Johnny Storm's Journal

25.4 -- "I have traveled the paths of desire/Following smoke and remembering fire"
It's kind of strange, really. I didn't expect any of this to happen. I didn't expect my best friend in the entire world to be a teenage girl. Some people would say that was wrong, given that I'm a twenty-eight year-old man. But this kind of thing doesn't always listen to age.

I waited, though. The past year, I waited for her even when I didn't realize I was waiting. Because from the moment I first met her, when she and that crazy witch friend of hers had weapons aimed at me, I knew. I knew that she was going to be something important in my life. I didn't know what, but something. And I won't lie, that's a part of why I helped her and Tori take those guys down.

But she was a kid. A kid who'd seen far too much for someone her age, but still just a kid. So I didn't put any moves on her. Oh, I flirted with her a little; how could I not? She was cute as all hell and I could tell she'd be gorgeous when she got older. But that was it. Just an older guy who was a trusted friend helping a young woman explore her affect on guys a little. Perfectly respectable and perfectly permissible. I know so because Tori never came to kill me in my sleep.

I don't know if that's what it was for her, but that's not what it was for me. Not entirely, anyway. It's been kind of hell waiting for her to be old enough. I did my usual things -- defeated bad guys, dated almost anything in a skirt, teased Ben mercilessly. But I was always talking to Chloe by text or email, was always watching her when she came to visit. If she needed me, I dropped everything to go to her. Man, can't tell you how many dates and one-night stands ended badly because I took off on them. But she's more important than almost anything.

I think I'm in love with her and I don't know what to do about it.

Muse: Johnny Storm
Fandom: Fantastic Four
Word Count: 349