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summ. You and Remy slow dance. It turns into a walk down memory lane. Maybe more?
( an audio imagine, established in #WELUCKYFEW )
ITâS PROBABLY AT YOUR FIFTH yawn that Remy settles heâs had enough of you dozing off.
âChĂšr,â he calls. You barely respond. ââŠChĂšr.â
Nothing.
âChĂšrâ Lord, this womanâ Stray!â
You flinch awake, paper scattering. âJesus, Remy!â
Something rolls at your feet, purple glow fading. âDid you just charge a plastic cupâ?!â
âAnâ nailed yâat your dome? Oui.âÂ
âWas the closest thing tâme, anâ you was âbout gonâ pass out on that damn table, you,â he snorts, rounding the kitchen island. âTold yânot tâmake dodo out here, chĂšr. That couch can break a back, Remy tellinâ yânow.â *
âFirst of all, ow. Second of all, I know.â You rub your face with your palms, try to rub the gossamer of sleep in your eyes. âIâm almost done. These papers arenât gonna mark themselves, and the students were expecting these yesterdayââ
âChĂšr,â he interrupts, gently. âDance wâme.â
You blink, completely diverted by the non sequitur. ââŠWhat?â
âYâheard me.â Heâs sauntered over to the record player at the corner, loading in a vinyl with a click and a careful drop of the needle. âSince yâaint wanna sleep, anyway, yâtĂȘte dur.â *
Some melodic Blues album fills the room. Louis Armstrong, you recognise.
The absurdity of it all has you letting out a bewildered laugh. Maybe that cup hit you harder than you thought.Â
âThese songs alone can put me to sleepâ no, Remy, not in that way, before you charge a record at me this timeâ I mean itâs⊠itâs a slow song. Kinda defeats the purpose, donât you think?â
âSâworth a shot,â he shrugs, nonchalant, and your nerves feel like they shrink as he shuffles towards you with a quirk on his lip and that look in his eyes; stubborn resolve. âCome see.â *
He bows with theatrical flair, and catches your hand to hold with cordial permission. âI know ladies like tâbe axed properly, so.âÂ
Remy smiles. âHow âbout a dance, chĂšr?â
It works, surprisingly.
Or, perhaps, unsurprisingly, considering this is Remy LeBeau. The Gambit. Le Diable Blanc. His devilish charisma comes naturally; it doesnât take that long before banter and inanities has you ducking your head to hide your frazzled giggling over your tripping feet and dramatic dance dips andâ
âMais la, your hands are cold cold.â He laughs like itâs been punched out of his gut. âYâgot the frissons, chĂšr?â *
âIâm nervous!â You yelp out when he spins you on your heel, and catches you again.Â
The next song plays.
Itâs one youâve heard being hummed under Remyâs breath as he moved around the house, absent-mindedly, or whenever he fidgeted his restlessness away with his deck of cards: Do you know what it means to miss New Orleans?Â
The melody lulls the both of you into an easy, gentle sway. Remyâs hand rests on the small of your back. The palms of his hand are smooth; warm, like always. Itâs comforting.
His mouth ghosts against your temple. You can feel his cheeks raise. âWhy?â
ââCause Iâve stepped on your feet like, five times, now, Remy.â
âMais, donât be honte. Sâjust me, chĂšr.â *
He winks. Bumps his forehead to yours, where you shoot him with a playful eye-roll. Remy considers himself a lucky man that youâd even acquiesced him anyway; relented and let him curl you into his arms, laid your head to rest against his shoulder.Â
And then, out of the blue, between the crackle of cantabile trumpets drifting in both of your rundown New York apartment:
âExactly,â you say, cadence impossibly soft. âItâs you.â
A petal of an admission. Feather-light. You lift your head to meet his gaze.
If it had been any other person he mightâve permitted himself to read it as something romantic. Â
âŠDo you know what it means to miss New Orleans?
And miss it each night and day?
âYou miss him.â He exhales as if heâd been disarmed. âWhen you look at me.â
Itâs a statement, not a question. Thereâs no point in lying.Â
You nod near-imperceptibly. Had you spoken, your voice may have failed you.
Something passes in his eyes. When he unravels you into another gentle spin, then back, itâs gone before you get the chance to decipher it. A calculated move, you realise. Thereâs a gap between the both of you, now.
