[The panic - although that doesn't feel like the right word at all, except it is, because there's an irrational part of him that's worried even though he can feel how much Erik means this that it's going to be ripped away from him, from them - is catching, and it's making his throat feel tight, almost swollen, like he's not sure if he's about to laugh or cry because please-
If Erik wasn't this emotional, if he'd just said it over breakfast that morning as a casual statement, Charles probably would have just smiled and said well obviously, that's always been the plan, they've agreed on that much at least, it's not like we're planning on staying here forever. But this is it, this is important, they're standing on the brink of something and he desperately hopes it is what he thinks it is.
He takes a breath, and his voice sounds steadier than he thought it was going to.]
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If Erik wasn't this emotional, if he'd just said it over breakfast that morning as a casual statement, Charles probably would have just smiled and said well obviously, that's always been the plan, they've agreed on that much at least, it's not like we're planning on staying here forever. But this is it, this is important, they're standing on the brink of something and he desperately hopes it is what he thinks it is.
He takes a breath, and his voice sounds steadier than he thought it was going to.]
You're serious?