But Here We Are by AppleJacks1552 (AppleJ)
Title: But Here We Are and over AO3
Author: AppleJacks1552 and AppleJ
Fanfiction Author ID: 11453600
Summary: A What If story: Rogue is uneXpectedly eXpecting, but nothing is ever THAT simple in the life of an X-Man. What secret will Gambit discover that complicates their happily-ever-after? MANY thanks to the very wonderful and gracious Ludi for her insightful beta read! Disclaimer: These characters are the property of Marvel. This is actually a multi chapter brought over from Ao3.
Rate: M
Fanfiction ID: 13219592
Universe: X-Men and X-Men (Comicverse) also X-Men - All Media Types
Characters: Dr. H. McCoy/Beast/Hank, Remy L./Gambit, Raven D./Mystique, Anna Marie/Rogue
Genre: Romance/Mystery
Additional tags: Angst and Fluff and Smut Family Feels Fluff and Humor Suspense the fluffiest fluff that ever fluffed Cute Kids Pregnancy Fights Blood and Violence Birth Cats Romance Dialogue Heavy Canon Compliant What-If Marvel 616 References X-Men References Mystery Time Travel Cross-Posted on FanFiction.Net Mr.&Mrs.X X-Men:The End X-Treme X-Men - Freeform Extermination
Status: Complete.
Published: Feb 26, 2019, over AO3 was published in Feb 24 same year.
Word Count: 33,988 in oneshot over FF.net and 30 chapters on AO3.
Content/Author Notes: Extrapolated to take place after the events of Mr&MrsX 2018 by Kelly Thompson. Inspiration taken from characters introduced in Extermination 2018 by Ed Brisson and also by the theme of the 2015 Spiderwoman by Dennis Hopeless along with several excellent CBR forum discussions and Chris Claremont's X-Men:The End & Extreme X-Men. This is a type of story I don't think Marvel would do right now for these characters or maybe ever ... at least not for quite a while anyway. And I am very okay with that! However, for some of us impatient old-timers it is fun to wonder "What If" and also if Ed Brisson is totally trolling us right now. So Ed, this one's for you! ; ) Even if you'll probably never read it. I also added a few little Easter eggs for some fellow Romy friends to enjoy. This is very fluffy and angsty, but hopefully also funny with just a touch of romance and smut (hard to avoid with these two characters). It picks up with some action and hopefully suspense about halfway through. Rated mature mainly for the little bit of smut, some strong language, and a few intense moments and depictions of violence. Just an FYI, the chapters are very short! This is attempt #2 at writing fanfic, so hopefully I learned a few things along the way. MANY MANY thanks to the very wonderful and gracious @ludi-ling for her insightful beta read!!!
Disclaimer: These characters are the property of Marvel. I'm only jumping in the sandbox to play with their toys. Not for profit!
I recommend this because @applejacks1552 is a real fan on the Romy fandom, probably you have read some of her letters on R&G and MMX and all the insight she does over Twitter. This fic is another proves of a dedicated fan doing her good research and filling the blank spaces that Marvel probably will never fill.
@mr-and-mrs-lebeau did a perfect post about all this. You can read it here.
