[Fic] Blessed is the Match Consumed
Title: Blessed is the Match Consumed [AO3]
Rating: R (for violence and disturbing content, see warnings please!)
Word Count: 19K
Characters: Erik Lehnsherr, Ororo Munroe, Jean Grey
Pairing: Mild Erik/Charles implied, but not the focus.
Summary:
"This isn't a concentration camp," Delta says, calm, like he's been rehearsing it. Erik looks at the gun on his hip, the guards behind him in the corridor, the bars between them.
He smiles with a lot of teeth. "I think I'd know that better than you."
AU in which the beach divorce didn't happen and Erik decides to stay and help Charles start his school. But despite their clean break, the government isn't ready to let the mutants disappear into hiding.
Warnings: Violence, imprisonment, violence against children, Holocaust survivor in a triggering situation.
[Link to read on AO3]