Wading Through Terror With You By My Side
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Of Blood and Teeth by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
09 Nov 2024
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Childhood fears are weird. And embarrassing. You’re supposed to grow out of them, right? Charles wishes he did.
When Charles was ten years old, he was the victim of a vicious dog attack, and he still has the scars.
The nightmares have mostly stopped, and so have the spells of panic and anxiety. Mostly. But still, maybe he should’ve seen someone about it as a child, because he still gets freaked out in the presence of a dog, particularly bigger ones. His breath still gets shallow, and his hands still shake. But dogs are easy enough to avoid, right? It’s fine, he’ll be fine.
The problem arises on a mission when they run into a truck inspection that they weren’t prepared for. Now there’s a big dog who just so happens to sniff through Charles’ mental control and climbs into the truck WITH THEM, and oh shit, Charles wasn’t expecting to have to fight off a panic attack surrounded by professional military men and Erik Lehnsherr.
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A fanfic in which I take the deleted scene in First Class where the dog climbs into the truck to bark at them and write an alternate version of it where Charles has a phobia of dogs and it sets him off.
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Of Love and Willpower by Currently_Obsessed_With_subject2change
Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse)
09 Jan 2025
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~Sequel to Of Blood and Teeth~
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Charles thought the incident in Russia with the dog and his panic attack was a one-time thing. He’s avoided dogs his whole life, he can just continue doing what he’s been doing and they can go back to pretending he doesn’t have a problem. But he does. He just doesn’t want to admit it.After another, almost worse, incident occurs in public when he and Erik are out on a date, Erik finally confronts Charles about the issue that is slowly but steadily becoming more real than it’s been in a long time.
Charles reluctantly agrees to pursue therapy, and this sets in motion a journey that he never thought he’d go on. One that tests his willpower and stretches it in ways he didn’t even know it could be stretched.
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It’s been a few months since Charles stopped exposure therapy for his fear of dogs. He has with him more strength and coping mechanisms to utilize when something happens, and today, something does. A puppy gets away from its owner and runs into him, and its flamboyant excitement reminds Charles way too much of the day he was attacked.
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3rd in the Charles dog phobia fic series
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Charles was attacked by a German Shepherd when he was ten years old and almost died. So, naturally, he’s extra wary around that breed despite the exposure therapy having done its job a few months prior. One day out in the city, he runs into a lady with a German Shepherd. It turns out, the dog’s story of abuse and healing is incredibly familiar, and Charles finds hope and inspiration where he never expected it.
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4th in the Charles dog phobia fic series
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