Loosely based on a dream I had about Druig/ Barry Keoghan (and another character he played)
Merging of universes: X-men, Spider-Man, and the MCU.
College AU!
Sprite is a minor so I’ll be using Raffey Cassidy from The Killing of a Sacred Deer instead (plus she was Sprite in my dream too (my subconscious knows better)).
Because this story (series) is based on a dream I had, Druig will most likely not be the Druig we all know and love. I am sorry… Almost. Druig and other characters will also be mixed with their actor counterparts, basically making new people.
Everyone in this story is 18+, if minors are mentioned they aren’t getting in any weird, sick, twisted situations with adults.
I also use female pronouns for the reader and the reader may be a bit OC.
Druig has an American accent (for now)
Not beta-read
I would also prefer that minors DO NOT interact with this at all. Thank you.
Warnings: College AU!, Swearing, gaslighting, manipulation, cheating, mild violence (?), implied sexual content, mentions of bullying, college strife, MCU/X-Men/Spider-Man/Actors mashed in one universe, self-doubt, insecurities, depression, angst, fluff, enemies to lovers, slow burn, family issues, mentions of disabilities (is that a warning?)… I’ll probably be adding more warnings as the story goes on. (Please let me know if I’ve missed something too.)
Playing with Fire: Part 2
Part 2
Woman Who Birthed Me
Tuesday 6:30 AM
“Hey sweetie just remember to go to your classes today and study well! Love you ❤️”
“How? Just, HOW!?” Sighing, I quickly type back.
6:31 AM
“Sure thing.”
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“I hate my life.” Begrudgingly I get out of bed and start to get ready; by the time it’s 7 I’m out the door on my way to the cafeteria.
Now normally I don’t eat breakfast, because I’d rather sleep in, but Tuesday mornings are when I have breakfast with my very best friends- since kindergarten- Jubilation Lee and Kitty Pryde. Strolling into the cafeteria I easily spot Jubilee’s signature yellow raincoat; she’s had it for as long as I can remember, I’ve tried getting her to wear something else but she really sticks with the coat.
“Y/N! Hey girl- oh you look like shit.” As soon as Kitty sees me she gets up from her seat to give me a hug, “Long night?”
“You could say that, yeah,” I plop in my chair, laying my head on the table. I feel hands pat my head and back in comfort. “I was gonna skip today.” The comforting ceases so I sit up to find them staring at me with wide eyes.
“You? You were going to skip class?!” Jubilee whisper yells at me.
“I don’t believe it, you are and what have you done with Y/N?” Kitty hisses back.
“Seriously, I can’t have an off day?”
“NO!” They say simultaneously.
“Wow… Well obviously that didn’t happen since I’m here… Plus my mom texted me as soon as I said it. I swear she has a microphone in my room or something.”
“Dang that’s rough.” Jubilee takes a sip from her cup offering me some.
“What is it?” I gaze into the cup unsure if I should drink some.
“Coffee, duh.” She gives me an eye roll at the sound I make.
“You know Ju-Ju has to have her coffee every morning.” Kitty giggles at my pouting face.
“I know, but I don’t like coffee.” I drop my head into my chest pretending to cry.
“Drink some, it’ll help you. Trust me, have I ever steered you wrong?” She passes the cup to me, which I willing take.
“Uh yes you have, remember the ‘Maximoff Incident’?” I glare at her as the memory of Pietro and myself rushes into my mind.
“Okay, that was one time! AND, I apologized many times! Plus if it wasn’t for that, you guys wouldn’t even be friends now.” She defends herself much to my amusement; if I wasn’t so tired I would’ve smiled.
“No amount of ‘I’m sorry’ is ever gonna make up for that, Jubes.” I mutter while taking a sip of her god-awful coffee, “Oh. It’s not that bad, dang this is good. Okay because this tastes waaaay better than I thought, I’ll forgive you for the ‘Time- that- will- not- be- named’.”
“Gee thanks, Y/N.” She rolls her eyes but smiles at me regardless, “How fortunate that my coffee-making, skills earned your forgiveness.”
“Very fortunate indeed.” I chuckle drinking more.
“Yes, go ahead and drink it all. I didn’t want it back.” She says sarcastically, crossing her arms.
“Oops sorry, Jubes.” I offer her her cup back, only for her to decline it and go make another cup for herself.
“So, how come you had such a shitty night?” Kitty asks as she begins eating her fruit cup.
Last night’s encounter floods my mind much to my annoyance, I shift in my set groaning as I remember being partnered with…
“Ugh.”
I glance at Kitty whose face shows that she wants the tea, and she wants it now, “Let’s wait for Jubilee-“
“I’m here! What’s good? What’s the tea? Tell me the tea!” She huddles close grasping her cup like she’s sitting by the fire waiting for a good story- which, I mean, she is.
“Sigh, okay, so you know how I’m in Professor X’s AP English Lit. Class? Right, well- Yes, Jubes?”
“Who’s Professor X?”
Kitty and I look at her completely surprised.
“Uhh the bald guy that quotes Shakespeare literally every day… He has that really cool wheelchair… He’s the guy you think is a mind reader.”
