Speaking of Adrien from castlevania, I can imagine him doing something similar to the legend of Hagoromo, he was entranced with a beautiful celestial maiden who was bathing by the river yet he stole her robes so that she can't return to heaven. (I remember reading that legend when I was a kid and the old anime "ayashi no Ceres" )
I recognize you from Yandere Makoto, so glad you made it over!
I read Ayashi no Ceres as a kid, Yuu Watase always knows how to get me to cry. At first, I couldn’t tell what you were talking about and then you mentioned Ceres and it all hit me at once - it feels like it's been forever since I read Watase’s work. The angelic beings in that scenario are a lot like selkies from Irish folklore, which I think is really cool.
Imagining sweet Alucard selfishly stealing a celestial maiden’s Hagoromo because he doesn’t want her to leave (especially after season three) is just too fitting.
I don’t know if you actually wanted this as a request, but I think its too interesting to pass, plus you’re my first ask on this blog. Thanks so much!
Subject: Castlevania, Adrien Alucard Tepes
Title: Stolen Hagoromo (fem reader)
Trigger Warning: Kidnapping, Public nudity
You had descended from heaven for a taste of the earth. The others had whispered about the feeling of earthly waters on physical form, exposed to the light of the largest domineering star. The idea had been deliciously appetizing, and so you had snuck down to earth on your own.
The atmosphere had been so different from heaven, but it was just a day trip, so it should have been fine. Finding a river to bathe in wasn't too difficult, somewhere by castle ruins and somewhere far from civilization. You had stripped of your Hagaromo, hiding it under a nearby stone before bathing. You settled into a pattern, coming down when you could sneak away to get a taste of earthly pleasures.
The hot light of the sun on your skin and the cold water around your body was perfect. Nothing in heaven could compare - and then you felt it, felt him. You made to grab your Hagaromo and ascend but he called out, "Wait." A young man, clearly not human and yet more so than some of the souls who had tried to enter heaven. "My name is Alucard," he said, "I don't want to hurt you."
You stared at him. The very fact that he was speaking to you was a violation of the rules above, but there was a gentleness to him - a forlorn sadness hiding just under his skin that you couldn't ignore. "Hello," you said.
"I've been watching you," he said. "Not to make this situation any more uncomfortable, but... You're... What are you?"
"No one," you said. Telling him you were a celestial maiden was not a choice.
He smiled. "I don't believe that." He stepped a bit closer, the light-catching in his golden hair. "I've been reading, about many things that exist in the shadows. I can tell you're not like them, but you aren't like me either."
"Many beings exist between the cracks," you muttered.
For a moment, he was gone, ducking behind a tree and then returned the next moment over. "Could I ask something of you?" he said. "Would you join me for dinner? Just a meal, a minute. The castle only seems to amplify the emptiness inside me."
You shouldn't. "Perhaps something else between the cracks can give you company tonight, Alucard."
"My castle is always open." He turned and walked through the brush.
You would not be returning to this river tomorrow. You lifted the stone where you hid your Hagoromo and nearly screamed. It was gone. Completely and utterly gone. The one thing you were never meant to lose and it was gone. Maybe Alucard had mistaken it for one of his own things.
You rushed to the castle, ignoring the fact that you were naked and cold. It wouldn't matter as long as you got your robe. Alucard was halfway through closing the front entrance. "Wait!"
He perked up, an aching smile spreading across his face. "You've decided to join me. In your birthday suit, no less."
There was nothing on his arm, nothing at all to indicate he'd taken your Hagaromo. Your connection to heaven was already fading, this world's impurities anxiety on your skin. "Please, my robe. Have you seen it? I had it with me at the river."
"Why don't you come in out of the cold," he reached for you, pulling you up the stairs and into the castle. The door slammed shut behind you, gears clicking. A dark feeling gathered in your stomach, as heavy as stone. "And forget about heaven."