Cherik fics - That ONE line - 76
「I'm not sorry that I like fics where Charles is dead.
It took me ONE WHOLE MONTH to find this fic which satisfies all I wanted when I started to search for Cherik fics.」
If I could walk back to yesterday, I would by sareyen
Summary: Charles had braced himself for the pain. He knew that when Erik would push the coin through Shaw's head that he would inadvertently push it into his. He knew that he would feel the slow, torturous drag of metal through his skin, his brain tissue, his mind. He had even prepared for the heartbreak and the betrayal, because once Erik had put on Shaw's helmet, Charles's heart had already shattered to pieces.
But when Charles's mind was fractured by the coin, he hadn't been prepared to lose a part of himself he could not bear to live without.
Because without a mind he had no telepathy, and without telepathy, Charles was...
Human.
Or: Charles loses his telepathy after Cuba, and all the pain that follows.
The quote:
Who would have thought that something as small as a coin could do so much damage.
+1+2+…
“I truly should have gotten over this by now is what you’re thinking, isn’t it? God, it must be so freeing for you all, to not have to tiptoe around me with your thoughts. It’s been four years, Charles, and you’re still bitter. What, should it take me one year to get used to my legs? One year to get over losing my powers? One year to get over Raven? One year for Erik?” Charles continued, knuckles white as he gripped the wheels of his chair.
+angst
“I was afraid,” Charles admitted weakly, letting out a broken laugh. “Because you… you loved me, once. Because I was a mutant. And now… I’m no longer… I just wanted to be the person that you loved, once, and not another human for you to hate.”
+super angst
“I’ll always love you, old friend. Alles ist gut.”