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“Have a seat,” Erik said, flicking a few flakes of ash from his cigarette into the air.
Charles stepped back, startled.
Erik waited a moment; eyes trained toward the jungle, before answering the hanging question, “I know the sounds of the night. You’re steps are loud. Open.”
Charles frowned, puzzled, “I suppose I understand what you mean. And should you really be smoking here?”
“I’m careful enough. It risks about as much as any campfire.”
They fell silent, gazing softly out into the landscape. Charles tried not to dwell too much on the flickering silhouettes in the dark. “The moon is nice tonight,” he remarked quietly.
Erik let out a plume of smoke, before gently craning his head to the sky, “It is.”
Charles sighed and gathered up the courage to sit down next to him. It wasn’t as graceful as he’d liked it to have been, a clutter of limps and odd angles, something he’d expect of his teenage-self, not a man nearing thirty. He’d uttered a small cry of surprise and looked up just in time to glimpse a sliver of teeth and a jaw, strong and proud. It was oddly predatorial.
In fact, everything about Erik Lehnsherr seemed to scream predator; from his sharp, electric eyes to his wardrobe. He was wearing, much to Charles’ bewilderment, a dark turtleneck and khakis. Why he was dressed like a seaman in the Amazon was lost to Charles, but before he could dwell anymore on image of Erik at sea-probably very much at home-he sensed the bigger man’s gaze on him. He was smiling again, but with just his lips this time.
“Y-yes?” Charles choked out, from surprise and something else his quickly tiring mind couldn’t discern fast enough.
“You look tired, you should get some sleep.”
Suddenly the world seemed to swerve slightly, and the heavy weight of impending sleep pushed impatiently at Charles’ shoulders. He nodded sluggishly and tried to make his way back to his sleeping bag. Try he did, but to his embarrassment, his first couple of steps sent him gangling to the ground. A pair of strong leathery hands pulled him to his feet, and then led him to a small fire.
Drowsily, Charles wondered when Alex’s fire had grown so small, but the will of the Sandman was far strong for logic in the dead of night, so he curled into the soft pile of blankets he’d suddenly found underneath him, the earthy scent of tobacco drowning any lingering senses.
That night he dreamt of the ocean, of an endless blue stage and a dance of sharks, with eyes as daunting as the chasms below.
God! That took me forever to write! I literally sat at the computer for hours, laboring over this one part. Then I decided to scrap the idea altogether and everything else just spilled from my fingers. I tried to look over this one myself, because I didn’t want you guys to wait. Hope you like it. :3 (Hahaha, my descriptions make me laugh XD).
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I didn't find your descriptions weird, though.
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It's really only the "menagerie of cosmic delights" that's makes me laugh. It reminds me of rainbow-colored Turkish delights , hahaha. I guess I was just craving some sweets.
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Ooh. LOL I guess that makes sense. I did like the visual though, it was easy to picture the stars and maybe the galaxy-like swirls of colors in the sky. Very pretty.
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I like how you're developing things so far, and LOL Sean; it's fitting that he's the boom operator (production sound mixer XD), and Darwin really works as the translator. And hehehe, I feel really silly for being so amused, but the thought of Erik tucking Charles into bed -- ♥
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And I was wondering, how are you on secondary pairings?
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This is probably my most favorite AU right now. I love you writer, heart confetti for you! *strokes this story*
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-epariru
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Goddamn, I think I have just seen the light. WildernessMan!Erik is just so hot. Charles never stood a chance! I really like how you wrote the other characters in as well. Moira, Raven, Sean, Hank, Alex!
I know this is an anon kink meme (and I'm being contrary and using my login, of course), but where are your 1 million comments? This is brilliance! I can't wait for the next chapters!
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