ROUND ONE
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Can I just say thanks for how much bloody work you guys have put into this? Really, you're awesome! <3
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Great in LoveI.
Thanksgiving is a solemn affair.
(It's so soon after Cuba... so terribly soon - Charles can't bring himself to celebrate the holiday when two of their family is gone - and they end up eating Chinese take-out, straight from the containers, on the sofas in the living room while the President speaks.)
II.Christmas is entirely different for two very important reasons: one is named Raven and the other, Erik. (They bring the others with them and Charles welcomes Emma and Janos and Azazel and Angel, but it's his sister and his lover that make him truly happy ( ... )
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This her home, Erik - she could leave, but it'd still be her home, whenever she chose to return. Charles doesn't have to explain the same goes for everyone in the room. "Raven, can you hand me one of Erik's gifts ( ... )
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Intemperance of a Mad PatientI.
Erik comes home one night in mid-February.
He's skinny and bruised, bleeding from wounds that bloody his clothing, and Charles aches to know what has happened between October (Cuba) and now, but he has no time to ask: Erik falls to his knees in front of Charles, weak, and wraps his arms around Charles' waist.
His head falls against Charles' chest, listening to the beat of his heart. Charles worries - this isn't like Erik - and calls for Hank, tempering the young man's anger as best he can with images of just what Erik looks like. (He may have abandoned them that day and Charles may still have some bitterness in him over what had happened, but he still cares for Erik and he's fretting already over how terrible Erik appears.)
II.Getting him cleaned up takes all three of the boys plus Charles - Alex and Hank to hold him up, Charles to wash ( ... )
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Erik's fever comes and goes: the playful banter slides into hallucinations that crumble into tears.
Charles keeps the boys away, refusing to let them see Erik so vulnerable, and runs himself ragged as he feeds Erik pills and broth, wipes him down, changes the blankets.
(When this is over, he's sure he'll be sick but right now, there's no one else Charles trusts with Erik.)
V.
"I can't lift you, Erik, you have to stand," Charles tells him. "You have to stand."
"I want to sleep."
"I know and you can - once we've gotten you bathed, all right?"
Erik rolls to the side and sits up, coughing hard as he reaches out for the bed post and pulls himself up, to his feet. That is as far as he makes it and says, once he's stopped coughing, "Change the sheets?"
"Yes, we will. Once we've gotten you bathed." Frowning, Charles brushes his mind against Erik's fevered one and tells him, Think about how good it'll feel to not be sticky, Erik. Nice cool water on your skin and then some clean sheets...Erik blinks and looks through a fringe of ( ... )
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Fill 1: Hospitality 1-7/7 at my LJ
Fill 2: Charity, a companion piece to Hospitality from Charles' perspective
Part 1
Part 2
Part 3 - new!
Thanks to the mods for all their hard work!
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Round 1 filled: http://1stclass-kink.livejournal.com/806.html?thread=2083878#t2083878
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“I was thinking of play clothes, for the children,” Charles said quietly. Moira looked at him for a moment, then looked once against to the curtains. A small smile began to form on her face.
“Of course. I won’t mention it to Er - the captain. He’s run such a tight ship since Magda passed away that the children haven’t had any time to be children. Perhaps we can discuss the clothes over dinner? I eat separately from the family these days and it would be nice to have company.”
Moira’s last sentence stuck in Charles’ mind; he was glad to hear Moira’s overture of friendship, especially since she raised so many questions. Maybe I can find out where her accent is from. It’s maddening that I can’t place it. “Oh, of course. What time ( ... )
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