#rcguevariant

@rcguevariant asked: “ woah— hold up you’re bleeding. ” - For Gambit meme

Yelena had said this was a good thing. Another on the team would only make them stronger. But John didn't know how he felt about it. They had barely made it through their first big fight and weren't exactly the cohesive team the original Avengers were. They were a mess of mish-mashed misfits thrown together and pushed out the door while being told to save the world. No pressure. He wasn't exactly a team player, not since Lemar was killed. There was one thing he knew for sure and that was adding another to the team would do them no good.

It still felt strange, being in a place where she didn't have to hide. The others had been so kind and patient with her - encouraging her to peel away at her deeply engrained fears, and finally embrace her abilities rather than supress them.

"You guys all have such cool names," she noted, with faint amusement, as she paused in her training. "Kiara seems so boring."

@rcguevariant asked: ❛ fine. you were right, and i was wrong. happy now? ❜

He   stood   there,   arms   crossed   over   his   chest,   the   weight   of   his   shield   slung   on   his   back   like   a   responsibility   he   hadn’t   yet   figured   out   how   to   carry   without   bracing.   Rogue’s   words   hung   in   the   air   between   them—sharp-edged   and   begrudging,   like   they’d   been   dragged   out   of   her   mouth   with   pliers.   He   knew   well   enough   by   now   to   recognize   that   this   was   as   close   to   a   surrender   as   he   was   going   to   get.   No   fanfare,   no   warm   smile.   Just   raw   honesty   and   a   bite   to   her   tone,   like   admitting   it   had   cost   her   something.

He   exhaled   slowly,   the   tension   easing   from   his   shoulders   as   he   stepped   forward.   “Not   happy,”   he   said,   voice   low   and   even.   “Just…   relieved.”   His   eyes   met   hers,   unflinching.   “You   could’ve   gotten   hurt.   That’s   all   I   cared   about.”   It   wasn’t   about   being   right—not   really.   He   didn’t   need   to   win.   He   needed   her   to   trust   that   sometimes   his   instincts   weren’t   just   militaristic   paranoia,   that   maybe   there   was   still   a   soldier   in   him   worth   listening   to.   And   now,   standing   this   close   to   her,   he   could   tell   she   hated   giving   him   that   win   almost   as   much   as   he   hated   needing   it.

"Don't step there."

There's nothing there. There's absolutely no reason for her to say that other than to potentially deter the other woman from coming any closer and potentially seeing the item she'd shoved behind her own back.

"Told me what?" Peter gave a worried response to the one X-friend he hadn't seen in Xavier's mansion since he came by to workshop with Hank. "Listen, I'm as concerned you only just stopped by as I was about to swing off, as you are at whatever I believed and from who, but I just didn't want to burden you all by sticking around into the new year."

“ I would love to. ” @Kara

Kara couldn't help but smile, hands resting on her lap. She loved Christmas and all her other friends were getting sick of her constant energy for the holiday. Steve, who also loved Christmas had been on a mission for a week. She'd gotten tickets to ice skate at Rockafeller Square and she didn't want to miss it.

"Oh great. This is so exciting. Do you have clothing for it? Do we need to go get you some skates? You should wear green because of your hair and I'll wear red. We will look so amazing."