katikat | Charles/Erik plot idea

I posted this fic idea in

I would like to read a story where Charles used to be a volunteer in Africa and he gave his job and the people he fell in love with over there everything and more, physically, psychically, that it lead to his physical and mental breakdown. Now he's living in the US, organizing charity to help somehow, because the doctors strictly forbid him any strenuous activity. Cue in Erik who used to be a mercenary in Africa but couldn't take the cruelty of the corrupt government over there and left, maybe killing a dictator of some kind over there first, so he can't go back either. But he doesn't know what Charles did in the past and when he sees him, he thinks "a pampered rich white boy who knows nothing about life," of course.

Yeah, it's partially inspired by The Last King of Scotland, I freely admit it - which I still haven't seen yet - and I think it would fit the characters of Charles and Erik perfectly.