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Disclaimer: I don't own or pretend to own anything relating to Fantastic Four, the characters, or the actors. (Sigh) But I do own my plot and my own characters . . . so please respect my territory. :)
Note to the Reader: I know it is insane that I'm starting another fic when I have like... five others on a hiatus (all of which I fully intend to complete), but I've pretty much almost finished this one and I've been itching to get it up since March. I'm in love with Johnny Storm/Chris Evans, and I've needed to simply write something with him in it... and now I have. So I present to you, ladies and gentlemen (trumpets sound) my latest piece of work: Fire May Burn.
Advisory: This fiction is rated 'T' for a reason. Throughout this story there will be violence, language, and implied sexual content. Just for the record, if this will offend you in any way, please do not read.
Extended Summary: Josephine James was an extremely average girl in an extremely average town... unless you count being best friends with super popular kid Johnny Storm above average. But Jo and Johnny had a falling out... and they haven't spoken in years. Now Johnny is a hot head (literally) super hero with his hands full of fame, kicking criminal ass, and dating many pretty women... Jo hasn't crossed his mind in years- until he sees her trying unsuccessfully to hail a cab just a few streets down from the Baxter Building in New York City. But Jo doesn't want anything to do with Johnny... and she especially doesn't want him to know why she's in the city in the first place. But soon another criminal mind shows up... one who knows about Jo's past with Johnny... and doesn't just want to get even with 'flame boy', but wants to also take down the Fantastic Four... forever.
I hope you enjoy this fic... whoever decides to give it a go in the end. And it will most likely be receiving weekly updates. I hope you enjoy it and get ready for a ride and I plunge into the wildest fic that I've ever ventured to... and will hopefully be something new for you all. :)
FIRE MAY BURN
Part One
By: Elessar-lover
Chapter One
Storming
Chapter Quote: "Maybe I'd stop if you'd prove you were really capable of doing something responsible for once! Like thinking of someone else besides your own sorry rear."
It was a nice place by all means . . . a nice floor...nice furniture...nice door...nice bed... something nice and warm laying beside him. He glanced over his shoulder, searching for the source of the warmth. Ah... yes. She was pretty all right... brunette... he had a fondness for them. She was still sleeping soundly, bare back facing him as she stretched out her lean, curvaceous body out along the length of the bed. Sometimes he hated waking up like this, pounding headache with no recollection as to where he was and remembering only vaguely the heated pleasures of the night before.
Other times he enjoyed it... even more so when he didn't have a head ache. Sue would kill him for going off on a limb again. He scowled... what was she... his mother? If he wanted to get drunk, enjoy a great looking woman, and then puke his guts out after... that was his decision, not hers. But now it was already too late... just thinking about her made him even madder... and stole from him the luxury of waking up pleasurably with the beautiful woman at his side.
What was her name anyway? Damn. Swearing, he threw the thin quilts off his naked body and, grumbling, started pulling on his clothes. She was awake by the time he pulled his shirt over his head and rubbed a hand through his closely cropped, blonde hair.
"Up so soon?" She purred, looking deliciously desirable as she turned cat-like green eyes towards him.
"I have to go." He grumbled, sliding his denim jacket over his shoulders and searching the room for his cell phone and wallet, which he discovered discarded on the floor where he'd found his jeans. She pouted, turning to face him and pulling up the sheets over her body. Sue would scream at him... Sue would lecture him for this and that...as if he ever listened. It infuriated him further to know that, just by getting out of bed, she had won. She was getting her way.
His head was pounding something fierce now... and he thought about what he'd be willing to give if only to get doped up on some Advil.
"Want my number?" She asked again, purring as she sat up with waves of dark brown hair cascading over her flawless shoulders. Even in his enraged state he had to admit- he knew how to pick 'em.
"Listen," He began, holding a hand to his head and grimacing as the pounding grew worse. "Uh..."
"Grace." She offered, green eyes flashing lustfully.
"Uh... Grace. I had a really great time last night but..." Her smile faded into a thin line of irritation.
"It's all right Johnny... I understand." She said with thinly disguised anger.
"Good. So... uh..."
"Grace." She inputted again, color mounting to her cheeks.
He hadn't wanted to make her angry... but his head was prohibiting him from thinking and all that was running clearly through his mind was the pain from his hangover and his anger over Sue. If Grace bruised her pride... well... he couldn't really help that. It had been a one-night stand... it happens. Women happened... they had a habit of eluding his reasoning.
"Yeah so... no hard feelings?"
A sardonic smile graced (no pun intended) her features once more. "None whatsoever. It was... invigorating." She was pissed... but he didn't have the will or patience to try and make her feel better. He said good-bye and he walked towards the door. The girl didn't say or do anything as he turning the knob and glanced over his shoulder to take once more longing glance at her.
She was wearing that thin smile still, watching him. He might have kissed her good-bye if it wasn't so hard to concentrate. He wanted something to make his head stop hurting... and it would be really nice if Sue didn't yell too loud when he got home either.
He downed as much as he could without puking and then left, heading for 'home'. He didn't know who he was fooling. The Fantastic Four was great in action, a name spoken in awe ever since the downfall of Dr. Doom. But in reality, fighting crime wasn't so hot behind the scenes. Reed was worse now then when they had first discovered their powers. Sue was no better. It was always, "Don't do this..." "Don't do that..." "Start acting like an adult..." or "You're such a child.".
