{"id":9079,"date":"2017-10-03T15:02:32","date_gmt":"2017-10-03T22:02:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/?p=9079"},"modified":"2017-10-03T11:26:09","modified_gmt":"2017-10-03T18:26:09","slug":"afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sylumclan.com\/sylumblog\/afternoon-fic-cherik-au-part-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Afternoon Fic: Cherik AU (Part 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Note:<\/strong> So who’s shocked there is already a sequel bunny running around for this??<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Part One<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Two<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Three<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Four<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Five<\/a><\/p>\n

Part Six<\/a><\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Hank wasn’t sure exactly when Azazael would show up with Erik.\u00a0 He had his room prepped, with an oxygen tank, blood pressure kit, an IV Drip line if needed, and stacks of bandages.\u00a0 He wasn’t a medical doctor, but over the past week he had read everything he could get his hands on about chest surgery, what type of medications, pain killers, and after treatment.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t sure what his feelings were on the whole thing.\u00a0 They all had seen what had gone down on the beach, but no one knew what Erik was truly thinking, not even Charles.<\/p>\n

Raven had been \u2026 still was \u2026 pissed at Charles.\u00a0 Hank wasn’t sure if it was because he saved Erik or didn’t back him.<\/p>\n

Alex and Sean were keeping their own counsel on the event.<\/p>\n

Hank wasn’t sure why they were all in Erik’s room, he had asked Alex for help in case he needed some, which led to all of them being there.<\/p>\n

He was pretty sure this wasn’t going to end well.<\/p>\n

“A teammate who was willing to kill hundreds of innocent humans!”\u00a0 Raven argued with Alex who was adamant that they all calm the fuck down, and be there for their teammate as he recovered.<\/p>\n

“A teammate who stopped those innocent humans from killing us.”\u00a0 He shrugged, not backing down.\u00a0 “Hey I’m not saying he was right, I’m just pointing out he took a bullet to the chest to save Charles.\u00a0 So give the man some slack.”<\/p>\n

“He was ready to keep going with Shaw’s destruction.”\u00a0 Moira entered the argument, which hadn’t really helped the situation.<\/p>\n

Hank wasn’t even sure why she was in the room, seeing her was not going to help Erik \u2026 hell it was likely going to set him off, and if Charles wasn’t with them in the first pass that was going to be bad.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t paid enough for this.
\nWait he wasn’t even getting paid.<\/p>\n

“Yet Shaw’s dead.”\u00a0 Sean stood by Alex, backing his friend.\u00a0 “Wasn’t that your goal?\u00a0 Besides that bullet was yours.”<\/p>\n

“Someone had to stop him!”\u00a0 She glared at them, hands on her hips.<\/p>\n

“Shooting metal bullets at a man who pulled a submarine out of the water.”\u00a0 Janus spoke up from his seat on the couch, giving them all a look.\u00a0 “Yeah that works.”<\/p>\n

“Why are you even here?” She snapped at him.\u00a0 “You were one of the enemy.”<\/p>\n

“The enemy is the humans.”\u00a0 He stood glaring at her.\u00a0 “I might add they were willing to kill you, collateral damage and all.”<\/p>\n

“Enough!”\u00a0 Hank rubbed his forehead, growling slightly.\u00a0 “At this moment we’ve gone over this a hundred times, and the answer is still the same.\u00a0 Erik is recovering from a gunshot wound, and Charles is going to skin all of us with his mind<\/em> if we don’t at least act civilized.”<\/p>\n

“Well you know how mom gets about dad.”\u00a0 Sean snorted shoving into Alex, who chucked.<\/p>\n

“What?”\u00a0 Raven glanced at the two snickering boys.<\/p>\n

Alex laughed, only to frown.\u00a0 “Oh come on.\u00a0 They are so a married couple.”\u00a0 He glanced over to see Moira’s horrified expression.\u00a0 “So what you don’t like queers.\u00a0 Yet you want to preach at us about how humans will accept mutants.\u00a0 Who gives a flying shit their fucking.\u00a0 Charles keeps Erik calm.”<\/p>\n

“Charles isn’t fucking Erik!”\u00a0 Raven yelled, blinking at the two of them.<\/p>\n

“She’s kidding right?”\u00a0 Sean glanced at Alex, who shrugged and they both looked at Hank, who held his hands up begging them not to get him involved.\u00a0 “Charles has been by his side for days, like a concerned spouse.”<\/p>\n

“Charles would do that for any of us!” She argued.<\/p>\n

“Not hold our hands.”\u00a0 Alex pointed out, with a smirk.\u00a0 “Erik is the disciplinary, hard edge dad.\u00a0 Charles is the sensitive we can sneak extra sweets from mom.\u00a0 They work together.\u00a0 They make us work together.\u00a0 If we didn’t have them, we wouldn’t be here.\u00a0 So if Erik found peace in Charles’ arms I’m not going to let anyone fuck that up.”\u00a0 He stepped closer to Raven.\u00a0 “I don’t really care if you’re his sister.”<\/p>\n

