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Charles Xavier (groovy_mutation) wrote in utr_logs,
@ 2011-08-23 20:46:00

Entry tags:

charles xavier, erik lensherr

Who: Erik and Charles
Where: Charles' place
What: Charles being avoidy.
Warnings: Probably nothing

Charles hasn't been able to think. It wasn't exactly something he normally had a problem with, but he really had no idea what to do. Sadako hadn't said a word, but her implications had been clear and he couldn't just ignore them anymore. He just had no idea what to do about it.

Erik being around made everything worse. He didn't know if Erik had anything close to similar feelings and he highly doubted it. So he had to figure out what to do about all of this. So he had been pushing Erik away, at least until he could straighten things out in his head. Erik had mentioned coming over and Charles told him he had too many papers to grade and he couldn't handle distraction right now. Erik didn't sound too happy about it, but he didn't push it, luckily.

Charles set to actually grading the papers. It wasn't nearly as daunting a task as he'd pretending, but it did still need to be done.

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serene_rage
2011-08-24 02:23 am UTC (link)

The avoidance had started to get under Erik's skin a little, and actually more than just a little, especially now with the Great Reshelving almost finished he wouldn't have any real reason to come visit the other man aside from just wanting to, and he'd never been much good at voicing desires like that, not really.

Add to that the fact that he really had been floundering here, a little, before Charles had arrived, though that fact was one that he would hardly even admit to himself, let alone anyone else.

So it was a slightly more disgruntled than usual Erik that showed up on Charles' front step that evening, after having given the telepath what Erik thought was ample time for grading papers. He could have let himself in, he knew, it was what he'd done up until that evening, enough so, in fact, that Charles was only rarely surprised to find him there. Tonight, however, he rang the bell, just like anyone else.

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groovy_mutation
2011-08-24 02:31 am UTC (link)

Charles noticed Erik before he rang the bell. He always kept a bit of a 'watch' around the flat. Part of him thought about not answering the door. He had told Erik he wouldn't be available at all. He wasn't even grading papers anymore. He had been thinking. Which really wasn't a great way to spend your time, just worrying over things.

He got up and answered the door. Erik never rang the bell, he just walked in. "Erik. I thought I was clear I would be busy." He still moved away from the door to let Erik in. He looked a little worse for wear. He hadn't been sleeping well, not that it had been too horribly long, a few days for poor sleep wouldn't really hurt him.

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	serene_rage 2011-08-24 02:48 am UTC (link)
	"So you did. Though I didn't think it would take you quite this long to finish." His brow arched, just a little, arms folded and head cocked, "I could go, if you like." And he would, too, despite the fact that they did need to talk, and sooner rather than later. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 02:52 am UTC (link)
	Charles hadn't quite been looking him in the eye. He looked up at Erik, or at least, somewhere just to the right of him and turned away. Part of him wanted to tell him to go. "No, you've come all this way. Come in." He waited for Erik to come in so he could shut the door. "Tea? Coffee? It's probably a little late for coffee." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 03:02 am UTC (link)
	"And you hardly look like you need it." He replied, finally stepping inside, he knew the look of someone who wasn't sleeping, he'd been there himself often enough, "Tea will be fine, I can even make it myself, if you've still got papers to work on." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 03:08 am UTC (link)
	"That's true." Charles didn't have any more papers to grade, but he didn't really want to tell Erik. "That's not necessary. I should probably stop looking at papers for a few minutes." He went into the kitchen, putting the kettle on and finding everything for tea. "So what brings you here this evening, Erik?" He still wasn't quiet looking at him. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 03:17 am UTC (link)
	"I figured this would be the most likely place to find you, as flighty as you've been lately." He said, settling into one of the kitchen chairs, just leaning back in it, making himself comfortable. It was fairly typical of Erik, really, to just take up space like he belonged there. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 03:19 am UTC (link)
	He turned around to deny it and then turned back around quickly. Erik was making this difficult. "Flighty? I've been busy?" (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Hm. Usually avoiding things is my specialty." Avoiding them or rushing into them headlong, depending on the situation, "I would hate to think that I've been teaching you bad habits." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 03:27 am UTC (link)
	"What am I suppose to be avoiding?" he asked, taking the kettle off the fire and pouring the water into cups ready with tea bags. He knew Erik wouldn't fall for it, but he wasn't ready to surrender yet. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 03:38 am UTC (link)
	"Who do you think, Charles?" Yes, Charles had said 'what', but he'd also known that Erik wasn't going to let it go that easily, if at all. "You're my friend, probably the only one I've got around here, and I haven't seen you for more than a few minutes at a time for at least a week." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 03:41 am UTC (link)
	"Ive been busy." He refused to turn around, looking at the tea as it seeped. Very boring to watch. "I'm sorry if I've been neglecting you." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 03:52 am UTC (link)
	"I'll survive. I'm good at that." He gave a narrow shrug, settling himself back a little in his chair, "I'll even accept the busy excuse." He didn't believe it, not entirely, or, rather, didn't think that was the only reason, but he'd accept it, at least for the time being. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 03:56 am UTC (link)
	That made Charles feel more guilty than if Erik had made a big deal of it. He turned around, handing Erik his tea. "I. I've been thinking a lot recently. And I haven't really come to any conclusions. I didn't really want to bring it up until I had." He knew it didn't make a lot of sense. He stared at his tea, not even taking a sip of it. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 04:07 am UTC (link)
	His brow creased slightly as he accepted the mug, just holding it between both hands to warm his fingers, "Should I leave it be until you've come to some sort of conclusion then?" He knew that sort of deep thought, or at least similar ones, and he knew that nothing good ever came of interrupting them in the middle. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 04:12 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know that I'm ever going to work it out. I've just been going around in circles." He finally looked up at Erik. He just stared at him for a moment before turning away, again. "I need a drink." He put his tea down. "Something stronger than this tea." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 04:23 am UTC (link)
	"Well that makes two of us." He said, having set his mug down again, something almost like amusement tugging at his expression, but only barely and only for a moment or two. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

