Posting an actual fic (don't have a heart attack, okay?)

[tahariel]

Was gonna wait til I was done but I had a really awful day so I decided to hell with it, I'll start posting it to the meme now and hopefully get some nice feedback :D



Title: Everyday Love in Stockholm

Fandom: X-Men First Class

Pairing: Erik/Charles

Prompt: Magneto is the ruler of the posthuman world. His only secret? Charles Xavier, the human he's kept locked in his bedroom ever since his right-hand woman, Mystique, came to him pleading for mercy for her stepbrother, who accepted her mutant form and protected her as a child. The human he started fucking after Mystique was killed in battle, despite the guilt he feels at contaminating even this last promise to the woman who was integral to his life's work and happiness.


(Everyday Love in Stockholm)

Comments

[pidgeoned.livejournal.com]

EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU

(I JUST WANTED YOU TO KNOW)

ALSO WAS THAT A BOYZONE SONG OR

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Hooray! I'm glad you like it :) It's a made up title referencing Stockholm Syndrome, so not a song. I was thinking about including a subtitle "(Lima on my mind)" to reference Lima Syndrome too but it was better without.

[pidgeoned.livejournal.com]

NO I MEANT A BOYZONE SONG (EVERYDAY I LOVE YOU LAWL)

DO YOU MEAN BLINK 182's STOCKHOLM SYNDROME? OMG, I LOVE BLINK. THEY'RE BACK NOW RIGHT? OR SOMETHING, UM. I STOPPED FOLLOWING NEWS SO ARDENTLY. *SQUISH* AM IN PUB LEECHING INTERNET. I WANT TO GO HOME BUT IT'S A LONG DAY FOR ME. ALSO I FORGOT TO BRING ENOUGH MONEY FOR THE COMMUTE HOME. CRYING. /TMI

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

Um, no, it's not a song reference at all, it's a reference to the mental disorder Stockholm syndrome (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockholm_syndrome) which develops in hostage situations and makes captives feel affection towards their captors. The partner to this is Lime syndrome where the captor feels affection for his prisoners.

[pidgeoned.livejournal.com]

hee. i thought you were making a reference to the song not um actually stockholm syndrome. but ugh please keep writing. i wish i could read it REAL TIME (as you post each chapter) but grarr no internet at home CRYING T____T

[pidgeoned.livejournal.com]

Had Charles been a mutant, then he might never have been Erik’s.

I LOVE HOW THE FIRST PART ENDS WITH THIS GYAH PERFECTION. IT PACKS A PUNCH!

I just want to cry over how hopeless their situation is. Ugh Erik is caught between his two identities and Charles is, essentially, his prisoner who's just about given up and is basically just a shadow of his former self. He is stifled by his lack of freedom but then again it's not like has much of a choice.

Do you really think that after all this time, anybody is going to care what I said anymore? Surely they have bigger things to worry about than me.

AUGH CONFRONTATION! I REALLY LOVE IT. BURRNNN ERIK. But no, seriously, I love that Charles just snaps. Erik treats him like a pampered pet and Charles knows his concern/affection/what-have-you comes from a genuine place but he didn't exactly sign up for the sex (which is hot by the way unff but sort of happened eventually)
and he's not so much against it but resigned to it? IDK this is me overthinking. I'm sure Charles really does care for Erik and sees he's a good man put in trying circumstances. BUT SO MUCH CONFLICT IS WITHIN CHARLES BASICALLY.

I LOVE YOU AND I APOLOGIZE FOR BEING EXTREEEEMELY LATE TO THE PARTY ;___;

[tahariel.livejournal.com]

I'm really glad you're liking it! I had a fic epiphany on the train yesterday so the next part is going to explore a lot more and we'll learn a lot more about the wider situation as well and how they got here.