“Charles flirts with women.” She stepped forward accepting the challenge.<\/p>\n

“Oh please I know Charles darkest desire.”\u00a0 Angel rolled her eyes, staring at the group.<\/p>\n

She would admit it has been awkward as hell since Cuba, but she had nowhere else to go.\u00a0 At this moment they all were just a ragtag bunch of misfits waiting for mom and dad to get home.<\/p>\n

“Believe me it’s not cute miss CIA agent over here.\u00a0 He likes them tall, ginger and in fishnet stockings.\u00a0 And have you seen Erik’s package \u2013 woman I would pay to ride that big boy.\u00a0 Charles’ is a lucky man.”<\/p>\n

Sean snorted, giggling desperately against Alex, before he turned serious.\u00a0 “Besides, he turned you down!”\u00a0 He gave Raven an all knowing look.\u00a0 He had seen her storm out of Erik’s room the night before Cuba, that wasn’t a woman who got laid, but one who got tossed out.\u00a0 “Where do you think he spent the rest of that night?”<\/p>\n

Hank glanced at Raven.<\/p>\n

Alex shook his head, cringing at Sean’s bluntness.\u00a0 “Awkward.”<\/p>\n

“It’s like living a soap opera.”\u00a0 Janos shook his head, watching the children argue.\u00a0 “I’m so going to have to tell Azazael\u2026”<\/p>\n

“\u2026 to suck!”\u00a0 Erik’s voice rang through the room, when the two landed.\u00a0 He cringed in pain, falling against the taller mutant.<\/p>\n

Azazel gripped him closer, looking over at Hank.\u00a0 “Bed now.”<\/p>\n

“Let’s move him\u2026” Hank moved past Azazeal, taking Erik’s arm grateful that the mutant wasn’t fighting him.<\/p>\n

He wasn’t sure what he expected, but what he saw wasn’t it.<\/p>\n

Erik had lost weight, a lot of weight and he hadn’t had much to spare.\u00a0 The pajama bottoms hung on his narrow hips, and the button down shirt, showed parts of the red ugly line down his chest.\u00a0 His face was pale with dark circles under the eyes, and his body was shaking uncontrollably.\u00a0\u00a0 He was a man who was barely standing after being at death’s door only a week ago.<\/p>\n

“I got him.”\u00a0 Hank’s voice was soft as he used his new strength to help Erik to the bed.<\/p>\n

The room began to shake.<\/p>\n

Everyone looked around, hands reaching out, only to realize it wasn’t the room, but every piece of metal in it.<\/p>\n

They looked at Erik’s who dark pained filled gaze was staring at Moira.\u00a0 A lamp shifted, along with pens, a tray and a small knife was yanked out of Janus’ boot.<\/p>\n

Alex stepped in front of him, hands up. “You need to calm down, dad.”<\/p>\n

In less than a blink, Charles stood between Erik and everyone else.<\/p>\n

All the bags he was carried fell to the ground, he stepped forward, cupping Erik’s cheek.\u00a0 <<I need you to calm down.>><\/p>\n

<<She’s here!\u00a0 The woman shot at you and has the audacity to be here!>><\/p>\n

Charles choked back his own emotions, as he laid a hand on Erik’s chest.\u00a0 <<Darling you’re hurting yourself\u2026please.>><\/p>\n

Erik cried out from the pain in his chest as the metal staples and wires pulled.\u00a0 He gasped, and everything fell to the floor, as he sagged against Hank.<\/p>\n

“Everyone out!”\u00a0 Charles’ snarled, not even looking at the occupants.\u00a0 “Hank help me get him into bed.”<\/p>\n

Hank nodded, ignoring the tears he saw running down Erik’s cheeks, as he gasped for air.\u00a0 Charles without thinking kicked off his shoes and moved into the bed with Erik, holding him close, soothing him as they worked to get his breathing under control.<\/p>\n

He backed out of the room, followed closely by Azazael.\u00a0\u00a0 He would give them a few moments, and then talk to Charles about Erik’s care, but right now he figured they all needed to calm down.<\/p>\n

He closed the door and looked at the group.\u00a0 They were all staring at him, waiting for something he wasn’t sure what.\u00a0 With a smirk, he looked at them and said the only thing he could think of. “Mom’s getting dad to calm down, once we’re sure he won’t kill anyone with a pen we’ll set up a time for the kids to visit.”<\/p>\n

Alex snorted, choking on his laughter that sounded a bit like a sob.\u00a0 Sean crossed himself, sending up prayers for both of them, wondering if there was a Patron Saint of Mutants.\u00a0 Raven rolled her eyes, but sagged in a relief.\u00a0 Angel nodded, walking away with Janus who gave a head tilt to Azazael who nodded in return.<\/p>\n

Hank noticed instantly that Moira wasn’t there.<\/p>\n

He sighed as his own thoughts churned.\u00a0 He had no idea what the next step was, but he knew he was going to stick around to find out.\u00a0 Though a part of him felt as if they missed the proverbial bullet \u2026 with his own humorless snort he couldn’t help think – because it hit Erik instead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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