X-Men movieverse drabble: "Afraid of All My Sorrows"

[kindkit]

Title: Afraid of All My Sorrows
Fandom: X-Men movieverse
Characters: Erik Lehnsherr, Scott Summers
Rating: All ages
Warnings: None needed
Spoilers: Set between X-2 and X-3 and includes major X-2 spoilers.
Word count: 100
Summary: Questions without answers.
Notes: Written to likeadeuce's prompt "guidance." Title from the book of Job in the King James version

Comments

[lilacsigil]

Very grim, but even in that lack of hope, there is at least connection.

[kindkit]

Scott's so isolated at the beginning of X3; I do like the thought of him being able to talk to someone.

[flo_nelja]

Wow. Very beautiful. I love the idea of "To Erik, they brought the griefs hope wouldn't touch.", and the "Erik has seen starving men bleed from the eyes" had me from the beginning.

[kindkit]

Thank you! Erik knows all about unbearable loss, I think.

[highfantastical]

I think this is absolutely wonderful. The rhythm of the prose is so controlled -- I especially love these two sentences:

To Erik, they brought the griefs hope wouldn't touch.

He holds Scott in his arms, wishing he could weep, to teach Scott how.

[kindkit]

Thanks so much!

[harmonyangel]

Oh, lovely, and so sad.

[kindkit]

Thank you!

[stunt_muppet]

Beautiful. The prose here is so deceptively simple, and I hadn't really thought before that Scott might come to Erik after Jean died - reading this, it seems like the only thing he could do.

[kindkit]

Thank you! I'm fascinated by the idea of Charles, Erik, Scott, and Jean as a constructed family, and it leads to some interesting questions about how Scott and Jean felt about Erik after he left the school and started up the Brotherhood.