A Curious Carriage of Crystal and Cold – Etharei
Erik/Charles
114,261 words
Charles, a miner from a poor village in the countryside, saves the life of Erik Lehnsherr, scion of a successful business family and the richest man on the planet Eisen. Charles is a telepath and somewhat anxious about it, while Erik abstains from relationships because the lights flicker and doors open and electronics vibrate when he gets too excited.
Also featuring a long-suffering sister, a foul-mouthed bodyguard, and a best friend with a heart that is definitely not gold.
In which there are princes, spaceships, long journeys, and old secrets uncovered. (An AU sci-fi fairytale)
An Earlier Heaven – Regann
Erik/Charles
67,420 words
In the wake of Cuba, Charles and his students are ready to pick up the pieces and work toward achieving Charles's dream of a safe haven for young mutants. Those plans, however, take a surprising turn thanks to a very unexpected complication. As he slowly builds a future for his students and for his child, Charles struggles with the loss of Erik and the secrets he's willing to keep to protect his family, but those strides are shattered when Erik makes a startling reappearance into his life.
kidfic, kink: mpreg
Enigma – Yahtzee
Erik/Charles
11,297 words
Written for the following prompt: Erik dies, or finds a reversey-time mutant, or a magical time travelling device, and wakes up in the past. This time, though, it's before he ever met Charles - in fact, it's before his mother died.
He can save his mother that one time (thanks to his mastery over powers carrying back), but what does Erik do after that? Does he stick around, or escape and run to find Charles again (and hope everything doesn't go wrong)?
From Westminster With Love – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
16,152 words
NATO intelligence says there’s an omega-class telepath who sleeps under Westminster. Major Erik Lehnsherr is about to find out the truth for himself.
Linger – waldorph
Erik/Charles
29,707 words
Erik had been warned, to be fair. The realtor was very explicit that the last seventeen tenants had run from the premises screaming about the Exorcist or The Ring or some other terrible horror show.
Modern Vampire: A Guide, by Raven Xavier, Vampire Slayer – keire_ke
Erik/Charles
3,794 words
An obligatory Buffy AU. Features Raven the Vampire Slayer, Charles, the frumpy Watcher to whom nothing interesting should ever happen, and Erik, the penitent ensouled vampire. The preceding statement is 100% true.
Not So Much the Teacup – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
9,073 words
“Charles is basically the bride whisperer. It’s like he can read their minds.” (wedding planner AU)
Our House, In The Middle Of Our Street – Clocks
Erik/Charles
51,477 words
Charles is a social worker who fosters troubled kids, and one day he meets Erik, an ex-convict, who reluctantly agrees to stay for only a while, but ends up staying for good and helping Charles to raise the kids. Awkward parenting ensues.
Round The Corner Waiting – swoopswoop
Erik/Charles
65,551 words
When things go so spectacularly wrong during a relationship, Charles - now a single dad - almost makes a big mistake, only to be stopped by a mysterious man who just might turn his life back around.
au: no powers, getting together, hurt/comfort, kink: mpreg, slow burn, tw: domestic abuse, tw: infidelity
The Courtship – dvs
Erik/Charles
98,761 words
A story about a courtship that began five hundred years ago.
The Tale of X – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
2,611 words
He tells his sister he has no taste for politics, that he prefers the quiet of the summer estate for his scholarly pursuits. He does not tell her that he hears whispers in his head, and that the scrolls all say one thing about this.
what a lovely way (of saying how much you love me) – Katbelle
Erik/Charles
8,284 words
There are ghosts buried in the walls of Westchester Mansion. Secrets locked in Kurt Marko's lab in the basement, Brian Xavier's west wing study, in the only east wing bedroom that Erik claimed as his own. And the thing is, Raven never knew and Cain didn't want to know, Erik doesn't understand and Charles just wants to forget what happened behind those closed doors.
It's been fourteen years and it still hurts so much, claws at his insides whenever he lets himself think about it. And that's why he pushes Erik away, because Erik doesn't understand and Charles can't go through that again.
What Not To Expect When You’re Not Expecting It – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
9,659 words
“I wasn’t hiding it from you. Honestly, I didn’t know for certain until yesterday, which I think we can agree was bad timing and not the sort of thing one springs before the heat of battle,” Charles says earnestly.
kink: mpreg
Wonderwall – celli_inkblots
Erik/Charles
8,916 words
"Surely, Erik thinks, it is illegal to play chess with so many other questions in the air, with so much tension spanning across a table."
