Nice to see you, tell Velma and Eli I said hi Who: Jubilee, Laura Kinney, and Logan Howlett Where: Jubilee and Laura's house What: coitus interruptus and plot effects When: 9/14 Warnings/Rating: PG-13 for explicit semi-sexy times Status complete
Laura was up very early in the morning the day after she lost her powers. Her arms were really bothering her. She expected the poisoning, but she didn’t expect it to be so painful. After having her powers for months she’d forgotten the way a constant ache could bother her. The only thing that came close was when she used her claws, and she’d never used them for this long.
She went to the bathroom and started a bath, hoping that she could bring the swelling down, at least.
Jubilee padded into the bathroom, looking at Laura worriedly. “Hey chica.. how are you feeling?” She’d tried massaging her knuckles and arms, which she thought had helped, but it hadn’t done anything for the swelling. She wondered if it was like an infection. If she’d been a vampire, she could have leeched. Or something.
“Bad.” Laura admitted. The massaging helped, but the problem wasn’t a sore muscle. “Feeling a little nauseous, but I could just be hungry.” She kissed Jubilee softly before settling into the tub. “I’m glad I don’t have adamantium all over my body like Logan. I’d be miserable.”
“The old man was pretty miserable when it happened to him,” Jubilee said, sitting on the edge of the tub.
“Yeah, ‘cause he was dying.” She made a face. “I hope my powers don’t stay away for long.”
“There was a time when it woulda been awesome to not have powers,” Jubilee said. She slid to the ground so she could start washing Laura’s back.
Laura sighed softly, enjoying the attention. “Yeah. It wouldn’t be so bad without the claws.” She rubbed her arms, wincing a little. “I forget the tops are sharp now, too. I think I just cut myself.” That didn’t feel good at all.
Jubilee smiled, enjoying giving the attention. It was a little bit of happy and relaxing that had nothing to do with working, and was just them. She liked just them time. “Try not to move ‘em around too much. Maybe we can like wrap em!”
“If we’re going to the thing with the cake tomorrow we’ll have to do something.” Laura said with a sigh. “I hope they like yellow.”
“Yellow is the beeeeeeeest. And it’s on short notice so they’re gonna just have to deal.” Jubilee nuzzled her, and kissed her shoulder blade.
Laura shivered and laughed. “Mmmm, yeah. Plus one of them is pink, so it’s not like they can complain about things being weird colors.” She scooted forward in the tub. “I’m so looooonely in here, Hotness.”
“Yeah? Whatcha gonna do about it?” Jubilee replied, waggling her eyebrows. “I got all this clothing on!”
“Pffft.” Laura noted, gently tugging Jubilee forward. “I’m gonna take if off you. Duh.” She got up onto her knees, pulling Jubilee’s pajama pants down.
Jubilee laughed, squirming out of her jammies and tossing them off to the side before she flailed into the tub, with a massive kersplash.
Laura laughed as well, and hugged Jubilee tight. “Silly woman, the bathroom didn’t need a shower.” She kissed her playfully. A little pain and nausea wasn’t going to dampen her enthusiasm for her wife.
Giggling, Jubilee started to tickle Laura. Careful of her arms, and concentrating on some of the spots she loved to touch most. Life was so amazing. She wondered why she’d felt so depressed before.
Laura laughed and grabbed for Jubilee’s hands, pinning them to the wall. She kissed Jubilee deeply, twining her legs around her wife. Sometimes it was easy to forget she’d ever dreamed of X-23. These moments were the ones she cherished forever.
Jubilee groaned, and only gave token resistance. She still wished she was a better fighter, but if it meant sacrificing this, it wasn’t worth it. “When you’re better..I’m taking you out dancing, babe.”
“We’ll be dancing tomorrow, I bet.” She kissed Jubilee’s neck and shoulder. “And I feel better already.”
The walking sparkler tilted her head to let Laura have her way with her neck. Her legs felt weak and she was glad she wasn’t standing. She sounded a mix of sober and aroused. “Belong with you.”
“We’re better together.” Laura agreed, moving Jubilee’s hands so she could pin them both with one of her own. Her free hand groped and teased one of Jubilee’s breasts.
“This is so awesome,” Jubilee breathed, squirming under Laura’s touch. She tried to steal another kiss.
