What did I say at the start of this, as to the Queen, as to destruction unleashed? Something about the regretful dead and the...hmm, what was it? Traumatized alive. That I had made a contribution. Let me take that back. The fault was mine. All mine.
"As I was saying, the soul has more than one part, in the same manner as the brain. The larger part of it — identity, personality, consciousness, if you will — this is what springs loose and travels; but a small residual soul remains. It keeps the vacant body animate, so to speak, for otherwise vacancy would mean death, of course."
"I see. The residual soul animates the brain stem; that is what you mean."
"Yes. When you rise out of your body, you will leave a residual soul there. And when you come into this body, you will find the residual soul there as well. It's the very same residual soul I found when I took possession. And that soul will lock with any higher soul eagerly and automatically; it wants to embrace that higher soul. Without it, it feels incomplete."
"And when death occurs both souls leave?"
"Precisely. Both souls go together, the residual soul and the larger soul, in a violent evacuation, and then the body is a mere lifeless shell and begins its decay."
Watched the new Doomsday trailer. Felt 0 excitement or interest (not even the x-men which I know is only there to be sacrificed for the 'greater good'). Boring. Do better.
Hi! I wanted to say I truly love your fics so much. I just got back into the fandom and have been devouring every Charles fic I could find and am so lucky to have stumbled into your account! Thank you for your works❤️❤️
Also, do you have any kidnapped!Charles recs? That Azazel/Charles/Shaw fic in your master rec list has me addicted for more
Hi Anon and welcome back! Thanks for your lovely message :D
Here are a few of my favourite canon and au 'kidnapped!Charles' fics. Hope you enjoy!
CHARLES IS KIDNAPPED
You don't chose the thug life (except when you do) by Anonymous
Charles is kidnapped and discovers that Erik, the Alpha he has been dating for the past few months and is head-over-heels for, is not just a wealthy businessman but actually the head of a syndicate.
He is rather unhappy about this discovery and Erik gets an earful for lying to him. Then Charles is kidnapped again and really, he hopes mating Erik won't result in weekly kidnapping because he has a thesis to finish and papers to grade.
Blood and Steel and Miles Between by dreamlittleyo
(Post-movie AU.) On a beach in Cuba, Charles manages to talk Erik down from the edge. But even after the missiles have been diverted, compromise is impossible. There are two different futures to build, and Erik and Charles will always be separated by their principles. But when Charles is kidnapped and the X-Men can't find him, Erik will get him back no matter the consequences.
Meanwhile, trapped alone in his mind for the first time in his life, Charles comes face to face with the truth about what and who he wants. When convictions stand in direct opposition to the heart, which will prevail?
The Masked Man (Who Has Everything) by Traincat
The one where Erik is Batman, and Charles is kidnapped roughly once a week.
No Yesterdays On the Road by pocky_slash
It's been two months since Cuba and things are settling down for Charles, Erik, and the beginnings of their mutant school. Right up until Charles disappears, that is. Faced with the possibility that a bitter Emma Frost has kidnapped Charles, Erik is forced to team up with Moira to hunt down the remainder of the Hellfire Club. From there, they hope to locate Frost and retrieve Charles, without killing each other along the way.
(Or: Erik and Moira Drive Across the Country and Talk About Their Feelings.)
Survival Instinct by Lindstrom
It’s been months since Charles pulled Erik out of the ocean, and Erik is beginning to wonder how many more times he can choose Charles, and still keep his vow to kill Shaw. Cooperating with the CIA is straining Erik’s patience. When a fact-gathering mission goes wrong and Charles is kidnapped, Erik is left trying to hold their mutant band together while Raven and the rest of them fall apart. No one can foresee how the mutant Charles meets in captivity will challenge all his assumptions about his own power, and twist Charles’ telepathy out of his control. In the race to stop Shaw's nuclear ambitions from coming to fruition, Charles makes a crucial misstep. Erik’s decision between Shaw and Charles takes on unexpected ramifications when [spoiler deleted].
Undercover Integrity by Akasanata
Charles marries Erik to obtain Genoshan nationality. Erik marries Charles to obtain the connections of the Xavier family. Simple, isn't it? Except that that doesn't explain how Charles ended up kidnapped and drugged to use as leverage against Erik...
take me into your loving arms by Anonymous
“Someone’s kidnapped the Professor,” says Jean, reading the page straight out of their minds. Scott stops yelling abruptly, and Kitty shakes her head, looking much older than she is. “Not again.”
(or, how Logan banded with Charles Xavier's sister, students, and boyfriend to save him from mutant terrorists.)
Days Go By by Caradee
Charles felt his stomach drop; he backed into the mirror behind him, feeling the cool glass against the nape of his neck. “You’re going to keep me here?”
“For nine months,” Shaw nodded, “I believe its best, don’t worry my dear you and your child will be taken care of completely.”
Day 28. “You’re safe now” by OneWithoutAName
After leaving his school, Charles is taken captive by people who want to use his powers for their own gain. But Charles won't give in, no matter how badly they break his body, they won't be able to break his mind. But even a telepath's mind has its limits.
What stays and what fades away by niniblack
“It is time for the strongest among us to take our place as the rightful rulers of this world,” Apocalypse says.
“You mean mutants?” Erik asks, finally feeling like he understands where this is going.
Apocalypse nods slightly.
“Sorry,” Erik tells him. “I don’t do that anymore.” Apocalypse tilts his head, mouth pressing into a thin line, and Erik adds, “You know how it is. You have kids and then all your career goals just go to shit.”
Or: the one where Apocalypse tries to use Erik’s family to take over the world.
(Sequel to This far but no further.)
wrap up my bones by waitfornight
Damaged detective Erik Lehnsherr is grimly searching for a serial killer whose victims all have extraordinary gifts. But without any clues or leads he and his partner Logan are in the dark. Until Charles Xavier, abducted by the killer, escapes. Together Erik and Charles must confront something far darker than either of them had ever imagined.
Alternate Universe loosely based off the crime movie Kiss the Girls.
Incy Wincy Spider by Tawabids
Erik Lehnsherr is a renowned homicide detective, with his husband Charles at home and his partner on the job, Moira MacTaggert. When a twisted serial killer starts targeting mutants, Erik and Moira are the perfect team for the job, especially since Erik himself is the mutant poster-boy of an NYPD trying to improve their image.
But what they don't yet know is that the serial killer is an old soul out of Erik's past, and his next move is to pull Charles into his web.
Breaking Serenity by EmbryonicHarmonic
here is always a moment before he opens his eyes where he thinks that perhaps he is back home.
Safe.
Warm.
And then he hears the click of a lock on the door, and the cold pulls him back into waking.
That Joy Would Soon Return by elistaire
A fiendish government agency kidnaps Charles, trying to thwart final destruction of the world (!), and Erik is determined to get him back. All does not go quite as expected.
When the war was over, and the humans were crushed, the world wouldn’t need its warriors like Erik anymore. No, it would need its philosophers, and its dreamers, and Charles was one of those. Erik must only make sure Charles survived to live in the world that Erik was attempting to create.
the virtue to which we aspire by yesteryears (varlovian)
Nine months after Cuba, Charles is found by Erik's Brotherhood in the smoldering ruins of an abandoned CIA base, exhausted but alive. As the only known survivor of the CIA's vendetta against mutants, recovering Charles' memory of the incident—which he admits to having forgotten—just became paramount.
But the harder they push, the closer Charles gets to breaking point. When he finally cracks, the X-Men and the Brotherhood will learn the truth, but it comes with a price...
Some doors, once opened, cannot be closed.
Some minds, once broken, will never be the same again.
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