X-Men First Class

The Emperor's New Clothes by ignipes
It's remarkably difficult to entice new soldiers to their just and righteous cause of mutant supremacy when the only thing the potential recruits can think throughout the course of the conversation is, "I'm just not sure I can follow somebody who wears a silly cape – oh, shit, I hope the telepath didn't hear that." Hee! Emma and Raven conspire to get Erik to make less ridiculous sartorial choices.

Synthesis (Scenes from an AU) by starlady
Lovely, understated AU in which Magneto comes back to Westchester to help run the school. Thinking that there's no problem with the Professor and Magneto being together, and saying so, quickly becomes a kind of litmus test: at the school, among mutants, "normal," human social rules don't apply. The Professor would hate that line of thinking, of course, but few of the new pupils--who seem, as Erik says to Charles many times, to get younger and softer as the years pass--have the temerity to say so right off the bat, particularly not to their older classmates, who are almost always the first people like them that they've ever known. Those who keep that thought to themselves, or who do have problems with two men being, for all intents and purposes, married, generally decide that there are bigger things to worry about by graduation.

Time to Grow by zarah5
Really wonderful AU in which Charles and Erik slowly find some middle ground between them.

Try, Try Again by [anonymous]
Erik is forced to relive the day on the beach over and over until he gets it right. I do love a good Groundhog day story.

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