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kiara cohen. 23. strega. || bio. pinterest.
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her head tilts, legs crossing at the ankle with a practiced ease. nailah's gaze remains steady, unbothered as she reaches out to pluck a grape from the tray he'd pushed away to plop between her lips that was interrupted by a low laugh. ‟ i never wanted anything from you, but it'd be a nice start. ” the same couldn't be said for many others who served her purposes for various reasons, the vampyr fascinating to her for almost the mere fact that he could hold a conversation that hadn't immediately bored her. ego, however, once bruised was a hard pill to swallow and the shifter had never been particularly gracious.
a hand slid through his hair, claws extending to add the hint of a bite as it dragged down over his jaw as nailah leaned forward. lips close to brushing against his as she held his gaze. ‟ is that what you want, yanis ? do you want me to play with you ? ” voice a little too sweet as she tilted his head up with a newly manicured finger. she adjusts just enough to unlock her ankles, spreading her legs for him to actually be between them now. ‟ i hate flowers. earn it. ”
Yanis had long since ceased to wage war against the passage of time. It moved as it always had; impartial and inexorable, while he remained a monument to its futility. His flesh did not wither, but his mind, ever restless, bore the burden of endless time. He had wrestled with countless temptations across the centuries, each more exquisite than the last. Abstinence, he had learned, was an art; indulgence, a calling he could never wholly forsake. To deny himself was to remember what it meant to hunger.
And he had always hungered.
"Now, let us not confuse wants with expectations," he murmured, voice smooth and calm. "You've surely held on to the latter." he watched her, the nonchalance of her elegant movements, the way she drew attention down to her lips with a single plain grape. "Else there would be little need for me to rectify such...mundane mishaps."
Control. Control had been his companion for ages; his shield, his signature. And yet, it was in surrendering to its absence that he found the faintest taste of thrill. "Perhaps," he whispered, as her breath mingled with his, "I am fond of games after all." His hand drifted, unhurried, tracing the smooth line of her thigh to the curve of her hip. When she yielded, even slightly, he drew her nearer, his composure a calculated masquerade. Her words were no request, but a challenge, and he accepted them as one long accustomed to winning.
Hand rose to the nape of her neck, guiding her forward until their lips met. The kiss was deliberate, restrained only by his centuries of practice in self-denial. His mouth wandered down her jaw, her throat, the hollow above her collarbone.
For all his centuries, he had learned the virtue of slowness. Violence of want was crude; true pleasure lay in the art of its delay. "Now," he murmured against her skin, voice low and deliberate, "tell me how you would have me."
talking some shit . the words echo through his mind as he flinches , taking another step back to create more distance between them . ❛ that's not . . . ❜ julian shakes his head , a weak attempt to drown out the sense of despair that washes over him . ❛ i didn't ignore your calls because of notification overload . ❜ he is not ready to tell her the truth ⸻ barely anyone knows and he would've preferred to keep it like that , but kiara is not giving him much of a choice , is she ? he doesn't even blame her for wanting an explanation , but he's not even sure he has one . ❛ i didn't return any of your calls because the rumors were true . ❜ in a sense . the rhodes sibling did not die , but their hearts stopped as the shadows claimed them . ❛ i needed a moment to wrap my head around the fact that i'm not human . that my sister is no longer human . ❜ when he would have given his gods damn life to protect her . ❛ but yeah , i'm not sure why you care either . ❜ the words are as bitter as the smile on his lips , but none of it is directed toward kiara . now that he is aware of the curse of a certain goddess , he simply finds it utterly ironic how well it works . ❛ i can go . i'll tell you what i need you to know and then i'll go . ❜ he adds , ignoring the pain that flashes through him .
and yet , the fear on her face hits so much harder than her anger . it's easy to understand why kiara feels disappointed in his silence , why she worried about him . julian cannot blame her for her fear either , but it draws a hysterical laugh from his lips as he steps back , moving to the very corner of the room . ❛ i am not going to hurt you , kiara ! ❜ this is exactly why he stayed away . from her , from others . the darklighter doesn't know how to handle the looks on their faces , knowing that they have every right to feel the way they do . ❛ i'm here to warn you . ❜ so that she has the chance to stay safe . why would he do that if he wished to make her suffer the same fate ? the way she begs him to tell her she's wrong makes him pull away even further and he practically presses against the wall as he curses himself for showing up . maybe he should have left . maybe he should have let them believe the lie to protect them . it's too late for that now and he finally shakes his head . ❛ you are not wrong . ❜ the words linger . he wants her to have a chance to let it sink in before he continues to speak . ❛ violet and i were packing up when they found us . we didn't stand a chance . i don't know what any of this means , i just wanted you to know . ❜ if humans aren't safe , streghe wouldn't be safe either . ❛ this has to end , kiara . ❜ and if the end of their friendship is the price for her safety , so be it then .
She felt like a knife had cut through her, and ripped her in half. And that knife was the guilt of assuming the worst, of allowing doubts and distrust and insecurity to cloud every aspect of her life. No matter how good. And yes, she was trying. Kiara was trying to change. She was trying to be better, trying to have friends and assume good intentions, but it was not the sort of change that happened over night.
So when he'd gone missing, when he did not return her calls; she'd assumed it was her. That she had done something, or said something. That she had somehow fucked it all up. And when the rumors started spreading, of matters more sinister; she refused to believe them. Because they simply couldn't be true.
Except, they were. "I'm sorry." she was. "I'm sorry that happened to you." she swallowed back tears, and the guilt, because this wasn't about her. It never was. She knew her place now. In his life. She knew she'd gotten ahead of herself, gotten too invested too quickly into the possibility of a friendship as opposed to its reality. Because the reality was; unlike her, he had people to call. People to process with. He had his sister, he had friends, he had a life. And he barely fucking knew her. "I should not have reacted the way I did. I'm sorry. Really, I am. You don't, you don't owe me anything."
