Fic: Beneath The Surface - (6/?)

[leandralocke]

Title: Beneath the Surface (6/?), Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3, Chapter 4, Chapter 5
Fandom: X-Men: First Class, Charles/Erik
Genre: AU; Drama/Romance
Rating: PG-13 for this chapter, possibly up to NC-17 later.
Word Count: 4339
Summary: Charles is a young marine biologist and activist that, one day, makes the find of his lifetime. Inspired by

Comments

[leandralocke]

Oh but they are going for chess. Was that not clear enough? I could go have a look and change it to make it more clear.

And heh, you gay shark you :D
lol yeah. I was just thinking about that. I'm annoyed enough with all other daily stuff in the mornings. I couldn't imagine having to SHAVE my face every day. Ugh, poor guys ^^

[leandralocke]

Yeah but Erik said she had taught him both, but that they mostly played checkers. Charles' question follows him seeing Erik touch the chess pieces, so I thought that was quite clear. I can go and specify though.

Yeah I'd probably do it like that too ^^ Unless I had a girl-/boyfriend that didn't like me being scratchy and stubbly ^^

[guanin]

This is such an amazing fic. Erik and Charles are so cute and heartwarming that I want to hug them and kiss their little heads. I've read the whole thing twice and already want to read it again.

[leandralocke]

Oh wow... thanks. Good thing writing this comes so easy, still. I suppose there's gonna be around 5 more chapters, maybe 6.

[crimsoncrow]

The shaving scene. Just...the shaving scene. I just imagined it in my head, and how they would look at each other, Erik a little confused but intrigued and Charles very confused but all....yum. It was just amazing. Charles didn't really describe human mating very well though...I don't want Erik to think no one stays together. I mean, it does happen. I don't know, I just feel like that's important?

I'm glad that they have some defense against Shaw here. He's a crazy man who will likely get around it eventually, or they'll go to him, but either way, it's good that they have some defense. Some time for love. And have I mentioned how much I adore this Erik? There's something very innocent about him, and I love that.

[leandralocke]

Thanks for that lovely comment. :D

Hm, about human mating behaviour. I think it was more a question of "we don't ONLY mate for life, not always." I think Raven and Irene are a pretty good example for a couple that's meant to last, and Erik knows that from what Charles has said about them and how they have been acting around each other. Then he knows of mixed couples, like his grandma and grandpa (though we haven't learned yet what happened to his grandpa) but there was that. So I think he understands that it's supposed to be the ideal but now learned that's not the only way humans do it. If that makes any sense. Maybe I'll get back to that in the next chapter ;)

Yeah the thing with Shaw is tricky, but the more they are the beter.

And aww thanks. Glad you like my version of him. I must admit it was a bit difficult sometimes, because this Erik, naturally, is different than the other Erik we know. I hope I managed to maintain his main characteristics but adjust it to these specific verse and his background. Same goes for Charles.

[shiny_starlight]

Awwwwwwwww. I <3 charles and his re-awakeng bi-sexuality and his taching Erik how to shave *squishes him*

Loving this and looking forward to more :D

[leandralocke]

Thanks :)

I was pondering about Charles' dating past in this for quite a while. In an XMFC verse I actually imagine he's never explored that side, but maybe that's more because of the time. This fic is set today, so if Charles was any bit as flirty and open as in the beginning of the movie it did not seem unlikely to me. Makes things a lot easier too because sooner or later we're gonna need at least ONE of them to know what they're doing ^^

[telperion_15]

Such a lovely chapter! And I see that Charles is finally noticing what the rest of us have been noticing for the previous five chapters! *g*

[leandralocke]

Hehe yeah. I was talking to my bff about this the other day, and I think if you don't know from the first moment on that a person might be a potential love interest for you (which would have been impossible in this situation) it's a slow process that you sometimes aren't aware of yourself. I've had that at least once with a guy that I was friends with first until, also way after there had been other signs, I had the sudden and quite shocking desire to kiss him. Total "OMG wtf??" moment ^^