Being Human AU: Rae is a vampire. Riley is a werewolf. They have a chance meeting one quiet night and - unaware of the other's supernatural ties but regardless - fall in love. And, it's incredibly improbable that they can maintain a relationship without tearing each other to bits - but it's not impossible.
Disclaimer: I know little about how the supernaturals are in the Being Human US universe and so I went on their wiki and some of my questions were left unanswered, like are the vampire's cold, do they have heartbeats? Do they sparkle? So just keep in mind this is an AU.
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Riley and her pack frequented a bar not far from her place. They would have a couple of drinks and would then move onto the pool table and play a couple games. Sometimes they'd get a little rough with each other, something that they further settled during a full moon. It was never anything too deadly, just some rough-housing to show the other who's boss. No one would dare mess with the leader of the pack, but rarely was there a time where his position actually mattered. As they had their nightly round of pool, the bar was busier than usual, Riley picked up on various scents, but all of them were in the back of her mind as she focused on hitting the cue ball. She was so intent and was sure she was going to hit it when a scent assaulted her nose and she missed. The pack laughed, but Riley had already turned her attention to that smell. She looked up and attempted to find the source, which was difficult since the area was crowded. She slightly backed away from her pack, now focused on finding who that smell belonged to. It was like nothing she smelled before. She wanted nothing more than to follow that scent, but her pack was calling for her attention and she turned to them, slightly annoyed that they would bother her. Was it her turn already?
"Look who's at the bar-top. Never seen her before." One of them said.
Riley turned to look, somewhat uninterested, but once she saw strawberry blonde hair glitter in the dim light at the bar, she picked up her head and wondered if that was who the smell belonged to. It didn't take much egging from her pack for Riley to go up and talk to her. As she neared the smell got stronger and Riley was sure it belonged to her. She sat on the stool next to the other woman, who wasn't paying any attention to her.
"Can I buy you a drink?" Riley asked with a smirk, even though the other girl had yet to look at her. She then turned away from Riley and told her to leave her alone.
"I'm not interested."
Riley tried a couple more times, but the girl never even looked at her through it all. She was all for playing hard to get, but she understood when the person completely wasn't interested. She was also a bit rude. Without a word, she left and went back to her friends who laughed at her for being rejected. She rolled her eyes at them, letting them laugh it up.
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The following nights Riley noticed she kept coming in and she wanted to go up and introduce herself again. Every time she entered the bar, Riley's attention went to her and her skill in pool dropped. The pack told her to just forget about her, especially their alpha. If Riley wasn't so interested in the girl at the bar she might have noticed just how serious her alpha was when he told her to forget about it.
Nonetheless, after a while, Riley did decide to drop it, her attention slowly going back to her friends and pool. She still had her thoughts on the other girl, but they weren't as dominant as before. However, one night when Riley was playing pool and believed to be invested and focused on the game, the stranger came up to her and just like that any focus on anything besides her was shattered.
"I'm still waiting on that drink."
Riley was quick to drop the game and headed back to the bar to buy her a drink. She found out that her name was Rae, but she didn't speak much about herself. She was the one who had Riley do the talking. Even then, they didn't do much talking. Within a half hour Riley had her pinned against the bathroom wall. Little did she know what the vampire had in store for her. Riley was naive when it came to supernatural beings. She knew others existed, but had been sheltered for almost her whole life and only met her own kind. Being the only pure-breed in her pack, she was able to smell something in Rae, but she didn't know what that was. However her alpha had come across vampires before and didn't trust the other woman, which was rightly so.
She wanted to rip this dog to shred while she was still in human form. She smelled them the moment she walked in that first day. When Riley came up to her she thought she was teasing her and trying to get the vampire to lower her guard, however as she frequented the bar she realized the werewolf didn't know anything at all. She thought she was the perfect victim. All... all she had to do... she had... If there was one good thing the mutt was, she was talented. Rae couldn't think, much less act at the moment. But as Riley's hand turned south, she stopped her right in her tracks.
"Not here."
Riley obeyed and instead took her to her apartment, which when entering, she slightly regretted. It was a mess and she was embarrassed to bring Rae to it. It wasn't really her apartment in the first place. "My friend rents it out for me, I pay 'im whenever I can." By her friend, she meant her alpha. Her embarrassment was cut off when Rae kissed her, bringing them back to where they left off. What better place to leave her dead then at her apartment? However, Rae wasn't going to deny herself or the dog to any last pleasures. Not that Riley would be great in bed, but she was sure she could make Rae feel something. Besides, she figured the mutt would tire out, making the killing even easier.
Rae expected it to start of slow, but slow wasn't in Riley vocabulary when it came to this. All she knew was that she wanted Rae, all of her. Even as Riley's heartbeat pounded in Rae's ears, which would usually trigger her blood lust, she could smell the toxicity in her blood. She knew just one drop would kill her. As they went at it Riley's breath started to come in short pants, she became red in the face and a layer of sweat coated her body. Rae asked if she was tired, her voice slightly panting, but not as much as Riley was. She shook her head defiantly and managed to pull Rae under her.
And so, it started all over again. In the next set of rounds Rae paid attention to Riley's heartbeat. It was beating rapidly, that was for sure. It sounded like it would pop right out of her chest. It was incessant and loud. Pretty soon all she heard was that steady rhythm. Even though Riley was tired, her heartbeat pounded and she kept going. It was annoying at first, but then Rae started to love the sound of her heartbeat. She fell in love with the strength of the heart inside of Riley. She looked up at Riley with a new set of eyes.
When they finally stopped and Riley set herself down and prepared to sleep, Rae wrapped her arm over Riley's waist and set her head on Riley's chest to hear how her heartbeat pounded as the muscles around Riley's torso contracted and relaxed as she attempted to get her breathing under control. Slowly but surely, her breath became longer and her heartbeat slowed, signaling that Riley was on the verge of sleep. The sound of her heart was beautiful and Rae couldn't bring herself to stop it. She wanted to hear it everyday, for as long as she lived. She'd make sure Riley's heart would continue beating, no matter what it took...