I am horribly behind on comments! I shall attempt to fix that tomorrow. We spent all weekend visiting my parents. Because my mother needed stress relief, she and I spent all day getting our hair done plus getting manicures and pedicures. I suspect she wanted some bonding time with her daughter, in the wake of her mother's getting out of the ( Read more... )

First, because I can't recall whether I posted these things here or not: Awesome Husband officially got his promotion! (He's been doing the job for a while now, but now it's official--and came with a very generous raise...) He deserves it, because he is Awesome.

Second, ilovetakahana (ninemoons42) wrote lovely fic for me for the Secret Mutant Summer Fun ( Read more... )

And here is today's long chapter. In which Shaw is a sick and horrible individual, Charles is hurt and scared and determined, Erik is VERY angry, and Emma Frost provides some assistance...

Title: But I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles, And I Would Walk Five Hundred More (Thirteen: Charles and Erik, Determined)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: the Charles POV ( Read more... )

And here begin the Scary Chapters. In which Shaw is horrible, Charles is trying to be strong, and Erik finds out what's happened...

Title: But I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles, And I Would Walk Five Hundred More (Twelve: Charles and Erik, In Pain)
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: the end of the Charles POV section contains Shaw being horrid and some, er, ( Read more... )

And part two of chapter six. I think this is the longest chapter, actually! The next morning, however, will be...interesting...

Title: But I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles, And I Would Walk Five Hundred More (Six: Charles Again) (2/2)
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 10,072 for this chapter total; 3,340 for part two
Disclaimers: characters belong to ( Read more... )

Kind of a short(er) chapter, but we get Erik and Charles, and adorable phone conversations...

Title: But I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles, And I Would Walk Five Hundred More (Four: Erik and Charles)
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 2,844
Disclaimers: characters belong to Marvel, not me; only doing this for fun! title, opening, and closing lines from “I’m ( Read more... )

And here is chapter two. Charles, trying to sleep after the chess games. Confused.

(Also, this just happened: So we were saying good night to fellow writing workshop participants after dinner and martinis at a nice restaurant, and one of the guys looked at me and just straight-up said, “we don’t have to say good night, I could stop by your room ( Read more... )

And here's chapter one, in which Erik meets Charles. (I have so much of this written that I want to just keep giving you bits, but...maybe one or two a week...? Wouldn't want to overwhelm...)

Title: But I Would Walk Five Hundred Miles, And I Would Walk Five Hundred More (One: Erik)
Rating: NC-17
Word Count: 4,804
Disclaimers: characters belong to ( Read more... )

This'll have to be two posts for length reasons, because LJ. But...you know, I really rather like this chapter. One more to go. I swear. I mean it this time.

Title: More Than All The World (The Werewolf’s Tale) (chapter 11 of 12) [1/2]
Rating: R overall, maybe PG-13 for intense emotions in this chapter, and some not-terribly-explicit sex
Word ( Read more... )

Because it is pocky_slash's birthday, and I meant to write a drabble-type thing, and then 2k words later...

Title: Can’t Wait (Thinking About You And Me)
Rating: R
Word Count: 2,402
Disclaimers: characters’re not mine, only doing this for fun; title from the Foo Fighters’ cover of “Danny Says,” originally by The Ramones
Summary: present-day, non-powered ( Read more... )