Author's note: I own nothing. Not the song. Not the characters. Only the plot.
Another note: This takes place shortly after Charles and Eric met, before Charles was in the wheelchair.
*In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on highway 9, Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line Baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run*
Charles and Eric had one goal in mind: equality between human and mutant. Both men knew everyone bled. Everyone died.
"Eric?"
"Yes Charles?"
*Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend I want to guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines Together we could break this trap We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back Will you walk with me out on the wire `Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta find out how it feels I want to know if love is wild girl I want to know if love is real*
"Our mission aside for a minute or five, I was wondering, if I could take you to dinner tonigh…"
"Our mission aside for a minute or five, I'd love…to." Eric tripped over his words, causing Charles to smile.
Charles's smile quickly faded into a frown. "Are you taking my dinner invitation…as a date?"
*Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight In an everlasting kiss*
"Honestly, Charles, yes. I…" Eric's sentence was cut off by an embrace from Charles.
"Eric…" was all Charles could say. Eric returned the embrace. The two men looked at each other with the 'what now' look.
*The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Someday girl I don't know when we're gonna get to that place Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run*
Eric kissed Charles softly on the neck.
Before the men knew it they were getting rougher and rougher.
'How long will this relationship last?' Charles asked himself in mid-bite.
Another note: This takes place shortly after Charles and Eric met, before Charles was in the wheelchair.
*In the day we sweat it out in the streets of a runaway American dream At night we ride through mansions of glory in suicide machines Sprung from cages out on highway 9, Chrome wheeled, fuel injected and steppin' out over the line Baby this town rips the bones from your back It's a death trap, it's a suicide rap We gotta get out while we're young `Cause tramps like us, baby we were born to run*
Charles and Eric had one goal in mind: equality between human and mutant. Both men knew everyone bled. Everyone died.
"Eric?"
"Yes Charles?"
*Wendy let me in I wanna be your friend I want to guard your dreams and visions Just wrap your legs 'round these velvet rims and strap your hands across my engines Together we could break this trap We'll run till we drop, baby we'll never go back Will you walk with me out on the wire `Cause baby I'm just a scared and lonely rider But I gotta find out how it feels I want to know if love is wild girl I want to know if love is real*
"Our mission aside for a minute or five, I was wondering, if I could take you to dinner tonigh…"
"Our mission aside for a minute or five, I'd love…to." Eric tripped over his words, causing Charles to smile.
Charles's smile quickly faded into a frown. "Are you taking my dinner invitation…as a date?"
*Beyond the Palace hemi-powered drones scream down the boulevard The girls comb their hair in rearview mirrors And the boys try to look so hard The amusement park rises bold and stark Kids are huddled on the beach in a mist I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight In an everlasting kiss*
"Honestly, Charles, yes. I…" Eric's sentence was cut off by an embrace from Charles.
"Eric…" was all Charles could say. Eric returned the embrace. The two men looked at each other with the 'what now' look.
*The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive Everybody's out on the run tonight but there's no place left to hide Together Wendy we'll live with the sadness I'll love you with all the madness in my soul Someday girl I don't know when we're gonna get to that place Where we really want to go and we'll walk in the sun But till then tramps like us baby we were born to run*
Eric kissed Charles softly on the neck.
Before the men knew it they were getting rougher and rougher.
'How long will this relationship last?' Charles asked himself in mid-bite.
