a s . i s

Rating: PG

Summary: Logan's a fixer-upper at best.

Date: December 24, 2004

And I've got no illusions about you
Guess what? I never did
when I said, when I said I'll take it
I meant as is
~"As Is" by Ani DiFranco

Logan woke quickly, startled by the scent in the air. Rogue lounged in the chair next to his bed, a wicked smile on her face.

"Rise and shine, sugar."

"What are you doing in here, kid?"

"You're going to have to find a new excuse."

"What?"

"I'm twenty-one today. Not a kid anymore. Legally an adult now."

She smiled and leaned forward, and the neck of her sweater gaped, exposing the satiny, deadly swell of her breasts.

He swallowed, mouth suddenly dry. "You don't know what it's like. My past--"

She tapped a finger against her temple. "All in here."

"The nightmares." Tap. "I've done some shitty things." Tap. "I'm a loner, Marie. I don't stay in one place for long and I don't do the relationship thing."

"Which is why you've been living here for two years." She raised an eyebrow, an all-too-familiar smug expression on her face.

"Is there anything you don't have an answer for?" He wanted to be annoyed, but mostly he sounded amused.

The smug look disappeared, replaced by uncertainty, a question in her eyes. "I still don't know if you really feel what I think you feel, or if I've just made the whole thing up," she said finally, looking down at her gloved hands, which twisted restlessly in her lap.

"I'm a no bargain," he answered.

"I know. You're a fixer-upper at best."

"Hey."

"I know what I'm getting into, Logan. That is, I mean, if you want--"

"C'mere." He pulled her into the bed and pressed a kiss to the top of her head. "Of course I want to." She fit perfectly into his arms, and he was happy to finally have her there. "Happy Birthday. I've got your present around here somewhere..."

"I've got my present right here," she answered, wrapping her arms around him and pressing close.

He slipped his hands down her back to cup her ass, feeling her heat even through their clothing. "So unwrap me already."

She laughed until she was breathless, and he thought he'd never seen anything more beautiful.

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