She looked at him, as he moved back, as he feared hurting her just as much as she'd feared the darkness. And his laugh was eerie. And it broke something within her, something that she was barely holding together. "How are you alive?" she asked, at last, like it would somehow make this whole thing better. Like it might offer some sort of silver lining. A hope. "Because if what you say is true and they, and they came for you, and they took you and you died; how are you here? How did you get back? How did you get through that when my entire fucking family was ripped apart and I am here, I am here and I am alone and these fucking things are everywhere. So tell me, Julian, tell me how? Tell me, because if you got to live, and you got to keep your family, how do I bring back mine?" she paused, and she realized the tears had already stained her cheeks, and he was all the way back, as far away from her as he could be.
"I'm not safe?" her brows furrowed with genuine and honest confusion. "I have never been safe. Not ever. My entire life was built on the foundation of a simple understanding that I am not safe. Thank you, for your warning, truly I am grateful you thought of me at all but I," she paused, hands crossed over her chest as she realized she was wrong to hope. She was wrong to believe she could ever truly find a new family. Because the second she so much as tried, they slipped away. One way or the other. At least if she was the one to push; it would feel like a choice. "-- I don't need warnings." breath caught in her throat, because it seemed she would not need to built, nor would she need to push; not if she could get them back. "I need to know how you survived."
julian cannot read her emotions . he has never been particularly good at it , but her face is completely and utterly blank right now . it makes him gulp and he nods when she mentions that she tried to call . ❛ i never had so many missed notifications . ❜ he admits , guilt lacing his voice . it's not that he didn't want to call back ⸻ but he needed a moment to process that he's no longer human . he fails to grasp it , even now . he only came here to warn her . . .
the hug takes him by complete and utter surprise ( especially given that look on her face and the tension in the air ) . it makes him tense up more , but he has no time to decide if he wants to return it . kiara already pulled back and the way she stares now makes it hard for him to think that everything is going to be fine after this . he shifts in discomfort , finding it hard to hold her gaze . ❛ the shadows , they're . . . ❜ he shifts again as his eyes drop to the ground . ❛ they are not longer just attacking people , kiara . they're . . . corrupting them ? consuming them ? i don't . . . i don't really know how to explain it . i'm sorry i didn't answer your calls , i . . . i couldn't . ❜
She felt her stomach turn. Of all the things she was hoping he might say, explanations he might offer, apologies he might utter; this is what he opted for? A smile broke her lip with disbelief. "That's it? And you didn't think to, I don't know...return any of them? Dude, I thought..." she caught herself, because it didn't matter. "-- I heard you got caught, and fuckin', fuckin' killed. And now you show up here out of nowhere talkin' some shit 'bout notification overload?" she never actually believed the rumors, but evidently she was more worried than she originally thought. Perhaps she cared more about this friendship than she cared to admit, perhaps it sucked he'd not felt the same. "It's fine." she said, hands crossed over her chest. "I don't know why I even like...care. It's fine."
She listened, and the entire time she could not shake the feeling of it; like the shadows were here with them. And they were quiet, and watching.
His words words made all the sense, and none at all. She wished she was better at this; at understanding and filling in the blanks. "What does that mean? Why are you..." head shook, brows furrowed, she never once looked away from him. "-- why are you telling me this? What are you saying?" and then she saw it, or rather, she made sense of it all. The feeling at the back of her neck, the eerie lingering in the room, the rumors and the missed calls and the fucked up word salad -- and her mouth fell open and she shook her head with denial. "No." she said, a step backwards, to observe better, to find any possible evidence she might be wrong. "That's why you were gone. That's why...." her voice trailed off, and she felt it; she felt fear. "They got to you." she uttered, but her eyes filled with a pleading. "Please, please tell me I'm wrong."
She glimpses at the floppy waffle, and raises a brow. “That’s because you ordered waffles at a bar. I could make you eggos better than that.” Eyes dart to the bartender. “No offense Berry.” She grabbed her bag, laying a fiver on the table with the receipt, and spinning off the bar stool, where she yanks Lucas by his collar, backwards, so that he had no choice but to follow her too. “My dad says you owe him one for fixing that tire last week!” She grinned, calling after him as an expectant hey! Followed after their departure. “Berry is born and bred werewolf. And it takes awhile for him to warm up to bitters.” She yanks the waffle from his mouth, what was left of it anyways, and tossed it to the birds. “Come on, I need real food.” Her hands shoved into the pockets of her flannel, that she’d stolen from Caleb— her brother— and started to walk down the sidewalk towards downtown. Well, as much as downtown that Kairos had to offer. “You’re awfully fuckin’ chipper for it being a couple days after the full moon.” There’s a side glance to that. Questions without asking questions. She could smell it on him, which is why she doesn’t ask. Vampyrs. Or rather, one particular vampyr. “You didn’t bite her, did you?”
