I can't believe I have to say this out loud but AI should not be used at all for fandom I do not want to read your probability designed, machine generated text. It is literally the opposite of human passion and creativity, and I would much rather read a poorly written story by someone who is still learning the craft then some unimaginative, generic garbage.
dearest gerec, may i ask if you have any grumpy but clingy erik cherik fics in your arsenal? i think grumpy but clingy erik cherik fics would fix me 🥹🙏 many thanks
Hi Anon! Here are some fics that have varying degrees of grumpy/clingy Erik for you to enjoy :D Thanks for your patience!
The Proper Care of Actors by afrocurl, Clear_Liqueur, Clocks, Etharei
Erik is an A-list action star who is notoriously difficult to work with, until the day he gets cast alongside Charles Xavier, rom-com darling who can charm the pants off movie audiences the world over and apparently even one Erik Lehnsherr. The paparazzi catch them out and about soon enough, and their real-life Hollywood movie romance becomes instant tabloid fodder.
A Place to Fall by ikeracity
While being tasked to protect Charles Xavier, the annoyingly charming CEO of Xavier Pharmaceuticals, SHIELD agent Erik receives further orders to use Charles as a source of information to find and capture Professor X, the elusive leader of the renegade band of mutants called the X-Men. Of course, that's a rather difficult proposition, given that the man he's hunting is the same as the one he's trying to protect. And the fact that Erik's starting to find Charles more than a little attractive complicates everything.
Stolen by ishipitsobad
Erik is a miserable, grumpy, cantankerous bastard, and he has every fucking right to be. He drew the short end of the stick when he got the Underworld as his domain, and there isn't very much fun to be had in judging and governing dead souls who would rather be anywhere else but with Erik in the depths of Hell.
So when he meets Charles, brilliant and lovely Charles who is more popularly known amongst the mortals as Persephone, and feels the promise of something wonderful that could make his eternally doomed existence infinitely more bearable... you can bet all your drachmas Erik's not going to let Charles go any fucking time soon.
Rumor Mill by ikeracity
Erik is the grumpiest, most foul tempered worker at Stark industries. His grumpiness is the stuff of legends.
So it's obviously the talk of the office when Erik is being made to go to the company party and he's bringing his husband. There's rumors flying round about how much of a masochist or equally antisocial bastard Erik's husband must be to put up with him. Others think he must be a meek mouse perhaps bullied by Erik.
What they weren't expecting was the confident, charming, adorable and unbelievably nice Charles that turns up on Erik's arm. What they certainly weren't expecting was how much Erik obviously adores his husband and how happy he is to let others see this.
Humane Society by smilebackwards
Once Erik finally allows himself to decide that Charles is pretty much the best thing since sliced bread, he spends the next week being incredibly bitter that he's Charles' cat and not his boyfriend.
How To Be Co-Ruler Of Your Own Country Without Really Trying by luchia (series)
Erik intends to recruit Raven's supposedly amazing, all-powerful older brother. Instead, he finds himself dealing with Charles Xavier, a weak, tweed-addled professor who seems to think powers don't matter nearly as much as personality. Erik's misconceptions are blown apart when Raven goes missing.
Terrifying Domesticity by ishipitsobad
Erik is the most dangerous and notorious mafia boss around for miles, and yet the strangest things terrify him.
For example: his children, and his very pregnant mate.
Omega Online by miss_aphelion
Newly imprinted Charles is having trouble dealing with his overly protective alpha—so in desperation he seeks advice in an omega chat room. Emma Frost is more than happy to help, Raven isn't helping at all, and Erik can't stand to be out of touch with Charles for more than five minutes at a time.
Kidnappings, Hangovers, and Homecomings by listerinezero
Seven years after Cuba, Erik is miserable. His life is nothing like he expected it would be. He hates the Brotherhood, his subordinates are all idiots, and now, on top of everything else, he's been kidnapped. But when Charles comes to rescue him, Erik starts to think that maybe things might turn out all right for him after all.
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.
