Disclaimer: X-Men, Rogue and Pyro belong to Marvel or Stan Lee or etc. Title of these inspired by Crossfade's song "Cold".
"You always do as you're told?" He tosses her a look over his shoulder and she looks so lovely he almost changes his mind and stays put, at the very least hauls her along.
But Iceman's hand is closed over her own and his eyes darken and he turns his back on them. And she's seen inside his head and knows what's in there so there's no way she'd ever want anything to do with him anyway. So he makes himself take a step after the other.
It's almost easy enough to hate her-she IS one of them-but when he runs into freaking Bobby Drake and it's so very blatantly obvious she's about to throw it all away for someone as weak as the living Popsicle.
It's rage that first sets that place on fire, and however many it takes him to find her.
And her skin is still blessedly poisonous. Not even dropping dead could have stopped him from kissing her just that once. And the rush is just a whole new addiction. One he didn't really need to add, in top of that.
He leaves her before he becomes weak enough to not have that choice, but when has he ever?
It's a few blocks away when he realizes there's still a ghost of a smile on his lips.