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"Charles is never going to forgive me for cockblocking him. If I knew they weren't hurting each other, I wouldn't have shot Erik with that tranq gun."
"First of all, I never need to hear Charles' name in the same sentence as the word 'cock' again. And second, I can't believe you're worried about hurting a dolphin's feelings! After you caught it having sex with a shark. That is so wrong."
"I wonder if they'll be going at it again after Erik recovers."
"You're a sick woman, Moira."
Moira threw a pen at Hank. "It's for science! Did you know that there's next to no information on the mating habits of Great White sharks?"
Hank made a face. "Whatever you say."
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"I can't believe you're just cuddling and spraying water at that woman like nothing happened," said Erik, shooting Charles a death glare.
"She didn't mean to interrupt, Erik. She apologized to me and everything."
"And where's my apology?"
"If she didn't think you would bite her fingers off, I'm sure she would apologize to you too. Erik, she is not our enemy."
"Do you not miss swimming free in the oceans?"
"I was bred in captivity, unfortunately. I wouldn't even know what to do out there or how to interact with the pods. Here, I have friends and a home. I can protect and teach the newcomers."
"Charles. You don't need a pod. I would protect you. I could hunt for both of us. No one would hurt you, ever."
"Do you truly hate it here so much, Erik? Moira said she could find us a more... private place in the future."
If sharks were physically capable of blushing, Charles was certain that Erik would be blushing at this moment.
"I'm sorry, Charles. I will not be enslaved like this."
A heavy silence fell between them before Charles spoke again. "There is one way to leave this place peacefully, if you are willing to suffer for it a little."
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"Dr. Shaw?"
"Dr. MacTaggert. I just received a notice that Erik is intentionally starving and hurting himself. What is the meaning of this?"
"There's something wrong with Charles and Erik. Erik hasn't eaten in days, and Charles has taken to occasionally biting the poor thing." Moira sighed as she threw yet another fish at Erik, to no avail. "We've tried separating those two, but it just made things worse for both of them. You can come see for yourself if you want."
"So much for your magic dolphin."
"I don't understand any more than you what's going wrong."
"Well, let's hope these guys can be bribed then. They're coming over this afternoon, and I'm guessing you can't fix those two before then."
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Erik knew that he should be ecstatic, but he felt a strange hollowness at the prospect of living his days without Charles. "Come with me, Charles. You can follow in my footsteps. I'll wait for you."
"Erik, I can't."
"Please, Charles. I want you by my side. We want the same things."
"No, my friend. I am sorry, but we do not."
Charles' rejection stung, and Erik felt angrier than he'd been in a long time. So when Sebastian Shaw crouched down near the edge of the water to take a closer look at the shark, Erik leapt from the water and clamped his jaws around Shaw's neck. Screams sounded everywhere as Erik dragged Shaw underwater, from humans and from his underwater brethren as well.
"Erik! No! Please, stop! Do you know what they do to animals who attack humans?"
Erik blocked out Charles' voice and continued to feast on Shaw. His flesh tasted all the sweeter for the days Erik spent going hungry. And then Charles was charging at Erik, and in the heat of the moment, a gunshot rang out.
Blood. Not human blood this time. Charles. Erik let go of Shaw's lifeless body and swam for Charles, who was bleeding from his tail.
"Charles, Charles, are you all right?"
And then Charles was cruelly ripped away from him by the human Moira, who was screaming in a language he did not understand. Erik suddenly felt very alone. When his vision blacked out and his mind slowed to a crawl, Erik could not find it in himself to struggle.
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"Charles? Come here, Charles." Hank made small splashing motions at the water, imitating what Moira used to do. Charles never strayed far from the designated feeding place now that he lost function of his tail fluke, and Hank could see the dolphin floating aimlessly in the water near him. He had always accused Moira of being overly sentimental when it came to Charles, ascribing thoughts and emotions that the dolphin couldn't possibly experience. But now, as he watched Charles, it seemed to him that the dolphin looked impossibly sad and lonely.
"I have news about Erik."
At the mention of that name, Charles lifted his head up. Slowly, Hank took out the photo that Moira had sent him and put it in front of Charles.
"He's been set free. They were supposed to put him down, but someone had broken him out. Don't tell anyone, but I think that someone's name rhymed with 'Coira.'" Hank looked around to make sure that he was alone. "Anyway, she wanted me to show you this picture."
Hank yelped as Charles snatched the photo from his hand. "Hey, what are you doing?"
Charles ignored him, and navigated slowly and clumsily through the water to place the picture under a rock, the same place he had kept a collection of teeth that Erik had shed.
"You know, Charles, if I didn't know any better, I'd almost think you were a romantic, sentimental fool."
Charles didn't reply, not that Hank expected the dolphin to understand what he was saying. "I wonder if Moira always knew that he would break your heart."
At that, Charles gave a long, mournful cry. In the ocean, a Great White paused in his tracks, as though he heard a familiar voice call out his name.
THE END
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you can't end this like this, please TT you're breaking my heart too much T.T
could you write epilogue if possible? i understand this fic is just wonderful as it is, but i'm now seeing lonely dolphinChalres shedding tears in aquarium...ohmygod...T.T......
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BEST. VERSE. EVER.
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BEST. SHARK. DOLPHIN. FIC. EVER. (Though, the one above this one's fantastic as well!)
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Thank you! ♥
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I HATE ADULTS.
(TL;DR, I LOVE THIS. How you've taken such crack and just... Gah I can't)
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It's so great omg.
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And now I'm going to go cry myself to sleep thinking about dolphin!Charles and shark!Erik. (;___;)
Shame on you for making me emo! Lol
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