Don't own the song, it's Little Lion Man by Mumford and Sons. :)

Uhm... I don't actually... even... okay, here's what I'm going to do. Because I'm cool and bored.

You can pick a song or a line from a song or something and put it in a Review and tell me who you want me to write a one shot for, I could be a bitch and say only Erik and Charles but I'm not going to be mean. Anyway. That's what you can do because I also wanna make myself a X-Men Playlist. :P Anyway. off you tot.

Weep for yourself, my man, you'll never be what is in your heart.

Erik watches Charles, he sees in Charles everything that is good in the world, everything that is perfect, he sees Charles heart. Charles can't see Erik's anymore.

Weep, little lion man, you're not as brave as you were at the start.

Charles once saved a man from drowning; he infiltrates people's minds on a daily basis, never fearing what defences they have in place. Erik watches as Charles silently starts to break.

Rate yourself and rape yourself, take all the courage you have left, wasted on fixing problems that you made in your own head.

Charles breathes deep, his heart is pounding, his vision wavering. Erik breathes deep, his mind is screaming with thoughts Charles is never going to hear, regrets and apologies and so many emotions Charles is never going to see.

But it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line. I really fucked it up this time, didn't I my dear? Didn't I my…

A shot rings out, a gun smokes, the bullet hits, a spurt of blood, a cry of pain and everything stops.

"I'm so sorry, Charles."

Tremble for yourself my man; you know that you have seen this all before.

The broken ones always end up breaking someone else.

Tremble, little lion man, you'll never settle any of your scores.

Charles lost the use of his legs, he'll never get revenge for that because then he'd have to lose the part of him that made Erik his friend in the first place. He won't accept that.

Your grace is wasted in your face; your boldness stands alone among the wreck.

Charles looked so young, so afraid, so scared, so determined even as he lay paralyzed on the beach.

Now learn from your mother or else spend your days biting your own neck.

They start off small, teaching only a few mutants at a time. Charles gets involved as much as he can, he never tosses his students off to other hands if he can care and teach them. Occasionally he has days where he won't get out of bed, he can't, he spends those days curled up and crying, it's the only weakness he will allow himself to show. He sees friendships like his and Erik's begin, strengthen and fall apart so many times over the years and it breaks his heart every time.

But it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time.'

A shot rings out…

But it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time, didn't I, my dear?

A gun smokes…

But it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time, didn't I, my dear?

A bullet hits…

But it was not your fault but mine, and it was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time, didn't I, my dear?

A spurt of blood…

Didn't I, my dear?

A cry of pain…

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

Everything stops.

R&R