Sam

Apr. 9th, 2019 08:43 pm
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Oliver had a headache. Wasn't that cute? He and Sam were sharing afflictions now!

After brushing his teeth—because he probably smelled like a lot of wine right now—he took the bottle of Advil out of the medicine cabinet, shaking a couple into his palm. As he swallowed them down with faucet water (he wasn't fancy), he mentally went over the current situation.

1. He was Quicksilver, a superhero.

2. In this universe, he was a fictional character.

3. He also had a twin sister, a version of whom also lived in New Orleans.

4. This Wanda wasn't his Wanda and the differences were sort of killing him, even as the similarities were comforting him in a way he could barely understand.

5. There was a Jean Grey in town too, which he'd just found out over coffee shop e-journal (what), and she was also from another universe.

6. Through it all, he was still Oliver Lindqvist. Who was going to go into his boyfriend's room now, finally, and make sure he was alive, if he was even there at all. God, how was he going to explain this to Sam?

Oliver took a deep, steadying breath before he crossed the apartment and quietly opened Sam's bedroom door. At first sight of Sam, he could feel himself warm with affection, but then immediately went tense. Because for the first time in all the months they'd known each other, Oliver recognized him.

"Are you freaking kidding me," he muttered.

Date: 2019-04-10 02:51 am (UTC)
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Wanda. And they were in a completely different reality. That was ringing a bell. "Are you sure she didn't do this to save her life?"

Sam felt bad for asking; he also had no choice but to ask.

Date: 2019-04-10 02:59 am (UTC)
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Sam nodded. Scott trusted Quicksilver on at least some level; he wasn't the worst of the Avengers, and his days of being on the real wrong side were long past. And Sam trusted Oliver with his life, so. Oh, god. He felt too much.

"I think Havok is here," he shared, because at least they were allies. "A man called me Scott on the street, and I called him Alex. It was weird then. Not so much now."

Date: 2019-04-10 03:05 am (UTC)
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"Caleb." And Sam had been drawn to him. And his cute stories about...... "He has a daughter. Named Scottie." Oh, god.

Date: 2019-04-10 03:12 am (UTC)
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"I'll track him down," Sam promised. He had to. Alex was his teammate, his responsibility, his brother. "There are bound to be others. Maybe just mutants."

Date: 2019-04-10 03:17 am (UTC)
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"I hate those movies," Sam said, because it was the easiest, truest thing to say. But okay, then. "Then maybe it's Avengers, too." Great, Sam had just loved his most recent run-in with Captain America.

Date: 2019-04-10 03:21 am (UTC)
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Don't remind him. "Yes, but you're still a mutant." People always came for the mutant gene. "It doesn't matter. We need to gather everyone together."

Date: 2019-04-10 03:30 am (UTC)
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"Something like that." Sam felt extremely exposed without his glasses or visor.

Date: 2019-04-10 03:43 am (UTC)
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Sam -- and Scott -- had never been good at just sitting and living in the moment. But because Oliver asked, Sam nodded, and sat on the edge of the bed. His back was perfectly straight.

Date: 2019-04-10 03:55 am (UTC)
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Sam let out a long, quiet exhale. “Yes. Both identities feel very real. Nothing about being Sam feels vague, like an illusion by a second rate villain.” Not all reality warping stood up to rigorous exploration.

Date: 2019-04-10 04:00 am (UTC)
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There were in crisis. There wasn’t time to deal with this. Sam couldn’t deal with this. Sure, he was Sam, and Sam was deeply in love, but they were also... very different men in their other lives. It hurt. Very much.

Still. “Nothing,” he agreed after a moment, like he was afraid this was a trick.

Date: 2019-04-10 04:49 am (UTC)
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And Sam was going to kiss Oliver, was in the moment and leaning forward, until Oliver spoke and Sam stopped in his tracks. “What?”

Date: 2019-04-10 04:59 am (UTC)
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An entire universe of emotions behind Sam’s eyes. The fact that he and Jean had been over for quite a while. The fact that they were always connected. The feeling that Jean was the love of Scott’s of life, or the fear that she was. The relief and fear and loss of her not being from their universe. That he has dreamed about Jean before he knew who he was. That Oliver hadn’t told Sam Jean was here; that Sam understood why. He swallowed, hard.

Date: 2019-04-10 05:12 am (UTC)
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Jean was Scott's best friend. Oliver was Sam's. "I'll go with you," he suggested, but it wasn't a suggestion. Okay. Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Havok, Jean, and Cyclops. Okay.

God, it was all so hard. Scott was alive again but he was filled with so much pain; Scott-and-Jean was a concept so complicated and broken it was intimidating, let alone the rest of his life and identity and purpose.Sam would get through it, because Scott always did, because Sam always did, but it all hurt.

And right there, right here, was Oliver.

"I--" he started, but stopped again.

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