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Chapters: 20/20 Fandom: X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier Characters: Erik Lehnsherr, Charles Xavier, Moira MacTaggert, Raven | Mystique, Logan (X-Men), Alex Summers, Armando Muñoz, Sean Cassidy, Angel Salvadore, Hank McCoy, Sebastian Shaw, Emma Frost, Janos Quested, Azazel (X-Men), William Stryker (Movieverse) Additional Tags: Fix-It, Cuban Missile Crisis, Kidnapping, wonky telepathy issues, Paternal Logan, Protective Erik Lehnsherr, Charles Xavier Needs a Hug, Charles gets a hug, Hugs and Cuddles, Armando is alive, Sibling issues, period typical racism, Period Typical Sexism, nuclear submarines, more submarines, 1960s, mostly established relationship, Requited Love, First Kiss, First Time, angst/hurt/comfort/humor/exasperation, Charles Xavier has a Ph.D in Adorable, Erik Has Feelings, Erik has Issues, Wordcount: Over 100.000, Seriously Awesome Plot Summary:
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].
**Author saw XMFC for the first time last summer (2018) (yeah, I know), so this is the fix-it fic that should have been posted in 2012 with all the rest of them. Mmm, oh well.**
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Watched XMDOFP the other day and was in the mood for a Cherik fic and… stumbled on this great long fic with plot. Haven’t read a plot-driven Cherik fic in a long while and it was worth the ride ❤️














