A M Remington

just another writer trying to make it in the world. always accepting prompts (they/them)

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this blog has been hella inactive as i’m hella inactive with writing original content. but today i’m inspired to pump this back up and work on my patreon and other fun things for myself. this post is basically a reminder that i’m still here and i still do plan on doing stuff with this blog

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Couple things:

1. I’m gonna do a small update/revamp of this blog bc I wanna get back into writing

2. My name isn’t mandi anymore so when I get on a computer, prepare for the name to change!

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hi, friends!! it’s your pal mandi here saying that writing has been super hard lately, but i’m still planning on posting writing here. just wanted to keep y’all updated!

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I just had inspiration for a scene in my fantasy novel and it really changes the game. It adds so much plot and so many ideas and I’m. Not going to sleep anytime soon, am I?

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Mitch and Alec ch. 1 part 2

part 1 is here also tagging @veronicabunch bc they asked me to <3

Somedays, Mitch really wishes Alec was a normal type of vampire hunter and would just stab him in the back. Literally. With a stake. It might be less painful than actually living with Alec.

And maybe... death is what Mitch needs. Even if it means an eternity in hell. Living on earth for an eternity doesn’t sound much more appealing.

But then Mitch opens the fridge and sees that Alec picked up more spinach and pomegranates  for him, and his cold heart softens just the tiniest bit.

Mitch eats a lot of iron rich foods. It helps limit the amount of blood he really needs to consume to live, and the less blood he needs, the better. If he could figure out a way to completely eradicate the need for blood at all, he would. He doesn’t enjoy being a bloodthirsty monster. Also, it’s quite difficult to steal a lot of blood from the hospital in one go. Getting a couple bags every couple weeks isn’t as alarming to a hospital as tens of bags at a time. They can write off a couple bags going missing, but too many make the hospital staff suspicious. And as Alec says, “Suspicion drives superstition.”

Too much suspicion means people rely on old stories to make light of the situation, but... they’re not always wrong. One nurse was quoted in the local town newspaper, claiming that vampires were stealing their blood bags. He wasn’t wrong, but he was laughed at and ridiculed. Mitch still sends him some money each month - anonymously - as an apology. The message probably isn’t getting through, and if it was, the retired nurse probably wouldn’t be too happy knowing a vampire was funding his new RV.

Not that Mitch keeps up with Luke Hershaw.

Mitch quickly makes himself a salad with a side of fruit and goes back into the living room, glaring at Alec’s legs until they move out of his way.

“If looks could kill,” Alec snorts, curling his legs up to his chest. Once Mitch is sat, Alec stretches them back out, tucking his toes under Mitch’s thigh.

Mitch doesn’t respond, but he stabs at his salad a little more aggressively than he normally would, which just makes Alec laugh. That’s all Alec does: laugh at Mitch. Again, it would be so much easier if Alec was a normal hunter.

But he isn’t. Instead, Mitch is stuck with a roommate hellbent on torturing him for the rest of his life because that’s the kind of hunter Alec is.

If only he hadn’t decided on that university. Honestly, Mitch could have picked any university in the world and gone there, but no. He decided that sunny, sunny California was the best idea since Claudia casted a spell on him so he could go out in daylight for the first time in three centuries. He was a little anxious to try it out and see how long it could last.

Five years later, it’s still going strong surprisingly. He does see Claudia every so often to charge the spell and also to visit because she is a delight. She often makes Mitch tea and gives him gossip on her coven that he never has and never will meet. If anyone found out she was helping him... it wouldn’t be good. Not even Alec knows.

Mitch shivers at the thought of Alec finding out. He wonders if Alec would finally have to report him to his family.

“Hey,” Alec says softly, nudging Mitch’s thigh with his big toe. “You got all rain cloud dark and gloomy over there.”

Mitch rolls his eyes because Alec is severely exaggerating it. “No, I didn’t.”

“Are you thinking about him again?” Alec asks, knowingly.

Mitch shakes his head and takes a huge bite of his food so he doesn’t have to answer the next question.

“Oh, is it one of your...,” he stops before he finishes the sentence.

“Victims?” Mitch supplies helpfully around the food in his mouth. “Surprisingly no. It’s nothing.”

“Is it about how you can walk in the sun?” Alec continues his questioning. He has always wanted to know how Mitch can walk in the sun, and Mitch will never tell him. It would be dangerous for both of them, but mostly it would be dangerous for Alec.

“Yes,” Mitch answers truthfully.

“Not that you’ll tell me how you can do that,” Alec grumbles, not even bothering to hide how upset he is by Mitch refusing to tell him.

Mitch doesn’t say anything in response. Instead, he keeps eating and asks if they can continue watching their current show. Alec leans over to grab the TV remote and turns on their show. He’s uncharacteristically quiet for a while, but his toes are still wedged under Mitch’s thigh, so Mitch puts his hand on Alec’s ankle, who flinches at the cold touch, but he relaxes immediately.

