Chicken.
I think he's a white-tailed eagle, bc the prototype of Hawks was a white-tailed eagle
Or he's a red-tailed hawk, bc of his appearance
EFF YES! my cherik Yuri on ice/figure skating AU is aliveeeee!! thinking about this I suddenly realize that Erik is both Victor and Yurio… in term of being Charles’ coach and even though seems jealous on the outside but actually a fanboy on the inside lmaooo, keep crushing harder, Erik B))) and here comes the long as eff prompt!
While Charles is lovingly nicknamed The Ice Prince, Erik is called The Ice King for rarely showing his emotions outside of the rink. For as long as Erik remembers, Charles has always been known as the prodigy, coached by both of his parents, who were also a famous pair of figure skating athletes. But when a tragedy happened that killed Brian Xavier, Charles is left being trained by his mother, his performance keeps going worse and finally disappears from the ice rink. Erik can’t help going longer without seeing Charles skate again, he decides to retire early and help Charles regaining his confidence in both life and love.
Happy Birthday Takami Keigo! 🎂🎉🎈
"REJOICE, BOYS!" my girl is baaaack!!!
Not quite sure how to say this, but some years ago a fellow fan and I embarked on a 200k+ word angstfest of a Charles/Erik fic. We were within a couple chapters of finishing when Life happened (in my case, horrific crushing anxiety and the tenure track--these two were not entirely unrelated) and the fic fell by the wayside. Eventually it fell of AO3 altogether for reasons having to do with my co-author moving on from fannish spaces and my complete disconnection from anything that had once given me joy. I was thoroughly out of fandom by that time myself, and it was with a lot of surprise that I saw--when I opened AO3 and Tumblr for the first time in more than six years thanks to BG3--people had been asking about CE, what had happened to it, what would happen.
Since it seems there's been a resurgence of interest in XMFC-verse and Charles/ Erik in particular, it seemed like a good time to resurrect the fic and, while not republishing it on AO3, posting it as a PDF that acknowledges my now-unnamed co-author and the fact that without them this fic would not exist. Both of us made it what it is.
The PDF linked above also includes a final chapter that ties up Charles and Erik's story together, as well as other related threads from the supporting characters. I wrote it based on memories of discussions about how we both saw Charles and Erik's story ending, and--of course!--what could realistically happen with Shaw. This final chapter is entirely a solo effort on my part, and thus its many deficiencies are my fault alone.
Before reading the fic, PLEASE READ THE TAGS ON THE FIRST PAGE and take note of the Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings retained from the fic's AO3 listing.
Anyway, this thing has been a long time coming. I hope you all enjoy.
fem!charles repost because i still love her