anole, Kurt is Nightcrawler, Kitty is Shadowcat, St. John is Pyro, and Bobby is Iceman, the bestestest mutant in the X-men who is played by the cutest Canadian actor I have ever had the pleasure of laying mine eyes upon (just sayin). Please tell me how my writing is, preferably in review form.
DARE
By ferricflame
"Dare," Pyro said. He always picked dare. There was nothing the boy wouldn't do on a dare. Well, almost nothing.
"I dare you to..." Claire, a short, clairvoyant mutant thought a second. "Jump into the campfire."
Pyro gulped. Sure, he loved fire, but he absolutely hated the heat. As it was, the night was already uncomfortably warm. "Fuck it," he muttered under his breath as he jumped.
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"School" was out temporarily because the older mutants, Cyclops, Storm, Northstar, Jean, et cetera (well, pretty much all of them but Logan) were on an important mission. The professor included. Victor, Bobby, St. John, Kitty, Kurt, Claire, and Logan (their "chaperone," who, by the way, was passed out drunk, a half-empty beer still in his hand) had decided to take the opportunity to do some camping. After making camp, they lit a bonfire. Well, Logan lost his temper (drunk, but not to the passing out stage yet) and knocked a few trees over for no reason and Kurt teleported them to the camp. St. John flicked out his lighter and about five seconds later, they had a raging fire 10 feet across and twice as tall.
Then Claire had suggested they play truth or dare. Pyro had dared Claire to kiss Kurt. Kurt was extremely embarrassed and was avoiding eye contact with anyone and everyone. It didn't help that Pyro and Bobby were cheering and laughing the entire time. Not that he didn't enjoy it; in fact enjoyed every second of it. It just went against his morals. He was a very devout Catholic and it made him feel really dirty.
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As Pyro landed in the fire, he started screaming. Bobby started to panic. "What the hell was that about?!" he screamed at Claire. "He's gonna-" Bobby stopped short. There came a deep, throaty laugh from within the fire. "Asshole," he murmured as his best friend started to walk out of the fire.
"I control fire. It can't hurt me," Pyro said. "Duh," he added, but only Kurt really paid attention to what he was saying. There was a huge distraction before them and it drew all but Kurt's attention. Kitty and Claire had a hard time looking away. Bobby and Victor were just having a hard time *wink, wink*. All four were blushing bright red, though it was concealed by the glow of the fire. Pyro felt eyes on him and looked down. The fire had burned his clothes off. "Shit," he said, walking to the tent he shared with Bobby. "I'll be right back."
After John disappeared into the tent, Bobby slipped Claire a twenty. "Thanks," he whispered with a smile, still blushing.
"Oh, you haven't seen anything yet," Claire whispered back. Bobby was about to ask, but Pyro started to come out of the tent. He'd just have to wait and see. And boy, he was in for a surprise.
So what's the damage. Please be scathingly honest if need be. I can take it. I'm a big boy.