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Erik Lensherr ([personal profile] diecastking) wrote2014-09-22 09:26 pm

XMFC/Where's Scott?

The fire is roaring in the grate, the drawing room an insulated haven from the chilly expanse of the mansion. Despite Hank and Alex's experiments with capturing Havok power, the old building remains draughty and difficult to warm.

However, Erik is perfectly content. He is sitting on the sofa, Charles sprawled across his lap in a position that would've been completely impossible only a few months ago. He rests his elbow on the arm of the sofa, a book of philosophy open but it's his lover who holds his attention, his hand softly caressing his hair.

Charles has never looked more content, more relaxed. The only sting in the tail is that Erik cannot feel his happiness, one step removed from the intimacy they once shared.
guideshapelead: (Anxious)

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 09:44 pm (UTC)(link)
"I have nothing," Hank shrugs. "I can make some sort of sensor, but it would take... all night, at the very least."

"What about you?" Alex is less polite as he rounds on Charles. "If you stopped being so selfish you could find him in five seconds flat."
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[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 09:56 pm (UTC)(link)
Charles can stand up to Alex, pull rank as headmaster and mentor if he must, but it's a different story with Erik. As soon as their eyes meet, his heart sinks.

"You can't ask this of me..." he starts to protest. "You... you know you can't..."
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[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 10:04 pm (UTC)(link)
Charles stays still as everyone moves off, until he is alone with Erik. But he cannot meet his eye any more, ashamed by his own selfishness. He desperately wants to find Scott, but the idea of missing his next injection seems just as terrible. To lose his legs again... he cannot give that up.
guideshapelead: (Quiet discussion [Erik])

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Cowed into silence, Charles stares at his feet.

He knows Erik misses his telepathy, and Charles of course does too. He also knows Hank has worked on his medication since he first gave it to him, and that, sitting in the lab, is a modified form that will keep his seizures under control and allow him his mutant power. Unfortunately, it is the action that kills the telepathy that allows him the use of his legs. For one, he must lose the other, and his need to walk has always been stronger than his need to read the minds of others. Plus, there's just something about the drug he takes, something he can't explain but that he's desperate not to lose.

But Erik is right in his silence. Scott is missing, possibly in danger, and Charles alone has the power to bring this to an end. He's almost due another injection, can already feel the beginnings of the desperate hunger that the drug has awoken in him.

He must resist it.

"Alright," he forces himself to say. "Alright. I'll... I'll do it."
guideshapelead: (Intense/Serious)

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 10:27 pm (UTC)(link)
"Five, ten minutes?" There is no exact science to when the drug wears off. The time between doses has been getting progressively shorter and shorter since he started taking the drug, and Charles has learnt to just know when he needs more. There's an itch, in his veins, followed (if he waits that long) by a deep ache in his lower back, and whispers in his head.

There is no pain yet, but the itch is building.
guideshapelead: (Anxious)

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Charles balks at the word 'chair', and he has to fight back the words from his tongue as he tries to change his mind again.

"The drawing room," he asks for instead. "Bring me the... the other drug."
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[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Charles makes his way to the drawing room alone, the pain in his back kicking in as he reaches the sofa. He sits down with his head in his hands, grimacing at the pain, the tingling in his toes as the sensation leaves him.
guideshapelead: (Cradled [Erik])

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-27 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Charles moves on autopilot as he injects the drug into his vein, frowning when it feels as though nothing has happened at all. His legs continue to ache and burn as they numb, the whispering in his mind continues to increase in volume...

and worst of all, the desperate need for the medication doesn't abate in the slightest. Desperate tears escape down his cheeks as he closes his eyes, slams his hands over his ears for good measure even though he knows the noise is all within his own head.
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[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-28 07:55 pm (UTC)(link)
Erik's mind, so close to his own, is deafening in Charles' mind.

"Be quiet..." he begs, hands tighter over his ears. "I can't... it's too much. Too loud..."
guideshapelead: (Cradled [Erik])

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-28 08:12 pm (UTC)(link)
"Erik I can't do this..." Charles shakes his head, hands still firm over his ears, his body sagging into the sofa as the strength in his legs escapes him.

"Help me..."
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[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-28 08:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Charles struggles to think beyond his desperate need for the other medication. He can barely remember why he needs to find Scott.

With a gargantuan effort, he closes his eyes and tries desperately to control the screaming in his mind. //Scott?// he tries to remember how to seek out one mind in the crowd.

//Scott, where are you?//
guideshapelead: (Cradled [Erik])

[personal profile] guideshapelead 2014-09-28 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Eyes screwed shut, forehead creased, Charles battles to cut through all the other noise to find his son's mind. He can feel it, quiet amongst the myriad of voices in his head, but he can feel it.

"He's alive..." he manages to croak out to Erik, redoubling his efforts.

//Scott, where are you? Think your answer, don't say it. Like we used to talk.//

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