X-Men

Growing up happens differently for everyone. Finding yourself takes time, and for some of us it's not an easy process. Sometimes it can happen fast, all too fast. Sometimes we let parts of ourselves stray behind. Sometimes things must get worse before they can get better. Sometimes much, much worse. But these are the things that define us. That much, at least, St. John Allerdyce knows. But it's one thing to know something and another to live through it.

Iceman/Rictor (with background Rictor/Shatterstar)

Bobby and Julio really aren’t romantically compatible, but that doesn’t mean they can’t hang out as friends. Right?

Or: Bobby gets to experiment and Julio gets to figure out how incredibly NOT over his ex-boyfriend he is.

When Christopher woke up he was normal, before the sun set that day, he was so much more.

Ethan Phoenix fell in love with a man he thought did not return those feelings. Still he kept seeing him time and time again though the whole relationship was deteriorating. He didn't know his secret was not a wife or girlfriend but the fact that he is a mutant. Would knowing this save this couple?