Rogue stared at Harry in complete disbelief, there was no way she heard him right…. right?

"Can you say that again?"

Harry smiled softly at Rogue and reached out to gently take her gloved hand, holding it tightly. It made him hurt for her that she could never truly hug someone or even just hold hands. Kissing, touching, sex...all of it out of her reach.

"I said that I want you to grab my hand, no gloves. I told you I wanted to test something."

She watched him for a moment, trying to decide if he was serious or not. When he just continued to stare at her in mild excitement. He was serious, he was 100% serious! Harry really wanted her to touch him!

"Harry you do remember what my power is right? I don't want to hurt you."

The wizard smiled sadly at her and scooted closer to her, not letting go of her hand. "Listen love, I told you once before that I wanted to see if you could touch me. I'm not a mutant… and I want to help you."

Rogue stared down at their joined hands and let out a watery smile, "I just don't want you to be hurt. You're the only one besides Logan who isn't scared of me."

Harry kept a smile on his face and patted Rogue's hand. "I know you don't, but look - both Logan and Charles are here to make sure it doesn't get out of hand. Okay?"

Green eyes met green and Rogue sighed softly before turning toward the gathered two professors, "You'll stop me if I hurt him?"

Both men nodded and she turned back to Harry, taking her hand from him and pulled her glove off. Sighing heavily she slowly brought her hand out and held it in front of Harry. The Brit smiled reassuringly and reached to grab her hand.

The moment their skin touched Rogue gasped as tears filled her eyes, Harry's past rushing into her mind. She tried to pull her hand away, knowing that he must be so drained by now. However when she looked at Harry he only had a curious expression on his face.

Harry hummed thoughtfully and cocked his head to the side, trying to analyze the feeling he was getting at the moment. There was definitely a pull on his core, but considering how large his core was it wasn't doing much. Kidna like pulling a bucket full of water out of the sea. He opened his eyes and raised an eyebrow at the tears in Rogue's eyes.

"Rogue? Are you hurt?"

A soft sob left her lips as she dropped Harry's hand before throwing her arms around him and burying her face in his neck. Harry blinked in confusion but wrapped his arms around her anyways. Gently he ran his hands through her hair and let her cry out what she needed to. After about 5 minutes she slowly pulled back from him, keeping her head down. Two fingers were placed under her chin and raised her head to meet his eyes.

"Do you feel better love?"

Rogue nodded her head and moved to lean back, wanting to give Harry some space, but he just wrapped an arm around her shoulder keeping her close.

Charles leaned forward and looked at Harry in concern, "How do you feel Harry?"

Emerald eyes met Xavier's and Harry laughed slightly. "Honestly, I feel fine. I can feel a small tug of power but it's nowhere near enough to hurt me. I also don't think she's getting any of my abilities because she'd need a core for that, but I think given by her reaction she's getting my memories."

When all three glanced at Rogue she nodded in agreement with Harry and since he still hadn't removed his arm she shifted to curl into his side. For so long she had been denied someone willingly touching her that she was fully prepared to soak up the affection Harry was giving her.

Logan gunted from where he was standing and looked at Harry, "You said you had an idea for her, what is it?"

"I have a couple ideas that would work. Give me some time to get it done."

All three nodded at Harry and he smiled down at Rogue as he stood, and ran a hand through her hair once again. His eyes were brimming with excitement, his mind filled with different ideas to help his friend, as he walked toward the door. Harry couldn't wait to get started, it had been too long since he did any magic, and he was itching to get going.

The three mutants watched Harry with small smiles as he slipped from the room. Charles was beginning to feel like that young man was going to continue to surprise him. He always seemed to want to help anyone that he could, no matter the cost to himself. Charles looked to Logan and was about to ask the Wild Man to look after the Wizard.

"You don't have to ask Chuck. Besides, someone is gonna have to look after the kid as well."

Both Charles and Rogue watched as Logan walked out of the room, obvious on where he was headed. Charles blinked at the young girl when she started laughing slightly on the couch. Calming down quickly she looked toward Xavier with a huge smile lighting up her entire face.

"Maybe someone else should look after him as well… considering what I walked in on them doing the other day."

Rogue's laughter bubbled up again at the honestly surprised look that crossed Charles' face, it was rare to actually catch the man unaware. Calming down slightly she leaned back on the couch and let her mind wander back to Harry, she trusted him to figure something out…. and that in itself was strange. She was used to having to deal with things on her own, not many people trusted her and the feeling was reciprocated.

However, that tiny Brit with a baby had burst into all their lives and most were better for it, no more so than Logan. The Wolverine had calmed down drastically in the year that Harry had moved in. He was nowhere near nice but he wasn't as prone to stab first then ask questions. Harry was good for him….not that she'd ever say that to his face.

Charles managed to recover from his shock rather quickly; he knew they were close, but he just hadn't realized just how close they were. And how soon it happened. Shaking his head slightly with a small smile Charles felt completely grateful to that young man, and he couldn't be happier that he said yes when an old friend asked for help.

The older man was startled slightly when Rogue hopped up from her seat and sent him a soft smile before heading out the door. She was too excited to just sit around… hopefully she could find something to do. And maybe… just maybe, time would pass quickly until Harry was finished.

