So, I participated in one of those Christmas exchanges! Good times were had by all. I cannot recommend my slightly-alternate-canon gift from kaydeefalls highly enough. She tweaks the premise of the movie such that Raven has gone missing and is presumed captured by Shaw, and the way she carefully plotted out the consequences of same are heartbreaking, ( Read more... )

Title: Cold Comfort
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Characters: Erik, Charles, Raven
Rating: PG
Word Count: 967
Summary: usakeh asked for "an X-Men: First Class Erik/Charles drabble, in which Charles is ill and Erik cares for him. Bonus points if Raven is involved somehow (not in the pairing, but just, you know, there as Charles' sister)." I should probably ( Read more... )

Title: Triage ( Read more... )

I wrote a little bit of a thing inspired by and sort of dedicated to citizenjess, who hosted a neat discussion of writing method and who is always inspiring with her expansive use of moderately obscure canon characters and lovely domestic scenes ( Read more... )

Title: Baby, It's Just a State of Mind (5b/5)
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: NC-17. So. Yes.
Word Count: This part: 4906. In toto, 24,273.
Summary: There's an awful lot going on in these United States in the swinging sixties, even apart from the wide world of mutations Charles is game to explore. Add in a fascinating travel companion with the ( Read more... )

So, about this chapter. I got jossed by the dvd extras because of my planned build-up to Angel's strip club, and Erik had ALL OF THE FEELINGS regarding Charles' handling of same, so the whole chapter needed re-writing to make room for that. Hopefully I will have Dragneto all polished up in the next couple of days, but in the interim, here, have ( Read more... )

Oh dear. I am a bad storyboarder, it turns out; I was trying to cram far too much into each day, and this is going to take a few more parts to resolve than my initial plans called for. This chapter goes out to kind reviewer Gabriel42, whose fun and detailed discussions inspired a plane-themed chapter!
Title: Baby, It's Just a State of Mind (4/?)
( Read more... )

Title: Baby, It's Just a State of Mind (3b/4)
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: This chapter: PG-13, edging toward R for raciness and language
Word Count: This part: 6056. So far, 14163.
Summary (WARNING: contains slight SPOILERS) There's an awful lot of downtime on a recruiting trip across the country - more than enough time for Charles and Erik ( Read more... )

Title: Baby, It's Just a State of Mind (3a/4)
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: This chapter: PG-13, edging toward R
Word Count: This part: 3244. So far, 8107.
Warnings: A bit of recreational drug use
Summary (WARNING: contains slight SPOILERS) There's an awful lot of downtime on a recruiting trip across the country - more than enough time for ( Read more... )

Title: Baby, It's Just a State of Mind (2/4)
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: This chapter: PG-13
Word Count: This chapter: 2928
Summary (WARNING: contains slight SPOILERS) There's an awful lot of downtime on a recruiting trip across the country - more than enough time for Charles and Erik to learn a great deal about themselves, their powers, each ( Read more... )