365 Challenge: on blood, guilt, and redemption...

This entry is part 41 of 41 in the series 365 Challenge

How Many Ways Can You Make Me Bleed?

Canon: X-Men Comicverse
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Rating: K
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They told Prodigy his mental shields existed for a reason. They didn’t mention the reason might be horrifying.

   

Accounting for Redemption

Canon: Kingdoms and Thorn
Characters: Jennifer Haller, Shift, and Justus
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Prompt: "I got red in my ledger. I'd like to wipe it out."
Rating: T
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How do you account for redemption in a world where survival is the only law?

Justus once believed that his decisions were being guided by a God whose will was sovereign. Now he doesn’t. These sins were his own and he does not know what to do with them.

   

Counting Heartbeats

Canon: Kingdoms and Thorn
Characters: Jennifer Haller, Shift, and Justus
Pairings:
Prompt: "I got red in my ledger. I'd like to wipe it out."
Rating: T
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She didn't have the luxury of regret.

Shift may not have had a soul, but she had a heart and for some d— reason it was still beating. And she had Justus. She just didn’t know how to save him.

   

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