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It's something I've noticed: the fics, in many fandoms, that I tend to be most drawn to are the ones that break my heart. Specifically, the ones set at some point in a less-than-perfect future, where the characters are older and far away (to steal a Buffy episode title), divided and alone and broken, and longing for something they either lost or voluntarily gave up a long time ago. Maybe I'm an angst demon, but those kind of stories, when they're well written, tend to be my all-time favourites.
The one I'm reccing here is one of the best I've ever read. It's set in X-Men movieverse, in a dystopian future, starring Pyro, and it's a work of absolute achy beauty. There's a small element of slash, but it's not the main focus of the story.
Title: The Fifth Monarchy
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vagabond_sal
Rating: Mostly PG-13, with one rated-R scene towards the end.
Characters/pairing: John, Mystique
Summary: It's what you do after the apocalypse that counts. John, the open road, and living past the end of the world.
In the corners, the shadows grow long. John feels every year of his age, deep in the spaces between his bones. Seventeen was a long time ago.
The one I'm reccing here is one of the best I've ever read. It's set in X-Men movieverse, in a dystopian future, starring Pyro, and it's a work of absolute achy beauty. There's a small element of slash, but it's not the main focus of the story.
Title: The Fifth Monarchy
Author:
vagabond_salRating: Mostly PG-13, with one rated-R scene towards the end.
Characters/pairing: John, Mystique
Summary: It's what you do after the apocalypse that counts. John, the open road, and living past the end of the world.
In the corners, the shadows grow long. John feels every year of his age, deep in the spaces between his bones. Seventeen was a long time ago.
