Comfort

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters.

Author's Note: This is my first smut. This will be a series of drabbles and one-shots about Erik/Raven. Some stories may have multiple parts, depends on what I write I suppose. I've shipped them for a while and since there isn't a lot of fan-fiction about them I decided to write some. Plus I'm total Erik/Raven trash.

Summary: After hearing of Charles' injuries Erik and Raven take comfort with each other to deal with the guilt both are feeling.

Erik stood staring out of the window. He had received news from Emma. Charles was paralysed from the waist down. Never again would his friend walk on his own two feet. Guilt had gnawed at Erik's stomach since receiving the news.

So much so that he had retreated to his room before he began rattling all the metal in the living room after receiving the news.

Erik was so absorbed in his thoughts of his now disabled friend, his brother, that he didn't hear the door to his room open. Soft footsteps padded across the carpet and came to a stop next to him. "You know it wasn't your fault." A hand rested upon his shoulder.

This drew Erik out of his thoughts.

He turned his attention to the blue-skinned beauty beside him. He said nothing and instead took in the shape-shifter. She was truly exquisite. A unique beauty. Her scaly blue skin which covered her most intimate areas which allowed her to walk around without clothes and not appear indecent. Her blazing red hair which was softer than it appeared. Her striking yellow eyes that could draw anyone in and yet could also intimidate. It was a shame that Charles and the young doctor, Hank, had never been able to see or appreciate how unique Raven truly was. It may have been selfish of him but he was glad that Raven had decided to join him.

Raven squeezed his shoulder again after silence stretched out between the two of them. Both of them had been unprepared for the news about the severity of Charles' injuries. She herself had been shocked and full of guilt.

Guilt that she had left Charles on that beach, even if it was what she had needed to do to forge her own path. He had been her brother for so long and as good as it felt to step out on her own, it didn't mean she didn't feel guilt for leaving.

Raven was now the one lost in her thoughts and was brought out by Erik reaching up and squeezing the hand she still had rested on his shoulder.

"It's really not your fault Erik." She said giving him a small smile. "Thank you." He replied giving her hand another squeeze. Neither really believing the statement.

Raven felt her emotions beginning to overwhelm her as she thought of her brother never being able to walk again.

Taking a deep breath to calm herself Raven lent forward and pressed a kiss to Erik's lips.

Erik responded and cupped Raven's head with his hands as he deepened the kiss. Both needed the comfort of the other tonight.

Although they had joined what remained of Shaw's team and were sure of their loyalty, at least to the cause, Erik and Raven had mostly stuck together. It definitely irked the group that the power dynamics had sifted. Erik had taken over with Raven, or Mystique, as his right hand woman.

Tonight both needed someone they trusted near. Even if neither would admit to themselves or to others.

Separating Raven headed over to the bed and climbed in. Erik soon followed stripping to his boxers before slipping into bed where the kissing resumed.

It felt good to immerse themselves in the feelings they gave to each other if only for a night before reality called upon them to remain cautious and sleep with one eye open.

Erik rolled on top of Raven and his boxers were soon removed. Erik moved to kissing her neck and nipping the flesh at the junction to her shoulder. Raven clung to Erik as the making out continued. She had been with boys before but because of her mutation she had always been carefully to never fully lose herself in passion. It felt good to be able to relax and fully enjoy the experience.

With Raven's attention focused on what he was to her neck Erik reached down between her legs and pleasured her. Raven became to writhe underneath him as the pleasure and pressure increased.

The smirk that she could feel on her neck meant that Erik knew exactly what he was doing to her.

He was able to pull sounds out of her that no-one else had been able to. After all he was the first to bed her in her natural skin which made it easier to relax. It had hurt when Hank had said that their natural forms would never be deemed beautiful and yet Erik had made her feel like the most beautiful woman in the world.

Erik didn't let up on his relentless teasing of her body and she could feel the pressure of her orgasm building.

One more curl of Erik's fingers and she could feel herself come undone as her orgasm washed over her.

As the sensations calmed and her senses returned Raven looked up at Erik before reaching up for another kiss.

"It's a good thing you know what you're doing." She said causing them to share a laugh.

She could feel him in between her legs and flipped them over, straddling him. "This is new." Although he certainly wasn't going to complain. A smile came across her lips and his hands held onto her hips.

Her hands came to rest over his as she began moving up and down. Raven moved her hands to rest on Erik's chest as she continued moving on top of him. As the pleasure built between the two Erik removed his hands from Raven's hips and held onto hers as he moved into a seated position.

Wrapping his arms around her waist the rhythm continued for a moment before Erik flipped them back over. They took a moment to readjust to the new position before continuing. This time a much rougher pace was set. This time wouldn't be gentle. Nor would it last long. Neither wanted that as this was a release of emotion. The time for long, slow, even gentle lovemaking was for later when they weren't mourning for or feeling guilty about their mutual friend. Now they needed to forget and concentrate on the sensations they were giving each other.

The rough pace continued and it didn't take long for either mutant to reach their peak.

After exhausting each other the two mutants rested. Raven's head rested on Erik's chest and his hand brushed up and down her arm.

"Do you regret it?" Raven moved her head to face Erik. "Regret what?" She asked knowing what he was asking but wanting clarification anyway.

"Choosing to leave with me instead of staying with Charles." Insecurity was a rare thing for Erik but the blue-skinned beauty laying with him had a way of bringing up those emotions even in the short time he had known her.

Silence stretched between them for a moment before Raven moved and captured his lips in a kiss. "No I don't. I needed to leave, you just gave me the opportunity to do so. Not that I don't enjoy this." She said giving him what she hoped was a reassuring smile and curled back into Erik's side.

The motions on her arm never stopped as they were immersed in silence once again.

As the pleasurable sensations of what they had just done began to wear off Raven realised where Erik's sudden insecurity had come from. Memories of Charles and the news of his injuries began to weigh down on her again.

Both knew that there was nothing that could be done about it now. The past was the past. You could avenge it but never change it. Now they had to focus on the future and on the place that mutants now held in the world.

Tomorrow they would be Magneto and Mystique but tonight they were simply Erik and Raven.

Reviews welcome but no flames please