After The Fall

When it had come down to it, the whole operation had been a lot easier than Julian had thought it would be. A few nights of coming in regularly, sitting quietly at the bar, paying his tab and leaving had allayed most suspicions regarding his intention as 'Josh's Ex'. So when, on the last night, Julian handed his driver's license to the bouncer he'd met that horrible night at the hospital, when everything had gone even more to shit, the man just looked at him, a question on his face.

"Can you ask your boss if he's got a minute to talk? I'd like to ask about a job. Just give him that," Julian nodded at his license. "I'll have a seat at the bar."

Julian hadn't even been sitting for 10 minutes when a club employee came to escort him to the offices. Another 5 minutes and Julian laid it all out. Who he was, his powers, what he could offer. He left with a promise to get back to him the next day.

Two days later, there he was, looking intimidating while a whole lot of desperate guys flowed through the door, all hoping to catch a glimpse of a real, live mutant and never knowing they just passed one by.