Won't do no good to hold no seance

Title: Won't do no good to hold no seance
Author: invadarwitch
Pairing: Michael/James
Rating: NC-17

So I've never watched Supernatural before, although I've read enough crossovers with this show that I have a vague grasp of what goes on. However, you don't need any knowledge of the show to enjoy the story here - it's an AU where Michael and James are both hunters, and meet while... doing what hunters do :P I do like the story a lot - it feels like an episode of a show - and the UST between Michael and James is scorching, good lord. Also, this rec is useless in portraying how awesome the story is, so just go read it, and be prepared to melt into a puddle of mcfassy :D

Tessellation

Title: Tessellation
Author: nekomuse
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: NC-17

Based on the prompts that have Erik and Charles meeting when they're older, when Charles is already in the wheelchair, and know of each other but haven't actually met prior.

This is one of those really good meaty stories that you don't want to start right before your bedtime - because you'll end up thinking "just one more chapter," and before you know it you've finished the story and it's 3 in the morning. The Charles in this story is less... "pure," for lack of a better word; he's perfectly willing to use his telepathy to "nudge" other people in the direction he wants, although never too maliciously, and I absolutely love the characterizations of all the other people (I actually adore the Emma in this story, and Riptide completely freaking out over cockroaches - or was it rats? - is hilarious).

I Am Oragami

Title: I Am Oragami
Author: pentre-katblake
Pairing: Erik/Charles, Charles/Edie
Rating: PG-13

For the prompt: "I just want a fic where Edie Lehnsherr is a Jack Harkness-style immortal and comes to Westchester after she hears about this safe haven for mutants. Post Divorce please, with oblivious!Charles and absent!Erik."

So.... yeah, um. I didn't know the pairings before I read the fic, so I'm just gonna put it out there that I'm a little squicked by the Charles/Edie and the Charles/Erik in the same story - although I understood how they got there - but. That just messes with my head, and.

That said, this is a gorgeous story. The writing is beautiful, the whole story is just... quietly brilliant, and I love stories that focus on minor characters. Also, as an avid oragami-folder (is that the correct term?) as a child, I very much appreciate the metaphor :)

Five time you didn't get it (and the one time you did)

Title: Five time you didn't get it (and the one time you did)
Author: subtilior
Pairing: Erik/Charles (but also gen-ish)
Rating: PG

For the prompt: "I'm quite intrigued by the idea of the younger mutants not knowing about Charles and Erik back when they were friends. I imagine they'd be really shocked to see their enemy, magneto, jetting off to rescue their professor.

So. Someone attacks or kidnaps or kills Charles, and everyone's sort of lost. Maybe the younger mutants are praying or begging for someone to help them, only to have their savior end up being Magneto. Maybe some of them want vengeance or to go after the attackers, only to find out that Magneto rained holy hell upon them already. Or maybe the last thing Charles says is to "find Erik," or they don't recognize the handsome older gentleman without his trademark helmet."

This - just - the ending, oh my god, I mean the entire story already had this subtle and gradually growing feeling of constricted sadness, but that ending just broke my heart. Oh Charles ::BIG HUGS::

2 stories about Charles "seducing" Erik's friends away

For the prompt: "So I dunno maybe the whole divorce scene ended differently but Erik still kind of left, but not really for good. Charles is all understanding that Erik has to 'find himself' or 'Work out his human hating issues' or whatever, and he promises that he won't force Erik to come back to him. He'll wait.

But Erik's new minions are fair game.

Cue Charles being sweet to Azazel and they are suddenly very buddy-buddy and hanging out all the time talking philosophy. Emma and Charles live a very similar life style and they often go to the same restaurants and operas and just happen to 'see' each other there. Riptide, who always kind of felt like the least powerful of the team, finds a kind and understanding friend who doesn't see him as another tool for power. Angel, seeking forgiveness, is accepted into Charles home with open arms. Raven, it's his sister of course she wants to see her brother but she's standing by Erik. Pretty much all of Erik's new friends are now hanging out with Charles, seduced by his kind smiles and generous heart, they badger Erik for being a horrible boyfriend and leaving poor Charles all his lonesome. Coming back to the lair talking about the cookies Charles made them and how he's always talking about Erik like the guy just stepped out for a cigarette, and really what kind of guy leaves a guy like Charles alone and not worry that someone else is going to snatch that up.

Of course Erik come home, he has to stop this madness unless Charles drives him crazy. Maybe some possessive, jealous sex to clear the air, and then a happy family breakfast in the morning with everyone to enjoy the reunion."

