xmenfirstkink | round 3 overflow post

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round 3 overflow post

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
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--- 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...

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You could still change your mind about this, came a little whisper in his head. You don't have to send him away. You could go right back out that door and—

No. Erik took a slow, slow breath, in and out. No. I can be the better man, for once.

He had not, he realized, heard any sounds of motion from the other side of the door. Was Charles just standing there? He had a sudden mental image of Charles weeping quietly by the fire, too drunk to understand why he was being rejected, and rushed out of the room.

Charles was by the fire. Curled up on the sofa, fast asleep.

Erik watched him for a minute, the slow rise and fall of his bare chest, the careless wisp of hair across his cheek. He brushed it back, let his fingers linger against warm skin.

Then he pulled one of the blankets off his bed and tucked it around Charles, and bent to kiss his temple before going to bed alone.

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[See AO3 if you like (http://archiveofourown.org/works/304462/chapters/529774) for costume references and masquerade playlist.]

I started weeping at "had taught each other how to kiss". It's Erik trying to be good for Charles and Charles holding onto his principles and surely they are BOTH the better men for their convictions, but the process is agonizing.

Thank you for the delicious angst, the fantastic fusion of this world and for keeping Erik as inherently rebellious.

I love that exchange between Raven and Erik, by the way, that talk about not just One bad breakup, but an accumulation of small hurts that makes both Charles' aloofness and Erik's desperation for a future that could be build up on the *good* things of the past much more precarious and...precious.

I'm... sorry, I guess? For making you cry? But also rather pleased? :)

You're very welcome for the delicious angst, etc., and thank you for being a great commenter!!

*squeals at a pitch that can shatter glass, despite lack of mutant powers*

I'm going to (a) take that as a compliment, and (b) remind you that it's okay to be a mutant, you don't have to deny yourself, you don't have to hide.

Actually, I'm pretty sure my mutant power is my tendency to sustain minor injuries on a constant basis. My codename is going to be "Injura".

It might sound like an impractical ability, but I'm thinking it will help protect me from *major* injuries in battle - like, I'd turn my ankle and fall over, thus avoiding a swing from a blade that would've taken off my head. Or I could trip and collide with villains, knocking them off a cliff.

Still my very favorite. It was lovely, all the way through. Really worried about what shaw is planning down at the lake and in general. They need to defeat him ASAP.

AND OMG NEXT CHaPTER CAN'T COME SOON ENOUGH

I'm working hard on it, I promise! And don't worry, Shaw-defeating is high on the agenda.

I love this fill so passionately and this update was amazing. As ridiculous as this makes me, thank you so much for the letter warning! The curiosity has been intense and that allowed me to have a moment of disappointment then actually concentrate on the story! I know I would've been on edge looking for it otherwise and not paying attention properly. I know how pathetic that is, I'm just so deeply invested in your characters I can't seem to help myself! Poor author, you shouldn't have to warn for stuff like that! :)

Raven and Erik's conversation reminds us just how much Erik's hopes are built on a history of hurting Charles, not solely one major event. It makes clear the fragility of what they have, and any subsequent interaction more poignant. Erik can't call upon memories of himself as an idyllic boyfriend to persuade Charles to take him back, because he wasn't. I'm so glad they had it. Not just to remind us of the fragility and tenuousness, but to begin to clear the air between Erik and Raven.

I felt so sad and sorry for poor drunken Charles here (once I stopped leering at his costume). He's trying so hard to do the right thing in all ways. He wants Erik but Erik has spent a lifetime wounding him so only an idiot wouldn't be cautious. He knows he's longing for a love that the past suggests will be bad for him and between that and his perfectly understandable self-protection and reservations, he's being torn up. I wanted to tuck a blanket around him too!

I love the richness of this. So many wonderful details. It feels like Hogwarts.

This is such a lovely comment, thank you!

thank you so much for the letter warning! The curiosity has been intense and that allowed me to have a moment of disappointment then actually concentrate on the story!
Oh good, that's exactly what I was going for. I know people are desperately curious so I didn't anyone to feel like I was leading them on. :)

Oh, this is lovely - I'm really enjoying this fic. I just caught up to where you are now and that last scene is really emotional and moving. There's such a connection between them, and it really feels like Erik is growing into a better version of himself before our eyes. I hope Charles appreciates it when he wakes up!

Aw, thank you for the compliment. I'm so glad their connection and Erik's personal journey are coming through so well.

My goodness, this is seriously one of my favorite fics in this fandom, and easily one of the best fics I've read in a long time. I'm rooting for the both of them so hard I can barely stand it lksjfweoijr every update makes my life better

/snuggles this comment and carries it around in my pocket to look at every time I feel sad

Thank you!!!

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