Missy pushed open the door to her apartment, her other hand still clutched tightly in Deadpool's.

She had found her clutch bag shoved into a bush outside her building with her keys still inside. Her cell phone was, of course, missing but that was something that could be replaced easily enough…

She and the masked man had not spoken a word on their long trip back, Missy merely staring down at the ground almost the entire time, her face filled with hurt and guilt.

She liked Deadpool more than she could describe…but something was holding her back…

A loss she had now finally realised she was still not over.

But she needed to explain this to Deadpool…

Explain to him, why even after all this time, she was still in pain…

Her feet ached after walking several blocks in sky-high peep-toe heels, but right now she didn't care.

She just needed to talk. To tell this masked-man everything she found so hard to admit to even herself.

Brushing back her long caramel hair, she looked up into Deadpool's masked face, as he quietly shut the front door behind her.

Despite being knocked out, thrown into a cold storage room and cuffed, Missy still looked fine, her make-up was a little smudged and her black tight-fitting dress a little dusty, but otherwise she still looked ok.

Deadpool turned to her, staring up into her face slowly. His body was tense, his stance full of dread, his red and black spandex clad-shoulders slumped dejectedly.

"I told you about my ex," said Missy in a quiet voice, after a moment or two, avoiding his eye. She stood, hands gripping the back of the couch. "H-His name was David…..I-I think I loved him….once…"

The words for her were difficult…

She composed herself for a long moment, as Deadpool waited patiently, before carrying on.

"He cheated on me…" she said her tone flat. Her words matter-of-fact. "Twice. The second time I just think I let it happen. I was so scared of being alone and having no one to love me…."

Missy took a breath, her hands trembling. She gripped the back of the sofa hard.

"He hurt me…all his words…every day…he would call me fat…..belittle me in front of his friends, my friends…" she said her voice breaking slightly. "And I would just let him. Even to this day I don't know why. I think I was scared. Not of him. But of being alone."

Missy gave a gulp, her eyes fixed on the back of the couch…on her white knuckles.

"He hurt me," she repeated. "He hit me and left bruises….but I still wouldn't leave him. He was like this power over me and even after all this time….all of that... it's still there. I constantly feel broken…like I'll never be myself again. He's out of my life and I'm happier without him in it. Of course I am. But he's still there…..in my head….making me doubt myself…making me feel like I'm not good enough…."

Deadpool stayed silent, his white eyes staring at her. His face blank and unreadable.

"But I had this friend," she said, her voice wavering. "His name was Wade…and he was the only person I knew that could make me forget David's voice in my head. Make me feel like myself again….Wade made me feel like there was someone else out there who could love me… for who I was. Not for the person David had tried to manipulate me into being."

Her heart thudded inside her chest.

She was in pain…so much pain…

"I-I just…I can't do this…not right now…." she said, moving away from the couch and turning to face Deadpool fully. "I just…..I need time….I lost my friend and I-…"

She paused, trying as hard as she could to stop tears from falling.

"…..I just think I'm scared…. that I'm going to get hurt…" she said eventually, in an honest voice staring up into Deadpool's masked face. "…I'm really sorry….I just-"

Her eyes were sad….full of sorrow and pain…

All of these months she had just bottled all this up.

Not allowed herself to mourn…or be sad…

She had tried to be strong…but in doing that…she had been in pain….each and every day….trying to put right and forget her regrets…her failures…

She was broken….

"Did you love him?" asked Deadpool suddenly, his voice different now…familiar…

Missy gave a gulp…her heart pounding…

…as she stared up slowly…

She gave a nod…

"Yes…." she breathed, repeating the words he Wade had said to her all those many months ago... "….I was crazy about him…."

A second passed..

And another…

Her heard thudding in her ribcage, her eyes wide, tears flowing freely down her cheeks now...as she stared up at the masked man….a man she had known for so little time…but knew so well…who smelled like cotton candy through his red and black suit…just like Wade Wilson had….

Missy gave a sob, as realisation finally dawned on her…

"I'm crazy about you too…" said Deadpool in a quite tone….his voice normal….not gruff….or put on…but the voice of…

"Wade?" said Missy in a pained voice, tilting her head.

She breathed hard, staring up at him.