"Oh fuck, forgive me, for ordering off the damn menu! Suppose it's just common sense that bars can't do shit they put on their menus 'less it's laced with booze, is that right?" he joked, then brows furrowed at the comment. "Eggos, huh? Wasn't aware you were a chef, I'd have ditched the bar and showed up at your door 'stead." yanked off the chair, he took a second to balance out and followed after her. "Yeah he called me like eight times. Did you know he checks in on me 'fore he goes to bed? Is that...that his thing?" his laugh was interrupted by her theft, and he watched as the pigeons circled the waffle he wasn't enjoying all that much anyway. Still, his stomach growled, so he tossed his arm around her and nudged the other way. "I know a place." he said, and it was not downtown. Then his cheeks flushed red, and he did not even try to ease the grin off his face. "You're awful fuckin' curious 'bout my love life." he repeated in the same vein and then stopped to shake his head. "Course I didn't bite her dude, not...like that anyway." he fell back into step beside her and his shoulders lifted up to a shrug. "I talked to her. Like you said." he took a breath in, the usual dose of foolishness simmering down. "It went well. Went real fuckin' well."
tilts her head, watching him with a deliberate kind of gaze as she looks between his features and the flowers. letting the silence stretch as she debates on her next move, knowing the gesture is one of apology — ill fashioned, yet the vampyr doesn't know any better. ‟ i prefer people on their knees when they apologize to me, ” answers after a moment before she turns to unlock her front door, gesturing with her head for him to follow. " it's easier to stay on my good side than it is to find your way back. ” understands business and a lack of obligation between them, but with him standing on her front step she assumes he wants her honesty.
‟ texts will do you wonders. my nails are still wet, come put them in the kitchen. ” she turns on her heel to lead the way inside, making her way to the snack and wine that her maid had left for on the counter in anticipation for her return. ‟ business has been taken care of ? ”
He took a step forward, catching her gaze as it moved up from the flowers. Gods only knew why he still did this, why he still enjoyed women who knew how to pull the right strings. The cadence of his voice did not change, but a subtle difference could be found. Playfulness, perhaps. "Is that what you want?" he got closer still, the scent of her perfume sending his blood into a sweet rush. "To watch me kneel?"
He let out a soft and quiet laugh as she backed away and gestured him inside. And Yanis followed, like a human would, like a dog would. "I see." he rested the flowers to the side for her maid to tend to, after which he grew beautifully frustrated with the nonchalance.
He appeared before her, as if out of thin air, and moved the items on the counter out of the way before lifting her up against it. Eyes were below hers, she could look down to him as she so desired. "You toy with me." he said, fingers tracing up the outer side of her thigh. "Allow me back," he whispered, "-- into your good graces." eyes moved to her lips, smile tugged at his own. "Please?"
julian is embarrassed to say that it took him days to realize how important this is . kiara told him about the shadows , how they seem to feed on magic . now that he knows that they corrupt people , it's only right to return the favor and share information with her , right ? he is waiting at inkspell , nervously pacing back and forth as he waits for @holxpyre to return from her break . he spins around as soon as he senses her ⸻ trying not to cringe at the fact that he can actually sense her now . ❛ kiara ? i . . . i need to talk to you . ❜ he mutters , already taking a step in her direction just to hesitate . ❛ can i . . . can i talk to you ? ❜
She felt that sunken feeling again, as her fingers touched the door of Inkspell, and a shiver ran down her spine with recognition, and weariness. Heart hurried against her chest, she entered slowly.
But there was no darkness on the other end, no shadows -- only him, only "Jules?" she shut the door behind, confusion and worry and anger all collided into eerie calmness as she approached. She stared, she did not mean to. And when he took a step her way, she felt his sudden hesitance. "I tried to call you." she said, carefully, and where he hesitated she did not; she walked to him and she got to tips of her toes as she pulled him closer in. But even without the hug she could feel it. She could feel what he was about to say.
And something in her shattered, because she was not yet ready to hear.
Kie pulled away, and throat cleared and she stared against her own will. Because he did not look any different. -- Magic danced beneath her skin, as she used it to lock the doors, never once allowing her gaze to break from his. "Alright." a nod, soft and quick and encouraging. "Talk."
She showered, there was a bathroom in her room, and it was easier than trying to clean up without it. They both had. And when he came back into the room, she had been pulling out underwear, and a t-shirt from the drawers. She tugged it over her head, letting the sleeves spill over her hands. But she could feel his eyes before she could anything else. She could hear him, every step, every breath beyond the door. She could still hear his heart settling beneath ribs and bones. She's towel drying wet strands of black, before she tosses it to the side, letting the towel fall into the growing pile of nothing on the floor. Her hair sticks slick to her back against the fabric of the thin oversized shirt, but she doesn't mind. She doesn't recognize the fear in his eyes, or the search for regret in hers. Not when she's still buzzing gently, not when she's made a point to not think about it. His hand extends, and she doesn't take it but she does flop onto the mattress next to him, on her back, tucked just beneath his arm. "You're going to build me a bed capable of withstanding a werewolf?" Her chin tilted, and her gaze shifted over to him. Irises that so seldomly held warmth, fluttered with it. In a way that reminded her for the fewest of times in the last couple years, what being human really felt like. Warmth. Love. All things she wouldn't have said out loud, all things she wouldn't have lingered on too closely. She felt them now. It was like stepping into the light, after you'd kept yourself in darkness for so long. Maybe she was not unlovable. Maybe the lack of it, hadn't rotted her from the inside. Maybe, she just loved him. Maybe that was enough. "Stupid idea." But she grinned, through it all, and her words held no malice as her nose wrinkled and a dimple deepened against the crater of her cheek. "Horrible," she teased again. And it felt like it did before Before she changed. Before he had. Before she left. Before she was full of nothing but guilt, and regret, and second chances spoiled by time and grief, and inevitability of immortality. "probably your worst idea, yet." She rolled onto her stomach, draping arms against his chest as she sat her chin atop them. Her eyes flickered of his features. Every angle. And her gaze softened, in ways it rarely ever did. "You love me?" The question was playful, her brows arched as if expecting him to say no, just to gauge a smile out of her. But she reached towards the joint, plucking it gently from his hands, and leaning over his frame to the candle on the nightstand. She lights it that way, sitting on her knees, and puffing out a few smokes, before gently handing it back to him and returning to her spot on her stomach, against his chest. "We're.. Not going to have the really awkward, what are we talk, right?" There was a tiny smirk against brims, as she waited for him to take a few hits, before he passed it back to her. In between a puff, her brows furrowed. "I don't think I can stomach it." Her breath a tease, as she glimpsed back and him and wondered -- how long would the high last? And it had entirely nothing to do with the joint, shared between them.
