So do you have any more ideas to share about that whole Vampire!Nico and Werewolf!Jason thing? Because I remember that really cute post about how Nico found Jason when he was young and if you have any ideas to expand on that I would love to hear it very much
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UrOHHHHHHH okay okay everyone chill——i’m so excited omg i’ve been diving in this AU for days (just bc i want to write it but have no idea) anyway—-
I’m not sure whether you’d like to hear about the whole Fantasy Royal AU thingies or that specific Nico found Jason when he was young so I’ll just. ramble about both, I guess. Buckle up, buddies, bc I’m damn sure gonna speak whatever that comes to mind.
Anyway, when I say that Nico found Jason when he was young, I was just thinking about Nico practically raising Jason LOL.
The whole idea is basically isolated vampire Nico trying to be a good father to the cub he accidentally found in the forest, who is just happy to have something look after him for the first time in his life. Their life together, and the things they would do to keep it from others’ hands.
Why this, you ask? Well like I say: awkward but trying parenting Nico, and pup Jason! And the interspecies war that comes with them
- The Nico in this is a pureblood noble royal all-that-crap vampire, who, unsurprisingly, live isolated in the forest, the having-a-whole-mansion-for-himself kind, cut off from the world and weakened due to decades of no blood feeding. Everything is fine tho, since it’s not like he’s gonna fight anyone soon. And then he finds a young, injured, practically on the verge of death pup.
Werewolf is the vampire’s natural enemy, the only kind capable of preying on them. Rationally, Nico should have killed it, perfectly ensuring his peaceful albeit lonely life.
But he didn’t. For whatever reason that is. So now he has a pup to look after.
Jason, still a pup at that time, doesn’t know much about the enmity among different kinds. He just thinks that neither his father nor his step-mother truly care about him and he feels lonely so he runs away. Tripped, fell, probably rolled around a few rounds, and now he wakes up in the bed of a kind young man who smells cold like… midnight dew.
Nico treats his wounds and eases his pains. Nico’s nice. And he doesn’t want to come back to his pack. So, Jason stays. And somehow Nico lets him.
It’s awkward at best and downright disastrous at worst. There’re reasons that vampires and werewolves dislike each other. And while Nico is technically decades older than Jason, he’s an isolated inexperienced individual. He knows nothing about raising a child. Jason, a child he is, doesn’t know any better.
But Jason is just happy he has someone who actually cares about him. The things Nico teach him sound weird sometimes, but it’s Nico so he doesn’t doubt. Nico unintentionally hurts him sometimes, but it’s okay because he’d always say sorry and hurry to fix it. Jason’s parents didn’t care about him hurting. He hurts Nico sometimes, too, mostly when those teeth and claws come out, but Nico says it’s okay, i know you didn’t mean it’s and doesn’t hit him.
More than once, Jason blacks out and wakes up with a bloody Nico between his claws. He can’t stop crying for as long as the vampire is still recuperating in coma.
It’s just a mess of trying and failing, of apologizing and trying again, of fighting and licking each other’s wounds all over again. Of Nico convincing himself that Jason wouldn’t kill him and Jason telling himself not to eat Nico. Of Nico digging up his library to learn about werewolf’s instincts and Jason dozing off on the vampire’s clothe piles. Of Nico freaking out when he can’t find his little housemate and Jason clinging to the other’s cloak whenever he has a chance. It’s nice.
Vampires age extremely slow compared to werewolves. Whereas Jason has grown to be a mature wolf, Nico looks like only a couple of years has passed. He’s shorter than the werewolf now. The day that Jason exceeds him, they throw a party, they make a cake, they sing until midnight. And still, Jason stays. They become the sole existence in the other’s world.
Of course, there’s a war that comes licking at their feet (just bc I love conflicts as much as Eris herself does).
There’re intruders breaking in their little peaceful corner of the deep woods. Nico is requested to return to the vampires and Jason scare them off. The werewolves find Jason and Nico set fire to the mansion so that they can run away. Nico abandons his nobility to stand by Jason’s side. Jason betrays his clan to protect Nico. etc etc... all of that.
There’s no place for them in this world, now. Then again, the only home they love is next to the other.
