Fandom: X-Men
Rating: PG
Notes: 100-word drabble, written for the 'fanfic cliché' and 'senses' challenges for X-Men 100*.
Summary: Rogue regains the ability to touch, but it's no walk in the park.
She'd been waiting so long for this.
The sudden 'click' as Hank fastened the repression bracelet 'round her wrist made her stomach jump. Tiny LEDs winked in sequence, mesmerizing. Her mouth felt drier than the Sahara. She swallowed, giving the blue-furred doctor a small nod...
Pain slammed through her; every nerve ending aflame, each vein and artery filled with acid, her stomach tying itself in torturous knots, heart pounding a violent tattoo.
Gradually the pain subsided. Slower'n cold molasses, as Mama used to say. A trembling hand reached out, stroking blue fur. Nothing. Not a twinge.
She'd waited so long.
