I knew this was a WIP and still I got hooked on. This was so powerful I kept searching for that next button. I know it's been a long time but I do wish we'll find out someday how this one ends.great work!

Oooh, bet that's a hard pill to swallow ;P

Oooh, bet that's a hard pill to swallow ;P

Oooh, bet that's a hard pill to swallow ;P

Damn me for getting involved in yet another **bleeping** WIP that hasn't been updated in a couple of years and probably never will be finished!

Be ye warned, readers!!

What you say about Sarah McLachlan songs all having Rogan potential is true. And Elsewhere really does describe their journey here...as they fumble towards ecstasy. This is painful to read because Marie's emotions are so real and messy and Logan's are no better. Your notion of prophecy and the way it was woven into some of the chapters was intriguing and I was a little disappointed to see that aspect basically disappear. Still, it seems like you have a lot more to say here and I'm looking forward to seeing how you develop the characters and their relationships, including the secondaries. I'm glad you didn't gloss over them or ignore them, but chose to make them surprisingly three-dimensional.

Please help them find their I love you.
Melanie

Woohoo! We're off to one hell of a start here.

I hope that there will be more I just love this. It's so logan all confused and just wants what's his. Please update soon I just love this.

Oh wow!! This story has got me hooked. Wonderfully well written. Please tell me you're not finished and you've got more coming because I am absolutely loving it. Great job!!!

Wow. Their conversation at the end is incredibly intense, and yet at the same time, so little is communicated. What, in the end, does Rogue want from Logan? To be left alone? To tell him all that she is struggling with and have him understand? To depend on him? Understand him?

And what does he want from her? Addiction. Obsession. Hate. Burning. Love. Hmm...I wouldn't have said that, necessarily, from previous chapters. I'd have thought lust, possession, jealousy, and insecurity. He let her go once. He saved her, she came back, and he's struggling again. So maybe that accounts for his intensity, how he can be so giving and apologetic one second, so demanding the next. And only her instability seems to bring this out in him, because he was ignoring her the chapter before.

***He turns away from me, his breathing more composed. “You won’t come back.”
***
Aww, my heart breaks for him.

***“See?” he hisses, averting the pain. “I’m not afraid of you. You need me. I’m the only one who can give this to you. I’m the only one who isn’t going to run!”
***
Maybe, Logan. But I'm not sure, at this point, that that's what Rogue needs. But you're right, she needs someone that will stay right now. She's incredibly down on herself in this chapter--feeling out of control, unable to cope, destructive, a danger to everyone. I wish he was more stable, to help her.

But this was my favorite speech in the entire chapter:
***“Enough! Logan, I’m tired of this. I’m really fucking sick and tired of you. You don’t make any sense! You cross the continent to find me, accidentally stab me, and then save my life. But then you decide you don’t like the fact that I’m not so innocent anymore. So what do you do? You add to my confusion and self-doubt by treating me like a devious hooker. I’m not as scheming as you think, because in case you haven’t noticed, I’m not feeling too hot right now! I don’t know who the fuck I am or what the hell I’m doing! I can’t control anything, and I’m so afraid to even leave my room because I don’t want to hurt anybody!”
***
So great, the language, the power, the desperation, the anger!

V. good chapter. V. angsty. I hope this resolves itself. But the drama, at the same time, makes it so good. And real.

I love Rogue's voice. It's confused. I think it's clear she's a bit depressed. She's struggling, trying to find herself. But she's gritty and determined throughout, cautiously navigating, not without a sense of humor, trying to find her way. The fics from Rogue's POV in this fic are my favorite - Chapters 2-4, I think, last chapter, and this one. A voice I can imagine for Movie Rogue.

I also love the small details in this chapter - Logan and pasta, Rogue and the piano, Remy, the other mutant inhabitants. I get a real sense for how Rogue is spending her time, how she's assimilating after so long, after her formerly-abrupt departure. At the same time, I'm sensing restlessness and boredom.

What comes next? *rubs hands together* I'm rooting for a happy ending.

It was beating. Relief washed over him, and he battled to stay conscious. He wanted to see her open her eyes.

Aw...even though I knew it was coming (because *deathly whisper* you wouldn't kill Rogue...would you?), it was still so sweet.

“C’mon. You’re supposed to be strong! C’mon!” He applied increased pressure to her wound, almost willing his energy into her. “C’mon, kid. Please! I didn’t go through all of this to have you die in this fucking jet!”

Hehe- I love Logan when he's yelling at people not to die. :)

I would have fainted at my blood, too. Now the interesting thing will be when she wakes up - Carol or Rogue? How much of Logan will she know now? And how will they approach each other after the way they parted?

The twists keep coming. I can't wait to see what this means for Logan, and how Marie will cope with Carol's powers and the Brotherhood.