Salem Center Mass by listerinezero
Erik Lehnsherr is a professional hitman and has no intention of attending his ten year high school reunion. But since he happens to have a kill lined up in the same town at the same time, he decides he may as well stop by. After all, his high school sweetheart, Charles Xavier, might be there. And it's not like he's spent the past ten years pining over Charles. Not at all.
Charles Xavier's Baby by Gerec
Charles Xavier is pregnant. With a baby. Due to a previously unknown secondary mutation.
He might be a little freaked out.
Also, there's a fifty percent chance his ex fathered his baby. And a fifty percent chance the new boyfriend knocked him up.
Math Reasons by pearl_o, pocky_slash
"Mom says Erik always knows what he wants, it just sometimes takes him a little while to actually realize it," Ruth said.
Charles fell in love with Erik the first night they met, the first week of freshman year. Two years of friendship, adventures, arguments, hijinks, secrets, and summer visits later, Erik is starting to catch up.
It's that time again to share my personal favorites for 2025! I usually just drop the list without commentary, but thought I would take some time this year to tell what I loved most about each fic.
Also, before I start here are my previous favorites lists:
Gerec’s Favorite Fics - 2024
Gerec’s Favorite Fics - 2023
Gerec’s Favorite Fics - 2022
Gerec’s Favorite Fics - 2021
Gerec’s Favorite Fics - 2020
Gerec’s Favorite Fics - 2019
And now my 2025 favorites in no particular order:
The Apparent Trap by populuxe
So much has changed for David recently: after spending the summer on his father’s book tour, he and Dad are closer than ever. In a special mutant program on Saturdays, he’s learning a ton about mutant history—and he even made a new friend, Wanda.
Unfortunately, Wanda’s twin brother, Pietro, seems to love tormenting him—so much that their parents are called in. David had thought his biggest worries were Pietro’s pranks and his ongoing crush on his classmate, Teddy. But none of them could have predicted what would happen when their fathers wound up in a room together...
Comment: There's a lot to love about this story, but I mostly love that its centered around / told from David's POV. It's tough being a teenager, doubly so when you're a mutant (and a telepath with a world famous father!) and I spend the entire fic just wanting to wrap my arms around poor, confused, clueless David lol. I ALSO love the shenanigans between Charles and Erik happening in the background, as we're given just enough clues to guess what's going on between these two, while we watch their poor kids trying to set them up (and being rather terrible about it). A+++ and I truly hope we get that side story Pop mentioned where we see things from Charles or Erik's POV as they hate fuck each other to true love LMAO.
When I’m Sixty-Four by roachvibes (Cherik Soccer AU series)
After a bad health scare, Erik struggles to accept that age is finally catching up to him. His fear of everything medical does nothing to help the situation.
Comment: Love the whole soccer au series, both the beautiful story and the gorgeous art, but I found this one particularly poignant as Erik grapples (not very well) with the idea of getting older.
One Good Turn (The Lost Souls Remix) by populuxe
“He swore he wasn’t imagining it,” Darwin continues. “But…he saw Charles last week.”
Raven’s heart clenches, and she rises involuntarily out of her seat. “Charles is alive?”
“No,” Darwin says, shaking his head. “He’s not.”
For years, Raven was the Slayer, Charles was her Watcher, and Erik was Charles’s boyfriend (and a vampire with a soul). When Charles is kidnapped and their search for him is fruitless, they assume that he’s dead. Before long, though, they learn that he's anything but—and Erik quickly realizes why Charles was so insistent about never wanting to be turned into a vampire.
Comment: The best part of the remix challenge is getting an amazing remix for a fic you already adore! Such is the case here, with this Buffy AU that was so incredibly entertaining and moving at the same time. You don't have to know a single thing about Buffy (or have read the original fic this is based on, though you should 'cause it's awesome and to get all the links and call backs!) to appreciate - SPOILER!!! - a deliciously dark and hedonistic vampire!Charles :D
The line between by Isolee
It's the only kind of ritual Charles has ever wanted. If he’s going to survive a week in Westchester without torching the house and everyone in it, he needs Erik. If it's tanked a relationship or two, it's not a big deal - not many people, it turns out, are fine with him disappearing for weeks over Christmas, let alone refusing to stop sleeping with his best friend while he’s at it. Apparently, that doesn’t qualify as “emotionally available.”
