The Soviets fire missiles at the mutants in Cuba and Charles is the sole survivor of the massacre. He wipes their memories of his existence and hides away in the empty school filled with ghosts.
Ridden with grief and plagued by nightmares, Charles can’t move on from their deaths. He’s consumed by all the pain and darkness and in a moment of weakness, lets go of his control over his telepathy; ultimately creating the perfection illusion of seeing his family alive.
In a town called Westview, Charles is holding hundreds of people hostage by his grief and creates a story where he and Erik are married with twins and live right next door to Raven and Hank.
One of the many many AUs I want to write but don’t have the time to (I have way too many ideas for cherik) so I’ll make gif sets instead. Anyone willing to write this though? Be my guest.