Fic: Coffee Stains Upon Your Heart, XMFC, Charles/Erik, PG-13

[moonlettuce]

Title: Coffee Stains Upon Your Heart
Author: Claire
Fandom: X-Men: First Class
Pairing: Charles/Erik
Rating: PG-13
Word Count: 1,464
Summary: They meet here on the first of each month...
Notes: Written for the Summer fic exchange over on erik_charles. It's already posted over there, so I can post it here :) The prompt I went for was: Post-beach but

Comments

[citizenjess]

(He doesn't tell Erik that he finally moved the photo of the two of them off his bedside table, that one that Sean took when neither of them realised he was there. The one with Erik leaning back against one of the trees in the grounds and Charles with his head in his lap, reading as Erik's fingers carded through his hair. The one that Sean had given him, developed in Hank's lab and framed, slight flush on his cheeks as he'd handed it over, as though he'd been unsure of Charles's reaction, as though Charles could have done anything other than love it. The one that sat on his bedside table until Charles couldn't look at it any more, finally moving it to one of the drawers to hide among papers and books and a tub of Vaseline that hasn't been opened in weeks. Charles also doesn't tell him he put it back three days later.)

This part fucking killed me a little, but the whole thing is just so visceral and lovely. I loved the ambiguous ending as well. ♥

[moonlettuce]

I felt too guilty just leaving it with them heading in opposite direction, so I had to give that bit of hope in there. I'm all for angst, but only if it has a (relatively) happy ending ::grin::

[planetkiller]

This was fantastic. There's a melancholy to it, a feeling of loss, but at the same time, the ending seems almost hopeful. You do a really good job of residing in both characters' heads without ever letting one dominant the screen time.

[moonlettuce]

Thank you :D Charles/Erik is one of my oldest OTPs (so I'm loving the amount of fantastic fic that this movie has generated :D) which is why I couldn't leave them without that bit of hope at the end :D

[camellie]

Aww, heartbreaking and wonderfully written!

[moonlettuce]

Thanks :D I think my inner angst-puppy came out a bit with this one ::grin::