new short Erik/Charles fic

[luninosity]

Just posting this here because I think it got lost in comments somewhere. Also, mcfassy Film AU Fest reminder--you're still welcome to sign up, as last-minute as you want, as long as works go up by the end of this Sunday!

Title: And Find Me There
Word Count: 444
Rating: G
Disclaimers: characters belong to Marvel, not me! Title from Live’s “Run To The

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[significantowl]

oh my heart. ♥

[luninosity]

Yeah, it got all emotional, towards the end, there. Oh, Erik. <3

Glad you like, my dear! :D

[telperion_15]

I love the contrast between them in this, and how it doesn't matter a bit (of course it doesn't!), and that Erik is running for Charles above everything else :)

[luninosity]

(I hate catching typos after the fact! Drat

[telperion_15]

Well, I didn't notice any typos, so I think you got away with it! :)

And this is the perfect little gesture with the water - a lovely example of Michael's love and care. Although the fact that James needs the water every morning, and probably always will, will never not be a little bit heartbreaking. For us the readers and for both of them...

[luninosity]

I fixed the one I saw...so at least no one else will spot it! Ha.

And this is the perfect little gesture with the water - a lovely example of Michael's love and care.

This was actually one of the older pieces that I had written, for this, at least the core of it. It's about healing, I think--in the way that Joss Whedon once said about his character River from Firefly: you don't become whole because you magically wake up no longer broken, you become whole because the people around you decide you aren't broken and maybe never were. (Love the Whedon.) They have their routine, now; it's not exceptional or pitiable or any of that, it's ordinary extraordinary life, full of unspoken, unremarked, entirely appreciated, tokens of love.

It is absolutely bittersweet--though much more sweet than bitter--but you can't go through something like that and not be changed, after all. It's physical because that adds an extra little sting of poignancy--there's always a reminder. But it's a reminder of survival. :-)

[oonaseckar]

(*squints* As half of a runner/non-runner mis-matched pair, this seems awfully legit. You a runner yourself by any chance?)

oh, Lord. I'd a notion of this as being James/Michael: it never occurred to me how bitterly (and sweetly) poignant it would be as Charles/Erik. You don't miss a trick, girl!

And of course Charles is there at the finish line...

(... I'd be in the pub.)

[luninosity]

(heh, no...swimmer, though! so I suspect the mindset's shared...)

For some reason this was instantly Erik/Charles in my head. I think it's the gorgeous profound contrast between their physicalities--which of course ends up not being a real contrast at all, as they both support each other when need be.

I'd be in the pub for a while--marathons do take some time--and then using every ounce of charm/handicapped access/wealth to get the best spot at the finish, I suspect, if I were Charles... *grin* Thanks for the prompt, you!

[sasha_b]

Dawwwww omg. How lovely and sweet. I do adore them still so much.

[luninosity]

Oh, thanks! :D :D They really are fun to write when they're being happy, I think, when they know just how good they are to and for each other. Glad you like! :-)

(Also, love Charles's expression in your icon!)

[sasha_b]

I love that one. :) They're all like *eyebrow pop* let's get inside. ;) I will have to do some more stuff for them...I miss them!

[luninosity]

Oh, yes, you should! :D :D They'll be happy to be depicted so eloquently again.

(Charles: why are we not in the bedroom yet? Erik: it's your house, Charles, I've never been here before! Charles: fair enough. Want a tour? We'll start with the bedroom.)

[avictoriangirl]

*happy sigh* ♥

[luninosity]

ALL the love. All of it. :-)

Glad I can make you happy, my dear!