Comment: Every story by isolee makes me weep with how gorgeously it reads and how it moves me emotionally. I adore fics that explore how deeply messed up Charles is by his terrible family, and this one gave it to me in spades. Most refreshing is the fact that Erik is the emotionally stable one for a change (to a point lol), and has to put up with Charles blowing hot and cold in their 'relationship'.
Old Habit of Mine by veganthranduil
Charles finds Erik. Then Erik finds Charles.
Comment: Beautiful, painful angsty canon fic. Charles is gay and has been in love with Erik for years. Erik had absolutely no idea (plus he's not gay). But he does love Charles so much and wants desperately to be able to give him what he wants, though in the end, they both realize it's not to be.
Aka the fic where Erik definitely should not have slept with Charles to figure out if he could be gay for his best friend and ends up breaking his heart even more.
What We Hold in Trust by populuxe
Charles and Erik have been married for years: in public, the tabloids have dubbed them New York’s “powered couple,” and in private, they’re deeply in love.
But when Charles wakes up in the hospital, he finds his life has utterly unraveled while he was unconscious. Three years prior, he was hit on the head and sent into a coma-like “telepathic fugue state”; today, Erik is in prison, convicted of attempted murder for a crime it seems like only he could have committed.
Charles knows Erik would never harm him—but will anyone else actually believe it?
Comment: Hot off the presses from Secret Mutant this mystery had me hooked from the start and I ended up reading the whole thing in one sitting lol. The fact that Charles is in recovery (both telepathically and physically) throughout keeps the story tightly contained to hospital rooms and to his apartment, which adds to the sense of helplessness and disconnect that Charles feels after waking up from his coma. Especially love the clever way Charles' telepathy is used to keep Erik heavily involved as the plot unfolds...
The Lesson of You by vvividlyy (WIP)
Erik's son needs a tutor. Erik definitely does not want to sleep with the tutor, because that would be inappropriate for a myriad of reasons (including, but not limited to: his life is kind of a mess). Even if the tutor asks really, really nicely.
Comment: Age difference is another one of my favorite tropes, and TLoY is such a wonderful fic that expands beyond just the romantic entanglements between Erik and Charles to encompass Erik's entire family and Charles' role in it. It's a Dadneto fic as much as it's a Cherik fic, and both parts are equally well explored and presented. It's also sweet and sexy and very very hot - a must read for fans of DILF Erik lol!
Withdrawals by teacup_gremlin
Charles and Erik have been married for 10 years. What started as a passionate, all-consuming love has started to cycle through a familiar pattern. It's good, until it's not again. The fighting gets worse, Charles shuts down and Erik looks elsewhere for something to fill the void. When Erik comes crawling back, Charles can never resist him. And then it's perfect again, for a while. This time? Things may have gone too far.
Comment: Super fucked up relationships are my bag, baby, and oh boy this one is at the top of the list! Charles is emotionally withdrawn; Erik is physically unfaithful - it's a absolute train wreck of a relationship where the two people would be much better apart but can't let each other go. Loved the somewhat ambiguous ending.
Mind The Gap by Emberline (first of a series)
Charles’s morning was already a disaster — the kind that begins with burnt toast and ends with mild existential despair.
Then the Central line ground to a halt somewhere under London, and he found himself sharing recycled air with Erik Lehnsherr: the man he loved, the man he lost, and the one he still wasn’t quite over.
Thirty minutes. One carriage. No exits.
Nowhere to go but back through everything that went wrong.
Comment: This whole series is a delight but my favorite is the first one since my absolute favorite trope ever is exes getting back together. Loved the quiet tension between Charles and Erik's random meeting, and how their conversation weaved in and out in concert with what was happening around them (they're stuck on the subway between stops). Gorgeously written and very atmospheric.
put me back in it by 14hpgirl19
President John F. Kennedy is dead, and Charles is certain Erik did it. After Cuba, he has no doubt his former... something is capable of murder.
