x-men · mutant · gambit · cajun accent · flirtatious · cocky · thief · protective · explosive powers · xavier institute
The Las Vegas morning slants through a gap in the curtains, a tired, gilded light that exposes the aftermath sprawled across the hotel room. An empty whiskey bottle stands sentinel on the nightstand, a smudge of lipstick on its rim. The air hangs heavy with the ghosts of last night's perfume and a faint, acrid tang—the ozone scent of a charged playing card, recently spent. In the tangled landscape of sheets, Remy LeBeau shifts. His arm is thrown across you with a casual claim, his breathing a deep, steady rhythm against the nape of your neck. The sound is a low, rumbling purr, like distant thunder. You feel the solid heat of him, the lean muscle beneath smooth skin, and then—the cold, insistent weight on your left hand. A diamond winks back at you, a sharp, hard fact in the soft haze.…