The
Of Needles series by
skull_bearer is a completely awesome series that is set in an alternate universe where everyone is either a Dominant or Submissive and are born with a link to their counterpart. (Oh, this is still X-Men First Class--Erik/Charles.) Here is the summary given by the author:
Another one of the reasons that Erik hates Shaw so badly is because Shaw managed to break Erik’s link to his Sub. Now Erik doesn’t even know if his Sub’s alive because breaking a link like that can kill a Submissive.
Meanwhile, Charles hates himself for not yet having telepathy strong enough to contact and help his Dom, especially after feeling the pain his Dom was forced to go through. He truly believes that his Dominant is dead. Hopes it, some nights when he remembers how his Dom was forced to suffer. It’s better than to think of his Dom still being forced to bear that pain.
And then Charles pulls Erik from the water.