A/N: Hi all! This is my first fanfic on this site, so please be nice. But I would like to put a few disclaimers in here. I do NOT own Raven (Mystique), Irene (Destiny), or any other Marvel Character. I would also like to say that Irene does have powers, but it is only limited to Telepathy, no future-glimpsing nonsense that is going to keep them paranoid about every single thing in life.

Enjoy!

Prologue

Raven stumbled through the woods, the snow behind her stained red by the trail of blood coming from her abdomen. She knew that she was close, but didn't know how much farther to the safe house. There, just beyond the ridge, she could see the glow of the indoor lights, and the smoke from a chimney.

Digging deep for another burst of energy, Raven forced herself up the hill and to the door of the house. Knocking as hard as she could, she leaned against the stone doorway as her disguise fell away to reveal her white uniform, the fabric clashing with her deep blue skin, but a part of the uniform was darkening with blood.

Raven was pulled from her thoughts when the door opened to reveal deep brown eyes, brown hair, and a face that Raven knew. "Irene," she breathed, "Help me… please."

Irene looked down to the growing bloodstain, immediately grabbing Raven by the arm and pulling her in the house. She brought Raven over to the kitchen island, lying a black sheet over the countertop and helping the other woman onto it and forced the shapeshifter to lay down. Now on her back, Raven sighed as some of the pressure on the wound was released.

Irene pulled a pair of scissors from a drawer and cut open the uniform where the source of the blood was. She let out a sigh of relief when she saw that the wound hadn't damaged any vital organs, and it only seemed to be a deep cut from a knife. But they weren't out of the fray yet, Raven had lost a lot of blood and was losing more.

After a few minutes of trying to get the bleeding to stop, while simultaneously trying to clean the wound, Irene managed to get it to a point where she could soucher it up. Irene was no surgeon, but if you were to be friends with Mystique, you had to be adept in closing wounds. By the time that she had finished bandaging the wound, Raven had passed out from blood loss and sheer exhaustion.

Raven woke to a warm bed, and a comfy pillow. Odd, she usually woke up in a tree or next to a smoldering campfire. But only after the initial shock disappeared, did she remember how she got to where she was, and who she was with.

Raven looked down her body to see a mess of brown hair using the blue woman's chest as a pillow. She then noticed the lack of her uniform, and then she noticed the bandages wrapped around her abdomen. Taking in all of the information, she concluded that she had gotten herself seriously hurt, found out that she was near the safe house where her partner was, and then ended up passing out due to blood loss.

Raven looked back to the brown hair and moved it from covering the face it belonged to, Irene Adler. The woman who changed Raven's life, and the woman who convinced her to give up her ways of Terrorism so that they could be together. Raven smiled as she looked upon the love of her life's face. Struggling not to wake the sleeping woman on top of her, Raven managed to shift their positions to where she was playing the big spoon. Nuzzling into the back of Irene's neck, she allowed slumber to take her once again.


Raven looked away from the television as Irene spoke, "Stop watching that, You told me that you would give up your fight for me, that also means not watching what is happening to your brotherhood." Raven rolled her eyes as she flipped the channel to the show 'Friends'. Both Irene and Raven had come to love the show ever since it premiered almost six years ago.

She then sat up as Irene brought over the small dinner that she had cooked for the two of them. Sitting cross-legged on the couch as her plate was set on the coffee table, and Irene sat beside her. Reaching out a dark blue hand, Raven picked up the plate and placed it in her lap, taking a few bites and relishing the flavor. "Oh my god, Irene. I didn't know that you could cook like this, it's amazing."

Irene simply smiled as the blue woman chowed down on the food, sending more praise every so often. After a half-hour or so, both women finished their food and Irene collected both plates and put them in the sink to be washed later. Walking back over to the couch, she saw that Raven had already spread back out, causing the woman to smirk and roll her eyes. "You're just like a cat, you know that, right?"

"Yes, but that's what you love about me, isn't it?" Raven laughed as Irene climbed onto the couch, straddling the blue woman, and then laying down on Raven's front. Wrapping her arms around the blue woman's torso, she let out a content sigh as she listened to the other woman's heartbeat.

Raven used the hand that wasn't wrapped around Irene to push with a finger underneath the other woman's chin, forcing her to look into Raven's yellow eyes. "I missed you," she said as she leaned in and planted a long-awaited kiss onto Irene's lips. Raven could feel Irene hum in approval at the kiss, and then scoot up so the kiss could keep going.

Irene felt Raven's tongue slide along her lips, humming in content once more, she allowed the blue skinned woman to slide her tongue between Irene's lips, deepening the kiss. The two only pulled away when they had run out of breath, Irene rested her head back onto Raven's chest, and chuckled, "Welcome home, Love."

Raven's smile was blinding, "That was one hell of a welcome home."


3 months later….

"Raven!" The blue skinned woman jumped off of the couch as she heard Irene scream her name. Running into the bathroom, she sees Irene crying and holding something in her hands. Approaching cautiously, Raven sits on the floor with her and holds her close, making sure to not look at what was in her love's hands, trusting that Irene would tell her when she's ready.

It was a good five minutes before Irene could work up the courage to look at Raven. She held out the object in her hand, letting Raven take it and watched the blue woman's reaction. "You… You're…" Raven looked dumbfounded as she looked at the pregnancy test, two lines, "We're pregnant?" Irene nodded, smiling warily, unsure of what Raven's reaction was going to be.

Raven stared at the test for a long minute, before she realized what this meant, "OHMYGOD! We're pregnant!" The blue woman nearly tackled Irene in a hug, kissing her long and good. Only pulling away when both women were gasping for breath, Raven stood and pulled Irene up with her. Raven then dashed out of the room, causing Irene to follow warily, only to find that Raven had come back, only this time she wasn't standing.

Irene'd hand flew up to her mouth as she saw Raven bent down on one knee, holding a small, velvet box, opened to reveal a gold wedding band with a single diamond on top. Irene began to hyperventilate, barely managing a small, "Yes," before she fell into Raven's arms. Raven smiled as she held her fiance close, cooing and whispering words of love into her ears.

End Prologue