Again so sorry for my long absence! Got a list of excuses but hey who hasn't so I wont bore you, lets just get on with the show.
This one's for Rat - who gave me the nudge I needed to get back on with this thing!
"Never better, chérie." He said huskily as he slipped an arm around her waist and pulled her against his chest. They were so close now that their bodies ground against each other as they danced to the music. Rogue felt a gasp escape her lips as her body flushed with heat in response to Remy's dancing. Her body reacted to Remy in ways she hadn't dreamt it could and as if of its own accord she felt herself step into his dancing so that his leg was between hers. His eyes seemed to glow with heat as their gazes locked and he wound his other hand into her hair bringing their faces together so that they were almost touching.
"Tu es me rends folle, chérie. Je n'ai jamais rencontré une femme aussi incroyable que vous." He whispered as he brought his lips down to meet hers.
Rogue tensed for a moment as she wondered if she should be letting him kiss her again when Wanda's advice floated through her mind, 'everyone deserves a little fun every now and then'. The words eased Rogues tension and she relaxed into Remy's embrace. She sneaked her arms up his chest and knotted her hands into his hair, pulling him closer. The taste of bourbon danced across her lips and warmed her tongue.
Rogue awoke suddenly in the night. Her head felt thick and heavy and her stomach twisted with nausea. She reached for her clock on her bedside drawers to see what time it was. 4.27AM. Ugh she thought to herself and noticed that a large glass of water and some painkillers were also sitting on the drawers next to her clock. She pulled herself up into a sitting position which caused dizziness to wash through her head suddenly; the room span and her stomach jerked violently but she managed to stop herself from throwing up. She lifted the water glass but before she could take a sip she noticed the large shadow of a man standing next to her bed. For a second they both froze, waiting for a reaction from the other but then Sabretooth lunged forward and grabbed the front of her pyjama shirt without hesitation Rogue smashed the glass into the side of his head. It shattered on impact spraying water and glass everywhere. Sabretooth stumbled sideways, having not expected such a blow from her petit frame. She used his slip in focus and shoved him away from her, her hands making full contact with his face, and despite the distracting feeling of his powers and memories flowing into her she managed to pull herself free. She leapt out of the bed and ran out of the room; she stumbled down the hallway and burst into Remy's room, not bothering to stop and knock. She stood and tried to catch her breath with the door, slammed shut, at her back. The room was dark but she could still make out the shift in the shadows as Remy bolted upright in bed.
"Rogue? What's wrong?" He asked with no trace of sleep in his voice even though she knew he had been deep in sleep only seconds ago.
"Sabretooth," she whispered, "he just attacked me in my room."
Without the need for a light Remy got out of bed and strode across the room to her. "Yo're sure? You weren't having a bad dream or not'ing?"
Rogue glared at him in disbelief. "Of course Ah'm sure! If ya want proof, how 'bout the fact that Ah don't have a hangover anymore." The light suddenly flickered on but Rogue continued to glare at Remy without having to duck her head away from the light as anyone with a hangover would have had to do.
"Merde," He muttered more to himself then her. "Why would he attack you? Yo're one of us now."
"How the hell should Ah know?" Rogue wrapped her arms around herself, now feeling the temperature difference from lying in her warm bed to standing with bare arms in Remy's much cooler room.
"Go jump in m' bed. I'm gonna go check see if he's gone." Remy pulled the door open as Rogue crossed the room and slipped between his sheets. "Stay here."
Rogue pulled the duvet up around herself and waited in silence for Remy to return. It seemed silly to her for him to go check her room. Even Sabretooth wasn't stupid enough to hang around after she'd taken off. She lifted the duvet up to her chin and smelled the musky scent of Remy's aftershave still lingering on his sheets. She sighed and tried to think about what had happened the night before. She couldn't believe she'd blacked out; she'd never drunk so much she'd blacked out before. The last thing she remembered was kissing Remy on the dance floor and after that… nothing until she'd woken up in her bed. She wondered what they had gotten up to after that, desperately hoping it wasn't something she'd rather have not forgotten. Remy returned a few moments later.
"I can't find him anywhere but there's glass all over yo're bed. It's not some devious plan to sneak yo're way into my bed is it? 'Cause I told y' earlier, it' not happening tonight." He smirked at her as he stood next to the bed, his muscular arms crossed over his bare chest.
"Ah don't know what ya on about Cajun. I don't remember nothing since we … were dancing."
At this Remy looked surprised, he unfolded his arms and came to sit next to her on the bed. "Really? I knew you'd had too much but I didn't realised you'd had dat much." He placed his hand under her chin and studied her face. "How y' feelin' now?"
"Sober as a priest in church." She replied, "Ah think Ah absorbed enough of Sabretooth's powers to cure my hangover. So Ah guess that means my powers are fine. This must be something to do with you." She said as she ran her hand along his bare arm. He let go of her chin and held her hand in his; watching intently as he ran his thumb gently over her knuckles.
"Well figure it out together." He said softly. "Now, it's late, or early… depending on yo're point of view. We should get some sleep- slide over." He instructed and slipped under the sheets next to her. He lay on his back and closed his eyes. Rogue lay next to him feeling awkward; at first she lay on her back like he did but she soon found that that wasn't comfortable so she shifted her weight and rolled onto her side facing away from him. She adjusted the pillow and closed her eyes, willing herself to go back to sleep. Next to her, she felt Remy roll onto his side too. She could feel the heat from his body against her back. His hand slid under the duvet and ran across her hip and came to rest on her waist.
"Dis ok?" He asked, his breath whispering into the back of her hair.
"Yeah," she replied with a smile on her lips but as soon as the words left her he suddenly pulled her back flush against him. He scooped her hair above her head and rested his chin on her shoulder, his face leaning gently against her neck.
"Good," he said sleepily and his hand sneaked lightly back around her waist.
Rogue waited in the darkness, wide eyed, to see if he'd do more but it appeared he had fallen asleep snuggled in next to her. Her heart hammered in her chest and she wondered if she'd ever be able to sleep with him pressed against her like he was. She closed her eyes and listened to his steady breathing and soon found herself, too, slipping into a deep sleep.
Mystique sat back from the computer screen - a scowl twisting her otherwise beautiful face. She watched the young couple snuggle together beneath the sheets of Remy's bed and felt anger bubble within her. She was going to have to do something about that boy, she decided, and soon, before he could ruin her plans to turn Rogue into an all-powerful mutant terrorist.
"My dear, what are you doing? Come to bed." Magnus called from the large silk sheeted bed on the other side of the room.
"One moment," Mystique answered her boss and lover. She paused the feed from the security camera and glared at the small smile that graced her daughter's lips as she slept. She didn't care if it was jealously that drove her, she would end their relationship if it was the last thing she ever did.
Hope you guys like it. I don't like drinking personally and would serious not suggest doing what the characters in this fiction did and mix their drinks. Its always more fun if you remember your night out the next day!
R&R
Aza x