X-Men First Class Fic rec

Title: Playing The Hopeful Move
Author: icarus
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: Charles and Erik go on a road trip to find mutants and end up playing chess at 20,000 feet. "I'm not omnipotent enough to lie."
Reason to rec: Set during the movie, it captures the characters perfectly.

Title: You Told Me Again You Preferred Handsome Men, But For Me You Would Make an Exception
Author: feverbeats
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: None
Summary: He's been asked to trust a lot of men in his life, and he isn't about to let his response change just because he's developed feelings for one of them.
Reason to rec: It's so them, saying all the wrong things at the wrong time and telepaphy only makes things worse.

And there's two lovely ensemble pieces. I like how Charles interact with others of the team.
Five Minds Charles Never Read (And One He Did) by leyenn

Five Lessons Charles Taught (and One He Learned) by kaydeefalls

More X-Men First Class Related:
Ready for abduction: a very intense Charles/Erik fanvid
Lovestain a Darwin/Alex fanvid
Review &meta (spoiler for whole movie)
seperis' post: note
liviapenn's not quite review meta post
Charles and Raven
Rec
kuwdora's rec

Link:
pretty totem art
On learning to read Chinese menus
How to use coins as dice for roleplaying games
Dice emulation with d6 only