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1. Turn off the light by sareyen

   Fandoms: X-Men (Movieverse), X-Men (Alternate Timeline Movies)  

   • Mature
   • Major Character Death
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   07 Sep 2020

   Tags

   • Major Character Death
   • Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier
   • Erik Lehnsherr & Charles Xavier
   • Raven | Mystique & Charles Xavier
   • Charles Xavier
   • Erik Lehnsherr
   • Raven | Mystique
   • Poor Charles Xavier
   • Telepathy
   • Angst
   • Post-X-Men: First Class (2011)
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • excessive use of metaphors
   • Mutant and proud doesn't apply to telepaths apparently

   Summary

   For some reason, people thought that Charles's telepathy was like turning a light on and off. That, if he wanted to rummage around someone's head, he would just flick a switch and dive in to his heart's content, and once he was done, he could tug on the switch and be just like everyone else.

   But telepathy wasn't like a light to be turned on and off. It was more akin to breathing. Charles could hold his breath for a short while, but there was really only one way to stop breathing completely, wasn't there?

   So, like that, Charles turned off the light.

   Series

   • Part 1 of Light Switch

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