[Charles let go immediately and staggered back, staring, because really, this wasn't something he should be getting involved with at all and - Oh Christ, not again.
Between the darkness and Erik's silence before, Charles hadn't recognized him until he spoke, and despite everything, it was hard not to feel a flash of exasperation and surprise, because this was how it had happened before, hadn't it?
But there would be time for exasperation and concern later, and Charles eyed the other man gasping for breath on the ground. He started to push himself up and glanced sideways at his companion without saying anything, looking like a deer about to bolt back into the safety of the forest at any moment.]
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Between the darkness and Erik's silence before, Charles hadn't recognized him until he spoke, and despite everything, it was hard not to feel a flash of exasperation and surprise, because this was how it had happened before, hadn't it?
But there would be time for exasperation and concern later, and Charles eyed the other man gasping for breath on the ground. He started to push himself up and glanced sideways at his companion without saying anything, looking like a deer about to bolt back into the safety of the forest at any moment.]