Lav's List Of Gay Mutant Fic You *Must* Read

As any of you who have spent more than 30 seconds in my presence in the past month or so can attest, my brain's been almost completely taken over by XMen: First Class since seeing it for the first time.  It started as just another fun meaningless summer fling, but one night after mainlining 7 fics and blearily noticing I'd stayed up until 4:30 am, I figured I've pretty much gone beyond hopping on the bandwagon at this point.  By now I've moved on to making out with the damn thing.  >.>;;

So naturally, I do what I always do when I find something good - I crack-deal. :D ♥ 

It's all must-read, but the general rule of thumb is that the more hearts I put by the fic name, the more squee-worthy it is, so you may want to start with those.


AU - With Powers

♥♥♥ Daycare 'Verse - brilligspoons & pocky_slash.
In which Charles runs a daycare center for mutant toddlers, and Erik is his grumpy, long-suffering engineer boyfriend. 
Note:  Be prepared to DIE OF WARM FUZZIES omg I'm not even kidding.  YOUR OVARIES.  THEY WILL GO BYE-BYE.

♥♥♥ Firm Grip - Jena Bartley (jenab)
Shameless Erik/Girl!Charles PWP.  Nnnngh!
Note:  *COMBUSTS*

♥♥ Extended Jam 'Verse - aesc
Charles and Erik are graduate students about to begin their fifth year of studies at MIT. But it's the summer of 1969, and dissertations take a back seat to more important things.
Note: Takes the possibilities (and slashy vibes) presented by XMFC and runs with them - mutant rights are another wing of the larger social justice movements of the 60's - civil rights, womens' rights, pacifism, etc.  Instead of superheroes duking it out with supervillains, the battles are being fought in the courts, legislatures and protest rallies.  In the midst of it, Charles and Erik smoke weed, have sex, be academic and try to figure out where they fit in the world. 

Plus, Hendrix and the Doors and Woodstock. ♥

♥ Hellfire 'Verse - Cesare, helens78
Erik Lehnsherr has been searching for Sebastian Shaw for close to a decade, and the trail's led him to an exclusive club that rents enslaved and collared mutants to wealthy humans for a variety of sexual uses. Posing there, he meets one of the club's patrons, Charles Xavier, who isn't what the club thinks he is, either. Is Charles going to be an ally, or is he going to stand in Erik's way?

♥ Be It Fahrenheit Or Centigrade - twelve_pastels
There are very few things for which Erik is grateful. His life, his powers, the will and ability to see Shaw dead. A night in the sea with a voice in his head, and blue eyes at the surface of the water, and the words You are not alone.  Primarily, however, he is deeply and profoundly grateful for not going through his first heat until he was out of the camps.
Note:  Alpha/Omega knotting!fic.  IDK what knotting is, exactly, but it's hot.

There's More Than One Of Everything - Macx
Erik Lehnsherr was born different. He was one of the Cursed. He was a shark, a trained killer, a weapon created by Sebastian Shaw. And he was a loner -- until Charles Xavier stepped into his life and followed him home. Erik had no idea who and what Charles really was, aside from annyoing and irritating and so adorable.
Note:  Inspired by the Ratty Charles & Erik The Shark comics on tumblr.  Sounds like crack, but quickly turns into Srs (if Cute) Bsns.

Dirtier With Clothes On - somewhereinbetween (averzierlia)
Charles can't dance, so Erik teaches him. And then they dance together.

What is Left of a Lover - sinuous_curve
The ceremony was haphazard at best, pitching together Charles’ religious apathy informed by Anglicanism with Erik’s somewhat tumultuous Judaism. The ceremony was, subsequently, incoherent and perhaps a touch obviously thrown together, but Charles and Erik shared a sentiment of incredulous shock that they were going through with such utter ridiculousness as marriage at all that the details seemed largely irrelevant. (Girl!Charles AU)
Note:  Another Erik/Girl!Charles genderswap fic.


AU - No Powers

♥♥♥ Our House, In The Middle Of Our Street - Clocks
In which Charles is a social worker-turned-foster parent who adopts troubled kids and hires a German-speaking handyman to help run his house.
Note: OH EM GEE this is seriously one of my fav fics in fandom.  It's funny and heartwarming and HOT and getting suspenseful now. ♥

♥♥♥ A Thousand Pages (Give Or Take A Few) Thread I, Thread II - anonymous
In which Charles is the owner of a charming little bookshop, and Erik is a single father.
Note:  Kinkmeme fic, so it's posted in comments, but well worth the extra hassle in reading.

♥♥♥ CARPE BREWSKI - gyzym
Probably the Drastically Redefining Protocol of XMFC fandom, a very serious and thought-provoking AU in which Charles and Erik are...frat brothers.  7 chapters in, this fic already has its' own fandom-within-fandom.
Note:  OH MY GOD YOU GUYS ALL OF THE FEELINGS I JUST CAN'T EVEN.  SO FUNNY AND HEART-WRENCHING AND JUST. *FLAIL*  If you like the fic, check out the comm and the fanart over at the official tumblr.

♥♥ I ♥ NY (It's My Friends I'm Not Sure Of) - oddegg
Erik is a single, successful man who likes quick sex with no strings attached. Then, he meets college professor Charles and it's love at first sight, at least for him. Charles, who heard of Erik's notorious ways, wants nothing to do with him besides being friends. Cue Erik bending over backwards to steal Charles' heart.
Note:  Witty romcom goodness.  Emma nearly steals the whole fic. :D

♥ Bad Romance - InventingWords
Fill for this prompt: Erik Lehnsherr is the Ke$ha-esque pop star €rik. Charles Xavier is a music journalist.

