Mechanic

[honestlyisidora]

“You seem a little spooked, you alright?” She didn’t want to intrude, but with how things had been since she arrived, she couldn’t blame anyone for being on edge. 

[garethhunts]

Gareth looked at the woman and smiled, “oh I’m fine. I guess it’s just all the stuff going on that has me a bit on edge, nothing to worry about.” 

[zaidxalister-blog]

Zaid smmiled as he walked up to Gareth. He kissed the taller male on the cheek. “Hey sorry I’m late. Had to deal with sommething with Adelaide. Took a littl longer than expected.”

@garethhunts

[garethhunts]

Gareth pulled Zaid in for a quick hug and a kiss on the cheek. “Don’t worry, dear, I’m glad you’re here now,” he said. It wasn’t enough to distract him entirely from his own mind, but it was nice to have his partner here. “I might not stay very long tonight.”

[garethhunts]

milesxwheaton‌:

“You’re a terrible liar, you know that right?” He chuckled, patting the other on the back. “I’ve been okay. There’s better weeks I could recall, but nothing to write home about either. Hoping to have a bit of fun tonight.”

He sighed, “Oh well, it’s just one of those days you know,” he said, deciding to keep it vague. “I hope you have some fun too. It looks to be an interesting event, though not too interesting.” 

[garethhunts]

dinarazama‌: 

Dinara chuckled as she could tell the male was uninterested in the night. “I was saying these little events tend to be a bit of a bore without a bit of alcohol.” She said pointing at her champagne. “Now don’t I usually see you with that smaller male.” She chuckled making conversation. “You two seem to make quite the pair. from what I’ve seen from afar.”

“Oh yeah, I don’t drink much myself, but if it’s not your scene I see how something in the cup might help.” He smiled politely. “Oh, you mean Zaid? Yeah, I guess I’m with them a lot. I’m inclined to agree with you, we do make a good couple.” 

[garethhunts]

owenbradbury‌:

Owen didn’t have a good feeling about this event, with the events of the last still fresh on his mind as well as his investigation with Penelope growing into something he never expected–he wasn’t there for a good time. There were far too many people there for something, even as simple as another poisoning, to take place. He stayed diligent, but he couldn’t become suspicious. As he made his round of hello’s he went to greet a guy he’d seen in passing. He asked if he was having a good time, but laughed softly at the man’s reaction. It seems he was not the only one with his mind elsewhere.

“Just asked if you were having a good time,” he offered the man a polite smile. “These’s are usually my thing, but figured it was worth a chance.  The open bar isn’t bad.”

“Oh yeah, I’m having an alright time,” Gareth assured the other, “just a bit anxious that my dog’s home alone. He’s a god dog and there’s usually no trouble, but I don’t know he seemed a bit under the weather today.” He was smoothly setting up his excuse to leave early. If people heard him talk about Blackjack all night no one would be shocked when he decided to go home to check on him. 

“How about you? Enjoying the event? Other than the open bar of course, which is always a bonus. Though quite risky at these type of events it seems.” 

[garethhunts]

milesxwheaton‌:

Miles chuckled, patting the other on the back. “I was asking how you’re doing. It’s been awhile since I last saw you. Mostly my fault.”

“Oh I’m fine,” Gareth said, which was mostly true. In general he was doing fine, even if today was a bit shitty, for lack of a better word. “How about yourself?” 

[garethhunts]

Gareth was going through the motions. He said hi to the people he needed to say hi to, smiled politely at anyone whose eyes he met, and shook some hands, all the while counting down the minutes till he could make an excuse to leave. He usually liked gatherings like this, but tonight he was way out of it, and could barely wait to get this stupid suit off. 

“I’m sorry,” he said, looking at another person whom, he realized, had been talking, “I zoned out a moment, what were you saying?” 

[garethhunts]

[garethhunts]

zaidxalister‌:

Zaid giggled and nuzzled and looked at Gareth. “I know I don’t really identify wwith a gender but I think boyfriend feels right with you.” They said as they held his hand and bit their lip. They looked at Gareth and nuzzled into him. “I know everything that happened between us was hard and i’m sorry for not being outright with you from the beginning. It’s just I don’t know what I’m doing a lot of the time. and you help everything make sense. And I wouldn’t have met you if i wasn’t a vampire.” They said as they cupped Gareth’s cheek with their free hand.

“Hey,” Gareth sighed, “don’t apologize, my problems are not with you.” He smiled softly at his boyfriend. He liked the word, it fit them. “You don’t need to tell me things before you’re ready to, ever. It’s not fair of me to expect that.” He sighed. He wanted to tell Zaid about everything, but this was hardly the occasion for it.

[garethhunts]

zaidxalister‌:

Zaid knew how hard this was for Gareth. They didn’t know the exact reasons behind Gareth’s cautiousness, nor would they push to know. Zaid bit their lip and looked at Gareth as he spoke. They would have been blushing bright as gareth spoke if they could. They took Gareth’s hand in their own and kissed the knuckles. “You’ve made me a lot happier than the past hundred years were.’ They said as he sipped their drink. “If you would rather not label us then i’m fine with that but um. I wouldn’t mind calling you my boyfriend or significant other.” They smiled as they looked down.