"What? You don't think I can do it?" he asked, relief rushing through his veins as she got closer. As his worries faded like they were never there. He watched as she flipped to her stomach, smiled as her words teased him and probed. Fingers reached to her cheeks when her chin rested over his chest, and she removed so much of the unnecessary space between them. Lucas could feel his heart rushing again, against his chest where she could hear its striving to break free and coil around her. In all ways but the literal; it actually had. "I guess," he paused, pulling her closer, as if that were even possible. "-- from now on we're fucking on the floor." a shrug passed his shoulders, and he felt the warmth all over his body, beneath his skin. He may have been a happy person, taken so much of this world with his head held high, but he was never -- not once -- as happy as he was now, in this moment. "Just to be safe."
Her eyes softened as they found his, it was such a rare thing to see. Day was never the sort of person to allow herself softness easily. She'd denied herself many things. So when she asked him, playfully, if he loved her...he did not dare tease. "I do." he said calmly, truthfully. "I love you." and he repeated it, again, and again. And he would do so, he would repeat it forever. Because he would feel this way forever. He would repeat it, so that once he is gone and his body is resting beneath the cold, dark earth, she could still have this piece of him. The only piece that matters. The only piece that would never change.
"No awkward talk." he said, smile still on, her body still close. "You're my girl, I'm your guy. It's simple as that. It's kind of," he sighed, gently. "-- always been as simple as that." he waited, to find affirmation in her eyes, to see if she'd felt the same way. This was it, this was their happy ending.
"This house, it's nice." he admitted, begrudgingly. This was her life now, and although he knew the old Day, there were still years for him to examine, and learn. He suddenly felt as though he'd missed so much, and felt a sting of jealousy for the man of this house, the same one who spent those years with her. "Do you like it here? Are you..." eyes fell back to hers and he held her close, even as she passed the lit-up joint, and he pressed it against his lips. "-- happy here? Is he good to you?"
‟ you didn't see the no soliciting sign ? ” voice sounds behind him, nail shop flip flops slapping on the pavement as she walked up behind him. nailah wasn't the type to be bothered people leaving, especially not when it comes to someone that she hooked up with. she'd had fun, to be sure, but the shifter was a little testy. if anyone was going to get ghosted it wouldn't be her, and while she didn't need some grand announcement a simple text would've sufficed. she strode passed him without more acknowledgement, turning on her front step to cast a glance at him then over to the flowers. ‟ i hope those are for your grandma. ” the lack of effort it took to get something that required care and would die eventually had never impressed her, that much clear on her features as she leaned back against her front door to watch him.
‟ good afternoon, yanis. may i help you with something ? ”
Yanis smiled at the words. She was clever; clever amused him. Her words were a message, and he had received their implication without rebuttal. He was not a child, and he was not prone to playing games he could not win. "They are for you." he said, simple and calm. "Perhaps they can rot along with any sourness my ungentlemanly departure might've caused. They are," he stepped forward, looking down to beautiful eyes full of life and thought; enough to remind any man what it was like to feel alive. "-- an apology." -- for her to take, or leave. He bowed forward, in respect, a tie to the roots of his own culture which implied submission in a manner of ego. He was in the wrong. This was admittance. "Have a lovely evening, Miss Miller."
The bed creaked beneath them, the snap of wood violent in the way the mattress dipped suddenly with the pressure. She shivered beneath the weight of his digits that toyed with the edge of soaked cotton, and her breath hitches, the sound of ripping fabric and the inviting brush of cold air causing her to wrap her legs, hooking around his waist. Her mouth found his, where eagerness started to show in the way her mouth devoured his. In the way she captured his mouth, and hunger flickered behind her eyes. She closed them, but the darkened pupils flickered like moving veins beneath irises, fangs gently raking down the curve of his throat. She had little restraint now, the urge to bite still in the back of her mind-- had it not been for his lycanthropy blood. There's a small whimper of protest, as she rakes the edges of fangs into the crook of his neck. Instead, expelling her tongue, licking where spots would bruise and heal, smoothing it over with fluttered kisses. He sinks into her, and her mouth parts, her chin tilting back against the pillows as brims parted with quiet breaths of pleasure. Her cheeks warmed, and her hands were in his hair, gently tugging him back down to her mouth. She can feel her thighs start to pulse with an teasing eagerness. "Don't," her voice was supposed to be commanding, but now beneath him, it sounded far too much like a plea. Like submission wrapped in velvet touches. Day had never begged for anything in her life, but feeling the tip of him barely touch her, rolling her hips for any sort of friction as it slicked against her. A shiver escapes her, but the moan quietly comes first. "don't tease me.." But even now, she can feel the wolf peering back her. Half beast, half man.
She guided him into her, letting him feel every inch, until he's buried between her legs and the quiet gasps of his name sat on the tip of a selfish tongue.
She traveled down his jaw, tongue delving into his mouth, and she wondered if he could taste himself on her, or if he could only taste the desperation of it all. Did his instincts burn the way hers did? Lust flickered into her gaze, and her brows pinched as she felt him move between her. As every inch slicked deeper, while the mattress and the broken beam of wood beneath, creaked in protest. His thrust forward was harder than the first, and the headboard thudded behind them. The after effects of the full moon evident in the way his strength seemed to coil like a snake in his gut, and snapped forward with his hips, the plaster on the wall taking the brunt of the damage as the wood thrummed against it, harder.
