Trick to Life

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He used to feel empty. Sometimes, he still did. But he was working on it, and you could say that he was getting better.

"Hey, Rogue."

Whenever he felt alone, he went to talk to her, or he would sit by Jean's grave, and eventually she would come out to talk. He always could depend on her, and they always had something to talk about.

"Hey Scott. What happened this time?"

It wasn't exactly equal, though, an even when he tried, he wasn't always there for her. But she accepted that – no one had ever stuck around long enough for her to get used to that kind of support.

"Oh, nothing much. I just wanted to check in with you guys, see what was going on. You know, the usual. So… how's it going?"

Sometimes she wished that it was the old days again, and the real Scott was back, and Jean was alive, and the two of them were happy. She wished that Scott would bicker with Logan like the old married couple that they were, and everything would be normal again.

"It's good. Storm took a mission on the Blackbird, and she flew it real well, and Hank has been working n this secret thing that the government cooked up for us. Nothing much. D'ya wanna talk to anyone else? I know that the Professor wants to talk to you, and Storm –"

She wasn't going to tell him that Bobby and her were on the rocks, and that the 'secret thing that the government cooked up' was actually a supposed cure that she was seriously considering taking. She wasn't going to tell him that, because that's no what he wanted to hear. He wanted her to be happy. So she was.

"No, that's fine. I just wanted to check in again, see if everything was going good."

All she wanted was for him to come home.

"You know, we miss you. When are you coming back? Jean wouldn't have wanted to have you leave like you did. I know sure as hell that it pissed me off. You're supposed to be our Fearless Leader, and lead the team like normal. She wouldn't have wanted this. Never this."

All he wanted was to come home. But home reminded him of her, and that was the last thing he wanted.

"I'll be home in a few days, okay?"

It was a lie, he never was.

"Okay, I'll see you when I see you. We love you, Scott. Bye!"

He never would come home.

Never.

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Before he dies & after they announce the cure. Obviously. Review?

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