Rolo Chapter warning
Storm held her breath as she bent her head beneath her bathroom sink's faucet to rinse her dye covered hair. Through squinted eyes she watched as the clear liquid went from barely visible to a murky black as she rinsed the remainder of unattached color out. Perhaps brown would have been a more natural color or maybe even a dark hazelnut but what did it matter. It wasn't looks she was going for but anonymity and nothing gave her away more than the length of white that flowed from her scalp. Closing her eyes she felt around beside her for a towel which she used to wrap her hair. "seven more hours" she thought as she made her way towards her bed. She had been counting down the hours til Monday since four am that morning.
Removing the towel a few minutes later Storm used what part of it was still dry to absorb what was left of the moisture in her hair. Despite her efforts to distract herself from the coming day fear crept over her like a heavy shroud retuning to her shoulders no matter how many times she attempted to shrug it off. The idea of sleep passed her mind temporarily but she knew such a luxury would not come easy that night. A second look at the clock. Six and a half hours left. Lifting the round time indicator from off the table beside her she used shaky hands to set the clock for six am feeling her lips form curses as her hands fumbled to keep a hold of the box. "Ro"?
Storm jumped at the sound of her name turning her head towards the closed door where the voice had originated. "Yes…what is it" she called. When no one answered she reluctantly rose from her place on the bed and padded towards the other side of her room opening the door. "Hello"? No sooner had she stepped out of the door did a large hand clamp itself over her mouth with a second snaking around her waist as she was pulled into the hall. "It's ok" a voice whispered into her ear. "It's me". Releasing his grip on the woman Wolverine watched as Storm turned glaring at him through glowing white eyes. "What on earth do you call yourself doing" she hissed.
Wolverine gave a sly grin but Storm was anything but amused. She had been on edge all day and to have such a thing done to her at that time of night was far from grin worthy. "Look I'm sorry" Logan explained moving his hands to take a hold of Ororo's shoulders. "I didn't mean to scare ya but I knew there was no other way I was gonna get you out of that fortress of a room". "You could of just asked" Storm shot back. Her captor raised a brow and Ororo sighed in defeat. "What is it that you want to tell me"?
Taking Storms hand in his own wolverine led her down the empty hallway towards the left wing of the mansion. Due to reconstruction many of the rooms had been left empty with the students being moved to the east side until the work was complete. Looking around Ororo marveled at how well the building was going. In just a few more weeks the children would be able to move back each with their own room this time. "Here we are" Logan announced pushing open a door two rooms to the left. Looking inside Storm found that the room was almost completely empty with nothing but a tall glass door opening to a balcony and a large comforter with two pillows placed on the floor in front of it.
Before the weather Godess had time to protest she felt herself being lifted and placed in Logan's lap as a he sat down on the plush comforter before them. Wrapping his arms around her he held his love untill her squirming subsided and she allowed her body to relax enough to feel her own comfort. "Better" he whispered. Rather than respond Storm turned pressing her lips gently against his. Moving in for a deeper kiss she was surprised to see wolverine back away instead encouraging her to rest as he rolled her off onto the comforter below .
Joining beside her Logan pulled Storm flush against him and waited with his arm wrapped around her waist. Taking in her lovers scent Ororo felt her heartbeat slow as the familiar scent of motor oil, sweat and the faint spell of soap filled her nostrils. It smelled rugged, warm…safe. Her eyes closed. "How did you know" Storm felt herself whisper as her mind gave way to sleep. "How did you know…this is what I needed"?