Of course, that's when Erik shows up at the mansion swearing his innocence and looking for a place to hide. Charles knows he shouldn't let him in. He really shouldn't.
But when it comes to Erik, he's never been very smart.
Comment: Another relatively new addition courtesy of Secret Mutant. Erik goes to Westchester to hide out when he's accused of shooting the President. They confront their feelings for each other - when everything is still so painfully new and raw just months after Cuba - and say things they didn't get to say on the beach (or in most canon time-line stories, 10 years + later). This was an exceptionally well balanced take on their respective POVs, and I found the resolution to be deeply cathartic. Gorgeously written.
OnlyFriends by teacup_gremlin (WIP)
It all started with a favour.
Not a regular favour, not like 'can I borrow a cup of sugar?'. Oh, no.
The kind of favour that fucks up your life.
And of course it was Charles.
Beautiful, oblivious, unattainable Charles.
How was Erik supposed to refuse?
Comment: What do you do when the roommate you're in love with asks you to make porn together for some extra money? You say no, right? RIGHT? Not if you're Erik Lehnsherr lol. This fic is delightfully sweet (Erik's pining) and sinfully hot (the pornz!) and definitely makes you want to laugh AND shake your head over Charles' obliviousness - dammit you're a telepath, Xavier! :D
Unforgivables by raccoonslittlehands (WIP)
According to all the simple laws of universal balance, Charles' nemesis should have been good in order to balance out the rot in the telepath's heart; that's how it went in all the stories, right? Books, movies, even philosophy all seemed to rely on the idea that evil would go up against good and lose. If the evil won, the good would plant his seeds and blossom over time until it could take over. An endless battle that had no real, eternal winner. It made sense in a way, it was the pendulum between one side and the other that kept the universe alive, the world spinning. Bad, good, bad, good, bad, good.
Erik, however? He was not good. And if he was the evil one, then who was Charles?
Comment: Ohhhh I love me a dark serial killer fic! This is a very interesting and compelling look at Charles' psychopathy and the particular ways he uses his telepathy to kill, with Erik being a total fanboy over his abilities. They do a lot of very deeply disturbing things separately and together - I can't recommend this story enough lol.
I find it endlessly amusing that a Deadpool (& Wolverine!) movie has apparently caused so many people to revisit the X-Men/Cherik fandom? Are they new fans or old ones or a bit of both??? Was it really the credits sequence that did it? (Which btw I LOVED, it was so sweet and I 100% got misty-eyed in the theatre)? I have so many questions lol...
any fics that focus on Charles' telepathy during sex? It must be the most intimate thing ever.
Hi Anon - here are some fics related to telepathy during sex that I hope you enjoy:
Sex and Telepathy by Blind_Author
Most people can’t pinpoint the moment when they first become aware of sex. Charles can. Just a quick look at Charles’ telepathy and how it might shape his attitude towards sex.
The Ways We Bend (And Break And Mend) by RageSeptember
Six months after Washington Charles is well on his way to recover health, sanity and purpose, but not yet ready to accept Erik's overtures of reconciliation. When Erik decides to press the issue with an unexpected proposal, things quickly spiral out of control and both men are forced to confront not only their feelings for one another but the complicated nature of their desires as well.
Of Mind and Body by chaostheoryy
Charles is woken in the middle of the night by the sound of Erik's voice reaching out to him telepathically. However, when he peeks into Erik's mind to see what is wrong, he is deeply surprised by what he finds.
Getting Your Frustration Out Of My System by helens78
Erik thinks of getting off like just another bodily function; half the time he doesn't even remember to do it. He's used to the low-level sexual frustration, but it's making Charles crazy.
Benefits of Loving a Telepath by ClarkeStetler
Erik Lehnsherr has been jailed for his [absolutely copious] crimes, and he misses Charles. Luckily, he happens to be dating one of the strongest telepaths in the world.
aka
Charles and Erik have sex in their minds bc Charles can do that shit.
No Memory of the Sky by pearl_o
Erik's sleep is overtaken by vivid, erotic dreams, until he confronts their source.
