palalife asked: Pairing: Charles/Erik AU: Everyone is a turtle (or, one of them is like the Lonesome George)
The zoo staff say Erik is the only one of his kind, a mutant tortoise whose gleaming metallic shell is unique, a thing of wonder. Erik is proud to be different from other tortoises, even if it means he is all alone in a zoo enclosure whose every inch he has long since memorized.
Until the day the zoo staff bring in another mutant tortoise, this one with brilliant blue eyes and a large X marking on his shell, who rubs his head against Erik’s and says, “You’re not alone anymore.”
