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Blood Runs Thicker by swordsandsadness
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
14 Dec 2024
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He would never see him again. Never feel the familiar touch of his mind against his own. Never watch the determined lines across his face as he chose his next chess move. Never see the way his gaze would flicker from the chess pieces to him when he thought Charles wasn’t looking. Never again. Charles was going to die while Erik was halfway across the world. He wondered if Erik would feel it somehow. Was it selfish of him to hope that Erik would feel the loss all the way in Genosha? At least that way Erik would be linked with him in the end, despite the distance.
He felt his pounding heartbeat begin to stagger, and he knew this must be it. Charles began to close his eyes as he heard the sound of someone running, and then the world was darkness and he knew no more. His last thought was of Erik, unknowingly going about his day in Genosha. Unaware that thousands of miles away, Charles was leaving him behind.
(This fic takes place a couple of months after X-Men: Apocalypse and is pretty much canon compliant up until then except for Charles didn't lose his hair fighting Apocalypse because that was stupid. Also, the reconstruction of the school took longer in this fic because good quality construction takes time)
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If you disobey, you have to face the consequences. If you ridicule yourself and the family, you have to face the consequences. If you break something, you have to face the consequences. You have to be punished.
That's what Charles Xavier has learned. That's what he knows. It's been like this for his whole life. Even if now he's aware that the consequences in his childhood home differed from the 'normal' ones, he can't just unlearn it. He can't forget about the rules that had been put in his head when he was a child and executed perfectly every single time. So when he stays over at his boyfriend's place and accidentally shatters a glass, there's only one thing on his mind: prepare for the consequences.
Erik is horrified when he finds out. Charles is not surprised by that - he knows he's nothing more but damaged goods with a pretty face to cover it up. However, he definitely is surprised when the consequences don't come, and it doesn't seem like they will.
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The Night Brings A Chilly Storm by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
07 Dec 2024
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Anxiety is hard, and Charles knows it. But no matter how many bad nights he has, he always, ALWAYS forgets how bad it feels. And he always forgets that he deserves to ask for help, even if it’s in the middle of the night.
Luckily, Erik is a good boyfriend and knows something’s wrong, so he seeks him out to find him pacing restlessly in the kitchen. What time it is doesn’t matter– Charles does, and Erik is there to comfort him.
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Alternate Title: Mental health is hard and Erik is a sweetheart. (PART 2)A mini, autobiographical one-shot where I give Charles my anxiety and have Erik help him.
First Class-era Cherik.
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Charles doesn't talk about his childhood. It's not necessary. He likes to pretend that nothing has ever happened to him. Over time, maybe he even forgets... but not for long. Now, when they're in the house where it all took place, he can't help remembering.
Charles and Erik have an argument and Erik's yelling combined with memories the mansion is full of causes Charles to have a panic attack. Erik comforts him (and agrees not to bring it up on his own. Charles will tell him. Someday. When he's ready, which certainly isn't now)
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It's Okay That It's Dark by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
14 Nov 2024
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Charles has lived with depression for a long time. Although undiagnosed, he's pretty convinced he has it, and as a result, he has built up a toolset of coping mechanisms and strategies for when it gets bad.
Nights are typically harder. The sun drops under the horizon, and his mood drops with it. Some nights are…fine. Other nights, his depression settles like a black claw over his heart and mind and his thoughts tear him apart from the inside out.
Tonight is one of those nights, and Erik is there to hug his pain away.
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Alternate Title: Mental health is hard and Erik is a sweetheart.Basically a short, autobiographical fic where I give Charles my depression and have Erik help him.
First Class-era Cherik.
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And A Hush Fell Over His Mind by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
13 Nov 2024
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Charles will do anything to protect his home and his students, he will ENDURE anything. His life and his beloved family of mutants means more to him than his own wellbeing, and he will fight to protect them, no matter what. His life of peace is his to preserve.
But that is all tested when he and Erik are ambushed in the woods and Charles wakes up in an unknown chamber, strapped to a chair, with his head wrapped in a cage-like device. He realizes quickly that with it on, he can’t touch anyone’s mind, let alone use his mutation at all. And it doesn’t just suppress his mutation, the person responsible for the device also holds the controls– and the leverage.
The location of the school. That’s all he wants. And he’s not above putting Charles in unspeakable pain to get it out of him.
Oh, and Erik is forced to watch.
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A fanfic in which I take Stryker and his neural inhibitor from X2 and put it in a context where prequel Charles is tortured with it. This idea hit me immediately when I was rewatching X2, so screw the timeline, it’s messy enough already :P
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Apocalypse-era Cherik, Charles still has his long hair because I said so.Series
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The X Calls Us Home by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
12 Nov 2024
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Revenge has lived in Erik’s veins for as long as he can remember. Shaw is frozen, unable to fight back, Erik has his chance. He takes it. But what he thinks will calm the vengeful fire in his blood and send a message to all of mutant-and-humankind is flipped on its head when he realizes just how much collateral damage he did without even meaning to.
Charles could’ve let go of Shaw’s mind, but that would’ve meant putting Erik in danger. So he keeps a hold on Shaw, feels the coin push through his head, and endures a level of pain that he didn’t even know existed. When he regains consciousness for the second time and feels the blood dripping out of his ears, he knows something is definitely wrong.
Charles’ mutation is powerful. He can freeze people, read their minds, control them, influence them. He’s always been able to feel their pain when he’s telepathically connected to them, but he didn’t know he could die with them too.
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A fanfic in which Charles falls into a coma and Erik’s Magento persona is born not out of revenge, but instead from self-hate, guilt, and the heart-wrenching desperation to see Charles breathe again.Series
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Who's Afraid Of Little Old Me? (You Should Be) by Mrs_Understood
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types
09 Nov 2024
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Erik and Charles clash yet again, this time over Erik's newest addition to the Brotherhood. Erik doesn't see why Charles thinks he gets a say in this.
