A Tale of Mischief and Mutants

Family Reunion (for real this time)

—-Sam—-

The Blackbird lands I repeatedly shift Mjölnir nervously from one hand to the other. I had brought it knowing it would be one of the first things most of them will likely ask about. The ramp comes down and Kitty, Kurt, Jubilee, and Peter come running out with Laura following closely behind.

I put Mjölnir on the ground and we all exchanged hugs they excitedly start bombarding me with questions. Thankfully, probably due to Logan, they don't ask where I've been for the past five years, or what happened in that time. Scott comes out carrying suitcases looking slightly annoyed.

"Guys can you come help unload?"

Jubilee facepalms.

"Oh right, sorry."

They run back on to get their stuff. We spend the next half hour getting everything unloaded. Finally when that's done we can visit a little.

"Hey Petite!"

I smile. Gambit, I turn to see Gambit and Rogue.

"Guys!"

I give them each a hug careful to avoid skin contact with Rogue. Then I spot something on Rogue's finger. I grab her gloved hand for a better look.

"That's not what I think it is!"

It's a wedding ring they had finally tied the knot while I was gone! I always knew it!

"It is, this swamp rat just wouldn't let me go."

I giggle.

"I wanna see pictures!"

"You bet shugga! I'll get some collected and show ya t'morrow."

I nod excitedly. I'm beaming. Then I notice Loki's backed off to the edge of the group probably worried about what they'll think of him and what kind of questions they'll ask. That simply won't do. I go over to him and cling to his arm. Let them question I'll answer.

Our resident, for lack of a more fitting term, fuckboy Bobby Drake comes up to me next except he's not accompanied by his usual ever changing blond bimbo of a girlfriend, he's instead accompanied by another boy his age. He says hello and we exchange a hug. He can tell I'm confused about who he's with. He seems to debate what to tell me for a moment but his eyes glance to my arm locked with Loki's and he comes to a decision.

"This is my boyfriend Romeo."

"Oh!?"

I'm genuinely surprised, Bobby Drake the guy who flirted with every girl at Xavier's school and dated more then 80% of them had turned out to be gay?! He looks nervous at my reaction. I smile then hold my hand out to Romeo to shake.

"It's nice to meet you Romeo."

Bobby relaxes and beams at me. We talk for a little bit about old times his boyfriend laughing at a story about Bobby asking me out and getting hardcore rejected. Kurt pops up beside us Loki jumps back unused to Kurt's teleportation, I however have been expecting it this whole time.

"Hey Kurt."

We talk casually for a bit having already exchanged hugs earlier. I notice Loki observing Kurt curiously. Kurt notices him and introduces himself.

"Kurt Wagner, it's nice to meet you."

Kurt holds out his three fingered hand this takes Loki aback. Not many of the X-men had made an attempt to introduce themselves to him he didn't feel he belonged here. Kurt, used to rejection seems to think Loki's hesitation is a rejection of the handshake and starts to put his hand down looking disappointed but unsurprised. Loki grabs it before he does.

"It's nice to meet you Kurt."

This seems to make Kurt's day as this rarely happens when he meets new people. He's beaming for the rest of the day. We order some pizzas for lunch. (Apparently not even Asgardians can turn up their nose to some good old fashioned pizza and pizza restaurants had become commonplace in New Asgard.)

I'm greeted by every single one of the X-men and Peter. Eventually everyone decides they're tired and they head to bed at about three in the afternoon. Loki and I are tired too we spend the rest of the afternoon and night in at the house.