Disclaimer: I don't own XMEN. If I did, Quicksilver would have his own movie, and there would be wa-ay more dadneto fluff in it than necessary. XD
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Once, he was Max Eisenhardt, but that name holds nothing for him anymore. It's only a distant memory – the name of an altogether different entity.
In the camps, he was Erik Lensherr, and that is what he calls himself now. He wants his enemies to remember the pain they gave him, whether or not he can no longer put it away.
For a time, while he was free, he was Magnus Maximoff. But Magnus was never him.
And briefly, oh-so-briefly, he was simply Vati. And his little girl would tug on his sleeve and hold his hand, and he would bring her baubles and read her bedtime stories… And he would play with her and kiss her goodnight.
Three years…. For three years, he was happy. Until that night his happiness went up in flames – along with his home, his marriage, and his Anya. His kleiner Affe….
It's those days of happiness he meditates on in his cell, as he realizes his little girl would be ashamed of him, and he tries to change, for her – for her memory….
Then the boy comes. The boy with his jaw, and Magda's eyes and nose, and strange silver hair…. The boy…, whose mother once knew a man who could manipulate metal.
And he realizes he is Vati again. He is Vati, and his boy is a mutant, like him. And all the work he did for his little girl is undone, because he would sell his soul to keep his kleiner Gepard safe from the humans.
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kleiner Affe: "little monkey"
kleiner Gepard: "little cheetah"
These were just the first nicknames that came to mind.
Vati: "daddy"
And Erik is totally a papa bear, but I think it would be too OOC for him to admit it, so I wrote this! Ta-Da! XD
Hope you enjoyed… please review… constructive criticism is always welcome… no flames…. Y'all know the drill by now. ; )