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[originalbirdboy]

@brotherhoodofm continued from here;

‘Huh. Pretty sprog like you shouldn’t ever feel like a spectator, I should think,’ Toad snorted. ‘If anything you should feel ogled.’ There was no envy in the words; by now he was far past being thick enough to envy anyone for what he couldn’t have. But there was just a hint of mockery dancing on his tongue. What would Professor X’s chosen few know about being relegated to the sidelines?

Ogled was such a horrible word and he couldn’t hide his disgust at that. Maybe Toad did have a point but Warren couldn’t actually imagine that feeling ogled was truly better than being just a spectator. “I know what you’re trying to say but I can’t say it’s making me want to be a spectator any less.” He had been raised from money, as everyone knew, and eyes had been on him as soon as he could walk, only increasing in their observation as he got older. “At least you never hide who you are.”

[originalbirdboy]

@blind-mutant continued from x;

Rhys paused as he felt Warren’s fingers trace over one of the scars on his back and asked what it had come from. It wasn’t one of the ones correlated with a particularly awful memory. Not that most scars came with good memories, but he definitely had ones that brought him to a bad place if he thought about them.

“It was from one of t’ first times I hid in an abandoned warehouse. Accidentally backed up into a piece of metal sticking out from t’ wall,” he explained and then turned a bit to gently place a hand on Warren’s thigh. “Alright, now it’s yer turn. Tell me ‘bout t’ big scar on yer chest. I’ve felt it plenty of times before.”

Admittedly he had felt a lot of scars on Warren’s body. The winged man had definitely been through from scraps before, though Rhys didn’t ever know if there was a right time to ask about his scars. He didn’t doubt that some of them came with traumatic memories but if they were going to talk about old injuries... well, he might as well know about Warren’s too.

“‘Course, if any of yer scars are too difficult to talk about yeh don’t gotta tell me. Okay?”

It was great that they were upholding their promise to each other and opening up more frequently, making a point of speaking about their pasts. Warren was sure it would make their relationship stronger and so far it had been the case, increasing the bond between the two of them now that they knew each other more intimately.

He let out a quiet hiss in sympathy at the pain he must have felt to get the scar as he let his fingers trail down the raised flesh again before his hand dropped to Rhys’ waist to rest there in contentment. He’d been through a fair amount of pain, of course, but very few of his scars had been as a direct result of his own actions. They’d been inflicted on him by situations he couldn’t control or other people who wanted him dead. 

“Some of them are difficult to talk about, but I still want to tell you,” he said, taking a deep breath as he looked down to the long but old scar on his chest. It had been quite nasty before it had years to fade into his skin, leaving it feeling worse than it looked. The other deserved to know considering that he could tell it represented an awful injury. His boyfriend must have felt it a hundred times but he had never asked, despite the fact that he must have wondered.

“I tried to dodge being shot out of the sky, but I ended up losing control and crash landing into something sharp. It was probably debris from the fight but I don’t remember what it was exactly because I blacked out from the pain of the crash. I hadn’t been a member of the X-Men for very long back then and I wasn’t used to flying evasively for a long time outside of training,” he explained. It was the first serious injury he’d received after joining the X-Men and before then he’d felt invincible. Even now it served as a reminder of his mortality.

[originalbirdboy]

@bastxrds // vaguely plotted starter

Warren always got annoyed at the way in which Tony swooped in and caught the attention of the woman he was talking to. It was getting to the point where it could hardly be considered to be accidental. All he’d done was go to get them both a drink and all of a sudden the bubbly brunette was tucked into the side of the very person he would consider to be his greatest rival, at least in this kind of event.

“Tony,” he sighed as he approached, keeping the drink just out of reach of the woman he had been talking to so that she would have to detach herself from the side of Tony to receive it. 

“It’s good to see you again,” he said and although his words were polite, his tone was largely indifferent to try and stop himself from being angry at the way he’d bumped into Tony yet again. It was bad enough when he’d sidled in and danced with Emma while he was talking to her, but he knew that she was his friend and would undoubtedly come back to him. Setting up a situation where he had to compete for the affection of the woman he had just tried to talk to was ridiculously unfair. He couldn’t show off his wings like Tony could demonstrate his genius and they subconsciously reminded him of that, bristling against the small of his back from their confines like they wanted to show themselves off too.

