Philipp 'Hank' McCoy | The Beast

Wow, what a terrible idea... Why had she let Jubilee set her up on a blind date, with him of all people? She didn't have time for that sort of thing; she had work to do, and besides, who would want to go out with him? Yes, of course he's intelligent, he has six PhDs, his friends know he's very kind and gentle, but strangers don't. To strangers, he just looks like a blue monster with superhuman strength and simian features. Not exactly what most people would consider desirable.

And yet, there he was. Sitting at a restaurant table, wearing a smart white shirt and black trousers, waiting for the poor soul Jubilee had convinced to go on a blind date. Hank wasn't expecting much from the date, if the woman didn't run away at the sight of him, but he was still determined to behave like a gentleman all evening.