xmutanthigh | [OPEN POST] NEW BRO'HOOD

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[OPEN POST] NEW BRO'HOOD

Characters: John, Kevin, Logan, sons a'bitches, anyone feasible.
Setting: Brotherhood HQ, Vermont.
Content: EPIC.
Status: OPEN AND READY.

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[When Ali gives Jono a look that says, "Can you believe this kid?" he returns it with an expression of his own that reads, "I know, right?"]

Family! Guys. I don't... [Kevin just lets this sentence drift off. What he's thinking to himself is I don't have a family anymore after I killed Dad. Family is just... something that's been taken from him and it's a fact that he's slowly let himself become okay with. Or at least, used to. Now these two are claiming that they are a family and he's not sure how to deal with this.

Jono seems to be able to sense what Kevin is thinking. For once. And so Jono gives him a little push, a little bit of encouragement, by saying, "Come on, Kevin. You're like -- a kid brother to me."

Kevin is startled. He had an inkling earlier that the X-Men might've come to get him, haul him back in, and lecture him about the evils of Magneto's Brotherhood, but... he'd thought it was a matter of pride. And of embarrassment. The X-Men losing one of their own students to the Brotherhood -- that didn't look so great for their image, did it?

But now he is starting to realize that that wasn't it at all. Ali and Jono came for him because of some mushy bullshit about being a family. And Kevin is so touched that he can't think of anything to say but the following.]

Oh, God, Ali. You've broken up twelve Dazzlers. Don't start that shit with me.

[But for the first time in months, Kevin's smiling. And it's genuine.]

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Kevvie, that is low. [But Ali's smiling too, now.

She doesn't bother pointing out to Kevin that her only family tried to kill everyone, turn Kevin into a death machine, and choke her to death. The point isn't how crappy or absent their biological families are, but how important this little musical family of theirs is to all of them.]

Anyway, everyone knows you need at least three people to have a band, or else you become a duo like Sam and Mark, and they're fucking shit.

[Jono groans audibly at this, and covers his eyes with his hands. "Ugh, Ali. That's my reference! Furthermore, that's the statement I made to you back in -- well, back when I said we ought to teach Kev the drums!"]

Really? That was your argument for me?

[Kevin crosses his arms and looks at the two of them.]

No. The big one was that horrible metal shit you called art. I thought it was the right thing to do, teaching you something more productive to do with your hands.

[They all start laughing, a little like old times, and when it dies down, Ali shifts a little, impatiently. Looking from Jono to Kevin, taking her hands out of her pockets.]

So, are you still acting all too cool for it, or can I have a fucking hug yet?

[Kevin gives her a wry smile.] I don't like hugs. You think I'm giving you one after you called my industrial art "horrible metal shit"?

[Then Kevin looks at his little so-called family endearingly, and a little bit sadly as he realizes just how much Ali and Jono must've gone through just to come find him. Ali's shivering even as she's taken her hands out of her pockets to embrace him, so Kevin slips off his own protective gloves and gingerly hands them to her.]

Here.

Oh come on, Kev. You like being a drummer way better than that shit anyway and you know it!

[Ali hesitates, noting that Kevin's still without his jacket. Still, she is freezing, and when he waves the gloves at her again she takes them with a smile.]

Thanks.

It's all right. [That's all Kevin gives up for now, though he does take a quick moment to reminisce about how most of the girls at their gigs end up thinking he's either gay or a douchebag for never responding to their advances. Well, tough luck for them; tougher luck for him. And then in response to Ali's thanks, Kevin gives another small grin. Jono looks at Kevin silently with his own gratitude; he'd been worried about Ali not faring so well in the cold, and the two of them hadn't come that well prepared. Fortunately, Kevin's been here for awhile, so he's able to deal.]

I've got a bunch more gloves. I'll be back with them. I'll need another pair, and, Jono, you should take some too.

[Kevin turns to head back towards the cabin that had served as the New Brotherhood's headquarters, and then after taking a few steps, turns to look at them again.] You guys gonna wait up?

Sure.

[Ali pauses then, realizing they still haven't actually confirmed that Kevin's even coming back with them. Plus, the conversation she's just overheard between Kevin and Logan has her feeling uneasy about the whole thing.]

So...does that mean you're coming home, kiddo?

[Kevin frowns; something he hasn't thought about yet was what was going to be in store for him back at the school. Certainly the staff isn't going to pretend nothing happened. They're not going to let him off with a warning, either. So what now?

But, at the very least, he knows in his gut he wants to go home. He's felt loneliness these past few months when he was with the Brotherhood, and other kinds of sadness and longing, and some of the emotions were easily identified. Now he's realizing that one of those was homesickness and you can't really feel that way without a home... he figures. So he thinks he knows where home is supposed to be and even if he's facing some pretty hefty punishments upon going back home, he thinks he's ready for it.

Heh. Maybe if he's lucky they'll just send him to his room without dinner.

Kevin takes another glance over his shoulder.]

I'm coming back here, with a few more pairs of my gloves and maybe somebody else left behind a jacket. [Kevin hugs his arms to his torso and hides his bare hands in his sleeves.]

Then I'm going home.

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