She guided him in, and his forehead pressed against her cheek as a quiet moan escaped his lips. Each thrust allowed him deeper in, and he heard her pleading and went faster, and faster, and harder until fists reached up for the support of the wooden headboard. He gripped it's edge, tight, hips thrusting in sync with her prompting movements. Nothing in the history of humanity had ever felt so good, and so right, and so real. The sounds off her lips sent shivers down his spine, tickled the side of his neck where she wanted to dig in, where he wanted her to nip. He recalled, now, the sensation of her fangs, the ecstasy of the bite, the high. And he had wanted it, he had wanted her to feed. Eyes caught a glimpse of white fangs, and the thirst which passed her gaze.
But he was tainted now, he was no good.
Grip broke through the wood, as he went on, as his own hunger grew. Splintering wood cut through his hands, blood gushing down his forearms and he did not stop, he did not pause, did not care. The slippery liquid stained the sheets, the pillows, her skin, and his arm slipped beneath her once again and pulled her closer and closer in. He was so close now, to the edge, his vision growing blurry, changing. His lips were no longer on her, he was entirely selfish now, lost in his own mind, his own body and desire and rush and exhilaration. He felt nothing but the burning of his own flesh, the tightness in between her legs, the softness of her thighs as he gripped and thrust and went on and on and on until; ringing, blindness, pinnacle, release.
He stopped, still inside her, as the pressure built up, as it impatiently ran free and the rush took over his body and he lost all control. He came, inside her, still thrusting, groaning, wanting more, and more and more. Until all the tension in his muscles started easing away, and he pushed into her once, twice again, and his body gave in and he lost a fight to his urge to relax, to breathe.
His heart was still racing, sensitivity returned, but he could not find the will to slip out of her, to move. So he rested there, on a broken bed, with bloody hands, still inside her soft and raw and he kissed her because he wanted to, because he could, because even though she'd told him time and again 'you cannot own a person'; she belonged to him.
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He put his boxers back on, once he'd washed up. And walked back to the messy bed, sting of guilt rushing through him at the sight of the headboard, at the creaking of the bed as he got back in. His cuts had already healed, and the blood had dried where it dripped over dark sheets. Lucas lit up the joint, the same one that waited pre-rolled in his walled. Slightly damaged and crooked.
Eyes followed her, and he leaned forward to extend the smoke as he waited for her to join him back in bed. Fragments of fear returned, sneaking up from his gut as he studied her eyes for any specks of regret.
But she'd always been hard to read.
"I'm sorry 'bout the bed." playfulness draped his voice, his features. "I'll build us a better one. Eventually." he laughed, hands stretched out for her, waiting for her to climb back in, to join him, to allow him to hold her again. "Come," he said, tapping it's surface, smile wide and honest and familiar. "-- hop in."
no one ever had to explain the direct correlation between emotions and a surge of magic to him. he'd found out quickly in his childhood that it wasn't helpful for anyone if he was on edge and wasn't able to regulate his emotions with the amount of incidents he'd had. the flickering behind him didn't even register when teddy knew that had he been telling the story, he may have accidentally done worse. the issue now, though, was that emotions wouldn't get them anywhere. not when everyone had experienced the shadows twisting into shapes that they couldn't explain, not when it was getting too dangerous for people to go about their day to day lives without being at risk.
they needed to find solutions now that they couldn't wait.
releases the breath he'd been holding and nodded, starting to fish his phone out of his pocket to text leopold. ‟ stop apologizing, kiara. ” his tone a little more brusque than usual, though unintentional. she hadn't done anything aside from tell him what she'd been so desperately running from, and he didn't blame her. if they put their demons on a scale he'd easily say that hers knocked his out of the park. ‟ you didn't drag me into anything. i never do anything i don't want to and i'd have been more upset if you'd kept trying to deal with this on your own. ” with his text sent, he stood after making sure the papers were back in their proper orientation.
‟ i understand why you did what you did, but we can't focus on that right now. from what people have figured out ight magic and things like that repel it, but there are a lot of people that can't protect themselves like we can. ” not to diminish her feelings, but they had to think of the bigger picture about it all. ‟ i need to go and get my grimoire before we go to the apothecary. i don't know that there's anything in it that can help, but we can at least put some wards up around here for ceren's protection when you're not here. ”
'Stop apologizing, Kiara.'
His tone was firm enough for her back to straighten, for a sense of instinctive obedience to rush through her body. She looked at him, "Mhm," but the "Sorry..." still slipped quietly off her lips, as her fingers twisted the rings around themselves and the foot continued to tap against the floor. She felt, for the first time in over a decade, like a weight had been lifted off her shoulders. Like she had passed this burden, this heavy fucking load that festered like mold and spread into every part of her life, onto someone competent. And beneath that relief was a different sort of fear born of realization that maybe, she should not have carried all this alone for so long.
"Theodore," breath caught as she spoke his name, as she watched him go on about the steps they were supposed to take, things they had yet to do, people they were supposed to protect. And the thoughts became, very quickly, overwhelming and fast and looped. "-- I'm scared." eyes moved from his, up to the ceiling, then back down to her fingers. She'd never said those words out loud. Not like this. Because she'd never even truly thought them.
Kiara knew fear. It was as much a part of her as breathing. But to speak them was to acknowledge its hindrance, to admit it no longer had any place in her life. She was afraid of so many things, she was afraid of everything; who would she become without it? Would she even exist?
She swallowed it down, she got up to her feet and she was ready to move. She was ready to do whatever the fuck he asked. Because she had frozen once before, she remained hidden in the corner of the room, in the dark wooden closet from which she watched as these things ravaged through her home, as they ripped apart her people. And she did nothing.
