surrender doesn't have to mean defeat (deacertes & alishatorn)
Title: surrender doesn't have to mean defeat
Author: deacertes
Illustrator: alishatorn
Direct link to artwork: art
Additional photo-manip: firsttimelady
Beta: alishatorn and minarchy, additional beta for German parts germanjj
Verse: X-Men First Class: non-mutant, au
Word Count:27,972
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairing(s): Erik/Charles, and minor Hank/Raven.
Warnings: D/S AU (and the general dub!con that goes with this type of word), arranged partnership.
Author notes; This wouldn't have been possible without the wonderful help of all my beta's, who answered my every question, no matter how strange! Special thanks must go to alishatorn for her unlimited patience and breathtaking artwork.
Link to Archive of Our Own: AO3
Summary: In a world where partnerships between Dominants and Submissives take place under the watchful jurisdiction of The Institute of Designation, Charles Xavier is a kindly, cardigan-wearing Dom who opposes many elements of the official system. Meanwhile, Erik Lehnsherr's past has taught him to struggle against his Submissive inclinations.
When the two are placed together by the Institute, Charles has to find a balance between his conscience and his desires, whilst trying to teach a conflicted Erik that surrender doesn't have to mean defeat...
Written for the 2011 xmenbigbang
chapter one
chapter two
chapter three
chapter four
Author: deacertes
Illustrator: alishatorn
Direct link to artwork: art
Additional photo-manip: firsttimelady
Beta: alishatorn and minarchy, additional beta for German parts germanjj
Verse: X-Men First Class: non-mutant, au
Word Count:27,972
Rating: NC-17
Characters/Pairing(s): Erik/Charles, and minor Hank/Raven.
Warnings: D/S AU (and the general dub!con that goes with this type of word), arranged partnership.
Author notes; This wouldn't have been possible without the wonderful help of all my beta's, who answered my every question, no matter how strange! Special thanks must go to alishatorn for her unlimited patience and breathtaking artwork.
Link to Archive of Our Own: AO3
Summary: In a world where partnerships between Dominants and Submissives take place under the watchful jurisdiction of The Institute of Designation, Charles Xavier is a kindly, cardigan-wearing Dom who opposes many elements of the official system. Meanwhile, Erik Lehnsherr's past has taught him to struggle against his Submissive inclinations.
When the two are placed together by the Institute, Charles has to find a balance between his conscience and his desires, whilst trying to teach a conflicted Erik that surrender doesn't have to mean defeat...
Written for the 2011 xmenbigbang
chapter one
chapter two
chapter three
chapter four