“Well, Carter’s implied that maybe something weird that happened with the tunnel of love may not just be ‘stupid mind affecting shit’, which means maybe having put myself into a situation where a kiss might have gotten me into a lot of trouble with a friend. Which would only be about the tenth time that’s happened.”

Listen, David and kissing are a HORRIBLE combination in his experience. A super horrible one. It gets him in so much trouble.

But Jean-Paul isn’t wrong. It is just an excuse to close his heart off. But for good reason. He wished he could skate well enough to pull away from the other. Not that any distance would last long next to the speedster.

“I’ve had my heart broken and tattered enough, literally and metaphorically, to be so tired of opening it up, Jean-Paul. I’m young, I know, but it’s just been so much since I first came to Xavier’s and the last few years have been the worst. I’m like a wound that won’t heal because you keep poking at it.”