His mind crowded with millions, Charles was slipping. He turned away from the child’s mismatched gaze and blindly grabbed one image, any image, as an anchor.
Charles gasped as cold air stabbed his lungs and stung his eyes.
Two boys (men) arguing. A girl (woman) watching. A plane waiting. The snow glittering around them. The surface of a lake shining like dark glass.
For a split-second, sand crunched underfoot, an ocean breeze ruffled hair, the still-smoking wreckage of a plane lay forgotten--
“I won’t let you leave me!”
Startled, Charles watched shaking words and shivering hands succeed where he didn’t.
(I almost had Charles, in his own mind-controlled haze, unconsciously force Bobby to go after John, but it was a bit sketchy to me... and the word count wouldn’t let me, lol.)
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Familiar, Erik/Charles & John/Bobby (X-Men/XMFC)
Date: 2014-05-19 02:17 am (UTC)Charles gasped as cold air stabbed his lungs and stung his eyes.
Two boys (men) arguing. A girl (woman) watching. A plane waiting. The snow glittering around them. The surface of a lake shining like dark glass.
For a split-second, sand crunched underfoot, an ocean breeze ruffled hair, the still-smoking wreckage of a plane lay forgotten--
“I won’t let you leave me!”
Startled, Charles watched shaking words and shivering hands succeed where he didn’t.
(I almost had Charles, in his own mind-controlled haze, unconsciously force Bobby to go after John, but it was a bit sketchy to me... and the word count wouldn’t let me, lol.)