#xmen disease

[biologicalalchemist]

"X-linked immunodeficiency with magnesium defect, Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) infection, and neoplasia" (XMEN) disease 

It's a real thing y'all! Unfortunately it doesn't give superpowers, only death :(

[librababe99]

A Bloom of Despair

Tags: MDNI, 18+ ONLY,  Logan Howlett x Reader, Hanahaki Disease, Angst, Body Horror (descriptions of internal injuries,  physical suffering, mentions of blood), Major Character Death, Hurt /No comfort, No Happy ending

Word Count: 1.1K

Summary: Stricken by Hanahaki disease, you endure the agonizing bloom of petals in your lungs, torn between hope and despair as Logan unknowingly becomes the source of your slow death.

Author's Note: Hi my loves! It’s been a few months since I’ve posted anything on my blog and honestly with everything going on in the world…I have needed an escape. Also this is my first time writing about Hanahaki so I hope I am able to deliver... lol As always comments, likes and reblogs are appreciated! <3

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The first petal came while the mansion slept. It was small and delicate, a pale pink thing crumpled between your lips as you jolted awake, choking. The metallic tang of blood was faint but unmistakable, and you stumbled to the bathroom, panic bubbling in your chest. You stood under the fluorescent lights, trembling, staring at the petal in your hand.

It couldn’t be real. But it was.

The next morning, you tucked the petal into a tissue and shoved it deep into your pocket, forcing yourself to smile through breakfast. Logan was there, of course, leaning against the counter with his usual gruff demeanor, grunting responses to Scott’s sarcastic remarks. His dark eyes flicked to you, giving you that half-smirk that had been your undoing since the day you met.

“Mornin',” he said, his voice gravelly.

“Morning,” you replied, your voice betraying none of the chaos inside you. You quickly looked away, your heart racing, feeling the sharp sting of unrequited affection digging deeper into your chest. The disease was already taking root.

The petals came more frequently as the weeks passed. You’d excuse yourself from meals, from training sessions, from late-night conversations, all to cough up those cursed blossoms in private. Each petal was a tangible reminder of what you could never have. Your love for Logan was killing you—literally.

It wasn’t just the petals, either. They began to claw their way up from your lungs, tearing at the tender lining of your throat. You felt the scratches long after each episode, raw and burning, a cruel reminder of what lay inside you. Sometimes you caught glimpses of stems, jagged and thorny, trailing out with the petals. Your hands trembled as you tried to clean up the mess, staring at the streaks of crimson mingling with the delicate pink of the blooms. It was horrifyingly beautiful—a grotesque contradiction that left you sobbing on the bathroom floor.

You tried to suppress it, to smother your feelings beneath layers of forced indifference. But the disease thrived on hope, and you couldn’t stop yourself from hoping. Every shared glance, every accidental touch, every gruff word of encouragement from Logan made your heart race and your condition worsen.

The first full bloom came after a mission. Logan had saved your life, his strong arms pulling you from the wreckage of a burning building. You’d coughed violently in his embrace, blood spotting your lips, but you managed to hide it before he noticed. Later that night, alone in your room, you hacked up a handful of petals, crimson-tinged and velvety soft. But these were not just petals anymore. Nestled among them were small, sharp thorns, jagged and coated in blood. They cut the inside of your mouth as they came, leaving your throat aching and raw. You stared at the mess in the sink, bile rising in your stomach.

Your tears soaked the petals as you sat on the bathroom floor, clutching your sides, which ached from the relentless coughing. You knew what this meant. You’d read about Hanahaki disease in dusty, forbidden texts in Charles's library. Unrequited love that festered into flowers, choking the life out of its victim unless the love was returned—or surgically removed, at the cost of those feelings and the memories tied to them.

You couldn’t bear the thought of forgetting him.

The final blow came one evening in the mansion’s rec room. Jean was there, sitting close to Logan on the couch. Too close. Her laugh was soft and melodic, and Logan’s rare smile stretched across his face as he responded to something she’d said. The sight made the petals rise in your throat, sharp and unforgiving. You felt the thorns digging into your lungs as you stumbled from the room, each breath a struggle. You clutched your chest and fled, ignoring Storm’s concerned call after you.

Back in your room, you collapsed onto your knees, your body wracked with violent coughs. The petals came in a torrent now, soaked in blood, tearing their way out of you. Larger blooms mixed with shards of stems and thorns spilled from your lips, the pain blinding. You felt them tear through the soft tissue of your throat, leaving jagged cuts in their wake. Your chest burned with every cough, the petals relentless in their assault. The metallic scent of blood was suffocating, mingling with the cloying sweetness of the flowers. Your vision blurred, dark spots dancing at the edges of your sight. When it finally stopped, you slumped against the wall, too weak to move.

Logan found you two days later. You hadn’t left your room, and when he kicked the door open, the sight froze him in his tracks. You were pale, your skin clammy, the bed and floor around you littered with withered petals and dried blood. Some of the petals had started to rot, their edges blackened, the sickly-sweet smell making your stomach churn. Your eyes fluttered open at the sound of his voice calling your name, raw with worry and anger.

