Fic: Beneath the Surface - (8/?) Charles/Erik

[leandralocke]

Title: Beneath the Surface (8/?), 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7
Fandom: X-Men: First Class, Charles/Erik
Genre: AU; Drama/Romance
Rating: PG-13/mild R for this chapter, possibly up to NC-17 later.
Word Count: 4127
Summary: Charles is a young marine biologist and activist that, one day, makes the find of his lifetime. Inspired by this fanart
Author's Note:

Comments

This is great!

[aelimir]

Hey, I don't think I've told you this yet, but I love this story! You are doing wonderful with it. I look forward to more. And yes, Charles should quit being a moron. :)

Re: This is great!

[leandralocke]

Thank you so much. I'm so pleased to read comments by new readers. Glad you like it :)

And yes, he should. Let's see if I can somehow do something about it. Hmmmm... ^^

[kiriana16]

I'm sorry to disappoint, but I can't really think right now of any coherent commentary of this chapter. All that comes to mind is this:

[leandralocke]

OMG. What a WONDERFUL comment :D Comment with gifs and so many thoughts. Wow.

1. Yeah he was being a douche, but I hope he'll be forgiven. He was just totally freaking out, poor nerdy boy-man-thing ^^
2. :D Glad you liked that part.
3. IKR?
4. Yeah well, even a Charles Xavier faps sometimes ^^ I mean. Don't we ALL? haha
5. He's just too noble for this word, idjit.
6. Funny thing is, in another verse I'm writing with a friend it's quite the other way around. But there Hank is Beast, and Beast can be pretty intimidating even for Erik - although he'd never admit it ^^ But in this verse Erik is the 'beast' and Hank just the geeky nerd boy with big feet.
7. Fuck Mozilla ^^ He overthinks everything instead of just following his gut. Gah. You have my permission to slap him onto anything you like ^^

And hello Bruce. Excited much? ^^

Thank you so much for that lovely comment. I absolutely love it when I get to hear what people liked in particular. Though feel free to point out any flaws anytime, too.

[kiriana16]

You have no idea how much I love people who can appreciate good gif-fest.
I would like to tell you that my reaction at seeing your response was something akin to this:

[leandralocke]

Awwww you're so sweet. And if you're going Becky Rosen at my fic then... wow ^^ She's like the biggest fangirl on the planet, so that's actually really flattering ^^

7. there are too many fish jokes that have been HAUNTING me lately. Too much stuff to include in the fic, but I imagine Alex and some of the others watching Southpark one evening, and the "fish sticks = fish dicks" episode comes up. Yeah, epic cracking up and awkwardness on Charles' side who would just want to die from embarrassment at his friends ^^

Also, "something seems/smells fishy to me" will never mean the same again, and if any of them ever discover "I'm a shark, I'm a shark, suck my dick" they'll DIE laughing.

And... you really flatter me too much ^^

[nathcoelho]

Charles! dont be a moron! >______<
just says that u like him too!
omg! omg!
wanna more
xD

[leandralocke]

Hehe yeah, he's doing the wrong thing for all the right reasons... or... the other way around? I'm as confused as he ^^

[avictoriangirl]

Oh, Charles. *smacks him upside the head* Another great chapter!

[leandralocke]

Thank you! And smack him a little harder, he both deserves and needs it ^^

[mardigrasmaven]

I can understand why Hank's panicking because his world got turned upside down and he's trapped at Charles's house and he JUST found out the real reason is because Erik isn't a human. At least Charles and Raven knew that was why Shaw burned down their house. I would've freaked out too, and I dunno if it would've been like that, but it would've happened. Hank did say some mean things but I truly think he is sorry for them.

Alex = hilarious again and I'm glad Irene is calmer about it all. *loves her*

OMFG Charles!! *pulls hair* GO AND FIX IT, YOU DERP!! HE'S DIFFERENT, YEA, BUT HE'S NOT STUPID AND HE KNOWS HOW HE FEELS!! This won't be the first time one of his kind and a human tried out a relationship; hell, his FATHER is the product of one! Erik WANTS you, Charles, so please think for just a minute that this MIGHT be ok!

[leandralocke]

Jesus, comments like this make me really happy :) Thank you so much

[mardigrasmaven]

I really just want Charles to step back and look at it outside of his freaked out "I'm going to trap Erik and keep him away from the wonderful freedom that the ocean gives him because he's pure and I'm selfish and I'll taint him" mindset and realize that they can do this. They CAN make it work and Erik isn't wearing some Everlast Chastity Belt of Naivety over here so Charles won't be the key to "sullying his maidenhood". DX I need Raven to smack him.

And no, thank YOU for writing it. Honestly, this story is fantastic. I randomly found the picture you based this off from a link to the artist's work from another story I'd been reading. I begged for someone to write it and a few hours later, my friend was like "Omg, someone's already writing a fic based off this EXACT picture!" I started reading the first chapter and immediately was hooked. I've really fallen in love with this story and I don't regret it. Now every 3 days I check for the new chapter. XD Can't wait for Ch. 9!

[leandralocke]

I must be allergic to your awesomeness because my eyes just started watering. No, seriously. Seriously. Wow. I can't express how flattered I am.

And looool to the first part. Oh JFC, now I have that Marian song in mind.... and now I'm seeing Erik with a long ginger wig and a dress. Please make it go away again! ^^