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1.
It’s late when Raven comes home to the mansion and Charles is very aware of that. As a telepath he likes to think he’s very attuned to all of his students, his sister especially. He sat in the living room, drumming his fingers on the television remote as his eyes flicker from the TV to the door, it would have been easy to just use his telepathy, to reach out and see if he could find her, but he had promised her that he wouldn’t read her mind and for the most part he tried to keep his promise.
It was when he was lost in his own reverie, worrying about his sister and mentally debating whether he should try to reach her telepathically without waking any of the students when he hears the door creak open, the rhythmic sound of rain reaching his ears and he maneuvers his wheelchair over to the door, fully prepared to give Raven a lecture about being late. Except when he gets there, there’s Raven, wringing her hair out (On the floor, mind you, he’ll have some words with her about the hazards with that.) and laughing with some guy…
“Ahem”
“Oh – Charles…What are you doing still up?”
He arches a brow, for the moment ignoring the man she’s with.
“Are you surprised? I run the school, I’m making sure troublesome students don’t cause trouble, now, tell your friend goodnight”
With a slight smug smirk, he turns his chair and heads down the hall.
Catching a passing thought as he goes:
What an interesting specimen.