Agony, Remembering
by Lacrimula Falsa
Disclaimer: I do not own any part of the X-Men universe. Written because of ideas, not to make profit.
Summary: "Oh Erik, what have they done to you?" Remembering hurts. (One-shot, AU drabble.)
Warnings: Very, very obscure mention of past torture.
"Oh Erik, what have they done to you?"
Bleary bloodshot eyes look up at him from a face covered in scrapes and bruises, not focussing properly.
"K-k-kenne..."
That voice Charles knows so well is weak and barely audible. He leans down, trying to hear it better.
"Kenne ich Sie?"*
-#-
"Charles."
He nearly drops the tray full of food.
"Yes?" Hoping, praying.
Erik's face lights up with something like frightful hope.
"Your name. That's your name?"
"Yes."
"Charles. Your name is Charles." Confident. Proud, maybe. Hopeful.
-#-
"They were different."
Erik's staring at the numbers on his arm.
Agony.
"Yes, they were."
*"Kenne ich Sie?" means "Do I know you?"