Wade stared back at her, cocking his head sympathetically, as tears spilled over her powdered cheeks.

Missy took a step towards him, gaping….

She didn't know what to say….or do…so many thought racing around inside her head…

She came to stand a mere breath away from him, shaking her head and gazing up into his masked face…

Missy placed a hand to his leather-clad chest. Beneath the hardened material, she could feel his heart pounding inside his ribcage, hard and fast.

Wade Wilson's alive and beating heart…

"I don't-…" she murmured, shaking her head difficultly.

She gave another painful gulp, reaching up to his mask, making to tug it from his face.

But Wade stopped her, grasping both of her wrists gently.

"What's under there…" he said shaking his own head, as Missy sobbed at the sound of his voice. A Voice she had missed for so so long. "It's not a pretty sight….I'm not…me under there anymore…"

But Missy tugged her hands away, hurt.

She took a step away from him, a frown plastering itself across her tear-strewn features.

"You told me you were dying," she said throwing him an accusing look, pointing at him with her perfectly polished fingernail. "I thought you were….I thought you were dead!"

Tears ran down her cheeks, her hair flying furiously as she paced around the room on her high-heels.

She turned back to him, so so angry…

So hurt…

"Prove its you," she said loudly, gazing at him, her eyes full of pain and anguish. "Prove its really you!"

In an instant and before Missy could say another word, Wade had pulled the red and black mask off his head.

He stood there staring at her…

… his once handsome features, scarred and red….

But his brown eyes were sad, and full of shame.

Missy's gaze travelled slowly over his face, her breathing shallowing…

"I thought that you and David…" he said after a second or two. He shook his head, his eyes never leaving hers. "…I was pretty distraught…..and the cancer…it just…I was offered a way out and I took it….."

He suddenly stared down at the ground, as if embarrassed by her stare.

"…my biggest regret is leaving you…you need to know that," he said simply, letting out a sad breath of air.


Wade glanced up into Missy's beautiful features, his stomach twisted into knots.

She was so beautiful…and what was he? Just a monster.

He knew that it was likely she would never want to see him again after this…and who could blame her…

He was so embarrassed about how he looked…ashamed of even allowing her to be witness to his ugliness…for inflicting that upon her…

Missy stared at him for a long time, her green eyes never leaving his face…

But she didn't say a word.

He knew how angry she must be right about now, he could see her chest rising and falling with each difficult breath she took.

But then..

…all of a sudden, and without even a gesture from either of them…..

Missy stormed over to him…

Her face set…

And without any warning, she pressed her lips to his….


Missy kissed Wade hard, taking in his taste, the feel of his lips beneath hers….

He was her everything…

And she had almost lost him once. There was no way she was going to let that happen again.

It took Wade a long moment to finally begin to kiss her back.

He tasted like candy-apples…the sweetest thing she had ever had on her lips….

Missy felt his gloved hands slip around her waist, holding her tightly to him as if scared he too was going to lose her again.

After what felt like a forever, the pair pulled away, both breathing hard, their pupils dilated and their lips red.

Missy frowned staring up into Wade's scarred face, her hand reaching up to his cheek.

"I don't care about anything else Wade. Just don't ever leave me again," she said in what was barely a whisper. "Do you promise me that?"

Wade stared at her for the longest of minutes, like she was the most precious jewel he had ever laid eyes on.

"Oh I fucking promise," he uttered breathlessly.

Missy let out a smile…taking in a sharp intake of breath, before reaching down for his hand.

She once again gazed up into his eyes, her lips lingering near to his.

She was, at that moment, so full of want…so full of need…for the man she loved more than anything in this world…

Missy suddenly backed up, pulling Wade towards her, biting her lip teasingly as she did so.

Wade gave her a questioning look.

But Missy merely smiled, tugging him backwards towards her bedroom.

"I think you're going to need to show me how to get this fucking suit off," she said with a purr.

And, in an instant, Wade had closed the gap between them, letting out a needy growl.

Missy smiled into his mouth, letting out a small squeal of delight and longing as Wade grabbed her by her bare thighs and lifted her easily.

He too, giving a playful grin, as he carried her into the bedroom…

The two of them right at that moment happier that they had been in a long time…

And both of them were DEFINITELY about to find out, just how much they had missed one another…


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