˚。⋆ lestat de lioncourt x black fem!reader x
in which you find yourself entangled in a twisted dance with your immortal brother
“Sister…dearest one please…” the blonde snake gurgles on his blood looking upon you. For a moment pity overtakes you. But all you can do is stare back into those baby blue eyes. They remind you of her. Remind you of the closet, the mental tormenting. It’s his eyes that stop years of instinct to protect, nurture and love.
Though your body feels sticky with the blood of those who were victim of your bloodlust, you slowly sink to the ground. Offer him the peace of your eyes which are completely void of any love, Claudia’s hand comes upon your shoulder.
You feel a phantom of his pain, your throat and eyes burn. But your heart does not break. What does he think now? Does he wish to slit your own throat? Does he wish he'd murdered you when Gabrielle dropped you upon his door step so many years ago?
‘How did it come to this, my dearest brother?’
When Gabrielle found you, she plucked you from the seedy night life of France. You were born and raised in the business of pleasure. Your mother made a pretty penny, and when you were close to the age of womanhood you too would join her side. But Gabrielle quickly plucked you away.
You saw her eyes in crowds, felt her voice in the dark of night. It nearly drove you insane. Like an itch you can not find, or a thought you can not bring to remembrance, she was there.
One evening, a carriage much too clean slowed to a stop in the front of the light post you leaned against. Her figure exuded elegance and wealth when her hand, clad in fine jewels held out enough money for your mother to turn and eye when she beckoned you into the carriage, her smile, the way she called you dear one.
She was the serpent and you were Eve.
She led you into the luxurious home, expecting a husband or man to await, but instead you are told to strip down to be cleaned.
She had you bathed, scrubbed from head to toe down to the dirt and grime beneath your nails. You were given a dress, something the maids wore, and now she carefully worked on grooming your hair while your fingers picked apart the meal brought up by her staff.
She sat behind you, as your own mother once did, and ran a brush through your hand. But you felt more like one of the runts you caught eating the scraps tossed into the gutters. She ran her hand through your curls, the soft bristles of the brush through at a slow methodical rhythm that was slowly lulling you into sleep. The loose curls she would slowly coil around her finger and watch them bounce in place.
"He will love you dearly," she whispered it. To you, and to herself. She knew she would leave.
”What’s his name?” You asked around a piece of bread.
“Lestat. My son, one of them. Don’t speak with your mouth full, dear one.”
Embarrassed, you swallowed then gave her the final question she’d heard already in your mind. ”Sorry ma’am. There are others?”
”There are. But Lestat clung to me differently than his brothers.” When she speaks of him, you hear a smile, her tone sounds lighter. "My sweet boy."
Gabrielle's life was one you dreamed of. A life of being served, quiet, away from men whose stares made your skin crawl. The smell of rot and dampness no longer pulluted your nose or clung to your body as it once did. You ate three meals a day, wore clothes that weren't stolen off anthers back. All of this was enough for you to slowly turn a blind eye to whether your mother was looking for you.
Nor did you onder what exactly this woman was preparing you for.
Perhaps he was a man of war and you were a gift to await him, then it would be back to your soiled sheets, shared with your mother.
But slowly, something sinister rose with each day as your mistress showed a side to her that was extremely inhuman. Her presence was never around in the daylight hours, only when the skies were dark did she arrive, forcing you to switch you rhours of day to sleep through the day time and awake in the evening with her.
Lestat was mentioned daily as she groomed and trained you. Gabrielle did not need to raise her voice, her tone would turn cold as ice as her fingers pinched your cheek or elbows when you messed up. She hammered etiquette into your mind, music, proper French not the poor slang that came out of your mouth and slowly you acquired English. Your lessons slowly began in the mornings and afternoons which you spent with tutors to the evenings with her.
You slowly began to sleep less each passing day, only managing one or two hours, three if you were to lucky enough to learn she was gone.
Her process of tearing you down to be built back up in her image was slow and methodical. But you would soon be the perfect daughter, the perfect sister and lover for her son. She knew you were ready when you put an end to trying to step out in the sun. You stopped sobbing and begging for your mother and in turn she stopped locking you in the closet during one of your tantrums.
That's the day when she dresses you in a beautiful gown, finally allows you to bathe on your own and adds a touch of rouge to your lips and cheeks.
Your eyes remain ahead though you listen keenly to what blows pass the carriage. You approach a home equal in Gabrielle's extravagence. Even though she moves to exit, you remain still. Hands folded atop your lap that you warch keenly.
"Gabrielle," The man calls. He takes the woman by her arms and presses a gentle kiss close to the corner of her mouth.
"Lestat, my heart, I've a gift for you."
You are made visible to him when Antoinette holds her hand to gently guide you out and it's as though he is being presented with a new pet with how he coos and awes. She places both hands atop your shoulders to maneuver you in front of her body
His hands finally move from his mouth as he slowly approaches you with outstretched hands that rest atop his mothers hands.
