The rain was a good excuse to stay at the X mansion. An easy way for you both to agree he should spend the evening and night in your company. You were just two friends. Two associates. The two founders of the first class of x men...but you both knew there was so much more. The word soulmates often came to mind but you and Erik simply never discussed it. But you both often made ways to create intimacy between you two but this was just perfect. The rain was frigid and heavy. The master of magnetism would surely have a dreadful time getting home.

He sits in a worn pair of jeans and a soft flannel on your couch his legs resting across your lap. His legs rest across your lap as he lays back completely comfortable and at your mercy. In his hand he toys with a small metal ball he found somewhere gently, lazily tilting it this way and that keeping it suspended in the air with great ease.

He smiles at you, his icy eyes fixed on you as you read. "It's really coming down out there...Isn't it?" He says, almost teasingly as the rain continues to pitter patter.