the Feline and the Man Who Could Fly. |XMEN|

**Warren Worthington ||| (Angel) romance**

**brief John Allerdyce (Pyro) romance in early chapters**

--Set during 'The Last Stand'--

18 year old Valerie Brookes and 23 year old Warren Worthington ||| couldn't be more different, but opposites attract in this thrilling tale of love, lies, and the ultimate decision: choosing sides.

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Valerie isn't your average teenager, but at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, or "Mutant High", she fits in just fine. Once ashamed of her mutation, Valerie now proudly sports her cat ears, tail, and striking golden feline eyes. Along with cat like features, she is gifted with cat like abilities: Excellent hearing, night vision, and near perfect agility.

Valerie has a punk rock attitude, is comfortable in her own skin, and has a firecracker personality.

So, when she meets Warren, a troubled young artist and business man, with something she can relate to; a physical mutation... A huge pair of feathery white angel wings; She is intrigued. Warren struggles with his identity, keeping his secret from the world and only spreading his wings behind the closed doors of his apartment.

As they keep seeing each other, Warren and Valerie's friendship grows rapidly, and they become very close... So close, intimate feelings develop along with their friendship.

But when scientists release a strange new 'mutant cure', things begin to change. Warren believes 'curing' himself is the way to a better, happier life, and Valerie struggles to convince him he's perfect just the way he is.

Mutants everywhere take sides; Be Cured, or Take a Stand.

But Warren is keeping a big secret from Valerie, and the chaos is just barely beginning...