Erik reaches around his shoulders and keeps Charles pressed against him, momentarily forgetting about lunch for the moment and choosing instead to focus on the sound of Charles breathing, the hum of his heartbeat against his arm, how he is in this moment, so connected to somebody else.
He doesn't think he's ever been so close to the feeling of infinity before. But that's just what this feels like. "Don't fall asleep," he says, because then they'd both have to sit up and return to normal.
Charles draws in a long breath and lifts his head when Erik speaks. He nuzzle Erik's jaw and pulls back just a little bit.
He's never felt this close to someone. Of course he's close to Raven but it's different. She asked him to not use his powers on her a long time ago and there's a wedge between them because of that.
"No chance of falling asleep," he says with a small chuckle. "I haven't felt this awake for... " Years. "For a long while."
He takes the coffee from Erik and sips on it, grimacing but keeping the mug because he needs his caffeine. "What a man wouldn't do for his poison of choice?"
The coffee mug goes between his legs and he takes out the soup again, alternating between himself and Erik with spoonfuls.
Erik snerks and says, "Thought you preferred tea? We can throw it out if it's really that bad, I just don't want it. I'll be fine. We'll pick up some at the gas station," he says. It's preferable to the stuff they got. Somehow. Sadly.
"I can't wait until we're done driving for today," Erik admits, even though it's early on. He doesn't think this excited buzz will leave his skin for the next ten hours. And every so often he gets a memory of how Charles felt on top of him, how they felt after.
He doesn't know if he'll survive this workday.
He loosens up his collar a bit, and clears his throat pointedly.
"I prefer tea at all other times but in the mornings." Charles is absolutely horrid about getting up from the bed. He would rather sleep until noon. He's also grumpy and easily irritated in the mornings without his coffee. "It's fine. We can pick up better coffee for you at some point along the way." Charles will drink this and it'll be fine.
He stops with the coffee mug on his lips and stares at Erik over it, blue eyes wide and suddenly there's a flush of colour on his cheeks. Good lord. Just pulling his thoughts towards that direction is going to be a turn on for him, isn't it? He can feel his body responding and oh god...
He lowers the cup on his lap and clears his throat as well, looking out from the side window but what flashes through his mind and Erik's as well is an image of them on the front seat of the car, kissing, Charles straddling Erik's lap.
"I... Those feelings are mutual," he says, his voice a bit strained.
"I'd ask if you want me to pull over, but I think we'll never get anything done," he says, trying very hard to stop thinking about Charles in that capacity, except that now he's on the thought, he can't look over at him without superimposing the image of what he looks like, jaw slack in pleasure, skin scalding to touch.
"Why don't we just drive quickly to the next check-in point?" That way, Erik can even give their contacts a call stating they've made it to the next place and they can then spend the rest of the evening to themselves.
With their powers already carving the straightest path for the two of them, they could easily cut through any jams and glide down the highway undetected at a hundred miles an hour. "What do you think?" he asks. "Too much an abuse of power?"
"I agree," Charles says with a shake of his head, laughing at the fact that they're both being such teenagers about it. It gives him more confidence because he's not alone with it.
"God, Erik, I just want to spend the next several days in bed with you," he says with a bright smile as he puts away coffee mug and picks up the food containers again.
"And definitely not. We have these powers, let's use them." There's something intoxicating about that sort of freedom. Between the two of them, they can cut through pretty much anything. "I will suggest that we fly the next time if possible."
If Charles could make time stop for several days so they could do this, Erik wouldn't tell anyone else. He would enjoy this time they've stolen from everyone else to be together in a world that doesn't want them to even exist, let alone be happy.
He looks over at Charles as if he hangs the moon in the sky every night, just for Erik.
But then he returns his eyes to the road. "Alright. Let's hurry, and at least we'll get a little extra time."
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He doesn't think he's ever been so close to the feeling of infinity before. But that's just what this feels like. "Don't fall asleep," he says, because then they'd both have to sit up and return to normal.
Erik takes a sip of his coffee and frowns.
It's terrible.
"Do you want this?" he asks.
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He's never felt this close to someone. Of course he's close to Raven but it's different. She asked him to not use his powers on her a long time ago and there's a wedge between them because of that.
"No chance of falling asleep," he says with a small chuckle. "I haven't felt this awake for... " Years. "For a long while."
He takes the coffee from Erik and sips on it, grimacing but keeping the mug because he needs his caffeine. "What a man wouldn't do for his poison of choice?"
The coffee mug goes between his legs and he takes out the soup again, alternating between himself and Erik with spoonfuls.
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"I can't wait until we're done driving for today," Erik admits, even though it's early on. He doesn't think this excited buzz will leave his skin for the next ten hours. And every so often he gets a memory of how Charles felt on top of him, how they felt after.
He doesn't know if he'll survive this workday.
He loosens up his collar a bit, and clears his throat pointedly.
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He stops with the coffee mug on his lips and stares at Erik over it, blue eyes wide and suddenly there's a flush of colour on his cheeks. Good lord. Just pulling his thoughts towards that direction is going to be a turn on for him, isn't it? He can feel his body responding and oh god...
He lowers the cup on his lap and clears his throat as well, looking out from the side window but what flashes through his mind and Erik's as well is an image of them on the front seat of the car, kissing, Charles straddling Erik's lap.
"I... Those feelings are mutual," he says, his voice a bit strained.
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"Why don't we just drive quickly to the next check-in point?" That way, Erik can even give their contacts a call stating they've made it to the next place and they can then spend the rest of the evening to themselves.
With their powers already carving the straightest path for the two of them, they could easily cut through any jams and glide down the highway undetected at a hundred miles an hour. "What do you think?" he asks. "Too much an abuse of power?"
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"God, Erik, I just want to spend the next several days in bed with you," he says with a bright smile as he puts away coffee mug and picks up the food containers again.
"And definitely not. We have these powers, let's use them." There's something intoxicating about that sort of freedom. Between the two of them, they can cut through pretty much anything. "I will suggest that we fly the next time if possible."
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He looks over at Charles as if he hangs the moon in the sky every night, just for Erik.
But then he returns his eyes to the road. "Alright. Let's hurry, and at least we'll get a little extra time."