An absence which could not be more there by aesc (R)

[jenna_marianne]

Title: An absence which could not be more there
Fandom: X-Men: First Class (with teeny tiny Iron Man crossover)
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Categories: AU, Angst, Drama, Romance, Epistolary
Length: Long (18,201 words)
Warnings: difficult breakup, canon character deaths in the past, unpleasant childhood (including implied possible child abuse)

Comments

[mothlights]

Loved it! Especially the way aesc uses a (very realistically) fabricated issue to take on the meaning of privacy and the self, and of being known and accepted.

[jenna_marianne]

take on the meaning of privacy and the self, and of being known and accepted

Totally agreed, and you put it better than I could! ;)