Shut out

[ceitfianna]

Canon: X-Men: First Class
Characters/Pairing: Charles Xavier/Erik Lensherr
Prompt: Done
Rating: PG for references to an in canon death
Notes: Set on the beach as Erik puts the helmet on and makes his choice.

When Erik put on Shaw’s helmet, Charles knew whatever they might have had was over. The silence was a hole inside his mind reminding him that

Comments

[niyazi_a]

Oh what a great moment to choose for the prompt! And what a great fill!

[ceitfianna]

Thank you, I read the prompt and the story was there.

[scribble_myname]

Sad, but beautiful.

[ceitfianna]

Thank you, their story is hard.

[dodger_sister]

Break my heart, woman! This perfectly encaptured everything I have always felt about that scene. The look on Charles' face as he begs Erik not to put the helmet on just kills me every time and now this fic has done it again.

[ceitfianna]

Oh thank you, this one sort of arrived in my head and I hate and love that moment in the movie for how it captures so much.

[vesta_aurelia]

There's so much power in the last sentence--so many ideas all coming together for a final punch to the gut.

[ceitfianna]

Thank you. I'm glad its so effective and I love your icon. Another punch in the gut moment.

[in_the_blue]

Sigh.

Of course we knew what was going to happen, but Charles didn't. You know I like the idea of a connection between him and Erik. This drabble makes it all the more wistful. In a way it's ironic, because choose is exactly what Erik did. It just wasn't the choice Charles hoped for.

[ceitfianna]

Thank you, yes, I think its all those missed moments that really hurt. Their relationship is complicated and hard. I'm glad you liked it.