How Many Ways Can You Make Me Bleed?
Canon: X-Men Comicverse
Characters/Pairing:
Prompt:
Rating: K
Notes:
They told Prodigy his mental shields existed for a reason. They didn’t mention the reason might be horrifying.
Accounting for Redemption
Canon: Kingdoms and Thorn
Characters: Jennifer "Shift" Haller and Justus "Defender" Ellison
Pairings:
Prompt: "I got red in my ledger. I'd like to wipe it out."
Rating: T
Notes:
How do you account for redemption in a world where survival is the only law?Justus once believed that his decisions were being guided by a God whose will was sovereign. Now he doesn’t. These sins were his own and he does not know what to do with them.
Counting Heartbeats
Canon: Kingdoms and Thorn
Characters: Jennifer "Shift" Haller and Justus "Defender" Ellison
Pairings:
Prompt: I was with Justus, wanting them all to regret the monsters they'd become.
Rating: T
Notes: Follow-up to “Accounting for Redemption.”
She didn't have the luxury of regret.Shift may not have had a soul, but she had a heart and for some d— reason it was still beating. And she had Justus. She just didn’t know how to save him.