01. when I wake up in the morning, love (arrival/dance - upbeat option)
[ Despite Hank's protests, he can't seem to find a way to wake up from this bad dream. Or... is it a dream? He's not quite sure. The food sure tastes real, and the tall grass brushing against his bare ankles feels real also.
Some music pipes up, including a familiar song, with an upbeat rhythm that even Hank has to tap his toes to. Someone tugs on Hank's elbow, urging him towards the dance floor, but he protests. ]
No, I, uh. I don't dance.
[ One way or another, though, he's convinced to try dancing. And once he does, he finds that he's enjoying himself more than expected. He even gets into the mood to start showing off, twirling and dipping his partner, and at one point kicking off his shoes, and leaping ten feet in the air to hang upside down from a tree branch overhead! ]
02. and something without warning, love, bears heavy on my mind (boutonniere)(cw spoilers for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, discussion of off-screen character death, implied alcoholism)
[ There doesn't seem to be any escaping this place, so eventually Hank decides he'd better settle in and try to play along. He's not really the type to want to make waves, so when a fae attendant insists that he wears a boutonniere, he accepts and pins a small arrangement of red and yellow carnations to the lapel of his... bathrobe? Well, it's what he's wearing, so even though it feels a little silly to dress it up, it's all he can do at the moment.
He doesn't expect the vision that comes to him once he pins on the boutonniere, though...
It's Hank and Charles, sitting in the manor kitchen like they do so many days, alone. Charles even has a bottle of liquor in front of him. But something is different, this time around. They're talking about Raven... A subject that had rarely come up before Logan suddenly appeared at their door. But they're talking about her as though she's... ]
...Dead? Raven's... dead?
[ Hank swallows, though he finds that his mouth is dry suddenly. ]
No. This can't be true.
03. when the day that lies ahead of me seems impossible to face (GEIS)
un: therealMcCoy
My gifts tend not to go over so well. Probably not worth a reward to say, but it's the truth.
The last time I tried to give someone a gift, it turned out it was the opposite of what she wanted. What either of us wanted, really.
00. and I know it's gonna be a lovely day (wildcard)
[ Want something else? HMU with whatever, or poke me @ millennialfalcon to plot something specific. ]
Hank McCoy | XMCU
02. and something without warning, love, bears heavy on my mind (boutonniere) (cw spoilers for X-Men: Dark Phoenix, discussion of off-screen character death, implied alcoholism)
03. when the day that lies ahead of me seems impossible to face (GEIS)
00. and I know it's gonna be a lovely day (wildcard)