âThoughââ you begin, tentatively. âThere are differences, still.â
Rain drums against the window. In the distance, the sky drawls threat of an impending thunderstorm. Remyâs gaze is rapt.
âYou can play the guitar,â you say, fond. That had been a discovery on an early Saturday morningâ the first night you and Remy had arrived in Wadeâs universe and slept over at his placeâ where you awoke to Remyâs singing and acoustic strum of Footloose, drifting between a breakfast-ruckus rioting in the kitchen.
Heâd apparently learned to play during his years in the Void, so he could pass the time.
âHandle your alcohol better, too.â You muse. Probably honed from the Void aswell. âMy Gambit was a chainsmoker. But he quit for his three cats. And Rogue.â âEven though I told him years before to quit, you donât add. It wouldâve been pointless anyway.
âThree minous?â An amused laugh. âHuh. I feed 3 strays makinâ a pass to Wadeâs sometimes.â *
Multiverse is funny like that. âSome things never change.âÂ
He huffs out a wry laugh mid-sway. âMais, sâpose so.âÂ
âAndâŠâ Your eyes flicker to his lips.Â
He notices.Â
â...My Remy had a scar.â Your hand slides off his bicep, floats up to his face. âIt cut deep. Right above here.â
âŠmoonlight on the bayou; a creole tune that fills the air.
You rest a thumb at the edge of his lip.
His heart stifles.Â
âGave it to him in Madripoor,â you recount, distant, and when you meet the questioning look in Remyâs gaze, answer humorously: âLetâs just say we⊠got off the wrong foot the first time we crossed paths. â
âŠdream about magnolias in bloom and I'm wishin' I was there.
Remy barely laughsâ too distracted with the nebulous presence of you. His hand on your waist squeezes.
âSâit ever hurt you?â Quiet. Touch soft. An ocean-in-a-seashell murmur. âThat I ainât him?â
âŠDo you know what it means to miss New Orleans?
ââŠYes.â
This time you donât miss the lightning resignation in his eyes. The thumb heâs pressing at your waist vanishes. He has half the mind to let his hands slip away.
âAnâ what âbout right now?â
Your head is shaking before you even register it. You move to shift him back close; afraid heâll pull away before you can answer. âNo. All I see is you. Only you.â
âŠWhen that's where you left your heart?
The air is tense. The proximity isnât helping. Was it concession, what you said? His nose grazes yours; heâs watching your lashes flutteringâ
He wonât. He wonât kiss you. He canât.Â
Itâs a gamble the Gambit canât bet on.Â
Not when his mere existence alone is like pouring salt to an open chasm in your heart; like picking at a scab: wounds fresh, old memories clearlyâ somehowâ even fresher.Â
It would be unfair to you.Â
Gambit is a gentleman, after all.
And so Remy noses against your cheek. Nudges at your temple and presses his chin at your hairline, tries not to stoke the tumid yen clawing in his chest. Both of you have been dealt a bad hand. If thereâd been dismay in your eyes, he didnât see it.
You feel his lips ghost against your hairline, again.Â
His breath is flushed warm. You want to tip-toe and meet him halfway. Taste the burn of whiskey neat on his tongue. Carve yourself an enclave into his heart only you could fit in.
To be surrounded by him. Sheltered. Kept.
But it wouldnât do. Itâd be unfair. To inadvertently use him as a remedy, to look at him and feel like youâre using him as a crutch to your past;Â
All because your foolish little heart canât differentiate what your mind can clearly seeâ that this Remy isnât yours.
You duck your head back to his chest. The song croons to a close.Â
âŠAnd there's one thing more;
I miss the one I care for;
More than I miss New Orleans.
*Cajun footnotes
Make dodo â to go to sleep
TĂȘte dur â stubborn/hard-headed
Come see â Cajun way of saying "Come here."
Frissons â to feel chills
Honte â embarrassed
Minou â cat
Make a pass â to stop by
Something i havent seen anyone talk about is the title of the movie. The movie isnt just called 'Lisa Frankenstein' because its an adaptation of Frankenstein. We can infer from the 'ein' on his grave that The Creature <3 's last name was Frankenstein and at the end of the movie, him and Lisa get married. The title is also about them getting married because she takes his last name! <3