#krogue

Friends, after a Tumblr hiatus (life, blabla), I’ve returned to the fandom by way of writing my first fanfiction. It’s a Kurt Wagner/Rogue fic, set during Chris Claremont’s run, sometime after Uncanny X-men #204, after Kurt’s lost his faith, broke up with Amanda, and Rogue is new to the team.

The X-men are in shambles. Professor X is up in space and Magneto is the unexpected new head of the institute. Malaise is in the air.

And Dr. MacTaggert’s developed a temporary cure for Rogue.

PSA: Nightcrawler and Rogue are not actually siblings!

Read it on Fanfiction.net or Archive of Our Own.

Many thanks to @ludi-ling​ for heroically beta-reading what is *not* her ship. To @random-rave​ to talking me through the setting. To @cajuncajole​ for “not minding” this ship (lol), and @xevg​ for encouraging me in her special way.

Title: A Gift

Author: narwhalloveFF @narwhallove

Fanfiction Author ID: 10269280

Summary: Having lost his faith in God and his hope in romantic love, Kurt Wagner is charged with administering a temporary cure on Rogue, new and friendless on the team.

Rate: M

Fanfiction ID: 13280801

Universe: X-Men, 616

Characters:  Kurt Wagner/Nightcrawler, Anna Marie/Rogue, Erik Lehnsherr/Magneto and others.

Genre: Drama/Hurt/Comfort

Status: Complete.

Published: May 7, 2019.

Word Count: 5,773 in oneshot

Content/Author Notes: This takes place after Uncanny X-men 204 (1986), during Magneto's first run as head of the X-men. Kurt is years away from learning Mystique is his biological mother.

This fic is mostly dialogue, and served as a way for me to think about Kurt's and Rogue's characters at this time. There's a bit of foreshadowing on Rogue's relationship with Gambit (Remy) at the end.

Many thanks to @ludi-ling, who shepherded me thru my first fic patiently and more kindness than I deserve. ;o)

Also if tho’art affronted by fictional indecency, hide thine eyes.

Isn’t Rogue so easy to identify? With her white bangs and Keebler Elf hood.

Who’s she smoochin’? Hmmmmmm. Elf ears. Angled shoulder pads. Long white glove. Two fingers, one thumb . . .

Yes. This appears to be Kurt Wagner (aka Nightcrawler) engaged in a rather serious kiss with Rogue (aka Rogue). Conceptual Marvel artwork from 2014.

Take note of how Kurt clasps our heroine by the back, hard enough to dent her uniform. Note her arm folded about his neck, her other hand gripping his curly hair. Note how their eyes are squeezed shut.

This isn’t a kiss of “Dear sister, brother, thank God you’re safe!”

It’s not even “How I’ve secretly longed for you!”

No! Not good enough!

This is: “I love you, with all my heart, body, and soul. And now that I know you love me too—no matter where we are or who we fight—I will never be lonely again.”

Let us recall: Kurt and Rogue are not related by blood. They did not grow up together. Kurt has a thing for sisters; he almost married his stepsister Amanda. Whom he grew up with. Kurt may need to see a therapist.

This Tumblr writer wants you to know she is not a perv. She does not condone incest. This Tumblr writer wants to step out of her Cave of Shame and tell you she ships Rogue/Kurt. This Tumblr writer wants to say that this category does not exist on AO3.

This makes her the world’s loneliest shipper. 

Arright.