#@wishchip106

[star-lights-up]

Erik who works at a customer service call center and Charles who wont stop calling in because he wants to talk to Erik

(i’m bored and decided to bother you with this random idea)

Ohhhhh I love this!! This is so cute.

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I can just see charles, the old professory fart that he is (even in his thirties) having no clue how to work the new website the college is having the professers use for their classes.

Naturally, he calls the customer service line -- and it gets answered by this really sexy sounding guy with a german accent.

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Now, Erik, who's been floating around, well, the world, really, for the past... well, forever, really, no family, few friends, has just landed himself in America for the first time. One of those friends (probably Emma) gave him a low-level customer service job at one of their locations in the states, just for while Erik's getting settled and until he can find some real work as [insert job here. No, I'm not lazy. it's like mad libs].

The problem is that he's got a really thick accent, so he's been having this totally shit first day (lots of people asking him to repeat things, him stumbling over his words as he gets more and more frustrated with them and himself, supervisor glaring at him for how long he's taking).

Then this posh sounding guy (a complete idiot, by the way -- who can't figure out where the menu is on a website!? Click the fucking waffle in the corner) who gets everything Erik's saying right away.

Thanks to posh guy's attempts, they begin to strike up a bit of a conversation. Erik says that he's from Germany, but has been floating around a little. Posh guy says that he's lived in the states for most of his life, but was born in england and went to college there. He even speaks German -- something he attributes to his mutation, telepathy. Erik's ecstatic to learn that posh guy is a mutant -- the first mutant he's talked to in the states!!

Erik's supervisor is glaring daggers at him, and he's sure he's on the verge of being fired, so he tells posh guy that if he doesn't need any more help, he's got to go. Posh guy bids him farewell.

By some miracle, erik's not fired. And then posh guy calls again the next day -- and the next, and the next, and the next, and then one day he leaves his number and says for Erik to text him.

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Charles gives sexy accent guy his number and tells him to text anytime since he figures the man could use some friends here in the states. Charles knows what it's like to move around a lot, anyway -- between going back and forth from England during his childhood and back and forth between his parent's houses, he's got some experience. And the world is getting better, but it's still not super friendly to mutants.

Also, maybe, they could meet up sometime. And maybe sexy accent guy is sexy in person too.

Sexy accent guy texts him.

Hello

Also, my name is Erik

Charles grins at his phone, introduces himself, and puts forth the idea of lunch this weekend. A restaurant he frequents, not too near his apartment or his work, lots of people. The worst thing that could happen is that Erik is a 90 year-old-man, and even then, Charles could do with another friend.

Erik, after a few minutes of radio silence, agrees.

"Charles, this is probably the dumbest thing you've ever done." Raven sighs over the phone.

"Raven-"

"No, really. The dumbest. He could be a total psycho, or eighty, or-Why! Why, why, why would you do this?"

Charles lets her scream at him, putting his phone on speaker and lowering the volume (that, he knows how to do). She'll go on for a while -- he can read the paper while she does.

But of course, when Charles gets to the restaurant, there's this tall, hot guy with steel gray eyes and auburn hair standing outside. He pulls out his phone to text Erik, trying to ignore hot guy -- and then said guy's phone beeps.

"Erik?" Charles chances an ask. The man's eyes light up. He straightens, stepping forward, hand extended.

"Yes. You must be Charles." And there it is -- that sexy voice. He doesn't smile, really, not yet, but there's a look on his face that makes Charles know he really, really, really wants to see Erik smile.

(He does by the end of lunch -- it's a lovely smile).

(He's also kissed him by the end of lunch. He had a glass of wine, okay? Raven warned him not to, and he did anyway. He has no one to blame but himself. Thankfully, Erik didn't seem to mind at all).

(Erik's really fucking glad Charles kissed him first. He wanted to as soon as he saw him, really -- though that would've been wildly inappropriate -- but there was no way he'd have the guts to do it).

(Charles takes to calling the customer service line at his work and flirting in between his inane questions, making Erik blush and his boss glare at him. Honestly, he can't say he even minds).

