Bloodmoon Bayou, that was the last time she laid eyes on the rare red on black eyes that belonged to him. The very same eyes that never left her mind even after another year with the X-men. Being assigned to a mission only she could fulfill left her with little choice but to accept Professor Xaviers request to go undercover and accept Mystiques offer to join her once more, with the X-men waiting as backup should the need arise. Never in her wildest dreams would she have imagined that this mission would also open her eyes to the many possibilities that awaited her, including someone she long thought never to see again. But fate as we know it...always has a way to interfere when you least expect it.

(Movieverse - Post X3) Alone in Boston, Rogue meets a handsome Cajun who worms his way into her life, just as she worms her way into his heart. Rogue has the cruellest of all powers, because while she has a lot of love to give, she's unable to know the touch of another without hurting them. Gambit is a charmer and a ladies man, yet he falls for the one woman he can never fully be with. Can there be a future for a womaniser and the one woman who can't touch? Set 18 months after the end of X3 (The Last Stand). Gambit also has a healthy dose of 90's cartoon Gambit, just because I love that incarnation of him. I wrote this a while ago but after re-watching the X-men trilogy recently, I decided to dust it off and post it here.

Having waited in vain for the fifth season of X-Men Evolution, I decided to write it myself. As predicted in the cartoon, the plot centers on Sinister, the Inner Circle, Madelyne Pryor, and the Phoenix. Is Jean Grey's tragic fate already written? Not quite, because let's not forget that the writers of X-Men Evolution created a unique and talented character: X-23. A month after the disappearance of the mutant Apocalypse, X-23 is captured by Sinister, but she manages to escape, and not alone yet... Mister Sinister's plans are unfolding, the Inner Circle is biding its time, the Purifiers are making headlines, the Brotherhood is disbanded, the Morlocks are in trouble, but don't panic: the X-Men are recruiting! The die is cast, but the king is not dead and the cards are reshuffled: love and friendship will triumph over trials, even if the path to becoming a hero is harder than some think. https://www.tumblr.com/anthoasthenie