In the garage (For a Gambit application)

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Rogue has been spending what spare time she can in the garage working on machines. The only vehicle in here she won't touch is Logan's motorcycle - he takes care of it himself and gets grumpy if she changes things on it without asking first.

She's tuned up most of the vehicles in the garage over the past few months. Right now, though, she's spending time beneath her Karmen Ghia. Her baby hasn't needed anything special but spending time with her car helps her ignore everything else. Ignore the fact that Piotr and Kitty are oh so very happy. Ignore the fact that she's re-applied for law school. Ignore the fact that she and Bobby.... Ignore the fact that she hasn't seen Remy in months. Ignore...

Well, she's ignoring a lot in bonding with her car.

Cars are simple and understandable.

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Remy always felt that homecomings were awkward, even more when it came to the X Men, people he had grown to love and consider family. A mostly dysfunctional family, but family none the less. He'd only been back 45 minutes, and so far he had seen pretty much everyone and given his hellos. Everyone that is but Rogue, that one was going to be the difficult one, they had parted on amicable terms, but he wasn't sure what to expect. So when he he finally couldn't think of any more excuses to procrastinate, he had to go looking for her. He knew that if she found out he was around, and hadn't bothered to come see her, it would just make it even more tough on the both of them. The next fifteen minutes was spent searching, no one really any idea where she had gone, but they seemed convinced she was around somewhere.

When he poked his head into the garage, as a last thought and saw a familiar set of legs sticking out from under her Ghia, he grinned to himself. Leaning up against the door frame with his arms crossed, he watched for a while not really sure what to say.


[OOC: please excuse my current lack of comic based icons, I am trying to fix that]

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Rogue is talking to her car.

It is something she doesn't like to admit that she does. Remy's heard her do it before. "Awww, c'mon. Don't be like that. We've gone over this before, baby."

A hand reaches for a wrench that is just out of grasp.

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Grinning at the somewhat familiar sight, he slips into the garage quietly, and up to the side of the car, squatting down to pick up the wrench and hand it to her.

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Her hand comes in contact with the wrench and she pulls it in, not conciously realizing who the hand she got it from was attached to. "Thanks."

At least not right away.

"Remy?" There is a noise that sounds a lot like her head coming in contact with the underside of the car. There is a scrabbling as she finishes up what she's doing as fast as possible.

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He winces when he hears her hit her head.

"been a while chere. Still talkin' to the car I see."

He rests his elbows on his knees while waiting for her to finish up.

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It doesn't take long before she slides out from beneath the car. Curling up from the ground, she starts to close the distance between the two of them for a hug. She freezes, realizing she mught be presuming, also, that she has more bare skin than she normally would as a hazard

And he was the one who broke up with her after all.

It ends up being awkward, looking up into his eyes. "Remy... Ah... Yer back."

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He watches as she slides out from under the car, and then her full stop just short of where he stood. He hadn't even really been back long enough to take off his coat, he had been so busy with his hellos and then so intent on finding Rogue that he hadn't bothered. He nods, and meets her eyes, a bit sad and not sure what to expect.

"yeah, jus' got back a bit ago.

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The look in his eyes changes her thoughts. The distance between them is gone and she wraps her arms around him, leaning her head against his shoulder. "Ah missed yah."

She hopes he didn't try her room. it's empty now that she's moved her things down to the boathouse.

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"missed you too chere."

Wrapping his arms around her and pulling her in close.

"seems you gon' and moved on me though. Room's empty."

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This always feels so right. It always feels so right and it always ends up with things going so badly.... Carefully, she pulls in a breath, bringing in the scent of him as she does so.

"Ah needed some space. Ah moved out tah the boathouse." Rogue swallows, not wanting to get into how she asked Piotr to choose and he chose Kitty.

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He had missed her more than anything, it had hurt to leave, but her knew it was for the best. He hoped that she would forgive him someday.

Not knowing what to say, and not feeling he had the right to pry, he just nods, running his fingers through her hair, careful not to touch any exposed skin.

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Rogue closes her eyes and stays there with him.

She should pull away. They're not together. He doesn't want to be with her. But right now, this is soothing. It makes her feel better, more grounded.

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Not really knowing what to say, he just stood there for a moment holding her close, breathing in the scent of her.

"how things been around here? Same old?"

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"Ah'm..."

Rogue leans back from him, "Ah haven't been doin' so well." The expression on her face is a little worried.

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A flash of concern in his eyes

"hows that?"

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"Ah'm ..." Rogue pauses and swallows, "Ah seem tah get mahself intah the worst romantic situations." She's not looking up at his eyes any longer.

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His mouth now in a thin line, trying to hold back the flood of jealousy. Through his own doing, he had no right.

"chere, I.. 'm sorry" he finished lamely.

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"No reason for yah tah be. Ah shouldn't even bein' talking to you about this. It isn't fair to you." Rogue squeezes his upper arm lightly and takes a step back from him.

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"Righ' Dere's a lot of thing that aint fair, don' mean we don' try an help."

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A faint blush finds her cheeks.

"Ah..." Rogue clears her throat, "Ah'm not sure what you can do something about it..." Ignore the fact that she still has the charred Queen of Hearts on her dresser.

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"maybe not, but I gon' be here for a while yet, you lemme know."

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"You're staying for awhile this time?"

Rogue smiles at him, truly taking a step back from him, putting some space between them before she forgets that she should.

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"Yeah, I gon' stick around for a bit. Never know when I migh' be needed again."

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"Uh-huh."

Rogue gives him a look. It is a familiar look. "Don't know when somethin' will catch yer fancy and you'll end up in who knows where, either."

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he just shrugs a bit, looking solemn, not really knowing to say. He has always had itchy feet, and a love for excitement. Leaving always hurt, but it was worth it it to come back to the one of the few places he could call home.

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Rogue rubs the flat of her chest just below the hollow of her throat. It looks like a gesture that is more habit than anything, about the place a necklace might hang if she were wearing one. For a little bit, she doesn't know what to say either. It makes everything feel tight, a little hard to breathe.

"You're here now." And that is certainly a good thing.

[acesupyersleeve.livejournal.com]

"I am. And 'm glad to be back. Crazy as it sounds, I missed it. An' I definitely missed you."

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And she really doesn't know what to say about that.

He's charming and she wants to smile at him, she wants to have him wrap his arms around her. She also knows that so far, every time, all they've managed to do is hurt each other.