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"We want the same thing"
The tears came, and with it the beginning of a break which little did they know would stay forever. The beginning of something else.
"Oh my love, i'm sorry but we do not"
A hand at his cheek.
"I want you by my side."
Pain. "I can't. Erik, I can't."
"Can't or won't?"
Their eyes carried the almost ubearable pain, the heartbreak. The unspoken I Love You's.
"We could've ruled the world together; You and I."
"Don't do this", almost a whisper, carrying all the feelings he could not express, would not.
And on the other man a helmet, holding the same in. Holding them in while the man shut himself off. Pushing his tears away, locking away any hestitation left. But the love was there, as he in this moment realised, always would be. A bitter, bitter pain. For a moment, his eyes showed that sadness, in one last look at Charles, who planted a last kiss on the taller man's hand. Goodbye.
With that Erik's eyes changed, now filled with determination and cold as he got up, walls rising. He did not look back. Instead, he watched everyone else."Brothers and Sisters. This world is ours for the taking. Join me."