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Charles takes a deep breath to steel himself and nearly collapses on the floor from the sheer pain the motion tugs from his bruised ribs and stomach. Tears crowd his eyes, and even that causes his left cheek to throb. He takes another breath despite the pain and leans on the counter for support. He feels light-headed and dizzy. The tears threaten to surpass the barrier of his eyes and flow down his cheeks. Just as he’s about to open the tap to splash water over his eyes, the door to the bathroom bursts open and Erik enters. For a moment, Charles wonders if he could just nudge Erik’s mind into walking out, but no such luck. Erik has already spotted him, jaw clenched tightly and every muscle of his tall body coiled with anger. His mind is blocked to Charles, but if it weren’t, Charles has no doubt he’d only find rage there. Shit. What is Erik doing here? Shouldn’t he be in a lecture? Even if he just wanted to use the urinals, there’s already a toilet on their floor. He needn’t have walked across the campus to use the one Charles is specifically in. But before Charles can voice any of those thoughts, Erik asks, in a voice as hard as steel, ‘What happened to your face?’

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