“What the hell’s going on?” he demanded, kneeling beside you. His hands hovered over you, unsure where to start.

You tried to speak, but your voice was barely a whisper. “I’m sorry, Logan.”

“Sorry? For what?” His brows furrowed as he looked around the room, piecing together the horrific puzzle. “Is this… You’ve been coughing this up?”

You nodded weakly, tears sliding down your cheeks. “It doesn’t matter anymore.”

“The hell it doesn’t!” he growled. “We’re getting you help. Now.”

You shook your head, your hand reaching out to grip his arm. Your fingers barely had the strength to close around his wrist. “It’s too late.”

His jaw tightened, and for a moment, you thought you saw something in his eyes—fear, maybe even regret. But you knew better. Logan cared, but not the way you needed him to. Not the way that would save you.

“Don’t do this,” he said, his voice softer now.

“I… I loved you, Logan,” you confessed, your voice breaking. “I just wanted to tell you before…” Your sentence trailed off as your strength faded.

“No, no, stay with me,” he said, cradling you against his chest. You felt the roughness of his jacket against your cheek, the warmth of his body. It was the closest you’d ever been to him, and it was enough.

Your breathing slowed, your hand slipping from his arm. The last thing you saw before the darkness claimed you was his face, twisted in anguish.

When the others found you, Logan was still holding you, his shirt stained with blood and petals. He didn’t say a word as they led him away, his expression blank, his eyes hollow.

The mansion was quiet in the days that followed. Logan was quieter still, spending his nights on the porch, a cigarette between his fingers, staring out into the distance. The others gave him space, knowing better than to ask questions.

In his pocket, he kept a single petal, pale pink and fragile. It was all he had left of you.

[uniquecellest]

Hanahaki but it's Charles who suffers. At first he gets a petal the night he tries to stop Erik from leaving and when Erik stays they go away.

They come again the night before Cuba. They intensify after Cuba. Hank makes the serum which somehow combats Hanaki.

Hank is scared at the rate Charles takes the serum. He gets even more when - the serum Charles is able to walk - Hanaki is somehow coming back tenfold on Charles

[goatschild]

i may be the worst fic writer ever because i have like 4 different fics in the works right now, one of which i’ve restarted like 6 times and will probably restart again, another of which i’ve almost completed but have no motivated to finish, and the other two i���ll probably scrap because i am… so lazy

been watching the x-men movies and finally getting around to reading some of the comics. i love scott and wolverines interactions :) they’re so sassy lmao

that’s probably what my next fic will be about ^

it’s also really tempting to write an angst fic because someone told me i should,, but that would directly contradict my last post. STAYING STRONG!!!!

[gwensy]

the fact that remy almost exclusively refers to jubilee as baby in french makes me sick it makes me sick it makes me sick. thats his kid

[dersite-day-dreamer]

gotta make your favs suffer........ if i could draw blood i would

[hiveswap]

the person running the reading order website said that the full context of the crossover events makes the things im actually interested in better. So now I am meant to be reading inhumans and xmen. While the last time we left off Nova's series he was dying again

[pickleslice]

think im only gonna be reading exceptional xmen and the reg xmen title for the time being!! only exceptional xmen sparks joy and is genuinely really good and new and refreshing and exciting and brings me happiness and

[fellhellion]

as a purely personal preference i honestly kind of wish sm/2099 had more self contained issues and/or specials, since the restrained format seems to really prompt the writers (PAD as well as the guest writers of the specials) to play around with and explore a particular niche of the world building implications of 2099 upon the characters.

[canarypost]

the way his eyes flutter in the first shot and his jaw clenches in the second. im literally throwing up blood

[greatcomets]

theyre saying she died of xmen disease...

[commonpigeon]

its my favourite time of the year where i do my fanfic spreadsheet wrapped for 2024.

i read 7,254,321 words and 1035 fics -- less than the last two years i guess thats what having a full time job does to a woman.

i bookmarked 62 fics

my top 5 fandoms were

interview with the vampire (379)

the untamed (269)

fall out boy (158) -- im ashamed of this one i think this all came from january alone

xmen (43)

game of thrones (38)

my top 5 pairings were

armand/daniel molloy (212)

patrick stump/pete wentz (154)

lestat de lioncourt/louis de pointe du lac (133)

lan xichen/jin guangyao/nie mingjue (58)

song lan/xiao xingchen/xue yang (51)

every month i calculate my top pairing and fandom and choose my favourite fic of the month

january

fall out boy, patrick stump/pete wentz

Jet Black Crow - pete/patrick. a modern fairytale au where pete is a crow

february

the untamed, jin guangyao/nie mingjue and lan wangji/wei wuxian drew. i read so many pairings for the untamed its craaazy

time is luck - pete/patrick. a current day fic where patrick never realised pete loved him and pete assumed he knew the whole time and just was just letting him down gently. this was exactly what i want out of all peterick which is why it was my favourite fic of the month despite it being the month i got really into the untamed again

march

the untamed, song lan/xiao xingchen/xue yang. i love this toxic horrible throuple

