round 3 overflow post

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Round 3 Overflow Post

This post is for Round 3 fills only. We ask that when a round hits 8500 comments, fillers begin moving their fills to this post.

Format:
SUBJECT LINE -- Round #, short description of fic (ex: "Alex/Hank, lab partners")
--- Link to the prompt
--- Text of the prompt

--- Link to the fill
OR
--- Entire text of the fill

EXAMPLE:
Prompt: http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6437.html?thread=1038472#t2038174

Charles/Erik -- Charles is a bakery owner whose most frequent customer is Erik.

Fill: http://xmen-firstkink.livejournal.com/6437.html?thread=0139482#t4502942

Charles started off the morning the same way he always did...

Comments

Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 131/?

[elizabethisboss.livejournal.com]

I know I always comment with things like "OH MY HEART" but jesus, it's always true! The little scenes with Erik always just hurt. Wondering if he's wanted on the couch -- even though these are the two people he loves most in the world, he's not sure if he can even sit on a couch with them and be wanted. He's honestly that insecure. And then when he shows Charles the picture of his old house -- and the extra punch was, it wasn't even his house when he took the picture. Someone else was living there. I can just imagine him making the trip for that specific purpose, just to see the only place he can ever remember being happy and he can't even go inside. That's kind of the story of his life, though? He's always on the outside looking in. He never told Raven about his feelings, and lost her before he even had a chance. And he'll never be sure of Charles' love because he has him locked up. Nothing in his life is certain and he never knows how to act and just...this turned into a giant blob of Erik feelings but good lord you write him so well.

Re: FILL: Everyday Love in Stockholm 131/?

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

The photograph of Erik's house is from Part Three subsection XII (which was quite a while ago now), that I'd always intended to bring back this way, so I'm really pleased it worked for you on so many levels. It's pretty heartbreaking, I think, for that to be the only thing you have left of your family, and that not connected to them at all, on any real level. For him to show it to Charles is a really big step for Erik, and it shows in the way they come together after that - there's a new level of intimacy there.

The more comfortable he gets with Charles the better he'll be about personal space and knowing when he is and isn't wanted, but I think the main thing for Erik here is that while he is starting to get an idea about Charles, and knows Raven, he doesn't yet know where he fits into Charles-and-Raven. It's territory he has yet to discover.

I'm really pleased it all worked for you, anyway, and thanks for sticking with me :)