“OH HIM! I love that guy, he’s so cool, reading minds and shit… Why do you call him Professor X?”
"Well, he’s well known for his notorious grading style back in the day. Even straight-A students would get their papers back littered in red X’s. It was a big deal for people to properly understand, know, and appreciate Shakespeare like him. If you had a differing opinion than him he’d kick you out of class until you apologized. He’s calmed down a lot since then, but he’s still a bit of a hardass. I basically had to bribe him to let me do this project on Publius’ Hades and Persephone instead of Shakespeare, no I’m not kidding; I told him if he let me do this I’d write a 20-page thesis on Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors. He was thrilled by the offer and the fact that I know what the Comedy of Errors is, he said I could do the thesis in 15 pages and as long as he chooses who my partner is for the project. I-" Reality is a bitch, but Professor X, he-
*deep breath*
“… Um Y/N, you good?” Kitty asks cautiously, she looks at Jubilee who is just as concerned as her.
“No. No, I’m not.” I close my eyes pinching the bridge of my nose, “Alrighty then, that’s the game he’s playing. Alright, I got your number Charlies Patrick Xavier Stuart.”
“What just happened?” Kitty whispers to Jubilee.
“I have no idea, but I think we’re gonna finally get the tea.” She whispers back. I finally open my eyes to see them barely containing their excitement.
Sighing deeply I tell them everything that happened last night along with the horrible dream I had. They smiled at me sympathetically when I finished my tale and handed me their coffee and Lucky Charms™. This is why I love them so much, they know how to make me feel better, even when they have no idea how. I gratefully accept their offerings with a lopsided smile, but they know I’m still not thrilled that my teacher literally played me.
“What if we reported him? You know Professor X?” Kitty offers.
“And get herself in trouble for literally bribing a teacher? Yeah, that’s not gonna work out well, especially if her mom finds out.” Jubilee counters, hearing what she said prompts a loud groan from me.
“Damn, I totally forgot about my mom, she can never- and I mean, NEVER know!” I slump in my chair staring at the ceiling.
“Well, now the real question is, how are you gonna work with the laziest and hottest guy in your class?” Kitty shakes her head gazing at the floor sighing wistfully.
Jubilee and I share a look before I say:
“Are you fucking serious right now? Did you just say that that bad dye job was- nay- is, hot?” I lean forward in my chair making sure I heard her correctly.
“I mean, he is kinda hot.” Jubilee pipes up.
“I’ve been insulted, disrespected,” I place my hand over my heart pretending to sob, “I’ve been mistreated.”
“Such a Drama Queen.” Kitty laughs playfully pushing me.
“Did you just quote ‘Mistreated’?”
“You know I did.” I giggle.
Jubilee shakes her laughing at me taking another sip of coffee, “You know what you need?”
“A new life?” I sass.
“No,” She says smiling, “More coffee, I’ll be right back.”
“This is gonna end badly for me, isn’t it?” I turn to Kitty.
“Probably, that coffee is gonna go through you like a bullet train; but on the flip side it might kick in when you have to meet Barry, so you’ll have an excuse to not see him.” She shrugs at me.
“Yeah, but as much as I don’t want to meet with him I HAVE to. This is my grade hanging in the balance. I know I said I didn’t have a problem failing this project, but I love Hades and Persephone! I was really looking forward to this.” I cling to her arm giving her puppy dog eyes. Laughing she pulls me into a hug petting my head.
“There, there, it’ll be alright babes. You’re smart, you'll figure out how to work with him AND get a good grade.”
“Thanks.” I breathe out.
“Okay I’m back with the coffee, drink up, you want to have the energy to deal with this man.” Jubilee thrusts the cup into my hands taking out her phone, “Dang, I gotta go to class now guys. I’ll see you guys later, Y/N remember you’re my ride today.”
“I gotchu girl, see you later.” We hug and watch as she runs to her Chemistry class.
“She’s totally gonna blow something up again, isn’t she?” Kitty questions drinking her orange juice.
“Oh yeah.” Smiling, I drink my coffee and check my own phone for the time.
9:01 AM
“My class is in an hour, do you wanna hang out, or are you busy?” I tilt my head to Kitty who’s replying to a message.
“Totally! Pietro was just updating me on Jubilee’s crush.” She wiggles her brows at me.
“Excuse me, crush? When was I gonna be told about this?”
“Sorry I meant to tell you about it but you’ve been super busy with work, classes, and Raffey.” There was a bit of venom in her voice when she said Sprite’s real name. Biting the inside of my cheek I nod my head in understanding.
“Yeah, I’m sorry about that; it’s not my fault my suitemate wanted to be friends with me. Trust me, I was very standoffish with her and I guess in her world that means ‘I must become friends with this introvert! They need my help!’ To be fair, she stuck through it, so I figured I’d throw her a bone.” I shrug while eating a grape from Kitty’s plate, “Alright, what’s with all the fruit?”
“Oh, I’m so glad you asked! It’s for my health class, we have to eat a certain amount of fruits and veggies every day for the next week, documenting our results. You know, how we feel, if we’re still hungry, blah blah blah. Fun stuff, I even got Pietro in on it.”