Title: Friend Like Me (WIP)
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Erik/Charles (at some point, so far it's been gen)
Rating: PG

Hahaha the portrayal of the Brotherhood is awesome in this. I love the individual character studies, the little details - this is building up to be even more enjoyable than it already is, and I can't wait :D

Title: Shared Custody (scroll down)
Author: smilebackwards
Pairing: Erik/Charles, Azazel/Raven (although this is mostly gen, really)
Rating: PG-13

Charles baking! Basically winning everyone's heart with scones ("The scone Azazel is served from the finished batch is the lightest, fluffiest thing he's ever tasted. He honestly considers defecting. Raven laughs and puts a hand on his forearm. "You look like you're having a mouth orgasm," she says.")! Azazel's crush on Raven! This is cute and hilarious (although some of Charles's complete open-arms policy regarding members of the Brotherhood is... a little... odd sometimes, but then with the slight AU-twist of the beach scene maybe that's understandable), and the ending, good lord.

The Gunpowder Files

Title: The Gunpowder Files
Author: tawabids
Pairing: Erik/Charles (although this is pretty gen)
Rating: R for violence?

For the prompt: "... In a semi-historical-maybe-maybe-not AU, Erik is known to be very dangerous and a smooth operator, killin' bad dudes and somehow getting away with it. I...don't know how. One day, this horrible rich family offers to pay Erik to kill their disabled son, "putting him out of his misery". Erik says eff that, and just gets Charles to leave with him when he skips town. They fight whatever it is that Erik fights in this fic..."

I love the writing in this fic. Absolutely love, love, adore. It's a very different take on Erik and Charles's personalities, and how they can work together instead of apart like in the movie. I like the darker side of Charles in this story, the way he's kind of... sharper around the edges, and the relationship between Charles and Erik, Erik and his mother (yay Edie!), and Charles and Edie are just.. gritty and raw and beautiful.

Utterly Unnecessary Second Fill

Title: Utterly Unnecessary Second Fill
Author: irenak
Pairing: Gen
Rating: PG

For the prompt: "Deadpool declaring "I ship Cherik". Maybe he has a T-shirt? Bonus if at least one person goes "WTF is cherik?""

Bwahahaha finally something lighthearted and funny after all those beautiful but sad stories! I'm actually not that familiar with either Deadpool or Nate (honestly the most I've encountered these two is Ryan Renolds in X-Men Origins: Wolverine, which obviously isn't saying much), but good lord this is hilarious, and from what I can tell the characteristics are spot on. Also, Wade? Is ths most hilarious person EVER. I mean... "They need each other. They're two halves of the same whole, two sides of the same coin, yin to yang, apples to oranges, magnets to... other magnets." OTHER MAGNETS OMG I DIED LAUGHING.

By The Waters of Lethe

Title: By The Waters of Lethe
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Gen mostly
Rating: PG

For the prompt: "Charles's power somehow backfired and wreaked havoc on his own mind. Now he talks constantly to/about someone named Erik, who he thinks of as his protector and lover. Erik is as real to Charles as any other person, but to everyone else, he's just a ghost. "

This amazingly gorgeous and sad, and I love Raven's care for Charles here - I'm starting to like more and more stories with a focus on their relationship, and this one hits all of my buttons.

Lilacs Out of Dead Land

Title: Lilacs Out of Dead Land
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: PG-13...?

For the prompt: "Can be AU or canon or whatever. In which dramatic things happen and then there is desperate kissing in the rain."

This is... I have no words, truly. It's beautiful and sad and desperate and I can't even tell if the ending is happy or not, those last few lines just slayed me. I want to snuggle this fic and feed it cookies and make it happy.

Scars

Title: Scars
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: PG-13...?

For the prompt: "Canonically, Charles' stepfather died in a lab explosion. Charles was there.

So, Charles has some pretty bad burn scars from the incident and he doesn't let people see or touch them. Then he and Erik get close and Erik wants to know why Charles is so reluctant to take off his shirt. Can we have Erik convincing Charles that he's beautiful and that he won't leave?

Please Anon, this is a huge kink of mine"

Oh my god this made me want to cry, but not in a bad way. It's a slow, quiet, and gorgeous celebration of the scars Charles bears, and the love Erik has for him (brain in a jar - HA), and I'm just gonna sit here and bask in the glow of this story for a bit ::quiet smile::

Baggage Claim

Title: Baggage Claim
Author: ovestedinterest
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: PG

For the prompt: "Inspired by this: http://klavierofdevil.tumblr.com/post/9736985543/perfection-3

Erik is at the air port when his attention is caught by a young man blowing a kiss from over the railing of the floor above him. At first he thinks the kiss is for him, but he then realizes it's for some other dude behind him. Erik's confused by the sudden euphoria and subsequent jealousy the mistaken kiss stirred up, but he brushes it off as jet lag.

Erik sees Charles a few times more with Charles obviously deeply in love with whoever he keeps blowing kisses to. Then one day, Erik sees Charles' boyfriend with someone else hanging off his arm. Erik finds Charles crying in the men's room."

Short sweet prompt for a sweet fill. I love the understated way the story gives you just enough detail to figure out what's going on, and the ending made me all awwww. Tonight is apparently a night for sweet little "awwww" stories <3

Axis on a Tilt

Title: Axis on a Tilt
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: PG-13

For the prompt: "I blame this fully on listening to Motorcycle Drive By, but any AU where you can work the lyrics would be totally awesome."

