#fictional beloved

this is what i do when i’m not drawing, i had fun making this 🩷🩷🩷🩷

I am "very normal" about this black rectangle on wheels...

Source/Inspiration:

Name: Charles Xavier/Professor X.

Loved Since: Forever.

Married: February 14th, 2022.

Charles and I met at a bookstore when he was in my hometown on the first stop of his lecture tour (he was giving lectures on genetics and mutations). We were looking for the same book (The Complete Language of Flowers: A Definitive and Illustrated History by S. Theresa Dietz) and our hands touched as we both grabbed the same copy and we turned and saw each other, my dark green eyes locking with his cerulean blue eyes. It was love at first sight! Since there was no other copy available at the time, Charles and I agreed to jointly purchase the flower language book. We also separately purchased the other books we each had found that day (Charles got a copy of Persuasion by Jane Austen, A History of Courtship: 800 Years of Seduction by Tania O’Donnell, and The Rose Bride by Nancy Holder; I got Emma by Jane Austen, When the Angels Left the Old Country by Sacha Lamb, Spinning Silver by Naomi Novik, and The Book of Jewish Values: A Day-by-Day Guide to Ethical Living by Joseph Telushkin). Charles and I share The Complete Language of Flowers, writing our names on the inside front cover with a metallic silver Sharpie that Charles had in his satchel. We had lunch at a nearby café that day as well (Charles was a gentleman and paid for lunch)! During lunch, Charles asked me if I would like to go on the lecture tour with him to get to know me better and since the shindigs required a +1 to go and he hadn’t brought a friend with him; I happily agreed.

During the lecture tour, we discussed the topic of mutants (among a variety of other topics as well)! While we were relaxing in our hotel room, he confessed to me that he is a mutant with powerful telepathic abilities, which he demonstrated with my permission by lightly reading my mind; I then confessed to him that I am also a mutant with the ability to heal (especially through food that is either made myself or that I put my healing powers into), which I demonstrated by taking a slice of pumpkin bread (we had stopped to get a few things from a nearby grocery store) and put some of my terracotta colored healing power into it and gave it to Charles. He ate the pumpkin bread and his lower back felt better (Charles had explained his disability to me; my powers didn’t cure his disability, just healed the pain he was experiencing). I also have a secondary mutation of botanical manipulation, which I later demonstrated by reviving the dead plants in the flower pots by the hotel doors. And thus our relationship began! After the lecture tour, I moved into Xavier Mansion and live in the lady of the house’s room connected to Charles’ master bedroom. After getting to know the rest of the teaching staff and the students over the course of several months (I help Charles grade student papers, teach about cooking/baking, and proofread Charles’ research papers), Charles found a code name for me: Dolce (Italian; sweet)! I don’t go out on missions though, which is fine with me. Charles insists that I have a third mutation: my great warm hugs.

We have been close ever since, starting as friends for the longest time before confessing our mutual romantic feelings for each other one evening over dinner (Charles never pries into my thoughts without permission, unless I’m thinking too loudly, which is why he was not aware of my feelings for him until I told him) and then we began courting! After 4 years of courting, Charles proposed and I said yes! We married in the springtime near the gardens of Xavier Mansion in a beautiful nondenominational handfasting wedding ceremony surrounded by our family and friends! Afterwards, we had a garden party-style reception which was very relaxing and included some fun games to play! Charles looked so handsome in his cream floral paisley tuxedo! I looked beautiful in my modest floral wedding dress! We are so happy to finally be married! We keep our paisley patterned handfasting ribbon in a box inside a specially made hope chest at the foot of our bed, which also contains our wedding clothes and other sentimental items. Charles still loves to woo me even after we’ve been married for years!

Thank you, Alfred.

Boyfriend: Sherlock Holmes (BBC version).

Sherlock’s Birthday: January 6th, 1983.

Anniversary Date: January 20th, 2019.

First Date/Kiss: January 25th, 2019.