Heaven Beside You

Cass the Ass.

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mermaidxpriya​:

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Priya didn’t move as the man moved closer to her, eyes tracking his movements as she looked up at him and hummed, “Worrying about my day’s well being after that little spectacle? What a gentleman.” She teased with a little smile- one that just grew as the man continued speaking. “Really? Now I’m curious– what kinds of times and places accept acting like that?” Priya tilted her head to the side slightly as she asked it, again looking the vampire over before she let out another soft little hum. “I bet the vampires in line waiting for their rations agree with you though. I’m sure they’re–you’re– dealing with enough right now.”

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He hummed in response, a cheeky smirk tugged on his lips as he looked down at her, “I would absolutely love to tell you, but-” He clicked his tongue to make a small ‘tsk’ sound, teasing in return, “I am a gentleman, after all. Perhaps I’ll tell you at a later date.” He chuckled, his face only softening as she continued speaking. 

“Thank you, darling,” The accent he’d subconsciously adopted from so many years in England grew a little thicker. “Truly. I think everyone on this island has had multiple lifetimes of grief to deal with, can’t wait for it to be a little easier for them.” He held out his hand to her, palm towards the ceiling, “I don’t think we’ve met, I’m sure I would have remembered. I’m Cassian.” 

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lucillexhart​:​

Lucille had just finished receiving her own ration of blood that evening and she was making her way on out when she witnessed the vampire going off on the other. It was annoying, really. Sure, the whole island was stressed, and vampires were hungry but there was no need to act like that. Lucille thought for a moment if she wanted to intervene or not but before she could really decide, someone else was stepping in. Not just anyone else though. It was her brother. 

She watched it all unfold, the bickering, Cassian’s threat, and finally Cassian checking on the other. When it was over and Cass was about to find his place at the back of the line again, Lucille followed, jogging a little to catch up to him. “Oh Cass… always watching out for the little guy.” She rolled her eyes. She didn’t take as much compassion on others as her older brother did. Her years on earth made her colder than she used to be. “You really didn’t have to do that. Now it’s going to take you longer to get through this line.”

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“Oh shut up,” He rolled his eyes playfully as he walked towards the back of the line, “They don’t get much littler than you, so I’ve had a lot of practice.” He reached out and ruffled his sister’s hair, making the golden strands stick up in all sorts of ways. 

Once he reached the back of the line, he wrapped an arm around Lucille, just to keep her there out of amusement. “It’s alright, I won’t be waiting in it alone. How’re you holding up, Lucy? Everything good?” He looked down at her, a small smirk growing on his face. 

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lyrical-linnea​:​

Linnea never thought she would be in this sort of situation. She had lived in her own little bubble that had been in New Orleans and never ran into any of this level of a disaster when she traveled. However, she seemed eerily calm when faced with it. She knew how to help with healing and while it hadn’t been her main area of expertise, it was within the Liddell family itself. She knew how to help when she was needed. she had been standing at the side of someone who had been horribly burned and supporting someone who was far more skilled than she had been, when a familiar voice had caught her attention. 

She got up from her spot and watched silently until Cassian broke up the situation. “ Look at you being a night in shining armor” Linnea replied with a small smile, perhaps the first one she had made all day. “ Everything good?” She asked looking at her friend as the situation seemed to be dealt with and the other person had left with a grateful smile on their face. 

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While he smiled at her words, he couldn’t help but be a bit worried for his friend. There were so many vampires who hadn’t had much to eat, and witch’s blood might as well have been a tray of cookies to them. But, he didn’t let the worry show. Instead, he laughed gently, wrapping an arm around her shoulders, his own somewhat subtle way of being protective. 

“Better now that you’re here, beautiful.” He replied in his own playful tone, while keeping a steady eye on the departing vampire. “You know I’m not against being an asshole in the right situations, but that guy really didn’t know how to read the room.” He looked down at her, a gentle, fond smile pulling on his lips, though his brows knit together in concern, “What are you doing here, love? Are you okay?” 

