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Fic rec: X-Men: First Class
"Purgatory" by rednihilist | Charles/Erik, Azazel/Mystique | His well of inspiration has dried up. | ~6.100 words
Aww, shucks. What a sad fic. You can feel Erik's discontent, his growing desperation and depression - and then his shock when he meets Charles again and sees what the years apart did to his friend. So many regrets...
It does not go unnoticed by Charles, either, as two days following the initial split in their ranks, another one of those little "messages" comes barging into his head.
"Is it everything you had dreamed it would be, my friend?"
He does not respond, and yet, with his silent refusal to engage in conversation, he in a way answers Charles' question.
Aww, shucks. What a sad fic. You can feel Erik's discontent, his growing desperation and depression - and then his shock when he meets Charles again and sees what the years apart did to his friend. So many regrets...