Laura was happy to comply, and nothing could stop her.
Except for the sound of Ginger going nuts at the door. Laura sighed and headthunked on Jubilee’s chest. “Crap, Logan, your timing sucks.”
“Nnn…?” Jubilee rocked her hips against Laura, trying to get some more sensation going, and not really caring WHO was at the door.
Laura kissed her softly and climbed out of the tub. “Coming, though we should make you wait, you. . . cock blocking jerk.” She knew he’d hear, and cursing at him might help with the sexual frustration. She grabbed her bathrobe and went to the door. He was just going to have to deal with whatever he saw.
She sighed, and padded after Laura, not even bothering to pull on a robe. She wanted to give Logan her biggest grumpy, wet and naked look.
Ginger darted out and jumped up on Logan as soon as the door opened. He wasn’t a little puppy anymore, he was taller than Laura’s knees. She sighed and grabbed him by the collar. “Hey. Come on in.” She did still smile at him, even if she was annoyed at his timing.
Logan grinned at her and took in the scene. “Sorry. Guess you’re feelin’ better than I was worried about.”
Jubilee stuck her tongue out at him, and only then pulled on a robe. “She needed some cheering up.”
“Up and down. Want some coffee?” Laura shooed Ginger away and went to get the pot started. “How’s Velma?”
“Yeah, thanks. Irish.” Logan took a seat on the couch, and kicked his feet onto the table. Jubilee smacked him. “Feet off the table! Dick.”
“You know we don’t want our stuff marked up.” Laura yelled while she made coffee. “And I’m not doing that thing with the cream, all we have is half and half.” She wandered back out while the coffee brewed. “And you never answered me about Velma.”
“I think he means spike it” Jubilee plopped into a seat and tugged Laura on top of her. She stuck her tongue out at Logan. She still didn’t like to think that her wife and her mentor had fucked, except she’d seen it and participated.
Okay, it had been hot.
“She’s doin’ okay. Got mornin’ an’ evenin’ sickness. Startin’ to not have the heart to tease her too much.”
Laura snuggled in against Jubilee, resting her head on the other girl’s shoulder. “That sucks. It must be bad if you’re not teasing her.”
“Mostly runnin’ out of things to tease her about.” Logan flashed them a grin, like he was a great big jerk face.
“You’re a great big jerk face.” Jubilee offered.
Laura rolled her eyes. “Uh huh.” She smiled at Logan. “You’re so mean.”
“Yep.”
“Look at that big jerk! Not even denying it!” Jubilee flailed her hand at him.
Laura snickered and kissed Jubilee softly. “See? This is why I’d make a terrible mom. Look at the asshole lineage I have.”
“So, you’re still gonna knock me up.”
Logan started coughing.
Laura shook her head. “We’ll talk about it later. The coffee’s probably done soon.” She was still very much against having kids, but Logan didn’t need to hear them argue about it. “All we have is rum for the coffee, sorry about that.”
“That’s fine,” Logan said, deciding he needed that drink even more now. He scooted closer to Laura to get a look at her arms and frowned.
Jubilee slipped out from under Laura to get the coffee. She kept her expression neutral. It wasn’t that big of a bone of contention, but still a bone of contention.
Laura offered him her arms, wincing when her attention was brought back to the pain she was trying to ignore.
They looked pretty bad, but there wasn’t anything he could do about it. He pulled out a bottle. “Here, take these. Antibiotics an’ some painkillers, should help a little with it until we can figure out how to get them out. If it comes to that.”
She nodded. “Okay. Figures that this would happen after I got scared and put poisonous metal in my body.” She sighed softly. “It’s not too bad yet, but I’m worried about what’ll happen if this goes on much longer.”
“I know, darlin’. We’re gonna have to do somethin’, an’ Faiza ain’t able to do it for you right now.” Maybe Kitty could pull them out but that might get messy.
“We’ll have to go to a real doctor.” She made a face. “I can’t afford to lose the ability to move my arms even a little. The orchard needs a lot of tending and Big Mac is going to put me in charge of that soon.”
“Faiza is a real doctor. But you’re right, she ain’t a surgeon, I don’t think. Need to find someone who won’t ask too many questions.”
