I know you write "this is it," so I won't grovel and plead for continuation. At least, not until I review the entirety.
I think the chilly realism of Charles' mood & actions is matched by the fantastic imagery you use to describe him. Erik realizing that behind those beautiful blue eyes lurks an unfathomable power ... brrr. Being (deep at heart, really!) the schmoopbeastie that I am, I desperately want them to find some way of working things out, to have a child together and be happy. My brain was cycling through ways to do this: Erik has a dead!mom!related nightmare, and the equivalent to the Rage & Serenity menorah memory finding occurs! In Bed! That would fix things! And then they live happily ever after, right? RIGHT?
Except this is one 'verse in which I can see the two leads having a formidable alliance, but overwhelming love only on one side. Charles does seem so traumatized that the happily ever after ... seems distant, in terms of realism.
... which makes me want to curl up in a corner and sniffle. But that's OK!
In sum: this is great, I really *really* want to know what will happen with the child (my desperate-for-a-happy-ending brain has come up with a scenario in which post-nightmare!Erik growls to Charles: "You really think I would kill a child? My own child?" and Charles is all: zuh? o___O. OR SOMETHING.)
So, because I want to know, I wish there were a way of bribing you to continue. But if that's it, that's it, so in sum: thanks so much for this!
Re: En Passant 7/7 (Charles/Erik, Charles/Shaw, omegaverse AU, warning: dubcon)
I think the chilly realism of Charles' mood & actions is matched by the fantastic imagery you use to describe him. Erik realizing that behind those beautiful blue eyes lurks an unfathomable power ... brrr. Being (deep at heart, really!) the schmoopbeastie that I am, I desperately want them to find some way of working things out, to have a child together and be happy. My brain was cycling through ways to do this: Erik has a dead!mom!related nightmare, and the equivalent to the Rage & Serenity menorah memory finding occurs! In Bed! That would fix things! And then they live happily ever after, right? RIGHT?
Except this is one 'verse in which I can see the two leads having a formidable alliance, but overwhelming love only on one side. Charles does seem so traumatized that the happily ever after ... seems distant, in terms of realism.
... which makes me want to curl up in a corner and sniffle. But that's OK!
In sum: this is great, I really *really* want to know what will happen with the child (my desperate-for-a-happy-ending brain has come up with a scenario in which post-nightmare!Erik growls to Charles: "You really think I would kill a child? My own child?" and Charles is all: zuh? o___O. OR SOMETHING.)
So, because I want to know, I wish there were a way of bribing you to continue. But if that's it, that's it, so in sum: thanks so much for this!
And the dubcon was deliciously dark. Purrr.