DISCLAIMER:
Pryde and Wisdom, Excalibur, the X-Men and their
supporting characters all are trademarks of Marvel Comics. John Constantine,
Ellie and other Hellblazer-related characters all are trademarks of DC/Vertigo
Comics. This story is an unauthorized work done purely for my personal
enjoyment, and not intended to infringe on any of their rights in or profits
from these characters. But this story is copyright to me.
WARNING:
This story contains assorted spoilers for many of my
still-in-progress stories, breastfeeding, and extreme sappiness. If any of those
would bother you, don't read this. :-)
NOTES:
As far as continuity goes, this story is the first in the
'Married... with Children' story subset in my 'Idylls of the Cat' series, and
occurs just about a year after the end of the 'Rites and Wrongs' trilogy. It is
a romantic/sentimental interlude that has no particular justification for
existence except that I felt in the mood to write
Kitty-and-Pete-are-happy-together. It started out as a pure 'slice of daily
life' story, but ended up foreshadowing some upcoming developments.
BACKGROUND EXPLANATION:
I started this series soon after Excalibur
#92 (Pete vs Pete), and have made no effort to keep this within more recent
Marvel continuity. In particular, I am ignoring the whole Onslaught/Dark Xavier
mess, and Dark Beast, also. Xavier in this story may be dark, but it's his own
fault; I don't accept Onslaught as an excuse for Xavier to act like a jerk. I'm
treating Logan as basically normal, I just don't feel up to writing feral
Wolverine. I'm also ignoring Betsy and the Crimson Whatever. And I've also
ignored a lot of little things Ellis has done with Pryde and Wisdom since then,
not because I don't accept them (I revere Ellis as gospel), but because it would
involve too much minor revision.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
I'd like to thank sevenall, Lisa, Denise, Suzie,
Amanda and the Apprentice for all their comments and suggestions.
MISCELLANEOUS:
This is one story in a series of loosely-plotted
stories entitled "Idylls of the Cat" that are mostly Pryde and Wisdom, and the
others' reaction to Kitty's relationship. Most of the stories in the series are
not action or adventure, they're mainly sex and/or conversations, like this one.
Other stories in the series so far include
These stories can all be found on my own Pryde&Wisdom webpage at http://http://home.att.net/~lubakmetyk/
If you want to comment, send email to <mailto:luba@lubakmetyk.net
Continued in Prologue...