「 The Professor & I 」VOLUME II

(180) Your Dearest Charles

Kitty and Bobby are so kind.
I'm really keen to recruit them as X-Men next time.

I had more than just a little charred skin.
But Jean could easily deal with it.
Yet she was furious at the boy.
And so were Scott and Storm.

They're giving him a month's detention.
But I know it's not the way to end it.

He's audacious, challenging the limits.
He's presumptuous, thinking he can fully control his powers.
He's arrogant, to say the least.

I can forgive him.
But I don't know how to deal with him.

I wish you were here.
You always had a way with kids.
As you are now.

Yet I know that bringing you home solves nothing for us.

I'm truly sorry, Lynn.
I love you.
And I hope you'd get better soon.

Your dearest Charles.

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Lynn my love,

You said I couldn't visit.
And you said I couldn't speak.
But you didn't say I couldn't write.

And I'm writing to you today because it's your birthday.

I've spent many nights before this,
thinking.
And I've realized:

Ever since this day meant something more than just usually the
144th day of the year,
I've only ever spent one of them without you.
And even then, you were still here.

Scott almost had me barred from Cerebro just this week.
He thinks I've been looking at you too much since the Easter break.

But what does he know about being away from the one he loves most?
He sees Jean everyday.

And I know there's something.

Yet they seem hesitant.
Not because their love isn't brewing in the way they'd like.

In fact, I think it's doing pretty well.

But because they're afraid of hurting me.
Hurting me with their ability to love freely, and painlessly.

I know I've promised you I'd be alright.
I know I've promised you I'd live well without you.
And I'm trying, I really am.

Some days, I do better than others.
Other days, I falter.
But today, everything crumbles.

I'm glad I still had a glimpse of you.
I'm glad my present was well received.
I always knew I could entrust Storm with great responsibilities.

I know you think it's lavish.
I know you think it's unnecessary.
But I think you need it.
And I'm glad you accepted it.