Charles tries not to remember the years of abuse that his step brother put him through. But it's a little hard when he is downstairs right now.
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- Part 12 of The Highs And Lows Of Cherik
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Of Blood and Teeth by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
09 Nov 2024
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Childhood fears are weird. And embarrassing. You’re supposed to grow out of them, right? Charles wishes he did.
When Charles was ten years old, he was the victim of a vicious dog attack, and he still has the scars.
The nightmares have mostly stopped, and so have the spells of panic and anxiety. Mostly. But still, maybe he should’ve seen someone about it as a child, because he still gets freaked out in the presence of a dog, particularly bigger ones. His breath still gets shallow, and his hands still shake. But dogs are easy enough to avoid, right? It’s fine, he’ll be fine.
The problem arises on a mission when they run into a truck inspection that they weren’t prepared for. Now there’s a big dog who just so happens to sniff through Charles’ mental control and climbs into the truck WITH THEM, and oh shit, Charles wasn’t expecting to have to fight off a panic attack surrounded by professional military men and Erik Lehnsherr.
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A fanfic in which I take the deleted scene in First Class where the dog climbs into the truck to bark at them and write an alternate version of it where Charles has a phobia of dogs and it sets him off.
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The Hope in Candlelight, Before the Darkness Rises by FourAlignments
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men - All Media Types
07 Nov 2024
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Charles holds vigil over Peter, hurt after taking bullets meant for his father. While Erik prepares for repair the world.
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the person that you'd take a bullet for is behind the trigger by rolandtowen
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
19 Oct 2024
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“Charles, stop!” Erik slams his fist on the table, furious that his husband is still pressing him on this issue. He looks up to see a look of shock on Charles’ face that makes him snarl. “We've been over this, don't act so surprised.”
“Erik–”
“No, Charles, I need you to trust me on this. I know what I'm doing.” Erik huffs, crossing his arms and turning away.
“Erik.” Charles says his name again in a pained whisper. “I need you to look at me, please.”
“What?” Erik snaps, now annoyed that Charles seems to be playing the victim card here. His next retort dies on his lips. Erik’s steak knife is embedded in Charles’ shoulder. He watches in horror as the crimson stain around the knife spreads across Charles’ white button-up shirt.
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Whumptober prompts fulfilled: blood trail, wound care, friendly fireSeries
- Part 3 of Genosha Fics
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Revenge by Sparky_Speirs
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
19 Oct 2024
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Erik wants to make things right, and he goes to the mansion. It's been a while, and he's shocked to find out how much had changed. Most of all, he's shocked at how much Charles had changed, and not for the better.
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- Part 19 of Whumptober 2024
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Motion Sickness by Sparky_Speirs
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
16 Oct 2024
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They're on their Gay Mutant Road Trip when suddenly Charles can't fight off the building nausea anymore.
Erik is there for him.
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- Part 17 of Whumptober 2024
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Childhood Trauma by Sparky_Speirs
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
15 Oct 2024
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“Do you love me?” Charles asked into the dead of night, previously silent apart from the soft breathing of two men on the brink of sleep.
Charles could feel Erik’s confusion, wincing as a small streak of anger painted the flowing stream of emotion coming from Erik. “What? Charles, can’t you tell?” he asked, incredulously, noting how Charles swallowed thickly at that.
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Or, Erik discovers something about Charles' past and why it makes him so unsure of their relationship.
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- Part 16 of Whumptober 2024
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Team as Family by Sparky_Speirs
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
15 Oct 2024
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Charles is captured by a group of Anti-Mutant extremists. Erik seems to think nobody else cares.
Charles is going through it while Erik worries and sets off to find him after convincing the others to go with him.
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- Part 14 of Whumptober 2024
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Charles is a grad student. When he burns out during midterms, Erik tries to help with mixed results.
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Whumptober prompts fulfilled: shoulder to cry on, burnoutSeries
- Part 3 of X-Men & Disability
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And that's the thing about illicit affairs by star_lights_up
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men - All Media Types
12 Oct 2024
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They can't be together. Not really. That doesn't stop Erik from coming back to him -- or from leaving, again and again.
Whumptober, Day 11
Prompt: Illicit Affairs by Taylor SwiftTW: veeeerrryyy vaguely implied sexual content. Barely there.
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Sometimes I wonder, when you sleep, are you ever dreaming of me? by star_lights_up
Fandoms: X-Men - All Media Types, X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
09 Oct 2024
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After hearing about JFK's assassination and Erik's arrest on the news, Charles accidentally thought-projects himself into Erik's cell while he's sleeping. And then there's the aftermath.
TW: Alcohol abuse
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Sacrifice: A Gambit of Power, Love, and the Bleeding Self by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
07 Oct 2024
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Charles has adjusted to life with Generalized Anxiety Disorder and a Panic Disorder, and he’s got a good handle on his life. Now a Professor at his own school, life is flourishing, and he feels at home in his profession.
But when a news report brings word of a nearby shooting conducted by a mutant protest group, his anxiety spirals out of control as he grapples with a panic-ridden obsession to protect his students.
He pushes his mind and his body to the point of breaking, and all of the mental burnout builds up inside, more and more, until everyone starts to notice- even his students.
Charles’ selfless nature is his greatest strength and also his greatest weakness. But he has a hard time stopping when it comes to the protection of those he loves.
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buried alive inside my dreams (but it was all a fake out) by rolandtowen
Fandoms: X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)
06 Oct 2024
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Charles usually sleeps like the dead. Erik doesn't sleep at all. What a pair they make together.
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Whumptober prompts fulfilled: nightmares, "leave the lights on"Series
- Part 2 of Genosha Fics