Secret Mutant Exchange 2015 - recs part 2
Now, that the reveals are up, I can rec the hell out of my friends' amazing fics without feeling like I'm cheating! :)
So here we go!
Mi Casa, Su Casa by ZairaA
Erik/Charles | Words: 16816 | Explicit | Modern AU
Summary: “What do you mean he was evicted? He’s right here, smoking in the bathtub.”
Charles rents an apartment. Erik refuses to move out. No, honestly, he's not going anywhere, Charles better deal with it.
Why I rec: This is simply WONDERFUL. I love the accidental roommates trope and the way Erik is so cocky and anarchistic in this story. I am all in favor of Erik as an art student <3
I also love Charles and how he is simply unable to kick Erik out. The political part was very wisely done and made the whole story even more typically x-men and also so painfully resonating with what is going on in Europe right now. Such a deep and great insight.
THIS IS A MUST-READ of this fest.
Mutant House at Dead Kings College by mabyn
Erik/Charles | Words: 6695 | Teen and Up Audiences | College AU
Summary: When it comes to romance, Charles has terrible timing.
Why I rec: I loved this so much! There's something deeply soothing about this story, it cheered me up like nothing else :) I love misunderstandings and heartache being a result of miscommunication because it is the most real of all reasons. And while Charles has the advantage of telepathy it's his weak point just the same since he can't read people too well without reading their thoughts. I loved Erik - confident and even cocky at times but sweet and delicate in a way.
Gorgeous story. So good to read <3
ps. What those both stories have in common is ERIK LOOKING HOT IN AN APRON!
A Winter's Journey by Red
Erik/Charles | Words: 9399 | Explicit | Canon AU
Summary: Erik doesn't know why he expected the vacation house to be empty. Of course Charles's remaining students would see the strategic benefit of an off-the-grid property he and Charles had managed to keep secret for decades. But of all those he finds staying there, there's one person in particular Erik never expected to see again.
Why I rec: It's just so beautiful and so real at the same time. I actually cried in the end because the second chances and the lost times make me weep. I love Erik, quite madly actually, and Red writes him so perfectly well. The "old" quality to him was so palpable.
Also, I can't not admire the way the sex is written! It feels so incredibly real but yet hot! The small laughs, gestures, what they choose during sex, it's all very natural and realistic gah!
Amazing, beautiful, touching story <3
Temptation by SpaceAltie
Erik/Charles | Fanart | Not Rated | Demon AU
Summary: Demon!Erik is trying to seduce priest!Charles.
Why I rec: Oh fucking HELL. Quite literally!!!!!! Bloody gah. Also literally.
I love Erik as a seducing demon (isn't he one though???) and Charles as this priest, swooped by desire and yet clutching to this Bible. The drawing is stunning, truly beautiful, the faces, the pose, everything is like out of gorgeous paintings done by the old masters and I can't stop ogling it!
The other Tron-AU fanart "Inside the grid", also done for this fest by SpaceAltie is equally amazing!!!
And I'll come back with more of course :)
So here we go!
Mi Casa, Su Casa by ZairaA
Erik/Charles | Words: 16816 | Explicit | Modern AU
Summary: “What do you mean he was evicted? He’s right here, smoking in the bathtub.”
Charles rents an apartment. Erik refuses to move out. No, honestly, he's not going anywhere, Charles better deal with it.
Why I rec: This is simply WONDERFUL. I love the accidental roommates trope and the way Erik is so cocky and anarchistic in this story. I am all in favor of Erik as an art student <3
I also love Charles and how he is simply unable to kick Erik out. The political part was very wisely done and made the whole story even more typically x-men and also so painfully resonating with what is going on in Europe right now. Such a deep and great insight.
THIS IS A MUST-READ of this fest.
Mutant House at Dead Kings College by mabyn
Erik/Charles | Words: 6695 | Teen and Up Audiences | College AU
Summary: When it comes to romance, Charles has terrible timing.
Why I rec: I loved this so much! There's something deeply soothing about this story, it cheered me up like nothing else :) I love misunderstandings and heartache being a result of miscommunication because it is the most real of all reasons. And while Charles has the advantage of telepathy it's his weak point just the same since he can't read people too well without reading their thoughts. I loved Erik - confident and even cocky at times but sweet and delicate in a way.
Gorgeous story. So good to read <3
ps. What those both stories have in common is ERIK LOOKING HOT IN AN APRON!
A Winter's Journey by Red
Erik/Charles | Words: 9399 | Explicit | Canon AU
Summary: Erik doesn't know why he expected the vacation house to be empty. Of course Charles's remaining students would see the strategic benefit of an off-the-grid property he and Charles had managed to keep secret for decades. But of all those he finds staying there, there's one person in particular Erik never expected to see again.
Why I rec: It's just so beautiful and so real at the same time. I actually cried in the end because the second chances and the lost times make me weep. I love Erik, quite madly actually, and Red writes him so perfectly well. The "old" quality to him was so palpable.
Also, I can't not admire the way the sex is written! It feels so incredibly real but yet hot! The small laughs, gestures, what they choose during sex, it's all very natural and realistic gah!
Amazing, beautiful, touching story <3
Temptation by SpaceAltie
Erik/Charles | Fanart | Not Rated | Demon AU
Summary: Demon!Erik is trying to seduce priest!Charles.
Why I rec: Oh fucking HELL. Quite literally!!!!!! Bloody gah. Also literally.
I love Erik as a seducing demon (isn't he one though???) and Charles as this priest, swooped by desire and yet clutching to this Bible. The drawing is stunning, truly beautiful, the faces, the pose, everything is like out of gorgeous paintings done by the old masters and I can't stop ogling it!
The other Tron-AU fanart "Inside the grid", also done for this fest by SpaceAltie is equally amazing!!!
And I'll come back with more of course :)