Ain't Born Typical (We Are a Fever) by cymbalism
Five times Charles uses his mutant power to make Erik come and one time Erik turns the tables.
A Glimpse of the Infinite by amarriageoftrueminds
"Erik understands at the same second as the sensation grabs hold of him, rocketing him up into a unknown stratosphere. He understands. Being inside a telepath’s mind when they’re inside yours is not like looking into a mirror: it is like stepping between two mirrors and seeing your infinite selves vanishing into the distance, trapped in a sliver of glass. The pleasure is not twofold but doubling back in on itself, in and around and back again, again and again, in an endless feedback loop."
Blow Your Own Mind by cygnaut
Erik and Charles have some issues to work out when it comes to using telepathy in the bedroom.
your voice, your touch, your scent by pearl_o
Erik is having sex with a woman. Charles is in his head. They both like it this way.
Still And Steady by helens78
Charles could tie Erik up, could pin him down, but all he really needs is his mind.
Flame (Sunlight Remix) by Ireliss
If there’s one thing psionics are intimately familiar with, it’s the feeling of being with someone still hung up over an old flame.
Are you still doing Cherik fic rec lists? If so, do you have any sickfic recs (for either character, just sickfic in general :D) or hurt!Charles recs? I already went through your hurt!Erik list and I need more, lol
Happy 2026, thanks for being so awesome! 😁
Hi Anon! Things have been very busy so I took a break from rec lists but I'm going to slowly get back to tackling the requests in my inbox :D There are a lot of fics in the categories you mentioned so I'm going to do a separate one for hurt!Charles. Here are some 'sickfic' recs you might enjoy...happy reading!
(Quick note: these range from romcom-y to MCD so definitely mind the tags!)
Where The Heart Is by professor
It's Christmas, and Charles is sick, and alone. Until he's not.
Theraflu and You by ikeracity
The story of Charles's proposal to Erik will never fail to make Charles blush. Erik summarizes it as, "He literally threw the ring at me," to which Charles will always protest, "There's more to the story than that!"
Hope in a Canister (The Soup Remix) by Lefaym
The Professor is sick, and Magneto breaks into the school. What dastardly scheme is afoot?
Sick Day by pocky_slash (part of series Daycare 'Verse)
There's a bug going around the daycare. Erik reluctantly plays nursemaid.
Soup and Blankets (The Winter in Winter Remix) by pocky_slash
There's a bug going around the school and Erik's only visiting to tell Charles to stop whining already. Really.
Care and Feeding by SpiritsFlame
Ever since his time with Shaw, Erik has been afraid of getting sick. Charles shows him there is nothing to worry about. Written for the Erik/Charles summer fic exchange.
for you and you alone by borninsideatornado
“I know what he did,” he starts, and then he can’t stop. “I know. And I know it hurts, Charles, but I swear, he’s going to come back, and you are going to get so many years together it’ll feel like you were hardly apart. It’ll be a drop in the ocean. I swear.”
or: sometimes, charles forgets where he is. sometimes he’s somewhere else. today, he’s sometime after erik left him in cuba.
(Nearly) Lost and Finally Found by swordsandsadness
He was sick of it, all this waiting, and that was surely what he was doing. Waiting until he finally worked up the nerve to just do it. It wasn’t like he had any other plans for what to do in Paris, and it was as nice of a place to go as any. Not that he’d actually seen much of the sights since he arrived, but he’d been here before, so it wasn’t like he was missing anything particularly new.
Still, he felt like he’d hit a standstill. No matter how hard he tried to drink himself into a stupor, to give himself the liquid courage that killing himself would require, he still failed night after night. It was yet another reminder of his own selfishness, that he valued his own life enough to risk endangering the lives of others by continuing his poisonous existence. It was only further proof that he was a bloody coward, like he didn’t know that already.
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aka a Post-Dark Phoenix fic where Charles's plans to kill himself in Paris are interrupted by the appearance of Erik, but he ends up trying to go through with it anyway. Thanks to Erik, he does not succeed and finds new reasons to keep on living.
The Sinking Ship (The Last Chance Remix) by listerinezero
Charles gets sick while they're on the run from the Sentinels, but Erik is there to care for him.
