"I guess you're right. John and Kimura... they're completely different situations," he acknowledged, sinking back into the couch cushions. "And I know the outcome was for the best. I guess I just wish we wouldn't have to make these decisions. That the hardest decision I'll ever have to make is what I'm gonna do when I graduate college. But I guess if I'm an X-Man, things like what happened with Kimura are going to happen again..."
He turned his head to look at her, and even in his current emotional state, he still felt a pang as he took in her familiar, beautiful face. He had to stifle the urge he felt to tuck a few wayward strands of white hair behind her ear.
"I don't know if I could do it, Rogue," he said honestly, and it just felt so good to be talking to someone, talking to her again, about all the things he'd been bottling inside since the attack. "I don't know if I could make that kind of call."
Re: How about another serving of angst? Or some angsting out...
"I guess you're right. John and Kimura... they're completely different situations," he acknowledged, sinking back into the couch cushions. "And I know the outcome was for the best. I guess I just wish we wouldn't have to make these decisions. That the hardest decision I'll ever have to make is what I'm gonna do when I graduate college. But I guess if I'm an X-Man, things like what happened with Kimura are going to happen again..."
He turned his head to look at her, and even in his current emotional state, he still felt a pang as he took in her familiar, beautiful face. He had to stifle the urge he felt to tuck a few wayward strands of white hair behind her ear.
"I don't know if I could do it, Rogue," he said honestly, and it just felt so good to be talking to someone, talking to her again, about all the things he'd been bottling inside since the attack. "I don't know if I could make that kind of call."