- Rating: General Audiences

- Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply

- Category: M/M

- Fandoms: X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies), X-Men - All Media Types

- Relationship: Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier

- Characters: Erik Lehnsherr, Charles Xavier

- Additional Tags: Post-Movie: X-Men: Dark Phoenix (2019), Canon Compliant, Hurt/Comfort, Light Angst, Pre-Slash, but also kind of post-slash, Two awkward exes trying to make it work again, (they will!)

-Language: English

- Word Count: 4835

- Chapters: 1/1

- Summary:

Charles knows that Erik’s dedication to Genosha isn’t just about idealism or necessity. It’s penance, too.