Because she was afraid.
"Okay." she said, and she reached for her keys and her coat, "Let's go."
Day had never cared for relationships. She had see her mother run through them, and she was afraid her terrible taste in men might be passed down as a legacy. She didn’t care for the theatrics of a relationship. At least not the normalcy of one. She didn’t care to be taken out, she didn’t care to learn all the rules that came with it. What to say, how to treat your partner when they’re feeling a certain way, how to read signals that she already had difficulty processing on her own. The only thing that ever really pulled her to the thought of a relationship, was the feelings aspect of it. She had realized, when she was fifteen and hormones were all anyone was talking about— or doing— she had almost no interest in it. When she was eighteen, she’d slept with someone for the first time and it was.. mediocre. She assumed all sex was. A few months later, she tried again. It was better, but even then she still had very little interest in it, or the relationship aspect of it. She’d only ever felt warmth, coiled in the pit of her stomach, when Lucas was around. She only ever thought about what it would have been like, to let him kiss her— like she could tell he’d wanted to.
But Lucas kissed a lot of people. Though she thought he was the same in the aspect of sex and relationships as she was, given as many of the nights that they spent in his car, were alone. As many times as they slept together, in the literal sense. As many times as he was close, but never quite beyond arms reach— and that was her own fault— they never crossed those lines. He could count the freckles on her face, be close enough to remember them, and she’d only ever kissed him— or thought about letting him kiss her— when she was already a vampyr. And she’s not sure when that part of her changed, if it was when she became this, or if it was because little by little. And in the same breath, she realized, he was too important to even think about jeopardizing hurting him. It was another reason she’d stayed away for two years. Things only changed, when he did. When he kissed her in that club, when he was so— mad at her— the only thing he could do was let it all pour out. And this time, she’d let him.
So when brims as trailing down her jaw, across her shoulder. When fabric is discarded like the last thing in the world to think about, her breath faltered. A soft sigh escaped her, and she feels her heart stammer with nerves she’d only felt once before. The club was so quick. Full of heat. They barely even had time to look at each other, other than feel it. There were unanswered feelings and questions then. Now was different. It was slow, and purposeful. And he saw her. And she didn’t know how to react to that— being seen, like this. From him. She’d never been nervous. Not in her entire life. And that didn’t mean she was very brave, because she could argue that she wasn’t that either. But there was something in her that wasn’t switched on, like it was for everybody else. But her hands were in his hair, gentle in a way she had never been before. They palmed down his chest that had been bare the moment they were in her room. She nods a little, her eyes fluttering shut and her mouth patting between breaths as his lips carefully tended against her skin. If he wanted to take her out, then she would learn the rules. She would learn how to treat him, when he felt a certain way. She would learn to recognize the signals, even if it was hard. She wouldn’t be afraid of generational curses. And she would try— harder than she ever tried for anything before— not to hurt him. “A date?” The words are a confirmation. A softness of reassurance she never needed before. Not from him.
His mouth trailed down, half open kisses against the valley between her chest and down the slope of her stomach causing her back to instinctively arch against the touch. “Fuck,” it’s shivered as her hands gently clutched against the sheets of the pillow beneath her, elbow dip bending against her features as an attempt to hide the bashfulness that crept against cheeks. She had to look away, squirming beneath the truth of the matter— that she’s never wanted anyone like this before. That she’s never felt as needy, or as hungry as she did when she was under him.
Her stomach buzzed with warmth, nervousness settling on her skin like heats of blushed reds. It only deepened when she heard the latch of leather, and the buckle of his belt between digits. Her arm slowly dropped when his voice, lower than before, edged with a smile causes her to blink down to denim. She sits up on the palms of her hands at first, scooting closer to where he hovered. Cold fingertips draped slowly down the dip of where his frame took on the ‘V’ shape, unbuttoning what was left, lowering herself onto her knees as they tucked under her. Her lips teased the edges of where elastic was, open mouthed kisses trailing downwards as her heart thrummed. She pulled the fabric down enough to expel him, small hands working at first, as irises glimpsed up to meet the expression mixed between awe and pleasure. She palms him once, twice, hand pulling back for just a moment— as her thumb swiped against her tongue in one slow motion, before returning to the embrace, wetting the surface of his tip. Just to tease him. Just to make him ache a little. “Like this?” But she knew what he wanted, without having to ask. She leans forward, kissing slowly and tauntingly from his head, down the edge of the base, then back up as the whisper warms against parted lips. “Or this?” Slowly, maybe too slowly, her tongue flattened against him, and she takes it between brims, extending the motions of her hands that gently curled around him where her mouth couldn’t take entirely, her head slowly bobbing down, stroking him upwards with her tongue.
Lucas never feared love. Though he had his issues with commitment. And he knew one could not be entirely realized without the other, but he never needed love to realize for it to feel good. For him to want it. So even when he could not have her, even when she did not love him; Lucas still allowed himself the feeling. The selfish and uncontrollable want. Because when she came around into his life, everything became easier. Every chore, every responsibility, every burden, every fucked up thing that ever happened was not as bad as it could have been; had she not been around.
So he loved her. Because it was easy. He did not lie about that. It was easy to love someone who made it exciting to wake up in the morning, and go to sleep at night. Someone who laughed at his jokes, even when they weren't all that good. And who got in his car in the middle of a stormy night, and spent months on the road asking for nothing in return. She became a part of him, slowly, over time, and when she was gone and he was left to his own devices and he realized she was not coming back; it felt like losing a part of himself. Like a limb had come off and he was left with phantom pains in its place. The kind that felt surreal, when he'd look to the side and find next to him a stranger. Or when he'd call other people by her name, because it was a habit, because it lived upon his tongue.
