X-men Unconventional Ships

Title: The Unquiet Affair of Rachel Grey and Nathaniel Essex, Chapter 1.
Author: Sionnain
'Verse: 616, though occurs before current Uncanny arc and will obviously be AU.
Pairing: Rachel Grey/Nathaniel Essex (Rachel/Sinister)
Rating: Eventual M, though this chapter is not.
Summary: In order to save her family and friends from Sinister's machinations, Rachel Grey decides to do something daring and agrees to stay with him for a month's time, in the hopes he'll finally leave her and her family alone for good.

AN: Many thanks to resolute for going above and beyond and beta'ing this for me, which included a lot of my confusing emails, fixing all my unnecessary words and helping me out with canon and backstory. ::mwah:: you're the best, babe! Also thanks to willowaus for cheerleading me through :)

The story is in ten parts. Each chapter starts with a quote from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, from whence the inspiration came for the title. It's a play on those old Victorian horror stories in the genre with Stevenson's classic. There are ten chapters in that story, so there are ten in mine, though that is really the only similarity. The fic is completely finished.

You do not need to know much backstory to follow this, but if you like, you can read Sinister's Wikipedia Entry and Rachel Grey's Wikipedia Entry.

A brief history of both characters is beneath the cut, in case you'd like to read but are unfamiliar with the characters:

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Chatper 1: In Which Rachel Grey Makes a Decision about Sinister that No One Else Seems to Think is a Good Idea