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Fic: High and Dangerous

Dec 02, 2011 06:44

Title: High and Dangerous
Author: fourfreedoms
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Wordcount: 17271
Rating: NC-17
Summary: Erik's always dreamed of playing football for Bayern, but it's Arsenal who comes calling. A soccer AU.
Notes: Thanks so much to shighola for listening to me rant and rave about this story. To my coworker Stephanie who put up with me ( Read more... )

xmfc, fic, x-men: first class, charles/erik

Comments 8

traveller December 2 2011, 12:18:56 UTC

asdghjhgdsslkg I didn't know I wanted this. but I want it. so not getting any work done today.

fourfreedoms December 2 2011, 12:29:23 UTC

Seems only fair since this fic has made me useless since July!

shighola December 2 2011, 12:34:05 UTC

OMG you finally posted it!!! I can't wait to read it.

nemesis1108 December 2 2011, 17:03:50 UTC

Eeeek...X-men universe & Arsenal crossover! :DDD Can't wait to read!

fourfreedoms December 4 2011, 10:18:33 UTC

Thank you! Hope you like!

khaleesian December 4 2011, 03:29:19 UTC

Hey, I am enjoying the crap out of this...basically it is two great tastes that taste great together as an AU.

One thing though: Arsenal's Emirates stadium is in the borough of Islington (which is a pretty large area, comparable to a US county.) Islington is not a neighborhood. The neighborhood that the stadium is in (where the closest flats and houses would be) is Highbury. It's about two miles from Hampstead and that's not considered close by London standards. I have lived under the shadow of Emirates for five+ years, so I'm particularly delighted with a fic set in my 'hood!

fourfreedoms December 4 2011, 05:56:35 UTC

I think I mention that it's in highbury as that's where they put erik up. I don't know where the whole close thing is coming from, but I bow before your superior knowledge. Also arsenal's actual training ground is way out of london, which is not emirates, as I mention in my disclaimer I purposefully distorted the truth.

ETA: So now that I'm not drunk I think I understand what you meant--in regards to that conversation with Charles. It's that one sentence where Charles suggests Islington. I was in London in March, and so obviously, as a Californian, who now lives in New York City, my perception was that the Heath was not v. far via the tube. I spent a lot of time looking up neighborhoods (literally) for young people to live in and Islington came up as a neighborhood.

Neigborhood of Islington in Islington.When Charles refers to Islington, he means the neighborhood. Not the entire borough. Obviously neither of us are wrong, I think it was just a miscommunication ( ... )

khaleesian December 4 2011, 20:07:34 UTC

Darling! It is such a JEWEL of a story, I don't want it in anything but the perfect setting. I am PM-ing you now with a veritable avalanche of squee.