[originalbirdboy]

“ To be perfectly honest with you, I am a bit annoyed about the situation.”

@notgoodwithviolence

Warren looked at Charles, trying to decide between belligerence and looking somewhat apologetic as if that would fix what the other was thinking.

"It was hardly my fault though. It was Hank and Bobby's idea for the most part."

[originalbirdboy]

@prfxxor continued from here;

‘childhood is not a countdown, but a state of shelter and protection.  some ends sooner than others. and for many of us... it ends the moment the mutant gene activates. but with the school, perhaps now we can preserve it for a little longer.’

Warren didn’t always agree with the other, as students often disagreed with their teachers but he couldn’t disagree with the sentiment of his words. “I hope that we can, especially for kids who end up being like the Morlocks and won’t ever fit in.” He had his own physical mutation too, so he understood how they felt, but he could hide it day to day, even as uncomfortable as the harness was.

[originalbirdboy]

A slight nudge of the elbow. (from marrow)

@badmusesdoitwell // Unspoken Fluff Prompts

Warren turned his eyes from the television to the mutant sat next to him who had just elbowed him. They’d just been sat together but he knew what Sarah was trying to do. Their relationship had been a little uneasy with their background of them watching while he’d been attacked by the Morlocks. Still, they were in the mansion now and it seemed like they were trying to make an effort, which he did welcome.

“Do you want something else on the T.V?”

[originalbirdboy]

“And I feel that when I’m with you, it’s alright. I know it’s right.”

@shinobixshaw // Rumours Sentence Meme

Shinobi could be so sweet considering his background and Warren couldn’t help by smile. How someone could so easily speak to him like that and say their emotions after having Sebastian Shaw raise them and presumably repress anything they were feeling was some kind of miracle.

“It does feel pretty right,” he replied with a slight nod of his head.

[originalbirdboy]

" Family isn't who you're born with, it's who you'll die for. " (from Hank?)

@impaviidus

Warren raised an eyebrow before slowly narrowing his eyes. “Is this you telling me that you’d die for me?” he asked, a little surprised. He and Hank weren’t as close as he was with the other members of their little original group of X-Men but they were exactly that.

[originalbirdboy]

❝ Your friendship is dearer to me than any fame or reputation. ❞

@shinobixshaw // Dorian Grey Sentence Starters

Warren couldn’t stifle the grin at the way the other spoke about him and their friendship. It was rare that he was actually valued above what he could give to people and who he was. So many people wanted to be near him because he was rich, a member of the X-Men and a socialite.

“Thanks, I’m glad that we’re friends too.”

[originalbirdboy]

‘ i honestly look so good lounging in an oversized t-shirt and no pants. when will someone experience the blessing of domestic living w/ me? ’ // here we go again

@emmafrrost // popular text posts meme

“My go-to is the quite the opposite,” he chuckled, a playful lilt to his voice as he cast his gaze at Emma who was draped across his sofa in nothing but one of his own way too big t-shirts that she’d acquired as one of her own and stored in his guest room. It fit both him and his wings so it practically drowned Emma in its size, falling almost to her knees.

“There’s definitely a reason that you can’t keep anyone you try to experience domestic bliss with that isn’t a friend. Maybe it’s the high maintenance aura you give off.” He stretched out along his chair, wings stretching in a way that mirrored his arms as he did so.

[originalbirdboy]

@emmafrrost continued from x;

 ❝                about logan’s secret bdsm kinks ???  ❞  she can’t quite contain a laugh.  ❝  yes, but it wasn’t because of my mutation. i found magazines, too.  ❞ 

Warren tried hard not to stammer through his sentences at the revelation. He wasn’t always comfortable with Emma telling him things about people he knew when she’d read their mind but this was definitely different. She had concrete evidence that he could see too to back up her gossip.

“Where did you find them? You weren’t snooping around somewhere really seedy like his room, were you?”