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callme-jacksoncassidy​:​

Jackson had been caught in the crossfire and while he had been hurt, he had also been healed, which was something he hadn’t have expected in moving to the island. However there was a sense of community among those that inhabited the island that Jackson had underestimated. People here cared. They would go out of their ways for strangers in need and that was something the shifter might not ever get used to. However, that didn’t mean he was gonna hide from the chaos in the following days. he was trying not to wipe his hands from the bad and move on. It wasn’t what his sister would have wanted for him. 

He wasn’t a very helpful person though and he literally was just going where he was being told. Things seemed relatively calm; considering how they were all recovering from a horrible thing, so when Jackson heard a bit of chaos, he rushed over to see what was happening; only to stop at a family face. The taller man turned and a small smile appeared on the ling haired shifters face. “Cass?” He replied crossing his arms. 

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It took Cassian a moment to register just who stood before him. A grin pulled on his lips as he looked over the man, just the same as the last time he saw him so long ago. He glanced up at the shifter’s face, a fond smile growing wider by the second, “Jackson.” 

He took a few steps towards the male, “It’s been a while, I’m glad to see you’re still kicking about.” He chuckled, pushing a stray curl over Jackson’s shoulder, “As handsome as ever, might I add.” His eyes trailed his face, before laughing at his own ridiculousness. “How are you, love? Are you, you know,” He gestured towards their general surroundings, “are you okay?” 

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xaviam​:​

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Xavérie didn’t need any medical care. She was simply at the hospital to drop something off to a healer that had helped her during the attack. And now that she was done being nice for the day, she could finally get out of this place - it smelled weird and was filled with way too much sadness. She had no plans to ever step foot in here again. As she wandered down the hallways, she could hear some asshole going off on someone and followed the sound to see what was happening. It was some asshole vampire yelling at a staff member - she had recently learned that these people were called Karens. Was there a male equivalent or were guys also Karens? She filed that question away under important culture questions. She wasn’t gonna get involved though. No need to draw attention to herself. And the blond vampire had it handled anyways. She approached as he threatened the asshole, and then he turned around to her as if she gave a shit about anything she had just seen. “I’m good. Liked the ‘feed it to the rats’ part. That was a nice touch.”

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Cassian couldn’t help the short laugh that escaped his lips at her words, nodding. “Right, thank you. I meant it, but I don’t think the rats would actually appreciate the offering.” He scrunched his face in mock disgust, glancing to make sure the man was still on the way out.

“I’m glad he didn’t bother you though, there’s enough happening on this island already without him adding to it.” He glanced over at the woman, and felt a small smile tugging on his lips, “I don’t think we’ve met. I’m Cassian.” 

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harleyhua​:​

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One thing Harley had worried about when he moved to Paradisus was what his access to good gender-affirming healthcare would be like. He had an amazing team in New York City and Paradisus was an island in the middle of nowhere run by old vampires who may not have been up to date on something that was relatively new (not that transgender people hadn’t always existed). Fortunately that had not been the case at all, and Harley’s team at the hospital was fantastic. He was just here for a checkup appointment, and he had expected his the office to call and postpone the appointment since so many people needed pressing medical attention, but they had told him to keep his appointment and come in anyways.

He had to walk past the blood rationing to get to the office, which wasn’t a problem. Admittedly, he still didn’t know a ton about vampires. Certainly more than he knew when he arrived on the island, but he was from a half witch, half shifter family that blended in very well amongst humans. Vampires were the only species that he didn’t feel like he had a deep dive into their way of life. So while he had heard that blood rationing was a thing, it didn’t hit him until now that the attacks had so badly impacted the vampires.

And one in particular, it would seem. Harley often wore printed button-up shirts. He hadn’t thought much about wearing a blue button up with a pug design. He’d worn the shirt countless times before. But a particularly angry vampire seemed to mistake his shirt for scrubs and started yelling at him about blood rations. “I’m sorry about that, but-” Harley tried to explain that he didn’t actually work at the hospital, only to be cut off. The funny part was the more the vampire yelled, the less Harley actually understood what he was saying and so he inadvertently became less scary and more annoying. So he just folded his arms and raised his eyebrow. His plan was to just let the vampire go off, get it all out of his system, and then finally say I don’t work here.