He never showed how much her absence had changed him. And how quickly he spiraled into someone unrecognizable. But it was evident. Because he no longer cared for a damn thing. There was nothing holding him tethered to anything. He was flying, aimlessly, through space and time. He no longer cared where his next meal might come from. Or that he had smoked a dozen joints before noon. He no longer cared that his shower was the sea, or that he had called in favors and slept on couches of people he'd barely known.
Only when she returned, and he saw her again at that party, only then did he come to understand how the entire time she was gone he was in a perpetual state of 'waiting'. He was waiting for her, and he was wasting time, and he should have been smarter, and he should have made something of himself, and perhaps, he should have moved on.
But none of that mattered now. Because the waiting was done. And it was worth it.
His eyes glistened in the dancing shadows of the dark room, covered with a sheer fabric of lust that rose up from his jeans to his throat to his eyes. Or perhaps it was the other way around. Perhaps it was the eyes that set way for the rest of him to wake, he did always like to look.
Even with the strength that could be sensed beneath her skin, she remained soft and gentle. And Lucas could have sworn that, for a moment, she got embarrassed by whatever thought urged her hands to cover her face; to cover a smile he'd not wanted obstructed. He'd wanted nothing obstructed. So his hands reached for her wrists, pulling them away from her features where they were met with a wide grin over his face. "You're sweet." he said, letting go before his fingers stopped at the side of her waist, and he tickled just to see if that sensation still remained now that her body was made of something new, something eternal.
He kissed her wherever he could, and his own skin burned as his heart thumped against his chest. Smile had faded, mind set on something more primal now. Gooseflesh covered his hands, and travelled down his back as she lifted up to pull down the confining fabric of his trousers. He wet his lips, tense and impatient as she inched forward, and kissed him, and teased him, and he swallowed hard when he'd felt the wetness at his tip, and when she asked a question he did not hear. His ears were buzzing, his mind spinning. The wetness turned into soft lips that travelled down, then back up, then in and then out and his mouth felt open and he held in a groan that had built up in sheer anticipation of something more.
And he had wanted more. And he was not as patient as he might have hoped. Because the waiting was done, and he had waited enough.
Lucas' eyes found the dark brims that were looking up from beneath, as she was taking him in with a rhythmic motion of her mouth and her hands, and he was entirely too weak to make her stop; so he took a moment she slowed to pull himself out, and to nudge her forward and press her against himself, hard, as he unhooked her bra, and it slid down her arms. He could feel himself tense, harder and further -- and his skin was on fire and he could not tell if he was more man or beast, ready to devour. So he pressed his lips violently against her, his arms wrapped around her, travelling over her body as if he could breathe her in, as if no part of her should be left untouched.
He was not aware of his own strength, as he split her legs open to wrap them over his waist only to crash down laying on top of her and break the wooden support beneath the bed which sounded in creaky protest. It's not that he didn't notice, it's that it did not matter. He pushed himself against her, nostrils flaring with anger that arose with realization there was still cotton, drenched between her legs. He ripped the undergarment off, shoved it to the side like it was the worst thing man had ever made. He would have thrust in, in an instant, thoughtlessly and mindlessly, had he not caught her eyes.
He paused, breathing fast and hard. There were no words adequate enough to fully convey the state of his mind, his body, the way he'd wanted to consume her, to ravage her. But he pushed it all down, for a moment of pause. A moment where he just looked at her again, where he moved slowly. His hands patient, as they travelled between her legs. He pressed his fingers against her wetness, staying slow and gentle, when all he'd wanted was to be a beast; his mind was still human, still in tune enough to allow her a second of respite, to allow her to settle beneath his weight and relax into the wrinkled sheets.
When he could feel her over his fingers, and her back arched, and her hips started helping him along. He stopped, his tip warm between her, rested at the tight pleading entrance.
And he waited. Because waiting for her was always worth it.
closed. @fxllens
The meeting in Senegal prolonged, and so he remained there several weeks past the intended time-frame. The sire bond was potent enough for Yanis to access the fluctuations in Day's progress, and it appeared his time away was a welcome change. Perhaps, for the both of them. He could, as humans would often say; breathe again. The pungent odor of wolf lingered in the air, impossible to disguise with the fragrance of incense or cleaning supplies. His guards stiffened, as they walked through the corridors and examined the house for potential threats. He dismissed them, pouring himself a glass of red wine and allowing the memory of what it was supposed do inhibit his senses. He exited the house, through the back and down to the small patio by the pool, where he lowered into one of the chairs and extended a cup to his protégé. "I see young Mr Pierce has made himself at home." he said, eyes conducting a quick scan for potential bite marks knowing full well such a thing would have been felt on his end, before it was seen. "You seem well. Are you, well?"
closed. @fatelore
"How's my breath? Is it good?" he stepped forward, closer to where Logan sat watching him pace around, and worry and change countless shirts. Lucas has gone on dates before, none as important as this one. "Think she'll like it? The restaurant?" then it occurred to him, how nice the restaurant was, how he could not pull up wearing the shirt he was currently trying on, and he could not park his shitty car at the front. "Yo, you think I could borrow your car?" by the way Lucas was moving, stressing, pacing; one could assume he was running late. But he wasn't. The dinner was still hours away. So eventually, he settled. Beer in hand as he crashed onto the sofa, shirtless and sweaty. "I'm definitely losing my mind."
closed. @trvnquils
Yanis understood all the many intricacies of modern technology. But he was an easy man. A patient man. And he had yet to fully incorporate such a sudden social advancement into his life, and his day-to-day communications. He preferred real company. Physical. He always had; even when it took months to receive a letter, or when he was subject to the speed of ravens and human messengers, nothing ever compared to the real thing. So once they'd returned from Paris, and he was roped into matters which required his immediate attention, Yanis left. And he did not call. And when he returned, and settled into a fresh set clothes, and stopped by on the way to her home to purchase a semi-extravagant arrangement of flowers, he did not call. Not even as he pulled into her driveway, and walked up the narrow path did he announce in any way his sudden arrival. Fate would decide, he figured, if she would open the door or not. Life was more fun that way; with a touch of uncertainty. He rang the bell, helping the fate along. And he waited.
