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1. All But Checkmate, Old Friend by orphan_account

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

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   04 Mar 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Erik Lehnsherr/Charles Xavier
   • Raven | Mystique & Charles Xavier
   • Erik Lehnsherr & Raven | Mystique
   • Janos Quested/Angel Salvadore
   • Emma Frost & Raven | Mystique
   • Raven | Mystique (X-Men)
   • Charles Xavier
   • Erik Lehnsherr
   • Angel Salvadore
   • Emma Frost
   • Janos Quested
   • Alternate Universe
   • Post-Beach Divorce (X-Men)
   • Erik Has Feelings
   • Erik Takes Said Feelings Out On Mystique
   • Mystique is Charles’ Little Sister
   • She’s Just In Her Angst Phase
   • Erik Lehnsherr Has PTSD
   • Erik Lehnsherr Is Emo Not Evil
   • Gay yearning
   • It’s So Bad But Also So Entertaining
   • Holocaust Survivor Erik Lehnsherr
   • HOLOCAUST BEAM
   • (I’m Jewish and I approve the usage of the holocaust beam within this fic)

   Summary

   Erik Lehnsherr never minded playing black in chess when Charles Xavier sat on the other side of the board.

   This time, Charles is not sitting at the board at all. This time, he is standing next to the table, watching as Erik is forced to play black by world governments and media manipulation.

   This time, Erik minds very much.

   And he will most certainly NOT tell Charles.

   Perhaps he is righteously angry, perhaps he is longing for something he can no longer have.

   Perhaps it was the illusion of choice all along.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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