X-Men (Comic Book)/Fanfic Recs

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These are recommendations made by Tropers for X-Men: First Class fanfics, all of which have to be signed to stay on the page. Feel free to add a fanfic of your own to the list, but remember to use the template found here.

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All Along the Watchtower by NezumiPi

  • Recommended by: Half Born Hel
  • Synopsis: Charles and Erik's complicated feelings are so feelingsy.
  • Pairings: Charles/Erik
  • Tags: AU, Slash, Angst, Character Focus
  • Has its own trope page.

Rumor Has It by blueink3

  • Recommended by: rewindreplayrepeat
  • Synopsis: Nearly six months after Cuba, Charles' life is turned upside down for the second time. Though he's slowly learning to adapt to the first, he's not sure he can handle the second. Luckily for him, there are a few people out there more than willing to help.
  • Pairings: Charles/Erik
  • Tags: Fluff, Slash, Angst

Excellent Judgment by cimorene

  • Recommended by: rainbowdisease
  • Synopsis: Modern, Human, College/University AU. Charles is a workaholic who owns a speed-dating business.
  • Pairings: Charles/Erik
  • Tags: Explicit, AU, Fluff, Slash

your head caught in a waking dream by addandsubtract

  • Recommended by: rainbowdisease
  • Synopsis: Charles is sent to a mental institution as a child and by the time Raven breaks him out, he's irreparably damaged.
  • Pairings: Charles/Erik
  • Tags: AU, Fluff, Angst, Slash

Try, Try Again by and_backagain

Boden's Mate by kaydeefalls

  • Recommended by: stardust_rain
  • Synopsis: X-Inception crossover/fusion
  • Pairings: ensemble, with a side of Erik/Charles.
  • Tags: Crossover

Fools Rush In by LoveSupreme

  • Recommended by: Gevaisa
  • Synopsis:Human AU set on a modern day college campus. Erik, a misanthropic cafe owner, falls in love with Professor Charles Xavier, a man with a lot of very familiar friends and a lot of ex-boyfriend baggage.
  • Pairings: Male slash Erik/Charles
  • Tags: Slashfic

Nine Eleven Ten by Subtilior

  • Recommended by: Pippin Pips
  • Synopsis: Author's Summary, Years later, Charles would remember that day. Sometimes he would wonder if he could have changed anything; other times he would despair over what he had since become. But he would always hold the image in his mind: Raven, laughing, and his thoughts flying alongside her on strong wings, silver-gold through the winter air. Once upon a time.
  • Pairings: Erik/Charles
  • Tags: Slashfic

Timeline series by Unforgotten