Awwww... short sweet angsty (but happy!) AU of Charles and Erik. Charles is getting married... and what else can Erik do but congratulate him? This fic made me all awww and smushy inside ^___^

Objects in a Mirror

Title: Objects in a Mirror
Author: cityofmist
Pairing: Gen
Rating: PG

For the prompt: "I have seen a few prompts for Human!Charles and Mutant!Erik, but now I would like to see the opposite. Something where Human!Erik hates mutants. How would he have reacted to Charles?? Would Charles hide his mutation?? Does Raven out him to Erik?? Are they already in a relationship when Erik finds out?? Maybe Erik hates mutants because his family was killed by them. Or maybe he knows most think humans are to be exterminated and mutants are the future so he stays away from them. Anything goes. :)

Bonus if he and Charles end up together and happy in the end. "

This is beautiful - from Erik's very human prejudice to Raven's angry pride (and I love how in this fic Raven apparently walks around the house in her natural blue form 'cause there isn't anything restricting her from doing so), to the final beginnings of friendship between Erik and Charles - it's so interesting, because Magneto is so intense in his ideologies of mutant superiority, but you flip the coin and he can be just as intensely distasteful of mutants when he's human. I guess Erik just doesn't like people who are different? :P Joking, tangent, anyways this is a beautiful piece (and the part about Hank just made me sad, 'cause I could so see things going that way from movie canon), and I really can't say enough good things about it <3

Floating, flying, falling

Title: Floating, flying, falling
Author: janescott
Pairing: Michael/James
Rating: NC-17

So that interview about James and Michael having had sex four times but Michael's not a tender lover and James is always left to take care of himself... has spawned a whole lot of fic (do you think they planned it that way? Of course they did, they probably troll the internet to read the results of their ridiculously hilarious interviews). This is tender and sweet and sad and hot in turns, and the ending leaves me breathless. Beautiful fic.

he's a bandit and a heartbreaker

Title: he's a bandit and a heartbreaker
Author: pidgeoned
Pairing: Michael/James
Rating: NC-17

(I'm assuming) in response to that interview with James where he states that he and Michael have had sex 4 times and he's always left to take care of himself (ha!). Four times Michael was not tender, and one time he was.

and someday soon

Title: and someday soon
Author: stardustcities
Pairing: Michael/James
Rating: NC-17

Lawyer AU where Michael and Bradley Cooper (!) open up a law firm and need a legal assistant (read: Starbucks bitch), James needs a job, and hijinks ensue. This is a hilarious, sassy piece that has lovely UST but has quite the bite to it - and Brad's cameos had me sputtering my drink as I read it. I love well-written banter XD

Little Indescretions

Title: Little Indescretions
Author: bones-2-be
Pairing: Michael/James
Rating: PG-13

Ah, the infamous cross-dressing scene that I didn't even know about until I started reading fanfic and heard references. Michael comes in one morning and James is snickering over some "additions" to the script. He goes for it, James walks in on him changing... and things get weird between them. Michael tries to understand why. I really like the subtle attraction between the two, the interactions - especially James's reaction to Michael in lingerie (SQUEAL) and then in the dress... for all the setup is pretty risque, this is actually quite the cute and sweet piece ^_^

2 Stories About The Children Protecting Erik

For the prompt: "I'd like something, gen or slash is fine, with the kids being protective of Erik, maybe he's physically hurt and they all rally round to help. Or someone is verbally cruel - maybe they pick up on his accent, perhaps they hear him curse in German and call him a Nazi. "

Title: Mistaken
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Gen (Erik/Charles)
Rating: PG-13

Awww this is short and packs a punch. I love how the boys protect Erik - and how Charles just knows how to handle it the best way possible.

Title: Wir Schützen Was Wir Lieben (scroll down)
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Gen (Erik/Charles)
Rating: NC-17

It's a very interesting thing that even though Erik's been in the concentration camps, because he speaks German, people assume he was on the other side of that situation, and react accordingly. This is... painful because it's so brutal, so completely visceral, and even the ending is... there's a calm, but also this unsettled feeling that things aren't quite all right ::shiver::

Untitled (the one about scars and childhood abuse)

Title: Untitled (the one about scars and childhood abuse)
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: Hard R...?

For the prompt: "Charles has very old, raised scars that criss-cross his back, the kind of scars a man's belt might leave. Interspersed are knotted scars in the shape of crescent moons that fit a man's belt buckle. Erik, who thinks Charles' life has been idyllic, reacts badly upon seeing them for the first time."

This is... it's sweet and hot and dark and heartbreaking, and I honestly can't write a prompt that explains all the layers of emotion that goes through this fic. I mean, Erik's reaction and Charles completely, to the end, not getting why Erik's reacting the way he is - I have no words, I don't.

Desperate Times

Title: Desperate Times
Author: Anonymous
Pairing: Erik/Charles
Rating: NC-17

I forget what the original prompt the inspired this fill was, but man... this is just hot. Charles takes matters into his own hands, and Erik... happens to see ^_~