Erik/Charles; Cerebro Malfunction h/c
anonymous
June 5 2011, 10:17:11 UTC
Cerebro malfunctions the first time Charles is hooked into it, and it causes him to freak the hell out and then go catatonic. While waiting for Charles to wake up, Erik is quick to anger and closes himself off from everyone because, for whatever reason, he feels partially responsible for letting it happen (he let him do it in the first place, he didn't use his ability to shut down the machine fast enough, take your pick). If/when Charles wakes up, Erik doesn't make any shmoopy declarations of love; Charles can only tell how worried he really was by reading his mind.
Because I'm a sadist, bonus points if part of the reason Charles goes all Blue Screen of Death is because he is feeling the pain of every single person his mind is touching all at the same time at it overwhelms him. Pain in both little innocent ways (papercuts, twisted ankles) and horrifically twisted and violent ways (torture, rape, etc).
a loneliness I can't imagine, 1/?
anonymous
June 7 2011, 03:59:37 UTC
The first sign they get that something is wrong is the only sign they get. Yes, there had been some brief discomfort when the helmet was first turned on, but it had been overridden so quickly by Charles' exuberant joy that it had seemed like just a natural reaction to having your brain waves amplified or whatever the hell Hank's machine is doing
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a loneliness I can't imagine, 2/?
anonymous
June 8 2011, 04:20:06 UTC
Erik gets Charles watching duties by default. (That’s what he tells himself, at least.) Hank’s busy in his lab, and while Raven is spending any free time she has by Charles’ side, Hank needs her. She has all the information, both on Charles’ powers and on Charles’ own research, which Hank is hoping will prove helpful. Moira offered, but Erik has more power than her (and certainly the necessary rage to fuel it right now) and anyway she’s human so very human and he doesn’t trust any of them to actually care for Charles instead of just trying to find ways to use him. (His lab rat comment had been in deadly earnest
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a loneliness I can't imagine, 3/?
anonymous
June 9 2011, 16:40:07 UTC
a/n: okay, first off I don't know why this is getting long. uh. sorry? thanks for reading, everyone! also, I apologize for the spelling errors and that one place where a sentence just breaks off. I'm actually proofing now!
part 3
To Erik’s surprise, Charles doesn’t advocate trying it again immediately. Specifically, he says:
“I would love to get right back to it, but I’m afraid I’ve still got a headache.” Which is somewhat better than doing it right now, but indicates that he still has every intention of just plunging back into working with Cerebro at full strength.
“Thank you for showing some common sense, Charles,” Erik says, unable to stop the sharpness in his voice, and Charles just smiles at him, looking a little bit lost. He’s acquired an unusual pallor and deep circles under his eyes, and he’s as rumpled as Erik has ever seen him
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Actually, I was hoping the fill for this would be a bit longer. I love the bigger fills, they take their time and it makes the journey that much sweeter :)
Re: a loneliness I can't imagine, 3/?
anonymous
June 12 2011, 16:43:41 UTC
Yeah, Charles definitely needs someone around to stop him from kicking his own arse on other people's behalf; Raven has the best intent and sympathy in the world but she's still his little sister. Erik's got the unapologetic brazenness and don't-give-me-that-bullshit to stare him down. Can. Not. Wait. (captcha says "cannot ganyme". close enough.)
Because I'm a sadist, bonus points if part of the reason Charles goes all Blue Screen of Death is because he is feeling the pain of every single person his mind is touching all at the same time at it overwhelms him. Pain in both little innocent ways (papercuts, twisted ankles) and horrifically twisted and violent ways (torture, rape, etc).
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I'm so going to the special hell.
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part 3
To Erik’s surprise, Charles doesn’t advocate trying it again immediately. Specifically, he says:
“I would love to get right back to it, but I’m afraid I’ve still got a headache.” Which is somewhat better than doing it right now, but indicates that he still has every intention of just plunging back into working with Cerebro at full strength.
“Thank you for showing some common sense, Charles,” Erik says, unable to stop the sharpness in his voice, and Charles just smiles at him, looking a little bit lost. He’s acquired an unusual pallor and deep circles under his eyes, and he’s as rumpled as Erik has ever seen him ( ... )
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Can. Not. Wait.
(captcha says "cannot ganyme". close enough.)
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