[Charles spots it first, and the telepath takes in a sharp, shaky breath before letting out an equally shaky, relieved, happy, completely overwhelmed laugh.
His vision's blurry, and there's still a worried sense of is this really happening, but they're both here and nothing's - everything's - changed, and there's a plate of those stupid cookies on the table.]
If I knew that was all I had to get you to say, I would have tried to talk you into it much sooner.
[He's teasing, obviously, completely teasing, because he doesn't know what else to say, what else to do. It's the culmination of two years of absolute hell, and this was always something Erik had to do by himself, no matter how much pushing and nagging and cajoling and supporting Charles or anyone else could do along the way.
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His vision's blurry, and there's still a worried sense of is this really happening, but they're both here and nothing's - everything's - changed, and there's a plate of those stupid cookies on the table.]
If I knew that was all I had to get you to say, I would have tried to talk you into it much sooner.
[He's teasing, obviously, completely teasing, because he doesn't know what else to say, what else to do. It's the culmination of two years of absolute hell, and this was always something Erik had to do by himself, no matter how much pushing and nagging and cajoling and supporting Charles or anyone else could do along the way.
They can leave. They can go home.]