“I didn’t mean it like that.” Laura amended, “I meant. . . like one that won’t be as nice and stuff.” Because being nice made Faiza not a real doctor. “I want to wait a little longer. I’m hoping my powers will come back soon.”
“Oh. Makes sense.” Logan hoped they did so, so that she didn’t suffer any more. It pained him to see her in pain.
“Me too,” Jubilee said, handing over some coffee.
Laura waited until Jubilee put the coffee down, then pulled her in for a hug. It hurt her arms, but she didn’t want to care. “I’m not used to being this serious.”
She nuzzled her chin against Laura’s shoulder and snuggled in against her. “So we be extra silly. Deal?”
“You’ll bounce back,” Logan promised her. “You’ve got a good support system.”
Laura hugged Jubilee tight. “I know. This isn’t that bad. Even if I do lose my claws.” She just wanted to keep what was important in her life, and that wasn’t at risk right now. “Beside, I’m not as sick as some people. I hear it’s pretty bad for them.” She hoped nobody would die. She didn’t want that to happen to anyone.
“Yeah. This sucks.” Jubilee shifted around to get comfortable, not caring how much she was flashing Logan.
Logan just drank his coffee.
Laura couldn’t help but stroke her hand up Jubilee’s leg, pressing her lips softly against her hair. “How’s Eli? I always forget about her, which isn’t very nice of me.”
Jubilee shivered. Laura’s pulse was suddenly very loud, and the feeling passed after a moment, leaving her worried.
“Eli’s bein’ Eli, an’ doin’ a good job of lookin’ after Vel,” Logan replied. He was really proud of her, for that.
Laura was a little jealous of Eli for having so much of Logan’s attention. She knew that it was silly, but she couldn’t help how she felt. “That’s good. She seems nice.”
“You should hang out,” Logan suggested. He wished he could be more for her. That he’d known about her when she was young, so he could have raised her. She’d deserved a better childhood.
“The orchard keeps me pretty busy anymore.” Laura admitted. “We’re working on winterizing the apples, and some of the figs are still waiting to be harvested. But I’m sure things will quiet down soon, so maybe then we can do that.”
“She could always help out. She likes workin’ with her hands.” Logan sipped at his coffee again. He wondered if they really did enjoy doing this orchard thing.
Laura did. It was honest work, and served a clear purpose. “That might be fun. She can definitely help us pick figs.”
“I’ll suggest it sometime. Bondin’ exercise.”
“Vampires are cheating,” Jubilee pointed out.
“There’s no such thing as cheating when it comes to farming.” Laura said with a laugh. “I used my claws all the time when we were pruning.”
“It was kinda hawt.” Jubilee leaned forward eagerly and went with clawing motions. “So hawt.”
“You’ve got an interestin’ definition of hot.”
“Uh huh.” Laura noted, rolling her eyes dramatically. “Because Velma doesn’t at all think it’s hot when you’re all macho and protective over her.” At least she hoped Velma liked that, since being pregnant was probably only going to make that worse.
“Uh.” Logan darted his eyes, then shrugged his shoulder. He couldn’t deny that either.
Jubilee just grinned and squeezed Laura’s biceps, figuring that would be safe. “She’s like super girl.”
Laura flexed her arm, laughing. “It’s ‘cause I climb trees all day.” She liked being strong and sleeping with a relatively light woman.
“Like a little monkey.”
Logan laughed. “Too bad we can’t get a demonstration right now.”
“Depends on what kinda demonstration you want, Wolvie.”
“We were all ready to demonstrate in the bathtub but you interrupted.” Laura pouted at Logan as hard as she could.
He grinned at her like a big teddy bear. “Who said you had to stop.”
“Wolvie!”
Laura raised an eyebrow at him, then kissed Jubilee. It was a slow, seductive kiss. She gently opened Jubilee’s robe, stroking her hand up Jubilee’s side. She was careful to keep anything interesting covered, but she had no shame when it came to sex, and Logan had more than see this show once or twice.
“Laura!” Jubilee whined, squirming against her wife and letting out little squeaks and gasps.
The Wolverine pinched his nose, but peeked a little bit. “If you’re feelin’ that good, I’ll just get out of your hair.”
“Nice to see you, tell Velma and Eli I said hi.” Laura said, while kissing her way down Jubilee’s neck. “Door’s behind you, don’t let Ginger out.”