He just knew that Ben was always secretly pleased when he got lectured. And it always irritated him when the orange rock wouldn't let his barbs get under his skin. Now that he had Alicia... that was happening much too frequently. Alicia... what was so hot about her anyway? He sounded nasty today and he knew it... maybe it was that foul concoction the bartender had brewed for him. Sure it was clearing his head, but he hadn't felt so pissed in a long time.
Someone beeped, shouted something at him and he found himself fighting the desire to throw a fireball back at the jerk. Sue would have just loved that. He might do it one day... just to spite them. But his evil plans died away as he gazed forlornly at the Baxter Building as he whipped into the parking lot. It would rain later, the clouds held the tell-tale signs.
His pleasures of the previous night felt like a million days before, instead of only a few hours. He sighed as he slammed his car door shut and pocketed his keys.
It wasn't going to be a good day.
He winced as Sue's shrill, enraged voice bounced inside his head. "Don't yell!" He grumbled loudly, clutching furtively at his head.
"So what if I do? Do you know how much I've been worrying about you since you left? Huh?" Her blonde hair, swept back into a ponytail, glinted in the sunlight- blinding him. Eyes flashing, hands on hips, she looked identical to their mother just then. Maybe she was mom... maybe she'd possessed the body of his sister as a cruel joke. This stuff must be really playing with his head... but it wasn't funny.
"It's my life." He snapped, interrupting her tirade. She stopped, seemingly at a blessed loss for words.
"Your life, Johnny? You're a part of this life. You know what could happen to any one of us."
"You don't need to know where I am every minute of every day, Sue." He said warningly. He was treading on thin ice here, they'd had this argument before... and she'd always won.
"You've been missing for days Johnny. You went off without a word. You know about the threats we've been getting... what if-"
"What if what!" He cut her off, could see fire in his eyes reflecting from hers. "The threats... Sue, we don't even know if their for real. Von Doom has been locked up in Latveria for a year now. We've had practically nothing since then."
She moved closer to him. "We can't discard them yet."
"They're probably a prank pulled by some punk kid smoking weed with his snot nosed friends and looking for a laugh." She was bristling now, was fighting the urge to hit him. "So they might be real... who cares? You can't keep me locked up in here Sue." He paused, words forming on his lips that he'd wanted to utter for so long. "Ever since you became 'Mrs. Richards' you're like..." The insult that had been fresh in his mind moments before fled and he grappled for one to put in its place. "...like a freakin' crazy...hen!"
She was mad...despite the absurdity of his comment. He didn't care, he realized, who was she to lecture him? It was always the same... no one seemed to get it! No one understood! "What's that suppose to mean?" She asked, her voice dangerously low.
He jabbed his finger at her, muscles taunt. "I had a great time last night. And these past few days have been the closest to heaven that I've ever been."
She lost her fuel, he could see her wither before him. She crossed her arms over her chest and shook her head. "That's really sad Johnny. You just never change... do you? You're still that little boy."
"Stop pretending to be Mom, Sue. I don't need anyone anymore."
"But you need sex... is that it?"
"You're one to talk."
She bit her lip, closing her eyes momentarily as if to hold back anger. "I'd stop with the lectures Johnny... if you'd just prove you were really capable of doing something responsible for once! Like thinking of someone else besides your own sorry rear."
"Hello Sue... welcome to reality. We're superheros. That's what we do."
She didn't say anything, watched him with a pained look on her face. "And you really still don't get it... do you?"
He shook his head in disgust and held up his hands in defeat, head hurting worse then before. "Know what? I don't care...really. And I don't want another lecture. I'm outta here."
He turned round abruptly... startled to see Reed walking up right behind him- clip-board in hand and a pencil behind one ear.
"Johnny... you're back!" He exclaimed, seemingly more in surprise then in pleasure. "Staying for a bit? We're eating out tonight."
Predictable Reed... always one behind the ball. Johnny sneered, glanced back at his sister. It really wasn't Reed who bugged him... or even Ben. Where was the rock anyway? Not even Sue. He just... he just wanted to live his own life. And couldn't help but wish that he wasn't a part of them in the first place. He'd spent his irritation on Sue... for the moment. He could stay for a bit. Why not? He already blew his last date.
"Sure." He muttered. "Fine with me." Sue was surprised, he saw her glance up sharply, studying the back of his head. "I'm gonna shower." He slurred. Water would help... it always did and him flaming up just then sure wouldn't. He didn't wait any longer to talk to Reed, stalking instead with a sigh off to his room.
Now I know Johnny really isn't so mean in the movie... he's actually just a bit immature and obnoxious. But after I saw him I just wanted him to grow up a little so bad that this story for a romance sparked in my head and I couldn't put a damper on it... you know? So Johnny seems mean in this first chapter... but I'm out to redeem his character a bit... so he won't stay like this forever. :)
Also, just for the record, as a part of my moral beliefs I do not believe in sex before marriage... but as I said, I'm out to redeem Johnny in this fic so he will change. For those of you who do or do not have a opinion on this issue, either way I just wanted to make it perfectly clear that I do not condone it. :) Don't bite my head off if you disagree... I just wanted to make the fact known. :)
As I said before, updates for this story will come weekly as I juggle it between my LotR fic... but they will come fairly regularly since I have the majority of this story already written. Reviews are appreciated and thanks a million to my beta, Kiann. Without whom I'd be lost. :)
TO BE CONTINUED...
