This one is another crumb. More Logan than Rat but *shrugs* it is in my Rat Snippets document and mentions Rat. This one is a His Dark Materials crossover. I haven’t read the book in forever so I was vagueish on a lot of things. Constantly writing drabbles man. Like two lines of blink and you miss it sexual stuff.
The waves bounce the boat up and down. Up and down. Like they're a fucking apple in an even more fucked up barrel just waiting to be bitten. His mouth tastes of cigarette smoke and blood. You're a hero. He can feel particles of Dust on his hands. Gerald is gone. He's fucking gone. You're a hero. Doesn't feel like one. Feels like kite flying high and untethered. Liana hoots sadly from where she's roosting on top of the boat. You're a hero. Rat isn't getting close. Isn't cuddling close to him like a wee pup trying to sooth and be soothed. Not since he had picked the young Alpha up, had slammed him against the side of the boat when he had tried to touch Logan after. You're a hero. Remembers the way Saria had quivered.
Things emerge up from the water. Large and scaly and other worldly. Vicious monsters like the ones that took Gerald and Gwen from them.
"Holy shit! Holy shit! That's a goddamn Spinosaurus! That's a fucking Spino!"
Rat's voice raises with glee and it's only Xavier's hand on his rucksack that keeps the pup from trying to lean over the side of the boat. Around him the others talk. Swimming. Flying. You're a hero. Logan puts his weapon to his shoulder. Aim. Breathe. Squeeze. The gun rocks with recoil he knows like he knew the taste of Gerald. Calms him if only slightly like the sound of Gerald's moan when he bottomed out inside Logan. Aim. Breathe. Squeeze.
The dinosaurs on the shore squeal in pain. “Triceratops”, Rat breathes, his rusksack hanging limply in Xavier's hands. He's bathing in the beauty that Logan cannot see. He looks so young smiling like he is.
"Shut it down," he distantly hears Ryan command. The Beta alpha of the Vulture squad's hand on his shoulder for a moment. Shut it down joins You're a hero. Shut it down? He can shut it down. He can. Scaled little paws latch on to him. Saria is there, touching him like Gwen used to. Like she was before.
"He didn't mean it like that. You can't leave us, Logan. You can't."
Ryan echoes her. His hand briefly cupping the back of Logan’s neck. Grounding. Grounding. Grounding.
Rat is still leaning over the side. His red hair is dark with the drink. The Alpha's head has turned toward the slowly spiraling Omega. Concern crossing his face. Saria's fur is soft against his hand. A sail rises from the brink. A gleaming eye. Long claws. The claws dig into soft flesh.
"Rat!"
And for the second time in his life Logan gets to feel a Daemon turn to Dust.
