THE BOTTOM ERIK VENUS DIMPLES FEST 2025
Here is the list of works I wrote for this year's Erik Venus Dimples Fest bottom:
Woolpower (9k)
Laundry disaster, Comedy, X-Mansion Chaos, Sean Cassidy Running for His Life, Erik Lehnsherr Has Had Enough, Charles Xavier Stuck in the Middle, The Sweater Incident, Mild Violence but Mostly Screaming, dimples of doom, stupidly in love, Idiots in Love, First Kiss, No Angst, Jealous Erik Lehnsherr, Seduction, Mutual Pining, Bottom Erik Lehnsherr, Top Charles Xavier, First Time, Dimples ,Dimples kink, Sexual Tension, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Mutual Obsession
Sean ruins a sweater Erik is far too attached to. Erik decides someone has to suffer for it. Charles, unfortunately, is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Or maybe not?
When the rain begins (12k)
Mutant Road Trip, emotional tension, Repressed Feelings, Slow Burn, unspoken attraction, Jealous Charles Xavier, Confused Erik Lehnsherr, First Kiss, internalized shame, Soft Ending, Charles Xavier Being a Disaster (with Feelings), Erik Lehnsherr Learns What He Wants, Post-First Class Canon Divergence
Erik Lehnsherr has never had any trouble with women. Charles Xavier has never understood why that bothers him so much. Then comes the rain — and with it, something surprising for them both.
Thanksgiving Therapy (7k)
Psychological Drama, slow emotional burn, Bittersweet Ending, Jewish domestic setting, humor in discomfort, heartwarming after heartbreak, therapy ethics disaster, mother-son dynamics, Age gap relationship, mistaken identity meets emotional chaos, family drama with feelings, moral dilemmas & babka, Soft Reconciliation, quiet domestic scenes, protective mother energy, found peace (eventually), professional boundaries crossed, Guilt and Acceptance, growing up (for everyone), the art of letting go, therapy as confession, love in unexpected places, mothers learning too
After a lifetime of being the perfect husband and the most boring man in New York, Professor Charles Xavier follows his therapist’s radical advice: go have some fun. One night, one club, one beautiful mistake—and suddenly, therapy gets complicated.
Santa Roja (5k)
Alternate Universe – Historical (1800s Chile), Circus Performer Erik Lehnsherr, Priest Charles Xavier, forbidden desire, Religious Conflict, Erotic Dance, slow burn (kind of), First Time, Explicit Sexual Content, Sacramental Imagery, Obsession, Temptation in the desert, Bittersweet Ending, Cultural clash, Power of the Body vs Power of Faith
In the saltpeter desert, in Santa Roja, men wait for the circus for one reason only: the legend of the man who dances and is never caught.