Gareth smiled and kissed Zaid’s forehead gently, “boyfriend sounds good,” he said softly, “what do you want me to call you?” He pushed away, for now, the thought of vampires, right now Zaid was the only person that mattered. He looked down at their hands.

[zaidxalister-blog]

@garethhunts

Zaid smiled and nuzzled into gareth. They didn’t know what to call the male. They acted like partners but hadn’t defined the relationship. Zaid was fine with not having a label but they just wanted to know what Gareth wanted. He kissed Gareth’s cheek and bit his own lip. “So Gar. Um. What are we? Not that I care. I just want to know what you think we are or want us to be.”

[garethhunts]

Gareth was trying. Logically he knew Zaid had nothing to do with the reason he became a hunter, and he knew their reasoning for not telling him they were a vampire was sound, there was nothing to blame Zaid for. And yet, every now and then, when he felt himself relax he’d look at Zaid and see the face of his brother, or his best friend. He was trying though, because Zaid made him happy. He smiled at his- yeah, what were they? “I don’t know, Zaid. I know you’ve made everything a lot easier for me, coming here and settling down, taking care of Blackjack, hell even taking care of myself, it’s been a lot easier with you around, not to mention a lot more fun.” 

[garethhunts]

milesxwheaton‌:

Miles sighed, thankful to actually be running into a friend. At least he hoped, there was still doubt with who might have been trying to frame him. “I’m not sure I can either. She has magic and I’m trying not to accidentally use it at the worst possible time. Nothing bad happened during the full moon, right? I know that must’ve been a bitch to deal with.”

Gareth shrugged. “Nothing too bad,” he said, though being stuck as a werewolf certainly was bad enough in his book. “I mean the whole wolf thing was a shock, but I managed.” He sighed and leaned against the car he’d been working on. “I seriously hope we’ll get our own bodies back soon, this is a mess.” 

[garethhunts]

milesxwheaton‌:

Miles turned towards the noise, waving slightly as he stared at who should have been Gareth. “I can assume you’re not Dakota, right?” He hoped he might have ran into someone not effected by the switch, but none had shown up so far. “I’m Miles inside this body…that still sounds weird no matter how many times I have to say it.”

“Yeah I’m not Dakota,” Gareth confirmed, grabbing a rag to get some of the grease of his hands as they talked. “I’m Gareth, trapped in Dakota’s body apparently.” He looked at Miles and chuckled slightly, “yeah it’s weird to me too. I can’t quite get used to it.” 

[milesxwheaton]

Miles had been slowly checking in on people, letting him aid in the search for more witches to help get the town back to normal. He’d yet to stop be Gareth’s, wondering how he was fairing with this turn of events. The garage seemed quiet, missing the hearing he had before. “Hello?” He called, stepping into the shop and looking around. “Anyone home?”

@garethhunts

[garethhunts]

Gareth was spending most of his time in the garage after the body switching nightmare, he wasn’t working right now, instead he was caught up in a project of his own. When he heard a strange voice he ducked up from what he was doing and waved at the stranger with a greasy hand as he stepped out from behind the car.

“Hello,” he said, “can I help you with anything?” 

[waywarddamien]

“There is a lot you can learn about someone when you take over their body, I almost feel bad for him. I shouldn’t have read through his emails and personal documents, but what else am I do as I wait for this to change?” He questioned the person sitting next to him, “The only reason I left his apartment was I’d eaten everything he had in the kitchen. I don’t want to give him more to worry about.”

[garethhunts]

“Don’t take this the wrong way, but you sound like an absolute asshole,” Gareth said, looking at the guy. If someone had gone through his personal correspondence he would have lost it, then he guessed someone might have done exactly that. 

[graysonray-blog1]

Grayson was freaking out. He shook his head. “No. Nonoononononono. This can’t be happening. I cannot be a woman right now.” He said covering up his body. “WHAT THE FUCK IS HAPPENING?!”

[garethhunts]

To say Gareth was out of it would be an understatement. He was terrified and furious. Not only was his body completely different, but he was somehow a freaking werewolf. It wasn’t as bad as  vampire, but it was more than bad enough. He’d calmed down some before going out among people though.

He looked at the girl, well into the process of freaking out herself. 

“My sentiments exactly,” he said. “I don’t know what the heck this is, but I don’t like it.” 

[garethhunts]

zaidxalister‌: 

Zaid looked at him and nodded. “I understand that Gareth. I do. But i’ve been a mess since that night. I’m sorry you had to find out that way. I wanted to tell you. I wanted to. I really did but i was scared. I didn’t want to lose you but I guess. I guess. Going the way i did pushed the person im falling in love with away.” they said as they looked at gareth and hugged him when he said he cared too much.

Gareth nodded slowly, then Zaid hugged him and he froze up. He didn’t want to be an asshole about it, but he wasn’t sure where they stood anymore, and it felt too weird to hug back right now. 

“I understand why you didn’t tell me, and I’m not mad at you,” he said, finally. “Actually, there are things I haven’t told you too.”