Author's Note:
I do not own Marvel Comics nor are any of the characters my creation. Chapters will be updated according to my hectic schedule and number of reviews.

Her chocolate brown eyes gazed through the curtain of hair and through the blue haze of smoke that surrounded her view. Marie smiled faintly as she caught the slighted sound of beer dripping its last from the tap behind the bar.

Somehow, it felt like home. She shifted in her seat when a new song erupted from the many speakers in the tiny hall, noticing the tune instantly. Her shot of bourbon sat for the longest time that evening awaiting her eager hand, but her thirst wouldn't be quenched with alcohol tonight. Couldn't be quenched with the taste of liquid fire.

She gingerly ran a hand through her hair, sliding through the waves of chestnut and white strands. Not only had the Rogue come out of hiding tonight, but she'd done it with a vengeance. Sitting at home in her simple room, typing on her laptop couldn't cut it for tonight. No, too much had happened the last couple days and she needed to unwind. And what better way than to come to kick back a couple drinks and possibly catch a cage fight.

Was it the scent that brought her here? It's possible. Was it the craving in her gut for the warm sensations that the liquor provided? She knew it was likely. No, it was the Wolverine. Logan was inside her head; the Logan that had been thrashing about in her brain the last few days demanded such a harsh cure. And who was she to refuse him?

The past few days had almost been a blur, caught in a cloudy trance where she was no longer in control of her body or mind. Her thoughts raced and constantly buzzed, causing sleepless nights and dying mornings. Logan pursued her very intimate secrets, the sanctifying of her very being and it tormented her. It seemed that even though Logan's memories and recent thoughts captured her very own, she couldn't deny him. There was no rejecting the man she spent years craving. She had waited, seven years for him, and he had finally come home.