[ Ororo had struck 15 on the wheel, and then immediately (frustratingly!) felt the loss of her powers. It's familiar, an old trick that enemies new and old think work against her despite her proving time and again she could cope without them... but it never gets easier.
She's shuffled and shoved ungraciously inside, and before she can turn about to make any comment on that - she hears a commotion, and a too-familiar voice. Her mind flashes back to an affair in the rain, how they'd snuck back into that house in New Orleans under the shadow of storm clouds and lightning - only for her to leave before dawn even touched his sheets.
She spends a moment wondering if he remembers it. But it's only a moment, and then she is striding over to him, ducking under his arm to try to keep him from staggering to the ground.
Predictably, she nearly collapses under his weight. ]
casino royale (15)
She's shuffled and shoved ungraciously inside, and before she can turn about to make any comment on that - she hears a commotion, and a too-familiar voice. Her mind flashes back to an affair in the rain, how they'd snuck back into that house in New Orleans under the shadow of storm clouds and lightning - only for her to leave before dawn even touched his sheets.
She spends a moment wondering if he remembers it. But it's only a moment, and then she is striding over to him, ducking under his arm to try to keep him from staggering to the ground.
Predictably, she nearly collapses under his weight. ]
Blast these old bones of yours, Logan.