Fic (AO3): Time to Grow (X-Men, Charles/Erik)
Well. I don't deal well with tragedy, so this is what happened.
Time to Grow
Charles/Erik
R
~21,000 words
Summary: In which you'll find chess dates that aren't dates (or maybe Charles is wrong about that). - This follows First Class, but turns AU during the beach scene.
[On AO3]
or: [Audio!fic], thanks to theonlytwin and ruka_nanjou
Gratitude:
If I had to cast the people who contributed to this story as favorite things to be found around my apartment, inderpal would be the espresso machine (no life before coffee and keeps you going throughout the day) and stellarmeadow would be the windows (let sunshine and enlightenment in). sirona_gs would be the chair on the balcony (perfect place to relax and soak up the sun), azewewish would be my music collection (it brightens my days and just keeps getting better) and skull_bearer my ebook reader (comes with a dictionary and Wikipedia access, so much smarter than I am). Much love!
Soundtrack:
1. Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver Cover)
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
2. Memoryhouse - Sleep Patterns
Waiting doors
Slept to waste the time until I
Hear the sound
Of your footsteps climbing up the
Porch as it rains
Trembling voices
propagate these rooms
I keep my eyes closed and listen to the noise
Pull the sound that lingers through the space that fills this house around.
Was I alone in thinking something good?
Water stains
On the pillow where I lay my head
Do they say that I was sleeping
When away do I
Wait shadows climb window fading days
As I trace the light that flickers through the room
Pull the sound that lingers through the space that fills this house
around.
Was I alone in thinking something good?
3. Mat Kearney - Crashing Down
These back steps are steeper to the ground
The brightest stars are falling down
I'm walking the edge
I'm walking the tightest rope
And we can be frank
Reality rips on through rolling like a hurricane
I'm over the bridge and under the rain
If everything's falling, if everything's changed
If I'm in the open, if I'm in the way
What am I doing here if you're not with me
What have I got to live for if it's just my own dream
Take it back to the beginning, back to the start
Gravity's pulling, you're still holding my heart
You come crashing down, crashing down
4. Katie Melua - Blowing In The Wind (Bob Dylan Cover)
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
5. Dar Williams - Beauty of the Rain:
And there's nothing wrong but there is something more
And sometimes you wonder what you love her for
She says you've known her deepest fears
'Cause she's shown you a box of stained-glass tears
It can't be all
The truth about the rain
Is how it falls, how it falls, how it falls
But when she gave you more to find
You let her think she'd lost her mind
And that's all on you
Feeling helpless if she asked for help
Or scared you'd have to change yourself
6. The Damnwells - Soundtrack
She said, “Come on, just let me breathe,
I'm tangling now that you leave, get me back to myself.
Tried a thousand and one times, but the lines are undone, why not believe what you felt?”
She wants you, she needs you
A hurricane to leave through
But can you shut up long enough to fall in love?
7. Lenka - We Will Not Grow Old
You and me will be lying side by side
Forever forever
Underneath this adolescent sky
Together together
And you will hold my heart inside your hand
And You'll be the one, the one to tell me
Oh, we've got a
long, long way to go
To get there
We'll get there
But oh, if there's one thing that we know
It's that we will not grow old
[Download here (change xx to tt)]
This entry was cross-posted to Dreamwidth.
Time to Grow
Charles/Erik
R
~21,000 words
Summary: In which you'll find chess dates that aren't dates (or maybe Charles is wrong about that). - This follows First Class, but turns AU during the beach scene.
[On AO3]
or: [Audio!fic], thanks to theonlytwin and ruka_nanjou
Gratitude:
If I had to cast the people who contributed to this story as favorite things to be found around my apartment, inderpal would be the espresso machine (no life before coffee and keeps you going throughout the day) and stellarmeadow would be the windows (let sunshine and enlightenment in). sirona_gs would be the chair on the balcony (perfect place to relax and soak up the sun), azewewish would be my music collection (it brightens my days and just keeps getting better) and skull_bearer my ebook reader (comes with a dictionary and Wikipedia access, so much smarter than I am). Much love!
Soundtrack:
1. Birdy - Skinny Love (Bon Iver Cover)
And I told you to be patient
And I told you to be fine
And I told you to be balanced
And I told you to be kind
And now all your love is wasted
And then who the hell was I?
And I'm breaking at the britches
And at the end of all your lines
Who will love you?
Who will fight?
Who will fall far behind?
2. Memoryhouse - Sleep Patterns
Waiting doors
Slept to waste the time until I
Hear the sound
Of your footsteps climbing up the
Porch as it rains
Trembling voices
propagate these rooms
I keep my eyes closed and listen to the noise
Pull the sound that lingers through the space that fills this house around.
Was I alone in thinking something good?
Water stains
On the pillow where I lay my head
Do they say that I was sleeping
When away do I
Wait shadows climb window fading days
As I trace the light that flickers through the room
Pull the sound that lingers through the space that fills this house
around.
Was I alone in thinking something good?
3. Mat Kearney - Crashing Down
These back steps are steeper to the ground
The brightest stars are falling down
I'm walking the edge
I'm walking the tightest rope
And we can be frank
Reality rips on through rolling like a hurricane
I'm over the bridge and under the rain
If everything's falling, if everything's changed
If I'm in the open, if I'm in the way
What am I doing here if you're not with me
What have I got to live for if it's just my own dream
Take it back to the beginning, back to the start
Gravity's pulling, you're still holding my heart
You come crashing down, crashing down
4. Katie Melua - Blowing In The Wind (Bob Dylan Cover)
How many times must a man look up
Before he can see the sky?
Yes, ’n’ how many ears must one man have
Before he can hear people cry?
Yes, ’n’ how many deaths will it take till he knows
That too many people have died?
The answer, my friend, is blowin’ in the wind
The answer is blowin’ in the wind
5. Dar Williams - Beauty of the Rain:
And there's nothing wrong but there is something more
And sometimes you wonder what you love her for
She says you've known her deepest fears
'Cause she's shown you a box of stained-glass tears
It can't be all
The truth about the rain
Is how it falls, how it falls, how it falls
But when she gave you more to find
You let her think she'd lost her mind
And that's all on you
Feeling helpless if she asked for help
Or scared you'd have to change yourself
6. The Damnwells - Soundtrack
She said, “Come on, just let me breathe,
I'm tangling now that you leave, get me back to myself.
Tried a thousand and one times, but the lines are undone, why not believe what you felt?”
She wants you, she needs you
A hurricane to leave through
But can you shut up long enough to fall in love?
7. Lenka - We Will Not Grow Old
You and me will be lying side by side
Forever forever
Underneath this adolescent sky
Together together
And you will hold my heart inside your hand
And You'll be the one, the one to tell me
Oh, we've got a
long, long way to go
To get there
We'll get there
But oh, if there's one thing that we know
It's that we will not grow old
[Download here (change xx to tt)]
This entry was cross-posted to Dreamwidth.