♥ I'm Charlotte Xavier, Call Me Charles - ninemoons42
AU where Charles Xavier is actually Charlotte Xavier, sister of Raven Xavier. Dr. Erik Lehnsherr runs a tea shop with his  sister Emma Lehnsherr. Lots of fluff and snark and descriptions of Charles getting into fights.
Note:  Charlotte holds her own in pub-brawls (that she never starts) and Erik is chivalrous without being a dick about it.  Love at first reading. ♥

Long-Distance Waltz - mia6363
Charles and Erik meet and since they both travel constantly for work, they keep in touch through emails and texts.

Kitten 'Verse - Ren
Charles and Erik are flatmates. Charles studies psychology and likes tea  and chess and keeps bringing home stray kittens, and Erik lets him  because he's maybe perhaps a little bit sort of in love with him.


CANON FIX-IT (a.k.a. Beach break-up?  What beach break-up?)

♥ Time to Grow - zarah5
In which you'll find chess dates which aren't dates (or maybe Charles is wrong about that).

♥ Apocalypse / Another Way - glacis
2 ways the beach standoff could have ended differently. 

Waking And Dreaming - Regann
Charles knows he needs to find the right words to change Erik's mind, but maybe the words he needs aren't his own.

What Not To Expect When You're Not Expecting It - thehoyden
“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.
Note:  ...what?  How can you resist when X-Men is one of the few canon sources where mpreg is TOTALLY PLAUSIBLE?

Surely Shifted My Way - Traincat
The one where Erik and Charles get engaged, Raven is an x-treme wedding planner and the kids get way too involved. Oh, and there are doves everywhere.


CANON.  ISH.

♥♥♥ The Sexiest Organ Is The Brain - helens78
Erik thinks Charles has been holding out on him.  (Telepathy as an aphrodisiac.)
Note:  *fans self* Quite possibly one of the hottest PWP's I've read.

♥♥ A Summer Day So Late In Coming - helens78
Fifty years after they fell in love, Erik comes to Charles with a proposal that rocks Charles's world.

♥ Cotton Walls - toestastegood
In large crowds, Charles finds it difficult to control his telepathy. While they're on their recruitment road trip, Erik tries to help.

Breathing Is Over-rated - toestastegood
Only Charles can destroy Erik so thoroughly.

Inception - zelempa
Charles gives Erik some happy memories.  The old-fashioned way.

Tides - sulwen
Erik kisses him for the first time in the rain.

Strand Of Pearls - Jena Bartley (jenab)
The pearls were a gift from her grandmother, given to her when Moira turned twenty-one. (Charles/Moira)

Red Sheets, Pale Skin - paracaerouvoar
It's hard being a mentor to a group of lost kids when your best friend keeps blatantly thinking about your ass.

Drowning Men - Yahtzee
'Very quietly, Charles says, “Can you show me?”
“No.” Erik looks at him again, then, his expression as steely as Charles has ever seen it. His resolve is even stronger than his pain. “To show you this would be to make you share it, and I would never do that to you. Never.”'
Note:  TRIGGER WARNING: Includes discussion of past experiences of sexual assault.

Like Swimming - TehChou
“It'll be alright,” he says, gently. “You wanted this, too, remember?” Erik's arms tighten around him and Charles sighs, tilts his head back.
Note:  TRIGGER WARNING - Appears to be noncon, but isn't. Charles uses his powers to make himself temporarily "forget" about giving consent beforehand, and a safeword is used by Erik to bring back the memories/knowledge afterward.


CROSSOVERS

♥♥ Bifurcation - alchemyalice
Wanted/XMFC Crossover.  The first thing Erik notices about Charles, after he’s gotten over the shock of there being someone, anyone who is in any way like Erik himself, is that metal hums around him.
Note:  ASDGLFJASDFMASPGJDGF

♥♥ Chameleons & Circuits - ashurbadaktu
DW/XMFC crossover.  Charles is a TARDIS and Erik is his thief.
Note:  THEY TOTALLY CROSSED THE FANDOM STREAMS AND IT'S AWESOME.

♥ Mindraker - Cesare
X-Men: First Class, meet Casino Royale (the Daniel Craig & Eva Green  version.) I'm pretty sure you two will get along famously.     
Note:  Michael Fassbender would make the hottest Bond EVER omg.

♥ You Know My Name - dvs
More Bond!AU goodness, though a different 'verse from Mindraker. 

Once Upon A Time in Nazi-Occupied France... - Anonymous
Inglorious Basterds/XMFC Crossover.  Erik Lehnsherr - Nazi hunter. 


GEN

♥♥♥ It's A Very Happy Hannukah, Erik Lehnsherr - poptartmuse
"I have a surprise for you," Charles says once Erik is standing.  "In the kitchen."
Note:  Lovely and sweet and genuinely touching.  Could be read as romance or just strong friendship.

♥♥ You Will - quietprofanity
Raven loses control of her abilities at the worst possible moment.  Charles helps.
Note:  I'm a sucker for good bro/sis fics with Charles & Raven.  This hits all the right spots. :D

♥ On The Mend - pocky_slash
Charles learns that having a sister isn't always fun and games.

♥ Festival of Lights - isabeau
Erik is not the first mutant in his family.

Center of Balance - Jai (lordessrenegade)
Five mutants Charles Xavier never met at age 12, and one he did.

Don't Look Down - isabeau
The various mutations, groovy and otherwise, of Cerebro.




Have some fic recs that aren't listed here?  Hit me in comments. XD