Velveteen
X-Men AU with a stronger Rogue taking the lead. There's a little blood, a little grit, and a lot of attitude." The girl.... He makes another one of those sidelong glances as sees her split, winter-bitten lips press tightly together, likely irritating the wounds there. She needs some ointment or Vaseline or something. Even he doesn't let his lips get like that. But that's not the point, because those ruined lips curl into a slight grimace and her dark diamond eyes glitter with victorious fury. Oh, Logan thinks. Huh.It's her. She's the one from the tape. She's the right size and she covers herself the same way and there's that look in her eyes, the look of vicious pride from someone who got backed into a corner and fought their way out by tooth and claw.Logan takes a deep breath. Wow.So, this is the Rogue.It's not- there's not- he should have noticed as soon as he saw her. He's seen that tape on the news so many times. The hood on a cloak that hangs down to her heels, the gloves, the petite figure. Dead giveaways. But she's not what he expected. He had been expecting someone like himself, someone hard and unbending, not this. Not a shattered creature of sharp edges, dragging herself from one day's survival to the next. Even he isn't like that. He's controlled and enclosed within himself. She's cut open and bleeding furious desperation. " - Chapter Two…