Inside the mansion, hours later, the younger Rogue was walking the halls. She couldn't sleep, as usual. Logan told her they should join Insomniacs anonymous. Neither slept much.
Looking out the hall window, Rogue saw a shadow dart across the lawn. She concentrated on where she thought she had seen it but nothing moved. Shrugging she turned to return to her room. Since the mansion had been rebuilt she had gotten her own room. It was great if you ignored the fact that she missed Kitty. The younger mutant was always there, which was annoying but it also meant that she was always there for Rogue.
Shutting her door behind her Rogue locked the door and removed her robe. Underneath it she wore only the top to her pajama set. It covered her completely, especially since it was Jean's. She'd stolen it from the Amazon redhead because it was more her style. Completely black, with sheer webbing across the sleeves. Rogue preferred to sleep without the pants because with them she felt like she was smothered.
Slipping into bed Rogue pulled the covers up just as the window across from her slid open. She jolted up and reached for her communicator even as a figure darted in and grabbed her wrist.
"Chere, is jus' me."
"Gambit! What the hell do ya think ya're doin'?"
Gambit slid closer and pulled her to his chest. "Remy missed da Rogue. Wanted to come see his fille. Din' you miss Remy?"
Rogue pushed him away. "No, Ah didn't. Now leave before Logan finds ya and skewers ya!"
Remy pulled at the sheet covering her lap. "Whacha wearin' chere?"
"None of yo business swamp rat!" Rogue pulled the covers up to her neck.
Remy just said, "Okay." Then he stood and stretched. Then he bent down and removed his boots.
"What do ya think ya are doin'?"
Remy remained silent as he went through the motions of undressing down to his basic uniform. "Gambit?! What are ya…" Remy slid under the covers and pulled Rogue close. "Ya can't be doin'… Ya're gonna get hurt!"
"Nah, chere. Remy trust you." Rogue pushed ineffectively at his shoulders even as he pulled her closer. "I been dreamin' of you, Rogue." He leaned down and blew a breath across the crown of her head. Rogue let her suddenly heavy head on his chest. "In N'awleans I see yo face everywhere, and den I get a bad feelin' in my stomach. Should neva have let you go." Leaning down again Remy could see that his empathic powers had finally worked and that Rogue was asleep.
Truthfully he had had a dream of Rogue. But in it she as older and dangerous. He hadn't liked what he saw. He wanted Rogue just the way she was. Defiant and beautiful, with just a hint of vulnerability in her gray eyes. Remy knew he couldn't stay long. But the feel of her in his arms was too right to leave just yet. He could feel himself fall asleep and knew that he would always be there for her. He loved her.
An hour later the sirens began to go off. The X Men knew what it meant so they jumped up and automatically began to check out things. Kurt was porting into everyone's room to make sure they were okay. By the time he reached Rogue's room he'd realized that it wasn't an inner alarm, it was one for a mutant attack.
With a loud "bamf" and a puff of sulfur Kurt teleported onto his sisters bed, and right on top of Remy. They both screamed and woke up a very deeply asleep Rogue, who in turn screamed as well. Scrambling off the bed she turned to scold Remy for using his powers on her, only to freeze when Logan and the rest of the X Men rammed the door open.
Logan, catching sight of Remy, squeezed his fists and "snikt!" Out were his claws. He started towards the Cajun, who had by now begun to gather up his things and started towards the window. Seeing the mutant heading for him Remy hid behind Rogue, who had her hands out to ward him off.
"Now Logan, calm down. Nothing happened. He just came to visit."
"I've been wanting to do this since you kidnapped her, bub. Let's go you and me."
"Anytime, mon ami. You an' me."
Rogue whirled around. "No, just go." She could see out of the corner of her eye that other than Logan everyone was frozen in shock.
Glaring at everyone Remy nodded. Then before she could stop him he leaned down and pressed a swift, hard kiss against her lips. "See ya soon, fille." With that he jumped out the window and disappeared.
Turning around Rogue smiled shakily at the others. She had his thoughts in her head and they weren't all good. There was rage that the X-Men had intruded on his time with Rogue, humiliation at having caught him so vulnerable, amusement at Logan's obvious jealousy (heehee), and most of all a wave of love for her. Unfortunately with the latter came a wave of perverse thoughts. He fantasized of making love to her in every place imaginable. The kitchen, the bathroom, her bedroom, and oddly enough in the swamp (don't ask). All these thoughts hurt Rogue though. She knew that this could never happen and that this little camaraderie between them would have to end. Before she got hurt, well, more than she already was.
"What was the alarm about?" Rogue asked ignoring the jumping up and down of Kitty who was screaming "I knew it" at the top of her lungs.
"Yes, back to the point," the professor started after giving Rogue a look that clearly implied that they'd be talking later," there's some kind of mutant attack in the city. Get dressed. You're going to investigate."
Had to add this. I love this scene.