Before he could follow through with this, another vampire was coming to his defense though. He couldn’t hear what the blond vampire said, but next thing he knew the one that had been yelling at him took off. “I had that handled, he was just making himself look ridiculous. But thank you anyways.” He smiled, showing that yes he was absolutely fine. “I’m Harley.”

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He turned to face the stranger completely, a small chuckle rolling off his lips. “I’m Cassian. Sorry,” He glanced at the offending vampire, making sure he was still scurrying off. When he confirmed that for himself, he looked at the witch before him, “I wanted to make sure he didn’t have a chance to take things further than yelling. Hungry vampires can have a hard time controlling their impulses, especially when there’s a witch around.” He offered a small, apologetic smile. “What brings you here, love?” He wondered if he could help the witch find anything, or do something to quicken his journey and get him out of this lion’s den. With one of his closest friends being a witch, and knowing how he’d hate for anything to happen to her, he wanted to help those like her if he could. 

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hope-fairfox​:

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Hope never had a problem with vampires before, most of them were always nice to her when they came to the dinner, they were always in a good mood and like to joke around, so a vampire that was the double her size yelling at her face, truly made an impact, but she wasn’t going to blame all the vampires for one that was having a bad day, everyone was a little stressed after the attack.

“Is okay. Most aren’t exactly happy with the rations, and I would hate to see him when he’s starving.” She said, trying to make a small joke, she had heard that vampires lost their heads when they were hungry, but she wasn’t sure if it was true or just a rumor.

“Is okay, he’s not the first person to yell at me, and he won’t be the last.” Which might be a bad thing to admit out loud, but it was true. “Do you have any idea when the docks will be ready again?” She asked him, trying to make small talk

Cassian smiled over at her, impressed by how she’d managed to keep a smile even after being verbally assaulted. “Oh, yeah. I’m sure that’d be very ugly indeed.” He chuckled, glancing over to see the vampire shrinking in the distance. “Brings a whole new meaning to the word ‘hangry’.” 

He glanced back at her when she asked her question, and he’d admit it caught him off guard a little bit. “Oh, I’m not sure. People are working pretty diligently on it so I’m sure it’ll be up and running soon. Why? Anxious to get off the island?” A small smirk tugged on the vampire’s lips. 

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hope-fairfox​:​

Hope didn’t manage to do much during the attack, getting knock out and waking up only a few hours later made her lose most of the action, so now she was happy to do her part, to help in any way she could, and of course she was the first to volunteer at the day break to help with rations. 

It started as a quiet day, there was a lot of work to do and the second she was done with this job she was going to ask if she could help with the rebuilding, after all the more people they had helping the faster things would get done.

Most people were nice and Hope wished them a good day, however it was impossible to please everyone, if this was a normal day at her work, she would happily just give what the costumer wanted, do a joke here and there and try to calm the man down, but she couldn’t give him what he wanted, it wasn’t fair for him to get more than everyone else just because he was yelling.

She kept quiet looking at him, when her father yelled at her, trying to speak only made things worse, so she returned to that time, but when the man got closer and raised his hand, Hope didn’t felt safe.

Luckily, someone intervened, and she wouldn’t have to find out if the vampire was going to slap her or not for not getting what he wanted. She watched the scene and when the man turned to speak to her, she was still in her quiet mode, so it took her a few second to manage to speak again. “Yes.” She nodded it.  “Thank you.” Hope was still trying to understand what had happened, and honestly the guy yelling made more sense than someone helping her. Her boss placed a hand on her shoulder and told her to take a break. Hope nodded, but before leaving, she grabbed one of the rations to offer to the stranger. “Here, is the least I can do.” 

In that moment where the woman tried to find her words, Cassian’s brows knit together in slight concern and confusion. Perhaps he was a little concerned that the other vampire had glamoured her into permanent silence, or that he himself was just that terrifying even when he tried to help. He wouldn’t blame her if that was the case, but the ghost of the thought couldn’t help but tug at the back of his mind for a moment.

