control // newtmas au

blood

October 3rd, 2001

     Thomas didn't see Newt for a couple days. Obviously, he was really good at not being found when he didn't want to so Thomas didn't even try to look for him. Perks of being literally invisible.

     He couldn't tell if the three were mad at him or not. He hadn't really seen them and for some reason it made him feel lonely.

     It wasn't until a week later that Thomas ran into Newt, literally ran into him. He was walking down the hall, going to his room after breakfast when Newt appeared directly in front of him which of course caused Thomas to let out a very manly scream and drop his bagel.

     Thomas didn't even have time to say anything before Newt was grabbing his wrist and dragging him down the hall. Newt didn't stop pulling him till they got to the big tree in the courtyard

     Newt pushed him down and sat next to him.

     "I-" Thomas started. Newt cut him off instantly.

     "Don't say anything right now."

     Thomas kept his mouth closed, looking at the blonde boy. His heart was racing, Newt kinda freaked him out.

     "I'm only doing this because Teresa said I have to." Newt took a deep breath and faced Thomas. "I don't hate you, well I kinda do, but it's not like that." Newt's shoulders sagged and he pulled at his hair. "My parents and little sister were killed when I was eight. I got taken in by Xavier not too long after. I mean yeah, I give them all major attitude but they know I love them. Dad loved the X-Men, told me stories about how they were amazing heroes that protected people like us. Meeting the mutants was surreal, like everything I looked up to and inspired to be was standing right in front of me. I trained so hard, like insanely hard, I pulled all nighters in the room perfecting my control over my abilities. I got good and strong and by the time I was twelve I was one of them." Newt let out a sad laugh, shaking his head slightly. "It was bloody awesome, I had a suit and everything. Have you ever been a part of a team Tommy? It's such a nice feeling. Well the first time I left the school, on a mission, we went to this organization's meeting place or whatever, they were experimenting on mutants. It was somewhat like Trask's business, where he was creating those big robots to kill...you know what, you get the point. Long story short, it was the place that the guys who killed my parents came from. I freaked out, almost blew the mission." Newt paused for a moment before letting out a breath. "I killed a lot of people that day Tommy. I knew they were bad people, but it messes you up. You can understand yeah? I got taken off the team, well not taken, I was kicked off. I snuck into that cab the night we picked you up because I overheard Hank and X talking about what a great asset you'd be to the team. I don't hate you Tommy, I'm jealous of you."

     Thomas didn't know what to say. He was honestly dumbfounded. Out of everything Newt could have said, that was definitely not what he was expecting to come out of the blonde boy's mouth.

     "I don't know what to say." Thomas finally admitted, feeling embarrassed about it

Newt huffed out a laugh. "Of course you bloody don't."

     ""No! I just-I don't know, I really really thought you hated me...we could start over?"

     Newt chewed on his lip. "This doesn't mean we're like best friends."

     "Of course.."

     "I'm still not gonna be nice to you all the time."

     "I don't expect you to."

     "And you still can't come in my room."

     Newt had a small smirk on his face which made Thomas laugh. "Noted."