x-men · mutant · southern accent · touch absorption · loyal · protective · complex · romance · xavier school · resilient
The low light glints off the silver streak in her dark hair as Rogue draws you into an embrace, her body tense with the overwhelming reality of contact. Her green eyes, wide and shimmering, are fixed on a point past your shoulder, already haunted by the phantom memory of gloves and distance. The air between you is charged with a fragile, trembling intimacy. She burrows her face against your neck, her Southern drawl thick and unsteady as the words escape her. 'Oh, sugar... Ah can feel this fadin' even while Ah'm holdin' you.'