“Right, well, there’s a time and a place to be an asshole. This, obviously, isn’t one of them. Couldn’t have him giving us a bad name.” He gave her a small smile, anything to lighten the mood at least a little. That’s one part he’d come to hate about historic and traumatizing events like these, the air tended to feel so thick and heavy he thought everyone might drown.

He looked down at her outstretched hand, bag of blood in her grasp. He frowned gently as his stomach panged with hunger, and he released a soft chuckle, the accent he’d subconsciously adopted from his decades in England a little thicker as he said,  “It’s my turn to thank you, darling.” He took the bag from her, weighing it in his hand as his eyes returned to her face. “Your kindness won’t be forgotten. Again, I’m sorry that asshole caused such a scene.”

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mermaidxpriya​:​

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Guilt was the prevalent feeling Priya had been feeling for days. She brought her people here, she promised them safety and security and within mere months there’d been an attack. One of her own had even died and that hurt more than anything else. The burden was on her. So for the last few days Priya had tried to do what she could, helping where she could. She’d spoken to the vampire king and had revealed who her people were to him, had agreed to letting their kind become public, but then…all this happened, so that reveal hadn’t exactly happened on a grand scale just yet. Which was maybe for the best. The last thing anyone needed (her people especially) was to be a spectacle on top of everything else.

So instead Priya walked around the city, checking to see if any places needed help. She’d been walking by the labs–which had a decent line around it for what seemed to be the blood rationing for the vampires, when she heard a commotion. Immediately she went over to it, raising an eyebrow in surprise as she caught the tail-end of the argument and when the man who’d seemed to be defending the workers turned to her Priya just hummed softly, nodding. “Oh..yes I’m fine. I don’t think the same can be said for the one you scared off though.” She looked out to the distance again to watch the vanishing form of the vampire who’d been told off. “Rightfully so though it seems.”

Cassian felt a small, proud smile tug on his lips as he listened to the woman. It would be a lie if he said her statement didn’t boost his ego a little. “Good.” He chuckled, taking a step towards the woman as he also watched the man disappear into the distance. “I’d hate for a brute like that to ruin your day.” He glanced over at her, a small, playful smile on his face, “I meant every word, you know. I doubt the rats would appreciate it, however.” His eyes found the figure shrinking in the distance once more, shaking his head with a small sigh, “There’s a time and a place where it’s acceptable to be a complete ass like that. There’s no room for it today.” 

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The days after the attack, Cassian wasn’t sure what to do with himself.

He wished he could heal others like the witches on the island, or do something useful like that. He had spent the night of the attack helping those who were injured get to the triage center, helping the witches where he could when they needed anything. Mostly, he was there to hold the injured person’s hand and hum little songs to them as they were being worked on, to distract them and to hopefully lift their spirits a little. He’d lived through enough tragedy and violence through the centuries to know when to push back the coldness in his heart and actually try to help. 

In the following days, Cass helped clean up the island, and seriously thought about helping rebuild the docks. The sooner the island could get supplies again, the better. 

Now, the vampire waited in the line for his blood ration. He heard a commotion a dozen feet away, a vampire going off at someone, upset that they didn’t get more blood in their ration. As if they were the reason the explosions had went off and the blood needed to be rationed in the first place.

He looked to the person who was being screamed at and was instantly reminded of when his parents would go off at his siblings. “Absolutely not,” He left the line, not caring about the long wait he’d need to go through again, and approached the hostile vampire. 

“Hey,” He said sternly, placing a strong hand on the hostile vampire’s shoulder as he placed himself between them. “That’s no way to behave, now is it?” He leaned closer to the vampire’s ear, his tone low and sharp, “Take your ration and leave, if I see you behave like this around here again, I’ll chop off your favorite appendage and feed it to the rats.” With that, he shoved them in the direction of the exit. “Now, get out.”

Once they were out of sight, he turned to the other behind him, features softening a bit as he looked at them. “Are you alright?”

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