Darcy/Magneto 7
Erik was carefully holding himself apart from her. He was wearing “normal” clothes, which was to say he wasn’t wearing the metal suit he could levitate in. It was a risk, of course, if someone spotted him there would be trouble and he couldn’t just get out of there.
But the fact that he was standing there in jeans and a turtleneck in the middle of a relatively busy park meant that he was there to see her. Darcy glanced around. She knew that Charles wasn’t that far off, and likewise Hank would be close by, but no one seemed to be paying them any attention.
She walked across the grass, her eyes steady on his. He looked… Worried. Troubled. “Hi,” she greeted quietly when she was close enough that she had to tilt her head back to continue looking up at him.
“Hi.” He was studying her like he was trying to see what was going on in her mind. “Charles was able to help you?”
She nodded, making a face. Yes. Charles had definitely been able to get her mind back in order, which made everything… Complicated. That was an understatement. She wasn’t really surprised that Erik already knew, she knew they communicated somehow, although the specifics on that weren’t entirely clear, and she probably didn’t want to know. “Come take a walk with me.”
“Won’t it alert the others?” His blue eyes lifted from hers, scanning for any trace of the people she was there with.
“Dude, I’m pretty sure Charles knows exactly what the fuck is going on, which is why he’s not exactly in the general vicinity.” Darcy held her hand out, and after just a second he took it. She laced her fingers in his, and together they started walking.
They weren’t really going anywhere in particular, just… Away. Neither really said anything. At least, not until they reached a small copse of trees and Erik stopped, his hold on her hand stopping her next to him.
He turned to look down at her, the worry in his eyes pretty much broke her heart. “How is it?”
She looked up at him and found herself shaking her head. “I don’t wanna talk about it, Erik. Just…” She slipped her hand from his, wrapping them around his waist and resting her head against the front of his shoulder. “Just do this for a while.”
His arms came around her as well, and she felt his lips move across the top of her head. She squeezed her eyes shut, letting herself get entirely lost in the moment. For right now, just for right now, everything was perfect.