It took a while for them to get this comfortable with each other, and it definitely has been a while since Mitch had someone he was this comfortable with who he hasn’t known for centuries. Even the people he has known for centuries aren’t exactly... open-minded. Claudia is distrusting of everyone, especially humans. Frederic is overly cautious and never comes out of hiding. In fact, Mitch isn’t even sure where Frederic is right now or where his new hiding spot is. He does know it changes every ten years, and it’s never in the same place.

But Mitch? He’s always wanted a companion, but he knows Alec can’t be that. Alec is human and will die sooner than Mitch is prepared for. Still. Alec has vowed to be Mitch’s “pain in the ass” for as long as he lives, so at least Mitch will have a good friend for that long.

The show is paused, so Mitch looks over at Alec with a raised eyebrow.

“Dude, your vibe is bringing me down,” Alec explains. “It’s ruining the show. You either need to suck it up or we’re going to go do something fun.”

Mitch grimaces. “You think it’s so easy to just suck up the guilt of what I’ve done, what I’ve put people through?”

Alec groans. “Mitch, seriously. You made horrific mistakes in the past. You are an evil creature of the night, but you’re not still the monster you were.”

Mitch thinks through that for a moment. While Alec is right, it’s not easy to accept every wrong act Mitch has committed. It’s been almost a century since he last killed someone, but there isn’t enough good he can do to right the wrong he has done.

“Are you really going to spend the rest of your immortal life feeling guilty about succumbing to your instincts?” Alec asks.

“Yes,” Mitch immediately answers.

“How is that going to make up for anything you’ve done?” Alec looks genuinely interested in the answer, but also doubtful that Mitch even has an answer.

Because he doesn’t have an answer, Mitch asks, “Do you have a better suggestion?”

“Keep doing what you’re doing.” Alec waves his hand at the empty salad bowl. “Keep figuring out ways to cut down on the amount of blood you consume. Keep leaving people’s lives better than when you found them. You’re doing good now, so keep doing that.”

Mitch doesn’t really have a response, so he doesn’t say anything. He stares at Alec, confused because why is this vampire hunter helping him? It’s been years, and it still baffles Mitch. Alec’s excuse of, “You don’t kill anyone,” for not killing him doesn’t make enough sense. From what Mitch has seen of vampire hunters, they teach their children from young ages that vampires are  immoral monsters. No exceptions. The question is, why is Alec making an exception?

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mitch & alec + you know, I would help, but making fun of you is so much more satisfying.

thank you so much for sending me a prompt!!! first prompt on the new writing blog! how excitinggggg

“I made you a Facebook!” Alec announces proudly from the couch while Mitch is dusting the TV and TV stand. 

Mitch sends him a withering glare, but of course Alec just laughs and quickly aims his phone camera at Mitch. Great.

“Profile pic,” Alec tells him seriously.

“You cannot put my face on the internet!” Mitch argues. 

Alec rolls his eyes and leans back on the couch, bringing one leg up to his chest. “Let’s see. There are some personal questions on here that I surprisingly don’t know. Gender?”

Mitch turns back to the TV stand and keeps dusting. There’s a lot of built up dust, but Mitch had to start cleaning because Alec’s parents are coming for the weekend and it’s Thursday. Night. “You know my gender.”

“You can’t assume someone’s gender by looking,” Alec reminds him because they have had this conversation before.

“Yes, but I’ve told you, I’m a man. I’m cis.” The term is unfamiliar in Mitch’s mouth, but Alec explained the definition to him, so he knows it’s the right term. 

Alec is quiet for a moment, but then Mitch can hear him mumbling to himself about Mitch’s birthday (”Old af,”)  and where he went to school (”PU: Pretentious University,”). “Oh!” 

The exclamation makes Mitch turn to check on Alec, who is smiling and looking at Mitch, which is never a good sign.

“I don’t know this,” Alec says, sounding way more delighted than he needs to. “Interested in?”

“You shutting up,” Mitch mumbles, turning back to dust. “Why aren’t you helping anyway? They’re your parents.”

“You know, I would help,” Alec says flippantly, “but making fun of you is so much more satisfying.”

Mitch takes a deep breath and rubs his forehead. Really. Life would be so much easier if Alec was normal and followed in his family’s footsteps. 

“So interested in?” Alec prompts.

“I don’t understand the question,” Mitch admits.

Alec is quiet for a moment, and Mitch recognizes it as him trying to think through what he’s going to say next. Alec is really good about making sure he says exactly what he means. “Who you are interested in dating: men or women? Facebook is ignorant and doesn’t recognize all the genders quite yet. In some places they do, but not on this question.”

“Both,” Mitch answers with a shrug. “All. It doesn’t matter.”

“’It’?” 

“Gender. Gender doesn’t matter.”

