Roses In December (1/1)

[blackash26]

Summary: The night before the beach Charles is acting strangely. Erik tries to get to the bottom of things.
Characters/Pairing: Erik, Charles.
Genre: Friendship/General/Angst
Rating: T
Notes: Inspired by this prompt at 1stclass_kink . Title is inspired but the following quote: “God gave us memory so that we might have roses in December.” - James Matthew Barrie.

Comments

[skull_bearer]

Sorry, could you cut-text this? It's pretty long.

Good though, thanks for sharing. Have you thought of posting it to the Oldfriends com?

[blackash26]

Forgive my ignorance, but what does "cut-text" mean? And how do I do it?

I was thinking about posting it there, but wasn't sure how to go about it. That's why I'd been putting off posting this in the first place.

[skull_bearer]

When you're posting something, it's the small icon right of the middle that shows three lines and a zig-zag underneath it. When you want to use it, you highlight the text you want to hide and click the button. Usually it's best to hide all the story and just leave the story title, summary and any warnings free. It frees up people's friendspage.

[blackash26]

Ah. Cool. I will do that then.

[mremre]

I just found this story, and I wanted to thank you for writing it. I did honest-to-goodness tear up when Charles admitted his mom didn't love him, and then Erik gave him memories and she was THEIR mom and !!!!

In the universe of your story, I declare that the Beach did NOT happen. Erik and Charles are brothers, and they don't split up and they are happy sharing Mom-memories damn it because it's all too sad and tragic and WAAAAAAHHH!

[blackash26]

Thank you for reading this. I'm so happy this story touched you that deeply, as a writer that's always an amazing complement to get.

In the universe of your story, I declare that the Beach did NOT happen. Erik and Charles are brothers, and they don't split up and they are happy sharing Mom-memories damn it because it's all too sad and tragic and WAAAAAAHHH!

I like that idea a lot. Happy endings for everyone!

[narya86]

I just want to thank you for writing this. I have a weakness for exploiting the scenario of Erik realising that Charles hadn't had this perfect childhood, and reading this somehow moved me enough to make me cry.

[blackash26]

Thank you for reading! I admit I have a weakness for exactly the same scenario, so I'm glad I'm not the only one.

And I should say that as an author being told I moved someone to tears is one of the biggest compliments I can get. So thank you for that.

[narya86]

You definitely are not - I wish there were more people writing about it. I already thought about doing so myself. And, well, since I'm a writer too I know how that is, so you're very welcome. :)

[dean_is_batman]

That was amazing. I loved the vulnerability and how Erik's initial thought was to run away from the weakness. Awesome.

[blackash26]

Thank you! I'm glad the vulnerability worked without being too sappy. (Oh, and I expect that Erik's first instinct is always to run away from emotional things. But despite his fear of both screwing up and getting overly involved, he stays. Or at least I like to think that he does.)

[avictoriangirl]

*wibbles* This is gorgeous. ♥

[blackash26]

Aww...thank you!