Erik lets Charles flood his thoughts with all these delicious ideas, and he holds onto each one. In fact, he even gets a little unmistakable thrum of excitement thinking about being on the receiving end for once. After all, for him, it's about trust. It's about letting someone who's just as strong as he is over him, to have that intimacy with him that he had never allowed anyone else.

And he knows that's just in his head, because Charles doesn't have to be on top of him to overpower him. He's strong. And Erik trusts him, fully. But that's something that's just in his past, that he needs to get over - not in a sexual way, but he remembers it still, being held down to a table, feeling vulnerable, feeling like parts of him were being pulled apart.

"Just," he says, trying to shut those thoughts off because he knows they have nothing to do with their love. He knows it's just intrusive thoughts. "Just give me a little time. I'll warm up to it."