I look at her shocked and then confused.
“Wait, which one?”
“Hmm? Oh, mine of course lol.” She waves a hand dismissively at me.
“Your Pietro said he’ll join in your weird class diet project? The wrestling champion of this college said no to meat for a week? Wow, he must really love you.” I huff out a laugh, “Hold on did you just say L-O-L?”
“No I said “lol" you said “L-O-L”.” She winks at me cheekily.
“I’m this close to smackin’ you Pryde.” Bringing up my hand I show her the small space between my pointer finger and thumb. She smacks my hand laughing at me, “So, how is it? Having a boyfriend and stuff?”
“It’s super fun! We have video game dates and he’s even joined our campaign! Speaking of which, when are you gonna rejoin our campaign? Your Mage is still in the Wilderness of Despair being killed by Ogres.”
I laugh remembering the D&D game that I had to put on hold because of my mom. Thinking about it now I’ve put a lot of things that I enjoy on hold because of her. She can be so demanding sometimes, her excuse is that I need to have better priorities and monopolize my time better. If she completely had her way I wouldn’t even have my art or music. But I digress.
“Ha, I totally forgot about that. Hey, maybe we can get Jubilee’s crush to join!”
“Oh yeah, I don’t think that’s gonna happen.” Kitty says sadly.
“What do you mean?”
“He’s not that kinda guy.” I raise a brow at her to explain further, “He’s a jock.”
“Uhhhh… wow, hmm… Was not expecting that. Like, at all!”
“I know right! Totally blindsided by that.”
“Well to be fair the same thing could be said about your boyfriend.” I counter.
“Yeah, for people who don’t know him. We’ve been friends longer than we’ve dated and he even said that he always wanted to play D&D, so, no lol.”
“Stop saying ‘lol’, but I mean I guess Colossus does kind of give off nerd vibes. Subtly but they are there… Lol.”
Kitty sharply turns her head to me and lightly punches my arm.
“Oh I can’t say ‘lol’ but it’s fine when you do? Not in this house Y/N.”
We share a laugh as I continue to ask questions about Jubilee’s mystery man.
“Wait, wait, wait, what do you mean she’s never talked to him?”
“I know! She talks to everyone, but with him she just… Well, she turns into you, but all blushing and stutters so much, poor baby. She can’t talk to him. At. All! It’s actually very painful to watch. And before you ask, yes I have tried getting them to talk, but nothing works, she always runs away whenever he’s near.”
“I can’t believe some guy has Jubilee flustered. I can’t imagine that.”
“I can, remembeeeeeerrr Maximoff~.” She leans into me wiggling her eyebrows again.
“You shut your mouth, that situation is nothing like this one. Not by a long shot, at least I talked to my crush! Ex-crush… Yeah, ex-crush.” I say firmly.
“Ex-crush huh? What happened?” She chuckles.
“We became friends and I got to know him, is what happened. That man has waaaaaaaaay too much energy, I mentally and physically cannot keep up with him. Honestly, it’s a bit draining being his friend.”
“You lazy butt.”
I giggle shrugging at her.
“What can I say? Oh shit, I gotta go or I’m gonna be late for C++.” I stand gathering my things. “I know I can nap a bit in that class, Mr. Kingo is super chill. Half the time he’s not even telling us about the subject matter.”
“What does he talk about?” Kitty props her arm on the back of the chair confused, “I heard he’s a great teacher.”
“Yeah, probably because he passes everyone for simply listening to his jokes and the stories about the time he was a Bollywood actor. I think he still does it sometimes.”
“Wow, I need to take his class.” Kitty gets up and hugs me goodbye, “Oh here, eat an orange or something.”
“Thank you, mom.” I laugh while taking the orange walking to the double doors.
“Study hard!”
Not turning around I flip her off, her laugh reaches my ears and I smile as I make my way to the library’s computer lab. Entering the library I walk up the stairs to Mr. Kingo’s class and hand him my orange. He smiles confused at me but doesn’t question it and places it on his desk.
“Thank you Y/N. Okay then let’s get into this.” He claps his hands, rubbing them together, “Good morning everyone! How are we feeling today?”
Moans are heard throughout the computer lab which causes him to smile widely.
“Awh come on guys, it is currently 9:40 AM, it’s not that early. Wake up, come on, come on. Today is going to be a simple day. I found an old movie I was in. Who wants to watch for extra credit? Lord knows you guys need it.”
“Damn that’s cold.” Bobby says, shaking his head as a smile tugs at his lips.
“Cold, but true.” Rogue adds.
“Alright, here we go.” Mr. Kingo hits play on the DVD player and the movie begins.
I lay my head down and slowly drift off to sleep.
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Part 3
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A/N That's part 2!! EEEEHHH I'm so excited I'm finally doing this! I'm going to try to post a part every day, but I might not be able to; I have obligations and stuff, but I'll still try <3. Hope everyone liked this, and don't worry Druig is gonna show up soon.
P.S I'm still learning how tumblr works on the computer and on mobile. All I ever did was reblog stuff, I'm in new territory now, but I'll get it... Maybe lol.
