katikat | Fic rec: X-Men: First Class

"Nowhere But Here" by takadainmate | Charles/Erik pre-slash | Set during the movie, at some point during the mutant-finding mission. Charles gets sick. | ~5.500 words

"Sorry," he apologizes and rubs a hand over his face, taking a deep breath and trying to reign in his mind. Organise his thoughts. Shut everything out. Keep everything in. It shouldn't, he thinks, be this much effort. It isn't usually.

Erik shrugs, and it's a long, graceful movement. "I don't mind."

Charles loves that he doesn't.

"And I love that you love that I don't," Erik smiles- or more like smirks- then takes hold of Charles's hand and turns his wrist over, palm upwards.

I love me some unashamed h/c! And when it's of the Charles variety, I'm as happy as a clam \o/