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Is this.... anything like you were hoping for? XD Thank you!! This was a fun write after a tiring day -- good to stretch my brain and do something creative! Honestly, might turn it into a fully written oneshot at some point (if that's okay with you!!) Have a nice day/night, I hope your trip is going well!! <3

[veevil]

what if au with siren!Charles and human!Erik

hmm 🤔

Something something siren Charles, something something fisherman Erik

[the-haiku-bot]

gonna think about

gay mutant road trip hope my

brain doesn’t explode

Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.

i’ve been using my brain more than its used to

gonna think about gay mutant road trip hope my brain doesn’t explode

[swisslerr]

@wishchip106 Took your comment as an inspo

He looks like that one meme "Old man yells at cloud"

[mapofyourstars]

@wishchip106: could we get Charles with Logan and Laura at that dinner table being happy for the first time in a long while 😁 i kind miss my sad old guy with the even sadder, older guy and child 😔

[chris-in-the-headlights]

Hey everyone, first of all: HAPPY NEW YEAR

I can’t believe it’s 2025 (I’m stuck at 2020)

But to get to the point:

I have a New Year’s resolution, but I need help from everyone that I can get.

This is addressed to all my ao3 writers in the Cherik fandom, but also to anyone who enjoys writing or wants to support the fandom.

Let’s make sure that cherik is in the top 100 ao3 ships of 2025.

I don’t care if it’s 100th or 1st , but let’s get them up there.

So, writers: Write all your ideas down. Give your WIPs to the world and see if they work out. Quality is great but let’s get quantity in there.

LET’S GET CHERIK IN THE POLLS PEOPLE

I’m still trying to set up my ao3 account but once I manage that, I’ll be actively participating for as long as I can.

Anything related to this will be under the tag #the cherik boom of 2025

@star-lights-up @mapofyourstars @swordsandsadness @rolandtowen @wishchip106 @dick-helmet-magneto

[lenichque]

10 People I'd Like to Get to Know More

thank you for the tag @butcherlarry my beloved 💖

Last Song: TR/ST - The Stain

Favorite Color: pastel pink and blue

Last Book: The Snowman by Jo Nesbø and Les Eygletière by Henri Troyat

Last Movie: Monster (2003) with Charlize Theron. i didn’t like it :(

Last TV Show: my friend made me watch the Squid Game with her during the holidays. i found it surprisingly good

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: all of those but at different times of the day

Relationship Statue: single and it doesn’t look like it’s going to change lol

Last Thing Googled: pictures of a mountain lion to show to one of my primary school students

Looking Forward To: eating some kfc chicken at the weekend

Current Obsession: cherik and chocolate pralines

tagging but no pressure 💃

@rin-hanarin @apple-pretzelchan @inmymagnetoera @magnetoisnotahappybunny @mapofyourstars @retrobr @stinkrat-aleks @tony-buddenbrook @wishchip106

and anyone who wants ✨

[mat-of-superwholock]

got inspired to do this when looking at @wishchip106's profile pic.

[swordsandsadness]

"His anger grew until it burned like a roaring flame. Why couldn’t Charles just stay out of the way for once? Why did he insist on engaging him in this meaningless dance of warring ideals every time Erik did what he must to protect their race but do nothing as their own people were rounded up and butchered? The fact that Charles thought he had the moral high ground here was maddening.

There was a nagging worry in the back of his mind, though. Putting the president and his men to sleep wasn’t Charles’s usual style. It reeked of wrongness and desperation. Why wasn’t Charles freezing them in place and making himself known by putting his body in front of the line of fire to plead with him like he did back at the White House? That was Charles’s go to move, so where was he?

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aka what may have happened at the end of Days of Future Past if Charles had been more injured by the beam that fell on him from the stadium at the end of the movie"

New fic posted! This is a sad one, so major content warning for character death. Shout out to @wishchip106 for their post that inspired this fic

[mooniel]

10 People I'd Like to Get to Know More

thank you for tagging me @mapofyourstars <3

Last Song: surprisingly i havent listened to anything in a couple of days, but apparently it was another one bites the dust, by queen

Favorite Color: probably black and purple. and green, depending on the day.

Last Book: im ashamed to admit that i have no clue when it was the last time i read a book, but im guessing it was catching fire.... back in 2023. shame.

Last Movie: atonement. and im still not over it.

Last TV Show: state of play (as you can see im doing a james mcavoy filmography marathon)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: definitely sweet. sweet tooth for life.

Relationship Status: very single

Last Thing Googled: LMAO it was "slang for someone who likes candy", i forgot what was the word i wanted to use in the other question

Looking Forward To: my new books and comic to arrive.

Current Obsession: xmen, but cherik to be more specific.

tagging a few mutuals, no pressure to do it!

@ghostboy512 @wishchip106 @star-lights-up @fluffy-bacon363 @badplayerana

[alien--cookie]

10 People I'd Like to Get to Know More

Thanks for the tag @mapofyourstars!!

Last Song: The Hunted by Oskura (it came up on my Spotify discover weekly playlist and I quite like it!)

