#and charles holds on

[omgahgase]

ok but do y'all ever think about how arthur must've felt when charles asked him to brush his hair for the first time?

like, in charles' culture, hair is a part of their more than just their body, it's a connection to their people, to their tribe and the relationships deeply rooted in love and care for each other. by asking arthur to brush his hair, gently putting the wild boar bristle brush in his hand, and turning around in their shared tent, facing his back to arthur—his hair and vulnerability, his sense of self—it must've been overwhelming to both of them.

for arthur, it meant taking care of a part of charles that charles has never let anyone touch. the last person to brush and braid his hair was his mother, then no one else after that. until arthur. his movements are careful, soft in the way a spring breeze flows through a field of flowers in the mountains, loving in the way they love each other. slowly, then with everything they've got. if arthur has to stop his hand from shaking time to time because he's so happy, so grateful to have shared this moment with his lover, then charles never notices. and if he does, then he never speaks on it.

for charles, it's such a large step in their relationship. he's giving arthur a part of himself that he's always kept close, never allowing anyone to step too close, never letting anyone touch something that charles treasures with his whole being. it's like he's handing over his heart, and arthur is nothing but eager to care for it.

idk man i just think about this a lot and it makes me feel things

[lieu-rey]

this was supposed to be a study ig. barely LMAO

[lorastyrels]

Ghost touch 🔎

[stark-lord]

charles + hands

for @iammissdistress and @purgatory606

[xxplastic-cubexx]

alternate apocalypse ending or something who the hcrist knows anymore

[thesulkycroissant]

Forever seething that Erik didn't get to raise a household full of chaos children with Charles. Watch the scene in First Class where Banshee is about to jump out of the plane and turns and looks at Erik and says, "Not you!" Look at the way Erik and Charles look at each other in this scene. They were MEANT to coparent.

[bertoyana]

She didn't do this, Erik. You did.

X-MEN: FIRST CLASS (2011) dir. MATTHEW VAUGHN

+bonus

[maxipad33]

i guess i was feeling exceedingly normal about lestappen podium

[alexturntable]

🖤💛

[lolotr]

the devlin episode has so much fucking nuance, especially in the relationship between crystal and edwin

someone else has pointed out that edwin correcting himself from "I could lose Charles" to "we could lose Charles" is huge, yes. he realizes that while Charles is hugely important to him, charles is hugely important to Crystal too

and he's also confronted with the fact that crystal is important to Charles as well, since Charles told her something he'd never told Edwin. something about her + the devlin case + the break in their comfortable duo allowed him to open up. Edwin is forced to see her coming as a good thing.

over eps 2 and 3, he's also realized that she's smart and an asset to the agency outside of just being a medium. she has good instincts and skills, skills he and Charles don't have.

so while he still hasn't taken to her personally, he's grown to appreciate her more. nothing like working together to save your friend to really seal your own bond.

then, Edwin does something incredible: he admits he doesn't know something.

"I don't know how any of this works."

not a huge revelation, right? of course he doesn't know how to work a VCR. but. BUT. Charles JUST pointed out that Edwin gets snippy when he doesn't know something. we've seen him act out like that before (see, for example, how he deals with the whole bracelet situation, even though it's kind of his fault). so instead of being sassy and bitchy about it, he admits it simply. to Crystal, of all people. that's a level of vulnerability he hasn't allowed himself with her.

this episode is a turning point in their friendship and you can't change my mind

[livelovecaliforniadreams]

[2deadboys]

Edwin accidentally brushes his hand against Charles'. And Charles thinks hes trying to hold hands and hes like 'aww mate, all you had to do was ask' and grabs Edwins hand and starts swinging their joined hands between them.

It wasnt Edwins intention. But tbh hes not upset with this result.

[ryesingerrose]

Charles: Almost got into trouble at the meeting.

Max: Why?

Charles: Fred pointed a pencil at me and said ‘the person at the end of this pencil is incompetent’ so I asked ‘which end?’

Max, nearly losing it: This is why I love you.

[souvenir116]

Tearing up a bit on this... 🥹🥹 They literally have no reason to be this close, literal babies in 2019, a month after the chaotic Austria race and unfollow gate, but chatting and smiling cutely still 🥹❤️ + yap topic: the infamous embarrassing weather talks with your childhood rival <3

[slythereen]

has someone checked on helmut marko? he might be lost in a flower shop somewhere picking out 500 gratitude bouquets for charles leclerc after another stunning assist to rbr

[blueberry-obsessed]