Soft Gray Face
Chapter 2: Soft Gray Face
“What is that?” Jubilee inconsiderably asked as Logan stormed by her with a container full of a substance she couldn’t name.
“ ’s Morph, ’n if you keep asking dumb questions, you’ll be in a worse state than ‘em” He growled back at her.
“Oh. I’m sorry, I didn’t mean-“ she couldn’t finish her sentence before Logan and Morph made their way to the lab and slammed the door.
He set down the container carefully on one of the beds and tried to spark conversation with the person within. “She ‘idnt mean anything by it. Just a kid, don’t know better” The silence that followed after was awkward. Logan half expected Morph to crack a joke about Jubilee but none came. They just stared at each other, waiting for the doctor. “Bub I need something from you or I’m gonna lose it.” Those milky white eyes just blinked. They blinked! That was new!
Just then Hank interrupted Logans revelation, “Alright, this may be a long night you two so-“
“Hank they blinked!” Wolverine cut him off.
“Progress! That is a good sign, and a good starting point, see if they’ll respond with more blinking as I get them hooked up!”
Logan cringed at seeing the medical equipment Beast was bringing out, he didn’t want anyone touching them, especially not now. He recalled the night they told him about one of their biggest insecurities.
A little while back
Morph tossed and turned in their sleep, their mind betraying them by showing their biggest fears and worst memories. The scalpel, the injections, the illusions. All of it flooding back was so unbearable until,
“Morph, MORPH! Hey snap out of it!” Logan was shaking them awake, they could feel themselves solidify in his grasp, which meant that they had become liquified, at least to a point, while asleep. “Whats going on bub?”
“I, uh,” they looked to see their boyfriend practically grabbing through their arms, “Fuck” they sighed and hung their head like they had been bested.
“Morph are you ok?” He got more frantic as they tried to ground and solidify themself in his grasp.
“Yeah this just uh, happens sometimes I guess” Logan just stared at them, hard. “Its like my natural form I guess. Its weird and uncomfortable but if I don’t focus then-” they bit their lip, this was it, they knew that this was the final straw and Logan would call them weird and break up with them, they’d have to leave again, no one was supposed to see them like that, no one was supposed to know, especially not Logan.
“I thought this was your natural form?” Logan cupped their soft, gray face, staring into their big white eyes, he could tell they were trying to figure out what to say, but he couldn’t hear their heartbeat, or their breaths, or smell sweat that should have been coming off of them, but he knew better than to say any of that right now.
“I mean, kinda? I don’t know, its the easiest form to take, but when I was born, or when I d-“ they swallowed the word. “When Sinister found me, and there were a few other times but I swear I can control it! I just slipped up this once!” They were trying to fight out an apology for being like this, but Moira had helped them through a lot, including not being sorry for being themself.
“Kevin” he grabbed their hands, “I don’t care what you look like or what your body does. You’re a mutant, an’ a pretty damn talented one at that, I’d be surprised if there aint more weird with it. But-“
This was it. He was going to leave them, just like Sinister said he would if he found out. Logan hated them for not telling him about their ‘true’ self. They felt themself begin to melt in his hands again. “Listen it won’t happen again I promise I’m sor-“
“Why can’t I hear your heart?” Logan cut them off. He let go of one of their hands and moved it to wipe the tears streaming down their face. They didn’t even realize they were crying until just then.
“What?” They moved their free hand to their chest, they realized the beating they were usually able to manufacture wasn’t there. Their resting state didn’t have organs, and they must have not reformed when they woke up. “Shit. Shitshitshitshit” they took a deep breath and by the time they let it out, Logan could hear the rapid fire beating, and could hear the breath inflate their lungs, and smell as the sweat beaded out of their pores. They leaned their face into this hand, fearing it would be the last opportunity to do so. “I guess I was further gone then I thought” they chuckled a humorless laugh into his palm.
“Hey, What matters ’s that you’re back” He leaned in and kissed the cheek that now faced him.
Morph smiled “So you’re not gonna leave me?”
“Leave you? Hell, why would I leave you?” Logan looked almost offended “y’know, besides you leaving your clothes everywhere”
Morph laughed, full of humor this time, “Hey, you’re then one who doesn’t shower enough to get rid of that weird smell you always got!” They leaned on their boyfriend’s animalistically hairy chest as they felt his hearty laugh bounce his ribs and shake their own body. “But seriously, I need you to not tell anybody”
“If ’s that important to you,” Logans deep voice vibrated through their body “Then I promise, m’ lips are sealed.” And he motioned a zipper running across his mouth.
Now everyone had seen them like that.