[ "Hotdog" has to be a joke. It's jarring enough in the middle of the mess they're in that Logan's claws pause as he digs them fully in the dirt, but he decides not to question it, muscles going tight once more as he pulls the dirt back instead. It's just as silly as the name Cyclops, or Storm, or Wolverine. Who is he to judge?
Hotdog is helping him dig, anyway, which is the point. And the grave shapes out nicely, though Logan doesn't know how long they've been going at it. He hasn't noticed the way their surroundings had flickered throughout the whole ordeal, either -- how they'd go from the night sky and the orange of fires everywhere to a plainer grey, to sudden blue skies, to smelling more like the sun than shit burning over.
When the grave is deep enough, he stops and turns to retrieve Jean's body. Her upper body's been hit with rigor mortis, and Logan's heart breaks because he can't cradle her to his chest any more.
But she is lain, and he brushes a thumb over her brow, and when he gets out, he throws the first handful of dirt in.
Hotdog gets one look before Logan works on burying her for real.
He's not going to speak until it's over -- a quiet 'thank you'. And after that, a soft huff: ] You have to get out of here before the cops come.
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Hotdog is helping him dig, anyway, which is the point. And the grave shapes out nicely, though Logan doesn't know how long they've been going at it. He hasn't noticed the way their surroundings had flickered throughout the whole ordeal, either -- how they'd go from the night sky and the orange of fires everywhere to a plainer grey, to sudden blue skies, to smelling more like the sun than shit burning over.
When the grave is deep enough, he stops and turns to retrieve Jean's body. Her upper body's been hit with rigor mortis, and Logan's heart breaks because he can't cradle her to his chest any more.
But she is lain, and he brushes a thumb over her brow, and when he gets out, he throws the first handful of dirt in.
Hotdog gets one look before Logan works on burying her for real.
He's not going to speak until it's over -- a quiet 'thank you'. And after that, a soft huff: ] You have to get out of here before the cops come.