Favorite Color: It fluctuates tbh but atm forest green and like a deep purple

Last Book: The Book of Bill (I finally found it while I was in the city and I HAD to get it - I love Gravity Falls)

Last Movie: Wicked (finally decided to watch it, it was pretty good. 8/10 imo)

Last TV Show: Squid Games (I put off watching it for ages but now that season 2 is out, I finally watched it (or at least season 1) and I loved it)

Sweet/Spicy/Savory: Sweet all the way. I've got a major sweet tooth

Relationship Status: Taken! Almost 5 years now, which is absolutely wild

Last Thing Googled: "heliotrope flower meaning" (it was for a cherik thing where Charles was sick with Hanahaki disease - a fictional disease where the victim coughs up flowers from supposedly unrequited love)

Looking Forward To: I'm part of the backstage crew for a musical a uni club I'm in is putting on and it's tech / show week next week - looking forward to that!!

Current Obsession: Cherik / X-Men. I love those sad tragic gays so much. They rot my brain

Tags (no pressure at all!!): @wishchip106 @ironspidersblog @stuckydrewx @lavender-twilight23 @mat-of-superwholock @crowleychild @eriksdefender @jackiespurnell @cherikdogfood @wibblewubble

[star-lights-up]

hello i’m bored so i wanted to ask you a question

how would you rank the xmen films from best to worst? (it could just be the prequels)

you’re on the list of mutuals i bother btw so i’m gonna keep coming back😁

omg this is a fun question!!! Thank you for asking!!!!! No bother at all, I love this. <333

I’m going to preface this by saying I haven’t watched Logan, Wolverine origins, or the new mutants yet. Logan because I’m just not prepared, and the other two for… reasons.

🥇FIRST CLASS - Walks like a romcom, talks like a romcom…. It must be a romcom!!! And I love romcoms! Also, Michael fassbender in five languages? Training montages?? James Mcavoy talking genetics???

🥈DAYS OF FUTURE PAST - Divorce drama!! PETER!!!!! Comfort movie for real.

🥉X MEN - the start of it all!

next up I’d say I’d do X2, Apocalypse, that one Wolverine standalone movie in Japan, the last stand, and Dark Phoenix.

Thanks again for the ask!!!

[veevil]

a gift

[wishchip106]

Hello tumblr user wishchip106 how are you on this wonderful (insert time of day)?

I am doing very well, tumblr user veevil. Thank you for asking 😁

[xxplastic-cubexx]

i wrote most of my thoughts on magneto: origins here if you were interested

i feel like i would just end up making a very large ask if i wrote them here 😓

https://www.tumblr.com/wishchip106/768348111816081408/guuuhh-i-need-to-see-magneto-origins-cherik-on

this version of cherik are constantly in my brain they’ve driven me insane at this point

post

CHARLES WAS GONNA BE BALD IN THIS MOVIE ????????? we really could've had it all im QUAKING

[mapofyourstars]

I was tagged in a few different things towards the end of the year, so I'd just like to give my thanks to those who tagged me.

Send this to everyone who made you happy in 2024:

Thank you for tagging me @chris-in-the-headlights. What you do for the community is so great and you spread so much love and positivity. I appreciate everything that you do and I can't thank you enough for reading and supporting my works. Naturally, I wanna tag everyone who has welcomed me into this community and given love and support throughout. Having been a fan of X-Men and Cherik for many, many years but never really venturing in the community, I'm so glad I made the decision to rejoin tumblr and gain some amazing mutuals in the process. You all have definitely made me happy in 2024: @ghostboy512 @wishchip106 @badplayerana @lennakasra @rolandtowen @cherikdogfood @stuckysimp @lightasthesun @eriksdefender @vvividlyy @neonwizardheehee @fullcatkryptonite @alchemagickal @uniquecellest @magneticallyyours @cherikdefender @mooniel @terranometry @ineffable-cats @stinkrat-aleks @caramelc0rgi @eriknocherikyes @swordsandsadness @lizstiel @theassbender @cheriksupporter @lenichque @spurs1882 and to everyone I see in my notes reblogging and liking my posts - I appreciate you all so much.

if you see this or are tagged in it, tag a couple of your favorite mutuals/blogs and let them know you appreciate seeing them on your dash!

Thank you for tagging me @ineffable-cats. I love seeing you on my dash and I'm grateful that we became mutuals. And I cannot wait to see what your Cerebro helmet looks like when it's done - it's gonna be so cool. And to everyone I tagged above, I send you this message, too, to send out appreciation for all you do for the community and all the positivity that you spread. I can't wait to see what 2025 brings.

Thank you for all the love over these past few months, and an especially big, big thanks to everyone who has reblogged my gifs and edits and read my fics. I hope everyone has a good start to 2025. See you next year <3