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Charles/Erik, AU, dependance

[anonymous]

An AU where Charles never met Raven as a child, so Erik is the first other mutant he comes across, and Charles is so blown away by not being alone that he is willing to help Erik build a mutant army despite his moral misgivings, just because he couldn't stand to be alone again.

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[anonymous]

He wakes up the next morning with a blindingly awful headache, a crick in his neck, and the side of his face mashed into a throw pillow--and really, even calling it a pillow is generous. It feels like it might be filled with sand. Charles groans, and jams the heels of his hands into his eye sockets, like maybe if he just presses hard enough, his brain will stop trying to extract itself from his skull.

And then a calm, even voice observes, 'Headaches must be the kiss of death for telepaths,' from over the arm of the couch, and Charles nearly jumps out of his own skin, hurls himself upright and immediately regrets it. He clutches at his head again, wincing.

'Yes,' Erik says conversationally, although his eyes are on his newspaper, not on Charles, 'That does tend to happen after a night like the one you've had.' He smirks in the general direction of the front page. 'How very collegiate

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[anonymous]

This is amazing.

Come on Erik! Knock some sense into him!

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[seschat]

This continues to blow my mind! I was so so happy to see this updated! ♥

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[anonymous]

Raaaah, this is amazing anon!author, glad to see you haven't stopped <3 keep it up. It's truly fabulous~

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[anonymous]

He's had lectures on genetics. He's read books, countless medical journals, but it's...not really something he'd considered. Not in his case, although he didn't have a name for it, either. An aberration in his brain, perhaps, some sort of abnormality that allows him to do something normal humans can't. An idiot savant, even. Some kind of biological mistake, something gone terribly, terribly wrong.

But Erik just looks at him when he suggests it, that narrow, calculating stare like he's trying to read Charles' mind, instead of the other way around. Raven, she just looks crushed. He doesn't need to read her mind to know that--how can you believe that, she thinks tenderly. That everything about you is so fundamentally wrong?She doesn't expect an answer. Charles doesn't give her one

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[anonymous]

'She's beautiful,' he snaps, though, and his eyes are like flint, like steel, like broken glass shoved into tender skin as they meet Charles', sharp and painful.

'She is,' Charles agrees. I'm nothing like her, he doesn't say.

Oh Charles. He's so broken. I love you so much for this fill. Keep writing it, please oh please!

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[nausicaa83]

Wow... this is so heartbreaking.

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[anonymous]

Everything about this story is perfect. I have never wanted to hug Charles as much as I do here. And your Erik is just so perfect.

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[anonymous]

This fic is amazing! Poor Charles. I can't tell you how much I want Raven to adopted him as her surrogate brother and for Hank to show up, so he and Charles can have a million equally enthusiastic conversations about their mutual interests. :(

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[anonymous]

more of this forever would set me up for... ever, i guess

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[grey_damaskena]

Excellently written, and that last line packs a lot of punch. Both Raven and Erik are spot on. Looking forward to Erik pulling his shiny tricks out of the bag, too. <3

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[takmarierah]

Oooh, I love it! I do hope you continue this soon! :D

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[anonymous]

This so great!!! I would really love to read other things you've written. ♥

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[allodole]

Amazing. <3

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[ascoolsuchasi]

This is so beautiful.

And bonus for the title, I love the Dresden Dolls.
:D