groovy_mutation
2011-08-24 04:29 am UTC (link)

Charles felt a bit of relief as he got up to get two glasses and the bottle of scotch he kept for these purposes. He poured a small amount for each of them and handed Erik his glass. "I just can't drink alone." He meant to sip on the drink. Really he had. He downed the whole thing quickly and poured another glass for himself, warning himself to slow down or this would... well, it would be interesting.

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	serene_rage 2011-08-24 04:46 am UTC (link)
	Erik hadn't ever seen the other man drink like that, and he wasn't entirely sure whether to be entirely amused, or just a little worried. As it was, he settled for something sort of in-between, brow arching as he commented mildly: "No, I can see why not, you need someone to remind you it isn't going to run away." (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 04:49 am UTC (link)
	Charles laughed a little at that, sipping at the next glass. He looked up at Erik with a smile still on his lips, "It's been a hard couple of days." He was taking this glass slower, but that didn't mean much. At the rate he was going he would finish his second glass before Erik finished his first. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	serene_rage 2011-08-24 01:37 pm UTC (link)
	His head tilted again, both brows arching in something like concern, "Howso? Or am I not supposed to ask?" He wasn't entirely sure, really, given that he wasn't entirely sure of the situation as a whole. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

groovy_mutation
2011-08-24 02:31 pm UTC (link)

Charles grinned. Erik's concern wasn't unexpected, but it was welcome none-the-less, but one drink was not enough to be telling him that. "Sadako went and said...something and now I just can't stop thinking about it, which isn't healthy. Telepaths." His second drink was empty when he brought the glass up for a sip. He looked at the bottle and wondered if he should have more. He probably should.

He reached for the bottle to pour more into the small glass.

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	serene_rage 2011-08-24 03:49 pm UTC (link)
	He nodded, "You do tend to mull over things for some time. Longer than necessary, I'd guess." That brow was still arched, "And you have a tendency to run things around in circles ." That was one he knew from experience, though in some ways the same could be said of him, they did have the same argument time and time again. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	groovy_mutation 2011-08-24 06:06 pm UTC (link)
	"Yes, let's go over all my neurotic behaviors. I also worry too much. Especially when you're invol ..." Charles shut his mouth, looking up to see Erik's reaction. How much had he drank? When was the last time he had any food? Oh this was lovely. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

serene_rage
2011-08-24 06:11 pm UTC (link)

Charles was getting a very eloquent brow arch in response to this most recent revelation. Really it was something he'd suspected, and he wasn't entirely sure what to do with confirmation now that he had it, "Is this about what Belgamine said?"

That was at the heart of Erik's own line of thought. He'd never really needed to worry about what people thought because he could always just move on and go somewhere else. But of course Charles would care, as used to keeping up appearances as Erik suspected he must be.