#erik 4

[mysteriousdumbass]

@master-of-magnetism​ “tired“

(✉ → Dearest): It’s on these late nights that I think of you most.  (✉ → Dearest): I can barely recall my true childhood, but I do remember being terrified to fall asleep. When I was on my own, trying to survive -- every time I closed my eyes, it was never certain you would awake again.  (✉ → Dearest): As I got older, of course, that worry faded. I could protect myself from anything the world threw at me.  (✉ → Dearest): But lately... I find myself feeling like that very small child I hardly remember. Because of you, dearest. Because it occurs to me that I cannot protect myself from you.  (✉ → Dearest): The greatest sacrifice I have ever made is compromising your love. And yet, no matter how I tremble on these late nights... I know it was necessary. 

[spangleddumbass]

“ we are all someone’s monster. ” || @master-of-magnetism​

“I never wanted to be yours,” Steve replied, looking up to meet Erik’s eyes. Their last meeting hadn’t gone well, fraught with tension, misunderstanding — or maybe too much understanding. “I hope you don’t think you are one to me,” he said evenly, rolling his shoulders back. “I know that... while we disagree on methods, that your intentions are good. I just wish there was a better way, Erik.” He paused, frowning. “You took the home of someone very important to me. I thought he was dead,” he said quietly. “I can’t let you do anything like that again. Because I love him, you understand? I love him more than anything.”