#i love superpowered aus. i love the xmen. i love origin stories and the initial manifestation of powers. i love the consequences and

[doctorbrown]

Everyone in the X-Men universe has the story of how their powers first awakened/manifested and Doc's would absolutely be something along the lines of because he wasn't allowed to have a pet, he took to feeding one of the friendly stray dogs around Hill Valley when he was a boy and some of the local bullies (probably the Tannen of his generation, lbr) doing as the delinquents of the time did, started going after this dog and without thinking, Emmett is rushing forward to save his little canine friend and just full on stops time, lowkey panics but not enough to stop him from grabbing the dog and bolting as far as he can until the effect wears off, leaving the bullies very confused and extremely freaked out. And so begin the rumours, naturally.

And no, he absolutely cannot tell his parents, especially not his father, but young Emmett knows something is up with him so now it's time to start sneaking off and doing some sneaky scientific experiments to figure out just what the hell that was and how he can do it again/control it.

#i love superpowered aus. i love the xmen. i love origin stories and the initial manifestation of powers. i love the consequences and #complications that are born/arise from said powers #because doc's would have something to do with dogs - whether that or a driver just isn't watching where they're going #doc @ this stray dog: this is our secret okay? #or it'd be a last-ditch attempt to protect himself without realising because he was working on something with disastrous consequences #&; a great idea can change the world 「 hc 」 #this man though still becoming a great scientist - eventually a teacher at who-knows-where #trying so hard for so long to fly under the radar #it's probably what makes him even more eager to leave hill valley for university tbh because yes good a fresh start someplace far better #idc how on the nose it is it's just so perfectly fitting for him #lending to all sorts of shenanigans #and obviously i'm a sucker for time/space related things in any capacity - i'm here after all hahahaha