Breathe
Umm, how do you classify this. A big wall of text. Yes, that's it.
It's my first attempt in at least 3 years… and it's my first fic for these characters. Please be nice. Or as nice as possible despite the lack of quality.
Sorry. Expect OOC-ness. A lot of it. My characterization sucks. I think this is from Charles' POV.
Inhale
Suddenly you were there. I felt
Your pain and anger.
Your single-minded pursuit of Sebastian Shaw.
Your unconscious cry for help. That you did not know of,
Did you?
The water hit me like a block of ice. It was dark, but your mind was a beacon.
I knew exactly where to find you.
You fought against my grip.
From that first contact you intrigued me. I might go as far as to say,
You ensnared me. I searched your mind for a name.
Erik Lehnsherr.
I told you to let go,
But I wanted nothing more
Than to never let you go.
When I said you weren't alone, I really meant,
You'd always have me.
I'm glad you stayed when you did.
Somewhere between recruiting, training
And chess,
I fell in love with you.
I said nothing.
Truth to be told, I was always afraid.
Afraid to push things too far, afraid
To lose you.
Which I did, anyway, on the day that that fragile something between us broke;
Irreparable.
The shards of my soul hurt more than the death I had felt and the bullet I had taken.
And beneath that burning blue sky I realized that silence
Is the most hollow thing on earth.
It felt like you were dead. Yet there you were,
In front of me. And I, finally in your arms
For the first and last time.
At the wrong time.
We
Couldn't, wouldn't give up our ideals
For each other,
So I watched you
Disappear like a
Phantasm; a dream, that
Never
Was
Real.
Auf Wiedersehen, my friend, my love.
Goodbye.
Exhale.