Is it love? More than that. It’s a connection. A bond. Carved deeper than flesh and bones.
What’s the end, you ask? There’s no end, bc I don’t intend to give it one. Maybe they just keep running away and die side by side eventually, i don’t know. This story is just about how Nico and Jason have found each other, got attached, and refuse to let go - all regardless of their natural enmity. Whatever happens, they would forever stay. And that is enough.
Next, the Fantasy Royal AU!!!
Did I mention that the Nico in here is manipulative? Because he is, by the way. Actually, on second thought, I think this is pretty similar to the one above: Nico still has significant impact on Jason’s actions. It’s right there in their dynamic - Nico is manipulative.
And how is that, you ask? I have yet a clear image in mind, but from what I’ve already come up with, let’s just say Jason is betrayed by his own clan and falls in the vampires’ hands. Nico, as one of the most respected royalties, gains possession of him and later uses him to plot the pack leader’s - aka Jason’s father’s - demise, as a form of revenge for his mother (I’m obsessed with Nico avenging Maria don’t blame me).
When I get to write it properly, I suppose it would focus on how Nico manages to convince Jason to fully turn his back against his father and thus provide him with an irreplaceable, much-needed aid for the plan of bringing down Jupiter. There will be half-lies and unfaithful claims, for Jason is, by all means, a loyal, dedicated alpha who, despite the mistreatment, values his pack. Nico’s manipulativeness shows when he promises Jason a peace for all kinds to get him on the same boat whereas he only has one goal and that is to have Jupiter’s heart in his hand. He needs Jason. The sacrificed young alpha is the key to infiltrate the werewolf clan and reach his mother’s murderer.
Nico has Jason treated as a guest in his personal mansion. He indulges the werewolf’s insulting and hostile attitude. He keeps Zagreus’ claws off Jason’s neck. He relies on Hades’ favourism to have Jason safe under his wings. Offering him kindness and respect. Showing him co-existence is possible. All the while planting in the young alpha’s mind an idea of a wonderful peace between lands. And with that, naturally: the downfall of the old reign. Namely, the current pack leader.
So, Nico makes Jason the leader of his archenemies. He brings Jason up and builds him again, all respectful and kind, telling him “You don’t deserve this” “You can have better”s, only to have the alpha pave a way to his own father’s death. He practically wages a civil war in the werewolf clan.
Just let me clarify, it isn’t like Nico wants to eliminate the werewolves. And while he practically uses Jason, he has nothing against Jason himself. Nico only wants Jupiter dead. He uses peace as a bait since he finds out Jason is kind to a fault and tho he doesn’t seem to resent being abandoned, he is bitter as being left by his clan. Usurping, while gives off a rightful meaning, also guarentees a claim of self-worth to satiate Jason’s emotional wounds and Jupiter’s end as an inevitable byproduct. Nico just so happens to find it beneficial.
Somewhere along the line, Jason finds out about his true purpose and flares up. Somewhere along the line, Nico realizes that he needs to stand up from the pain too. Something along the line, they fall in love because Nico’s kindness is as true as his resolve to avenge and Jason’s existence somehow means more than a tool for said revenge.
Actually you know what? They’re in love because I say so. Since the sole reason I came up with this AU is because:
1/ Vampire prince Nico. gothic style. royal attire. huge fur on one shoulder. all of that. and the underworld deities as his royal family just so that i could smuggle in Zagreus.
2/ Manipulative Nico because obviously. Nico being diplomatic and patient with in order to manipulate Jason. subtle pep talks to hype up. let’s go kill your father to take the throne yay
3/ Jason usurping Jupiter. IDC I WANT TO SEE IT OKAY????
4/ Nico, as representative of the vampire kingdom, bows to the new werewolf prime alpha and Jason, the newly crowned leader himself, looks at him and thinks, “He uses me like a pawn, but I still love him.”
OKAY I think this is pretty everything lolol there’s more i have a mind but I have a rule that is to keep something wrapped as a sorce of motivation to actually write it. So here’s everything I can offer for the time being LOL I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. 😭😭😭 THANK YOU A MILLION FOR THE COMPLIMENT ASHDAJDHAJ. I’m really, really glad someone is enjoying my content. God bless ur soul.
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