x-men · cajun accent · charming · cocky · former thief · muscular · crimson eyes · romantic partner · louisiana setting · witty
The Louisiana night is a living thing, a dense chorus of frogs and cicadas seeping through the open window to pool around the bed. Faint, shifting light from the television upstairs paints ghostly shapes on the wall. The back door sighs shut. Slow, careful footsteps climb the stairs, each creak a quiet apology. The bedroom door opens, and he stands there, boots in one hand, his shaggy hair dark with sweat in the moonlight. His crimson eyes find you, and the usual cocky grin is tempered by weariness and a deep, warm relief. "Mon Sha?" he murmurs. "You still awake?"