“ you left yourself wide open to that . ” she shrugs , giggling . “ says who ? maybe i want to pay for your waffle . ” she says . she tilts her head , “ no ? it seems like a nice little place . ” she asks . “ but out of budget is even more reason to let me pay . ” she adds , leaning against the counter and watching berry turn to make the latte . “ thanks . ” she smiles . “ did you ? huh . i don't know , i think it really was a wild heron flying around the hospital . what about you ? what have you been up to ? ”
"You're right. I forget how exploitative people are." he offered a half shrug, and finished the ridiculous waffle. "Well, Cee, we can't always get what we want. I'm paying. Least I can do after leaving your kitchen lookin' like a radioactive wasteland." an exaggeration, but Lucas was known for those. "Yeah, don't let the optics of this place fool you; Barry's incompetent." the guy over the counter shot him a stern look, eyes rolling as Lucas passed over the menu. "A criminal and full of secrets. Are you breaking bad?" he laughed at the question, knowing full well no matter what situation Ceren found herself in, she was the one on the 'right side' of things. Perhaps his own sharing would encourage her own, so he shrugged at the question. "Me? Nothin' much. Settling in with the pack, chasing dreams, pining over the worlds most confusing woman. Exciting stuff. I got a job, several...jobs, actually." he tapped the menu, offering a quick wink. "Hence why it's on me."
Just the two of them. She nodded at that, unsure of what to really say when it came down to the details of her relationship with Yanis. Mentor, friend? There was a bond there she couldn’t and would not be able to explain with words, but she knew it was there. She knew when he was gone. She knew when his thoughts pulled her back to this place, pulled her back from her own destruction too. Sire bonds weren’t to be treaded with. At least not lightly. So, she just nods. “He’s not here now.” He’d left, for whatever reason. Maybe it was a test, to see how she’d fair without him for awhile. He was fond of little challenges like that. She wasn’t. But that hadn’t meant they weren’t useful in their own rights, either. Maybe it’s why she hadn’t entirely dismissed the lessons learned, either. “The werecat is still here, so it’s not Paris.” She mentioned a little too indifferent, but it was just a fact. He’d said he be back, he’d didn’t say when. Tomorrow, a century, it was all the same to them.
But at the mention of pizza, Day nodded again, the corners of her mouth twitched a little. “It feels like.. I didn’t think two years was enough to forget what the sun felt like, without it burning. I’d never really cared to be in the heat, before everything. Lucas liked the beaches.” Her tongue pushes against her cheek at the mention of his name. His scent was still all over her. It’s as if a werewolf ransacked this place. — or just her.
“I hate the sand.”
She’s not sure why she said that either. She went because he liked it. She went to the cliffs, because maybe nature knew before he did, that he was part of it. Maybe it knew that she wasn’t. “Pizza is good.” She smiles, her usual kind of smile. The one that doesn’t reach all the way, but doesn’t make it any less sincere. She pulled out her phone, and opens an app, handing it to the other. “What kind do you like?” After they order, she’ll show her the cellar. But— in an entirely less.. creepy sounding kind of way.
Kiara knew of the quiet vampire that lived atop the cliffs overlooking the open sea. Though she'd never actually seen him. She, for the most part, preferred company of those who came to existence within the same century as herself. At the very least. Sure, time made for some fascinating conversation but, what did she really have in common with someone who'd seen the rising and falling of empires? She barely had anything in common with people in their eighties, except for a deep and well-hidden passion for a game of bridge. "Cool." is all she'd really managed to say on the matter of her makers absence. But she she caught a strange vibe from the off-hand comment. "The werecat? You lost me." a chuckle came out soft, as her brows furrowed. "Come on." her hand reached out for the other, and she wanted to get out of the kitchen, and head to one of the sixty rooms containing an actual couch. "Tell me 'bout this Paris thing."
Kiara struggled with friendships. She was awkward, mostly in an endearing sort of way, but she was too distrusting and paranoid and anxious to actually make friends. Lately, things were changing. She was starting to see the benefits of...trying. So this? It was an opportunity, perhaps the sort that could do them both some good. "Not that it's...in any way the same thing but, I used to work night shifts for this logistics company for like, eight months. It sucked ass. And I don't even mind the night, y'know? Kind of prefer it, actually." she settled onto a large, off-white sofa in the middle of a dark room. Her gaze lingered on the other, eyes narrowed in possible recognition. "Lucas? Lucas 'the wolf' Lucas? With the 'stache? Oh girl," lips pressed together, sucked over her teeth as she tried to figure the intricacies of that set up. "-- that, can't be safe..." her voice trailed off, uncertain if she'd overstepped.
She was glad for the change of topic. "Chicken ranch." she said, and her stomach gently growled at the mere thought of food. Kie took the others phone, scrolled down to her favorite pizza option and the 'deals' section. "They've this offer, two medium pizza's with two sides, two drinks and a dessert; their brownies are awesome, seriously, they changed the recipe few months back and what a wise business move that was." she picked out her choices, and passed the phone back for the other to input her own. Then she looked around the room, soaked in the ambience, the vastness and coziness that somehow intertwined. "Hey, do you...would you wanna get high?"