Alec is quiet again, so Mitch focuses on dusting off each DVD that he insists on keeping because he’s bad at letting go of the past. That is, according to Alec.

“I didn’t know that,” Alec finally says after almost ten minutes of silence.

“Well, it’s a hard habit to break, hiding that I’m attracted to men,” Mitch tells the DVDs. “I watched a lot of good people over the centuries be killed or tortured or both for who they prefer in their bed or to love.”

“Self preservation.”

“Yes,” Mitch agrees. “Self preservation because what kind of trouble would I be in if the humans found out I could not die by the creative means in which they tortured my friends?”

“Damn,” Alec sighs. “This got real dark. You’re so good at that.”

Mitch doesn’t reply. He goes into the kitchen to grab the wood cleaner that’s under the sink. When he gets back into the living room, Alec is standing up almost like he is waiting for Mitch.

“I didn’t make you a Facebook,” he admits. “I wouldn’t because of how much you have objected, and I respect you, dude. Also, you don’t have to hide who you are anymore. At least, not around me, okay?”

Mitch blinks at Alec for a moment before nodding. “Okay.”

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Some AU prompts because why not

‘i come to this café pretty much every day after work and by now you know my order by heart and even wave at me when i come in’ au

‘I came to this party in which I don’t know anyone with my friend and oh shit I lost her, wait you lost your friend too? Let’s look for them together’ au

‘…and it turns out our friends are making out with each other, this is akward’  au

‘fuck my car broke down on my way to work god damn it OH YOU HAPPEN TO BE GOING SOMEWHERE CAN YOU GIVE ME A RIDE?’ au

‘I go out biking every saturday around the neighbourhood and we always run into each other, you have a cool bike and also you’re pretty cute’ au

‘I love this movie and it’s the second time I come to the cinema to watch it but shit I accidentally spoiled you while we were in line to buy the ticket, can I make it up to you with a drink afterwards?’ au

‘we share a class at university and you forgot your notebook under your desk but luckily your phone’s written inside. Ps: your doodles are pretty cool’ au

‘my mom told me to bring my little bro to the park and you were also there and he seems to really like you’ au

‘… oh it turns out you’re a babysitter who’s looking for a job? how convenient we actually need one’ au

‘you have merchandise of my favourite anime let’s be friends (or something more because really, you’re hot)’ au

‘we are the only two students in this course for this language but the teacher says it’s okay since we can practice conversation together, help me with pronunciation?’ au

‘I went icekating to give it a try because my friend said it was really fun but I’m making a complete fool of myself fuck I can’t do this, you seem to be pretty good though can you teach me?’ au

‘my phone ran out of battery and I asked you to lend me a message but I accidentally sent it to all you contacts because I didn’t know how to handle your phone, im sorry’ au

‘we both came to this bar to get drunk and forget our problems but wow that’s expensive, wanna share?’ au

‘we’ve been friends  for a while now and I kinda have a crush on you so I invited you on a date to the cinema to confess after it but oh no it turns out we’re the only two watching the movie, akwaaard’ au

‘we got caught by this awful storm and now we’re waiting for it to calm under the roof of a café, want to go inside and have a coffee in the meantime?’ au

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Tay

-she/her or they/them -genderfluid (out to everyone -bisexual (out to everyone) -baker -junior in college -soccer player -competitive -food lover

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Selena

-she/her -cis -lesbian (newly out to friends only) -Mexican -bilingual -freshman in college -curious -loving -biggest fear: being forgotten -biggest desire: to be loved -people pleaser

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Griffin

-she/her -genderfluid -vampire -Scottish -born in the 1800′s -has one sister -favorite hobby: teasing Amelia -interests: Amelia, bothering Amelia, and studying pop culture

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Amelia

-she/her -cis -bisexual (out to everyone who knows her) -always ready to fight -guarded -protective -loyal -suspicious of everyone -untrusting

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Kenley

-she/her -former merchant -friendly/one of those people who can befriend anyone -well liked -mysterious -somehow knows everything -always ready to fight someone

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Orla

-she/her -queen of the land -protective -confident/very sure of herself -fiercely loyal -empathetic -kind but not always forgiving

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Edith

-she/her -knight of the queen -in her twenties -has no memories of her past life -fierce -defiant -competitive -curious

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Alec

-he/him -cis -typical dark/light humor of a millenial -23 years old -takes nothing seriously -in the family business of hunting (hunting what? you’ll find out) -gay (out to only friends - not family) -roommate of Mitch

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Mitch

-he/him -cis -immortal -a little self involved -ashamed of past -guilt ridden -mostly serious -roommate of Alec

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I’m going to make character intro posts so you all can get to know them a little better, and then maybe you can send me a prompt for a pairing or character!

Also, each character intro post will be tagged with the story they are from. I haven’t posted any stories quite yet besides the beginning of Mitch and Alec’s, but I will be!