I will be chasing a starlight - lan wangji/wei wuxian. star trek au where lan wangji is a vulcan. this did something sooo evil to my brain because I LOVE star trek and spock and lan wangji so this was absolutely perfect. still of my favourite fics of all time

april

the untamed, lan xichen/jin guangyao/nie mingjue. yet another toxic throuple and one of my all time favourite pairings ever they are so compelling. let it be known jiang cheng/lan wangji/wei wuxian were very much in the running this month

Chicken, Fox and Flowers - lan xichen/jin guangyao/nie mingjue. theyre all in a relationship but nie mingjue gets hanahaki disease because he thinks lan xichen and jin guangyao are soulmates and love each other more than him. this is sooo good it really hits all the spots for me i love hurt/comfort and nie mingjue

may

the untamed, lan xichen/jin guangyao/nie mingjue. francis crozier/james fitzjames was a close second

brutalizer - art donaldson/tashi donaldson/pat zweig. every thing spqr writes is amazing and this was perfect

june

the untamed and interview with the vampire drew. jin guangyao/nie mingjue and enjolras/grantaire drew (random as hell)

bad month for me fic wise i only read 26 fics totally to 250k words

Good Help -- jin guanyao/nie mingjue. i love everythinggg this author does with mdzs fic i just totally buy into everything they write. jin guanyao is wen ruohan's viceroy and he is left in charge for a few months and ends up hiring this random muscular guy. who could it beeee

july, august, september, october

interview with the vampire, armand/daniel molloy. you will see a pattern emerging

july: in the detail(s) -- armand/daniel. a tale of daniel's turning. i think i bookmarked this after chapter one or two and its still ongoing and i wait for an update every day. but this is just one of the most perfect devil's minions fics everrr its the blueprint. probably my favourite fic of the year to be honest

august: I am the least difficult of men. All I want is boundless love. armand/daniel. post season 2, daniel tries to convince armand he wants him. ive read this fic multiple times its so good the characterisation is perfect and its funny and serious and the sex is good

september: every few centuries, somebody reinvents the coven. armand/daniel/lestat/louis. as the title says, they reinvent the coven. i just love how they all interact in this fic and i love the authors style. i love armand being a little weird and insecure and i love daniel not being fully healed from vampire powers and i love that being considered during sex. amongst other things. one of my fav fics of the year

october: parsimony. lestat/louis. lestat is turned into a cat. this premise is sooo like 2012 livejournal i loooove it. and they make lestat so pathetic i love it. must point out this person is a wangxian warrior and you can tell from their writing... nobody is doing it like untamed fans.

november

interview with the vampire, lestat/louis

Code Violations  -- erik lehnsherr/charles xavier. mystique is shot on a mission with the brotherhood and erik brings her back to the mansion to heal. he becomes the handyman and the rest is history. this really pulled me into cherik again

december

x-men, erik/charles. i rewatched the xmen films and xmen 97 and i really do think cherik is one of the best pairings of all time but a lot of the fic is very umm 2012 in a bad way

hidden worlds that shine -- daniel requests that armand lets him take complete control during sex like armand used to when he was young. love an armand pov that shows his insane thought processes where he feels like a trapped animal and this fic brought that

well. overall this was the year of devil's minion. roll on season 3 so it can take over another year of my spreadsheet

[youreobsessedwithtoomanyfandoms]

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[rabbitmotifs]

disease that stops me from drawing logans xmen outfit because i need to be able to see his chest hair

[myungnyangz]

im literally plagued and diseased the movie yesterday awoke in me a deep attraction towards wolverine and now im watching the first xmen

[neolympus]

mw powers?

i went ahead and divided them for each god, you can view them under the cut!

ZEUS

weather manipulation, but in a really cool way like being able to summon tornadoes during battle, or have lightning rain down on someone.

sonic blast that stuns or disorients others, with the sound of thunder.

HERA

able to summon chains or restraint around an enemy for a certain period of time.

swarm summoning, so summoning swarms of certain creatures like birds or gadflies to attack enemies.

POSEIDON

ability to tame/summon horses.

the ability to summon a trident.

being able to turn into a puddle and move underneath doors or through cracks.

HADES

alchemy or transmutation.

deadly touch or something similar to rogue from xmen.

possession.

APOLLO

prophecy (visions of the future).

purification (cleansing individuals, or environments of corruption, impurity or disease).

ARES

super strength.

fear inducement.

HEPHAESTUS

fire form/fire physiology, similar to human torch.

technopathy and/or technokinesis.

HESTIA

being able to create some sort of sanctuary or sacred space that can be used for sheltering and protecting the group from any outside threats or dangers.

ability to make others feel calm/peace. this could be useful to make enemies less hostile.

DIONYSUS

madness inducement.

vine manipulation.

dreamwalking/dream manipulation.