When Emma Frost tears down a wall in Charles’ head in an attempt to defeat the X-men, a terrible, unbearable pain is unleashed upon both the X-men and the Brotherhood. Only Erik and Emma can’t feel it, with his helmet and her diamond form, but the others won’t survive for much longer without a cure.
X Marks the Spot – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
20,195 words
The year is 1962, and Charles Xavier is a professor of archaeology who knows how his students feel, whether he wants to or not. He spends his spare time researching a mythical artifact, but he knows better than anyone that X never, ever marks the spot.
A Logical Progression – cloudyjenn
Erik/Charles
17,351 words
Erik and Charles were only together once before doubt and fear ground their romance to a halt. But once was apparently all it took. Now Charles is dealing with a pretty crappy secondary mutation, a brand new career teaching mini-mutants and a stubbornly overprotective Erik. This is the story of how Charles and Erik got from Point A to Point B and what they collected along the way.
canon divergence, kink: mpreg
An Act Too Often Neglected – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
1,501 words
Logan didn’t much like Erik Lehnsherr when he first met him in a bar about a year ago. Logan likes him a lot less after he dumps Logan’s tranquilized carcass on Charles Xavier’s doorstep like a dog presenting its owner with a stunned rabbit.
Building Bridges – ximeria
Erik/Charles
17,385 words
When Erik met Charles, it wasn't love at first sight. It wasn't love at second sight either. Actually, it takes a hell of a lot of looking before Erik is ready to admit that maybe, just maybe, the guy's alright.
Feline Persuasion – Unforgotten
Erik/Charles
1,399 words
When Charles looks down at his wristwatch and realizes he’s been going on about catnip brands for at least ten minutes, he realizes several other things too: he is officially a crazy cat person now. And he is never going to get laid again.
Have You Met Uncle Charles? – winterhill
Steve/Tony, Erik/Charles
3,039 words
AU crossover. Tony Stark has known Charles Xavier since Tony was eight and Xavier was his Uncle Charles. Now that Tony’s all grown up, Charles vets his dates. Well, most of them. Except for the ones where Charles brings someone who should really be in jail, not a fancy restaurant.
It's Empty Inside – Skull_Bearer
Erik/Charles
3,603 words
Sometimes the rescue doesn't end when you return home. Amnesia fic.
Lay to Rest a Treasure Box – tomato_greens
Erik/Charles
1,551 words
Marla Velasquez met Charles Xavier her second week at Mercy-St. John's, when she pitched into the room by accident, fourteen hours into an unexpected double shift and hazy-eyed with exhaustion.
little less conversation (little more action) – bgoodg
Gen
2,409 words
Started as a '5 Times people watched Phil Coulson sleep and the one who didn't return the favor' and grew from there.
Neither Rhyme Nor Reason – unveiled
Erik/Charles
8,760 words
Charles liked to tell people that the first time they met, Serik punched a kitten. (Or, the one where Erik is an angry Vulcan, Charles is still a telepath, and grief still shapes their lives.)
Not What I Was Expecting (So Much Better) – lazulisong
Erik/Charles
4,285 words
Erik, the single father, hires Charles, the grad student with the slightly shady past, to be his manny.
kidfic
Sheathed – Unforgotten
Erik/Charles
2,287 words
Some days, Erik feels like a tiger in a pit, or a shark in a net. Other days, he feels like a sword, rusting unused in its scabbard.
(In which Erik is a little lost and super needy, and Charles is the laziest lazy that ever lazied.)
The People Who Stand By You – pallorsomnium
Erik/Charles
27,321 words
aka "In which Charles actually has a twin brother, who now wants to kick Erik's ass"
Wesley didn’t want much out of life, but what he wanted the most was for Charles and Raven to be safe and happy.
So he was rightfully displeased when he heard the message left on his emergency line, and by someone distinctly not Charles or Raven.
The Tower and the Hurricane – dreamlittleyo
Erik/Charles
41,572 words
(Post-movie AU.) Five years after Shaw's death, Erik's predictions prove painfully accurate. Violence rages on both sides of the human/mutant conflict. In a world ravaged by war, it doesn't really matter who's more at fault. Charles struggles to teach his students a better way, but what choices will he make when peace really isn't an option?
Took Me By Surprise and Then – thehoyden
Erik/Charles
5,513 words
After the second surgery in New York, Charles doesn’t anticipate anyone keeping vigil by his bedside — and certainly not Tony Stark.
Work of Progress – ecarian
Erik/Charles
Assassin's Creed AU. Charles is a painter. Erik is an assassin.