Title: Not Set In Stone
Prompt: Challenge 37 - Future
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik, Irene (Destiny), implied Erik/Charles
Summary: With regards to the future there's one thing Erik wants to be absolutely sure about.
Warning: Nothing
A/N: And with this I am officially caught up with all the prompts. Whew! It's not only been fun but a much ( Read more... )

Title: Untangled
Prompt: Challenge 35 - Teamwork
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik/Charles, rest of team
Summary: A team building exercise starts off on the wrong foot but eventually takes a turn for the better -- aka the one where Charles tries for positive reinforcement and Erik learns to put another person's feelings first.
Warning: Nothing

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Title: Lost Cause
Prompt: Challenge 35 - Denial
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik/Charles
Summary: Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to do.
Warning: Nothing
A/N:  This is an AU (think Atonement-type verse).

Charles times his walk to breakfast to “accidentally” bump into Erik despite the awkwardness of the last year.

They’d been friends ( Read more... )

Title: Something To Talk About
Prompt: Challenge 33 - Ceremony
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik/Charles (as Magneto/Professor X), third party pov
Summary: A gossip columnist reports on one of the biggest events of the year and a potential hook-up that will have everyone talking.
Warning: Nothing

“…for those curious gawkers I can tell you that ( Read more... )

Title: Twice Removed
Prompt: Challenge 32 - Power
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Moira, Charles, Erik
Summary: Moira is constantly fighting an uphill battle to prove herself. She hates it.
Warning: Nothing

Moira always seems to be on the outside.

The CIA boys club sees her as a nuisance with nice legs and she’s too human to truly grasp the growing ( Read more... )

Title: Half Empty, Half Full
Prompt: Challenge 31 - Technology
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik/Charles
Summary: Erik is not amused when their rental car breaks down again. Charles takes a different view.
Warning: Nothing
A/N: Bad German is the fault of me and me alone...and Google.

Their rental car breaks down again.

Charles’ irritation at their ( Read more... )

Title: Unrestrained
Prompt: Challenge 30 - Levity
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Charles/Erik, Moira, Raven, Sean (implied others)
Summary: In troubling times a bit of fun goes a long way.
Warning: Nothing

Music blaring; Charles laughs, spinning Moira around the makeshift dance floor, narrowly missing Sean doing a stationary shuffle.

The impromptu ( Read more... )

Title: A History of the World
Prompt: Challenge 29 - Post-Canon
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik/Charles
Summary: Beginnings are arbitrary. In retrospect they can be attributed to any specific moment in time depending on context. Erik and Charles begin where others assume an ending: Post-Cuba.
Warning: Nothing

~Prologue~
The war came but not the ( Read more... )

Title: A Shot In The Dark
Prompt: Challenge 28 - AU
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Erik/Charles
Summary: Erik is a hitman hired to carry out a straightforward job. At least that's what he thinks.
Warning: Nothing

He’s memorized the file.

The pertinent information: Charles Francis Xavier, witness.

Simple job.

At the second floor landing he’s suddenly ( Read more... )

Title: Looking For An Out
Prompt: Challenge 26 - Missing Scene
Rated: PG
Word Count: 100
Characters: Alex, Charles, Erik
Summary: Charles wants to help Alex deal with Darwin's death
Warning: Nothing

Following Shaw’s brutal CIA attack meetings, paperwork and the mansion move offered needed distraction. But Charles didn’t miss the increasingly lost look in ( Read more... )