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Originally posted by olympia_m at Please take a seat in the shaming room...

Title: For I Mean to Conquer Troy
Author: twelve_pastels
Artist: alishatorn
Verse: XM:FC
Word Count: ~34,800
Rating: M
Characters/Pairings: Erik/Charles, Azazael/Raven, Alex/Hank, Sean/Cosmic Oneness
Warnings Drug Use, Allusions To Sexual Assault, Nonspecific Nasty Things Done To Minors, Psychic Bonding, Non-PC Religious References, Non-PC Ethnic References, Emotionally Crippled Erik , Alex Trollin’, Evil Ghosts of Nazi Sociopaths, Overly Pretentious Writing in Sex Scenes, Author Attempts Smut, Author Has a Mental Affliction, Author Does Minimal Research, Author Writes About Things Beyond Her Ken, Improbable Resurrection, Unnecessary Supernatural References, Unrealistic Medicine, Unrealistic Everything.

Summary: Set one year post movie, Charles overloads himself in Cerebro, and his mind goes walkabout; wherever he is (and he’s around), it’s not in his body. Erik temporarily takes over the school in his absence, and finds that there’s little time for resentment or hatred when he’s busy organizing assigned reading for English lit, keeping the youngest children out of trouble, and trying to talk Raven into wearing clothing for the boys’ sake. Somewhere in between taking responsibility for the students and dreaming Charles’ dreams every night, he manages to remember that he’s something rather more than a weapon. In other words: A Love Story between two Gentlemen, told in Prose, Epistles, and Nonsense Rhymes.

AlishaTorn's magnificent (VERY SPOILERY) arts! Make sure to read the letters in the images: they're an integral part of the story, and she gave them an excellent treatment!

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As ever, this work was beta'd by the lovely and sweet-smelling eudaimonia_ish.





Prologue, Part the First Prologue, Part the Second Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3 Chapter 4 Chapter 5 Epilogue

Overly Obsessive Author's Notes and Bibliography

( Chapter 4 )

( Prologue, Part the First )

OH MY GOD OH MY GOD

MY FIC GOT CLAIMED ALMOST RIGHT AWAY

AND I WENT AND STALKED MY ARTIST

AND SHE IS AMAZINGGGGGGGG

I'M SO EXCITED I COULD CRY.

So! First month of classes has gone well, so far - I'm up to date on all the readings, and have managed to get in all assignments (even if one of them was frantically emailed at 11:30 at night). So far, so good. I seriously wish transit passes were cheaper, though.

I interviewed for a job today, up at the Garden State Plaza. Basic summary of events: it took me 40 minutes to drive up, they're paying so little that it would *cost* me to take a position with them, and I'm not thin enough to work there anyway. Bah humbug.

I have a few other things coming - an interview with Das Bean next Friday, and the bank five minutes walk from my flat is still looking over my CV. I'm going to be rather skint for the month of October, but to quote my late Nana, "Something will present itself. It always does."

Also! I have recently eaten homemade gefilte fish! It was a perplexing substance, but overall delicious!