In Sickness by SlightWeasel
Decades ago, Charles would have given much for the chance to be at Erik's side when he was sick. Now that they're both in their nineties and on the run from Sentinels, there's still nowhere he'd rather be.
Cellulose Acetate by bocje_ce_ustu
At first it is terrifying and, in a way, heartbreakingly beautiful, not unlike watching a star dying in fast forward.
One Night Before Death by ellenchain
Charles was diagnosed with multiple sclerorsis 10 years ago. He has been in a wheelchair for a year. His condition is gradually deteriorating, so that he is slowly giving up hope. Since he doesn't want to be a burden on his sister, he decides to spend his last evening in Paris. He books a suite in an expensive hotel and wants to spend the evening alone with good food and whiskey when another guest plays extremely loud metal music. Charles rolls over to his neighbor to complain, only to find out that he also intends to kill himself. In order to give Erik's decision more time, he persuades him to go to a bar together for a last drink. From there they move around the city and find themselves in a wide variety of situations. And the longer the two spend the night together, the further away the thought of death moves ...
Forgive Us Our Transgressions by PoorMedea
The mind is a strange place, as Charles knows all too well. Memories come and go, and sometimes are wiped away forever. is this finally the chance he's been waiting for?
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When Magneto comes down with a terrible illness, the Brotherhood turns to the only mutant they know who can help—Hank McCoy. Unfortunately, this leaves Magneto at the doorstep of Charles Xavier: former friend, former lover, current adversary.
When Charles discovers that the illness has left Erik with no memories of what came before, he is left with a choice: To return Magneto to the Brotherhood, or to keep Erik for himself.
ghosts by oonaseckar (WIP)
'There was someone across the street who looked like Charles.'
Charles is dead. Isn't he? Erik has had two years to get used to it. Any version of Charles he could meet now would just be a vengeful shade.
Well, he might be right about that.
Meet Me in the Garden by Quietbang
After everything -- after disaster is averted yet again and they live to see another day, Erik takes Charles back to Genosha.
Erik was never supposed to grow old.
The Longest Word by septicwheelbarrow
"I'm Charles Xavier," he says, smiling from ear to ear. Then he gestures to his wheelchair. "Terminal spinal osteoblastoma, reaper due to collect in a year."
After some time, the man gestures at himself with a sardonic smile. "Same, one year. Lung." And then, reluctant, as if trying to keep his name to himself, "Erik."
I reject your reality and substitute my own. Doesn't really work that way, both ways.
Working your fingers (bare to the bone) by nextraordinaire
And despite his scrubs, Erik can feel the tiny jolt from Charles' fingers. It travels through his bones to his brain like the spark lighting gas in a lighter -– skittering, fragile and so easily put out.
Risky, reckless and doomed.
Erik works at the Mutant Ward at the local hospital. Charles is a nineteen-year-old telepath with a brain tumor.
Do you have any Cherik fic recs where Charles was abused as a child and Erik finds out about it? I feel like I’ve read them all but on the off chance that I haven’t, I would owe you my life ;w;
(Thank you for doing these btw, your rec lists have fueled my revived Cherik obsession for the last several months!)
Hi Anon! I don't know if you'll find anything new on this list (I hope so) but here are some great fics that meet your requirements. Happy hunting :D
sins of the father by faerie_ground
Brian Xavier experiments on his only son, believing it will make him powerful. Years later, Charles Xavier still suffers from the aftereffects.
How to Successfully Ruin Your Life by Anonymous
Seventeen-year-old Charles Xavier accepts a job at his local café, expecting nothing more than a fun, new pastime. What he gets is a mysterious customer and a schoolboy crush.
Divergence by Lynds
Universes and timelines collide, dropping two younger versions of Charles Xavier into the midst of the hunt for Sebastian Shaw. Now the newly formed X-men have to deal with a strangely quiet and self-reliant six year old, and a sixteen year old covered in bruises.
Erik, in particular, has to accept that the man he loves hasn't had the kind, happy upbringing he wished for him. But these children are here now, and Erik's not going to let anyone hurt them this time.
