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I made a little fic for @lehnsherrslover after they posted a list of prompts they wanted to read and I chose Single Dads AU because, who doesn't love a good Single Dads AU? So here's a little gift for you (I LOVE WRITING FIC AND GIVING THEM TO OTHER PEOPLE AAAAA)
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Playmates
Erik was desperate to say the least.
His children, his two little demonic angels had disappeared in the aisles of the supermarket and the man didn't seem to find them anywhere. He searched with his own power for the two steel bracelets that the six-year-old twins were wearing precisely for this situation. Erik was happy to have listened to his mother when she had given the idea a few years earlier.
"Where are you, where are you." He repeated like a mantra in his head as he pushed the cart full of food and a toy that Pietro had taken without his father noticing. The bracelets continually moved from one part of the supermarket to another, most likely due to Pietro running at supersonic speed with his sister on his shoulders.
Suddenly the movement stopped and Erik ran towards the aisle where the bracelets were located, knowing he looked like a madman after abandoning a cart full of products in the middle of the supermarket. He turned the corner and saw them: his two children were standing next to each other: Pietro was rocking back and forth and Wanda was holding the hand of another child to Erik unknown who looked a little younger than them.
"Wanda, Pietro, don't ever run away like that again, please." Erik realized he was out of breath, he reached down and picked up the silver-haired boy, feeling his heart fill at the little boy's laugh.
"Dad! Dad! We made a friend." Wanda said swinging her hand and the baby's.
"Yes, this is David!" Pietro said clutching his father's checked shirt.
"Hi David, where are your parents?" Erik bent down to be face to face with the boy, who moved to stand behind Wanda.
"He's shy." The little girl said playing with one of the many unruly curls on her head. The little boy leaned over and whispered something in his new friend's ear.
"He says hi." Wanda took the boy's hand back into hers.
“Do you guys know where his parents are?” Wanda and Pietro shook their heads. Oh well, his two little angels had probably "kidnapped" another child.
"Alright little one, let's try to find your-"
"David! There you are!" A voice cried out in relief from behind Erik. A weight lifted from his chest, it had ended well. In addition to the voice, however, he sensed a large amount of iron. He turned and felt his head spin at the sight of the other man. The, if he understood correctly, father of the child was breathtaking. Hia brown hair looked so soft, making Erik want to run his hand through it. His lips were red and Erik tried not to stare at them too much and his eyes were just…
"Sir? Are you okay?" Asked the man who now had the baby, David, on his lap.
"Uh, yeah, yeah sure." Erik said with a cough and shook off the feeling he had.
"I'm sorry if David caused you any trouble." The man gave a quick kiss on the little boy's head and stretched out his hand in front of him.
"Charles Xavier, nice to meet you..."
"Erik, Erik Lehnsherr." He shook the man's hand with one hand while holding Pietro with the other.
"Don't worry about David, in fact, I apologize on behalf of my children for holding him back." He bent down a little and also picked up Wanda who hid her face in the crook of her father's neck.
“Did your kids talk to him?” He asked with a stunned look.
"Yeah, I mean, he's shy and talked in Wanda's ear." Erik finished the sentence abruptly, seeing the man's eyes become moist.
“How about we take the kids out for ice cream so we can talk for a bit?” Erik saw how the man tried to remain calm and couldn't help but nod.
They left the supermarket and went to a nearby ice cream shop that had a large outdoor garden with benches and tables where the children could have fun.
"Thank you for agreeing to come." Charles said as he watched the three children laughing and talking at a nearby table.
“No problem but, did you want to talk about something?” Erik asked, mixing the now melted ice cream in the cup.
"David is autistic. He is five years old and from what I know the only person he has ever verbally spoken to is me. He usually uses body language to communicate with others but with me he uses his telepathy."
"Are you a mutant?" Erik asked without warning, biting his tongue and internally slapping himself for asking something so private.
"Yes, any problems?" Charles asked now with a completely serious and no longer grateful look.
"No! No, it's just..." He moved his hand and some coins levitated from his pocket to the table.
"A telekinetic! That's awesome!" Charles' eyes lit up as he looked at the now motionless pennies.
"Only with metal, actually. Pietro is superfast and Wanda can alter reality. What about you?" He asked as an emotion of affection for his two children ran through his body.
"Telepath, just like my David. But, hey, a super fast kid and one who can change things at will. That must be a nightmare for you and your wife." Erik smiled sadly.
"I'm a widower, actually. Magda died when the twins were two, they hadn't developed their mutations yet but I'm sure she would have been very proud."
"Oh, I'm so sorry, my friend, I shouldn't have assumed anything." Charles said regretfully, wringing his fingers.
"Don't worry. I miss her but life goes on. What about you?" He asked watching the man bite his lower lip.
"Oh, divorced. David's mother, Gabrielle, and I wanted different things. You know, it happens but we're on good terms. David usually goes to her place during the summer and to celebrate Hannukah." Erik was elated.
"Are you Jewish? Like, are you both a mutant and Jewish?"
"No, I'm not Jewish but Gabrielle is and we mutually decided that David would follow his mother's religion. Why you ask?"
"Because I'm Jewish too." He said with a smile, taking the coins from the table to his pocket.
“This is amazing! It just feels like we were destined to find each other. However, as I was telling you before: David has never communicated verbally with anyone else and to hear that with your children he has… Erik, please, I know that We've only known each other for a little less than an hour but if you agree, would you let our children play together a few days a week?" He asked, looking at the other man with eyes so blue that there was no way for Erik not to accept.
"Of course I agree Charles. It would also be good for my children to be with David, I think they already care a lot about him." He said with a smile.
"And maybe if you like, sometimes just the two of us could go out." Erik's words made Charles' cheeks blush.
“Or not, I mean, you don't have to, you don't have to feel any pressure just because I agreed to let our kids play together, fuck, I don't even know if you're attracted to men.” He pinched the bridge of his nose with two fingers and thought that if he hadn't been so mortified he would have burst out laughing. Charles took his hand in his.
"Erik, I would like to inform you that yes, I am attracted to men, to you, especially, and that I would be truly honored if we went out together sometime." The man smiled and tucked an out-of-place tuft behind his ear and Erik knew he was too attracted to the man for his own good.
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