Harry spent a week in seclusion, only seeing Logan, Teddy, and Charles. Everyone respected that he'd need the space to figure something out, and then make it work. He was grateful that Logan seemed okay with spending most of his time in Harry's room keeping Teddy occupied. The two got along wonderfully, so Harry could focus on the magic he was weaving, and he knew that Teddy would be fine. He also knew that Logan would be there to make sure he ate and slept like he should.

So finally after a week he called Charles and Rogue and told them to meet him and Logan in the same room as last time. Harry stood in the center, his hands in his pockets and bouncing slightly on his toes. He smirked wickedly at Logan when the man rolled his eyes at the slightly childish behaviour he was showing. Harry stopped bouncing and turned to face Logan directly, a thoughtful frown on his face.

Soon Harry's face broke into a huge smile and he leaned toward Logan, "I have an idea. and I need you to trust me on this.

Rogue and Charles walked in about five minutes later and looked a little confused at only seeing Harry in the room. The green eyed Brit just smiled and waved Rogue closer. When she stopped in front of him, Harry reached in his pocket and pulled out a slim steel ring with small etchings along the band. He gently took her hand and pulled her glove off her right hand. He held her hand in his for just a moment before smiling and sliding the ring on her finger and letting go of her hand.

When he stepped back Rogue looked at the ring and back at Harry, silently asking what the symbols mean.

With a cheeky wink Harry plopped down on the couch and patted the seat next to him for her to sit there. With a roll of her eyes she dropped next to him and raised her eyebrow demanding an answer. A laugh was pulled from both Charles and Harry at the attitude the girl was showing.

Turning toward her he cocked his head to the side, wondering where to start. "Well… the actual charming of the ring itself didn't take too long to do, it was the actual research that took the longest. The band is steel... it's like donning spiritual armor. It's a way to protect yourself from psychic attacks, extreme negativity or anything that would suck the energy right out of you.

There are three different runes I picked to etch on to to the band. Isa, it's a rune that freezes things. Think of it like putting a pause button on your actual power. It also reinforces the other two runes around it.

Next is Eihwaz, it's for strength, reliability, dependability, trustworthiness, defense, and protection. It's also to help motivate you and keep you on target to complete your goals.

The last one here is Algiz. It's also for protection, but it's more like a shield. It will amplify your protective urge to shelter yourself or others. It can be used to channel energies appropriately."

Rogue stared at Harry and felt tears fill her eyes. He had put so much thought into helping her and had found a way to do just that. Now she just needed to test it but she was wary about touching anyone but Harry. After the initial burst of memories from him she couldn't feel anything. He must have instinctively blocked it after that.

"Thank you."

Harry just smiled at her before abruptly standing up and heading for the door. Rogue was mildly confused when he just leaned out and told someone to come back in. When Harry moved back, he was followed in by Logan with a giggling Teddy in his arms. The three of them stopped in front of Rogue and Harry leaned down to look her in the eyes.

"Do you trust me?"

Curious, Rogue just nodded and waited for him to continue.

A relieved smile graced Harry's face and he stood straight once again, "Then take off your jacket and other glove please."

Standing Rogue did as asked, standing in front of him with only a tight fitting back short sleeve shirt. She fidgeted slightly, feeling uncomfortable without her jacket on.

Keeping the smile on Harry reached and took Teddy from Logan, before stepping directly in front of Rogue.

Quickly figuring out what Harry wanted Rogue jerked back in shock, "Harry! Are you serious? I could hurt him!"

The Brit just kept the comforting smile on his face and took another step toward her, "You said you trusted me... and do you honestly think I would even consider the idea if I wasn't certain you couldn't hurt Teddy?"

Worry still etched on her face Rogue reached out for Teddy and smiled when the little one year old immediately went into her arms. She braced for the rush of power or Harry's yells to get his godson back, but none of that came. Jaw dropping in shock, Rogue finally let her tears fall and clutched Teddy closer.

Charles stood in the back smiling brightly at the room. He was overjoyed that Harry managed to figure something out. He just gave her a normal teenage life, as much of one that was possible being a mutant. He was content to sit back and just watch the four of them.

Harry laughed brightly and turned to drag Logan into a hug, ignoring the man's grumbing. He rolled his eyes and let go of the grumpy man, turning to pull Rogue (and Teddy) into a hug. His smile turned fond when the girl dropped her face into his shoulder and cried. Teddy, not understanding what had her upset, mimicked her featured and burrowed into her, trying to make the girl smile.

Giving her a squeeze one last time Harry stepped back, but let her keep Teddy in her arms. He slumped back slightly into Logan, the stress of the past week finally catching up to him now that it was done. A smile worked it's way across his face when Logan's arm immediately settled around his waist.

"There's another feature to that ring… Only you can take it off. So don't worry about it accidently slipping off your finger. I've also made sure it won't get damaged in any way or try and rust or go funky. Oh… I did set it so that you could let someone set a password to take the ring off in extreme situations.

For example, you're injured too badly and slip unconscious but Logan is close by. If he has a password, he can slip your ring off and let you take some of his healing ability. All you need to do is get that person to drop a bit of blood onto the ring; one drop should be fine. Next you'll say a few words in Latin and it's all set. The blood is needed to set the password to a specific person. So Scott can't use Logan's password."

Nodding again Rogue reached out to hug him, letting Teddy go back to his godfather when he reached for him. Seeing how tired Harry was she stepped back and gently kissed his cheek, and her heartfelt whisper made Harry smile as he was ushered out of the room by Logan.

Thank You…