Gambit x Reader

After years of hiding a mutation she barely understands, Y/N arrives at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters hoping for one thing: a fresh start. Quiet, bookish, and more comfortable with a novel than a conversation, she's determined to prove she belongs among the X-Men without becoming anyone's burden.

But probability has a funny way of rewriting even the best-laid plans.

As Y/N settles into life at the mansion, she finds an unexpected family in the people around her-late-night conversations in the library with Beast, a surprisingly protective friendship with Wolverine, Rogue's relentless matchmaking, and a team that slowly becomes the home she's never had.

Then there's Remy LeBeau.

Confident, charming, and impossible to ignore, Gambit has always been able to read people like a deck of cards... except the quiet new recruit who blushes every time he smiles at her. The more time they spend together on dangerous missions and peaceful evenings at the mansion, the harder it becomes for him to hide feelings everyone else seems to notice.

Everyone, that is, except Y/N.

As mysterious clues about her past begin to surface and her unstable probability manipulation threatens to spiral beyond her control, Y/N must learn that some burdens aren't meant to be carried alone.

Filled with comic-style adventures, found family, slow-burn romance, quiet domestic moments, and enough mutual obliviousness to drive the entire X-Men insane, this is the story of two people who discover that sometimes the greatest gamble isn't facing impossible odds...

It's letting someone love you anyway.

Updates: New chapters posted as they're completed.