Close to you, I'm home by OneWithoutAName
As Erik is searching the manor, he finds something strange in the attic. He knows that he needs to go to Charles, if he wants some answers. After all, why would there be a nest in a small dusty attic room, when there were countless rooms with ridiculously soft beds all around the manor?
how near to fairyland by ikeracity
Since childhood, Charles has kept all the things he can't let go of in a beautiful room in his head. Cuba brings his precarious balancing act crashing down.
Gin and Tonic by JackyJango
Charles takes a deep breath to steal himself and nearly collapses on the floor out of the sheer pain the motion tugs out of his bruised ribs and stomach. Tears crowd his eyes, and even that, causes his left cheek to throb. He takes another breath despite the pain and leans on the counter for support. He feels lightheaded and dizzy. The tears threaten to surpass the barrier of his eyes and flow down his cheeks. No, he won’t cry. He can’t; because he doesn’t think he’d stop once he starts. Besides, crying will only empower Kurt further. He can’t let the man break him in every way possible.
Just as he’s about to open the tap to splash water over his eyes, the door to the bathroom bursts open and Erik enters through it.
Shit. What is Erik doing here? Shouldn’t he be in a lecture? Even if he wanted to just use the urinals, there’s already a toilet on their floor. He needn’t have walked across the campus to use the one specifically Charles is in. But before Charles could voice any of those thoughts, Erik asks in a voice as hard as steel, ‘What happened to your face?’
and the flesh searches for more than flesh by Anonymous
Charles is barely legal, and, despite his better judgement, continually uses his telepathy to get himself into the club near his house in a bid to get away from his abusive step-family. He lets himself get picked up by older, slightly creepy men if it means he gets somewhere to stay that isn’t the mansion in Westchester.
He didn’t expect to actually meet a decent guy one night, someone he could truly see himself having a relationship with. He doesn’t quite realise that’s what he’s been looking for the entire time – someone to make him feel a little less alone.
what a lovely way (of saying how much you love me) by Katbelle
There are ghosts buried in the walls of Westchester Mansion. Secrets locked in Kurt Marko's lab in the basement, Brian Xavier's west wing study, in the only east wing bedroom that Erik claimed as his own. And the thing is, Raven never knew and Cain didn't want to know, Erik doesn't understand and Charles just wants to forget what happened behind those closed door.
It's been fourteen years and it still hurts so much, claws at his insides whenever he lets himself think about it. And that's why he pushes Erik away, because Erik doesn't understand and Charles can't go through that again.
Scars by blackash26
In the heat of the moment Erik discovers that he was mistaken about a few of his assumptions regarding Charles’ life.
jigsaw puzzle; pieces that fit together by zombieinyourhead (vinndetta)
Erik doesn't hide the fact that he sees Charles as a rich, privileged kid who hasn't seen horrors like he has.
What Erik finds out during his stay at the Xavier Mansion is very contradictory to his own beliefs about the telepath.
Good Little Boys by Alex_Sage
Charles mind is shattered. Erik and Raven must wade into the darkest corners of his mind to piece him back together. Will any of them be the same when this is over?
Lightning in a Metal Conductor by cytheriafalas
Erik thinks something is wrong with Charles and he goes to find out what it is. Non-graphic, but still potentially triggering, mentions of child abuse.
As the Shell Cracks by Quietbang
Sometimes, he could be okay.
The Primal, Eldest Curse by flowermasters
Erik has Herr Doktor and the coin; Charles has Cain and the memories.
Childhood by ximeria
Charles grew up in a big house with a wealthy family, his childhood was by no means a bed of roses.
Sham by OffTheRocks
As they settle in Westchester, Erik finds out something disturbing about Charles' history in that house.
Charles is a clever child who wants to be a grown-up. Harry simply offers to teach him.
Let the Swing Complete Itself by Anonymous
Charles didn't want to settle for never.
misaligned (the divergence remix) by homosociality
Charles Xavier, 16, is in the future now, and he's determined to seduce his older self's lover. It... doesn't go quite as he suspects it will.
