What little response there was to "Fortress Around Your Heart" was positive, and a few requests have come in over the years for further stories involving Fortress and the X-Men. I didn't want to write any more until I thought I had ideas worth writing about, and I haven't had much time to do writing anyway. However, my personal stars aligned somewhat and this is the result. Hopefully at least a few others will enjoy it. It should be comprehensible to those who did not read what came before, but of course reading that is recommended.
It's still set way back in the neighborhood of UXM 200 or so, but the chronology is not quite canon, and a few elements from later have obviously crept in.
Legally, as before, Fortress is my own creation, everyone else is Marvel's. Everything except the appendix is released to the public domain, do with it as you will. Two caveats with that, however: Marvel may be rather peeved with you if you try to make money with their characters, and you are politely requested to let me know if you archive this.
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