Pryde&Wisdom: ALL NICE AND GIFT-WRAPPED

Luba Kmetyk

DISCLAIMER:
Pryde and Wisdom and Excalibur are trademarks of Marvel Comics. John Constantine is a trademark of DC/Vertigo Comics. This story is an unauthorized work done purely for my personal enjoyment, and is not intended to infringe on any of their rights in or profits from these characters. But this story is copyright to me.

WARNING:
THERE IS EXPLICIT SEX AND BONDAGE GAMES IN THIS STORY. I marked this clearly in the header. The sex is graphic, but all loving and consensual (and not that much worse than a typical romance novel). If reading sex scenes like that would offend you, please don't read this.

NOTES:
This story is a romantic/erotic interlude that has no justification for existence other than that Suzie dared me to write a public fan-fiction with Pete in lace. So, Suzie, here it is, and now you owe me Pete in Disneyworld as payback.

For continuity freaks, this story takes place within my series some time after the 'Visit' to the X-men trilogy, some time during the 'Mysteries' trilogy (of which the Pryde&Wisdom/X-Files story is the first), and before any of the 'Rites and Wrongs' trilogy.

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 Suzie for inspiring this, and sevenall, Carolyn, DuAnn and Linda 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 new 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 are all very kindly being archived by Lori McDonald on her webpage at http://web2.spydernet.com/lori/x-men.htm

These stories can also now be found on my own webpage at http://home.att.net/~lubakmetyk/

If you want to comment, send email to <mailto:luba@lubakmetyk.net

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Continued in Part 1...