"Dearest one, no, sweet sister of mine." He cups your cheeks, turns them side to side. The snake is satisfied, you know not to let this thought linger. You learned first hand when Gabrielle struck you unconscious to keep any thoughts in ink. His nails trace the trail of freckles that encapsulated your eyes that blink up at him, big and brown.
He leads the two of you inside. Into a beautiful parlor with a grand piano that he catches you eyeing when you sit carefully beside Antoinette.
”Mother my dear,” Gabrielle coos taking hold of your folded hand. A warning, not in any true comfort.
”Mother, has been teaching me. She tells me you play.”
”Come,” he lifts the instrument and leaves a space on the bench where you slide beside him. Your hands rest and play a few small keys which Lestat turns into a gorgeous melody. His shoulder bumps into yours catching your eyes he smiles down upon you. You offer a shy one back that he happily drinks in.
”You’ve a gift my dear.” He whispers it into your ear. His lips nearly press a kiss into your cheek and are gone returning to the keys.
"Will you teach me?" You look up at him through your lashes. "No doubt my time would earn me even a fraction of your skill."
His eye sparkle in the candlelight when he leans, as though he is telling you the secrets of the world, "how can I say no to such beautiful request."
Perhaps it is the late hour, the missed meals, the lullaby that he begins to play ringing in your ears. But you fight a yawn from bubbling up. Your eyes blink slowly until your hands come to a slow stop and your body slumps into Lestat who catches your body with one arm while the other ends the melody.
“Will you, Gabrielle? Or shall I?”
“That is for you to decided Lestat,” She stands to slowly stand behind you while Lestat cradles you in his arms. Her hand cradles the nape of your neck to turn and expose the naked flesh of your throat. “I have created her in mind but you shall have her blood and spirit Lestat. This is my gift to you while I am asleep.”
Her finger slowly presses till a bead of blood blossoms and Lestat dives the moment her hand moves to sink his teeth. He is gentle in drinking until your breathing slows down, and he nurses you with his wrist. Watchig how even in sleep, you cling to his wrist until he pulls it from you.
Surely you are meant to be his, why else would you so willingly drink him in. Someone will finally stay. He brushes the hair from your face as he holds you tight when the Gfit slowly begins to end your life. In your sleep you dream of heaven, and a voice sings to you as you sit in clouds of gold. The voice sounds like gold. And a chalice appears in your hand filled with a warm liquid that tastes of milk, honey and something divine.
But slowly it turns evil, your golden clouds turn gray, and you fall. You watch as the heavens melt away and turn darker and you grow hotter screaming and begging for mercy until the second you hit the ground you shoot upward grasping at your chest.
"Did you sleep well, sister?" His back is to you while he hums a melody that makes your ears burn.
"No," you shiver. "I want to go home. I want my mother. I..." the words stop quickly.
"Shh," he placates your whimpers to sit in front of you. "You are safe. She has gone." His hand holds the nape of your neck, slowly stroking it.
"Come, I have something for you." He stands from the bed pulling you up slowly. His hand wraps around your waist while the other holds your hand and he matches your slow steps. You feel everything and yet nothing in this moment allowing him to lead you sown the hall into the eastern wing of the home.
"No one but you and I are allowed in this place. Think of it as our own little sanctuary," he leans down to whisper into your ear. He releases your hand to produce a key from his pocket and unlock a pair of doors, he pushes you in first. And when you both enter he closes the doors shut and locks you again.
You feel ice in your veins as your eyes take in the room which slowly illuminates as Lestat slowly lights the candles. A grand mirror, the fireplace is large and shines of marble as does the floor. To your right, another mirror and a wardrobe.
"While you were asleep I had a few errands taken care of. I know in my younger days I too was scared of it, so for the time being you may share mine." He speaks of it so casually and when the fireplace is set the room comes to life and a shriek cracks the silence.
Center of the room, slowly you back away. It dawns on you. The dream was no trick of your imagination, it was a warning.
"Let me out, let me out. Get away!" You screech backing away from him falling to the ground. Why is your voice so loud. Why does it burn to even breath, it's as though your body rejects the air it once needed.
"Sh, sh, mon ange, I undertand you are confused breath." He crouches and approaches you like an animal.
"You are like her. You...I am not the same. Oh mama," you whimper when your back hits the door and press your face against your knees as you curl into a pathetic ball of tears and whimpers. You cry for your mother and he let's you until you have nothing left.
"You are not alone mon ange, we have one another. I swear." But there is no love as he holds your shuddering form. All he can do is sit his chin atop your head, and close his eyes. Because he is no longer alone. The ache is gone with you close in his arms. His fledgling, his sister. You canhate him now, he will give you the time to learn to love him.
He can be patient for you, sweet sister.