Cherik Oneshots

Feelings are too complex

"Listen Charles, I'm a sex addict. I come to you for sex, that's all. There's nothing else in this arrangement." Erik tried to explain without losing his temper.

"Erik, you know that's not true. You may have a problem but that doesn't mean you don't feel as well. Isn't there something there when you fuck me that isn't there when you're with someone else." Erik sighed, the kid was as stubborn as he was.

"Listen kid maybe I should go and not come back for a while, let you get over this crush of yours yeah? I can find someone else to help me." Charles looked more than a little devastated when Erik simply picked up his jacket and left out the door that he had only entered moments earlier. Charles knew better than to rush after him, he had to hope that Erik would admit his true feelings soon.

***

Back at his flat Erik thought again about what Charles had said. He had to admit that there was something about the younger man that hit Erik right in his vulnerable spot. He didn't know what it was and he wasn't sure whether he actually wanted to find out. Or find someone else to fuck for that matter.

So he found himself sitting on his couch, phone in one hand and a glass of his best whiskey in the other. He had to think about what Charles was offering here and what he himself would have to give up. There would be no more sleeping with other people, and Charles would probably want him to get help with his addiction. After all, Charles probably wanted Erik to enjoy himself while they were having sex, not just having the burning need for release the entire time. That was a lot of commitment.

Erik had long ago admitted to himself that he had a problem, it was when he was at university that he realised he no longer had sex for the enjoyment of it, but because he needed it. Since then he had never really made an effort to help himself. He had a good job at Stark Engineering as one of the senior engineers and he visited local clubs a few times a week to find casual hook ups. He was doing alright. Then he had decided that he needed something a little more permanent, so he had found Charles. They had worked out an arrangement for when Erik would go around to Charles' place, they would fuck and then Erik would leave. Charles got to have great sex with no strings attached and Erik got what he needed.

Everything gets complicated when feelings become involved. That's why Erik went through life trying to avoid them. But he couldn't avoid them this time, he and Charles both knew it. Erik opened his contact list on his phone and found Charles' number.

He didn't press the call button.

Instead he scrolled back up to who he considered his best friend and called him instead.

"Azazel, I need to talk to you about 'feelings'."