i’ve kept you like an oath
what: what happened after the bite. when: june 2022 warnings: blood
New things were usually exciting, but this wasn’t.
It was completely different from when he first died, when he first became a reaper. Back then, Adam felt nothing for the longest time - now he felt everything.
When he woke up Adam was in his own bed, his skin was buzzing. He could feel the static energy of the sheets, hear the faint rumble of his coffee maker in the kitchen, With a deep breath, the man tried to sit up, and it was like his body finally had realised he was alive.
The pain in his chest came back, now followed by an all consuming emptiness.
Hunger.
“Don’t even try to get up“ he heard Samuel’s voice, the vampire glaring at him as he walked into the room, a bloodied rag on his hand. Adam’s eyes went straight to the bandage on his arm and the man waved his hand, dismissively “One thing at a time. Mind telling me how you blinked into existence, almost dead, into my lap? Was that a deal with a demon that went South or-“
He was cut off by an agonizing sound that pierced right through Adam’s ears. The man screamed and twisted in the bed while Samuel rushed to the bedside table, sending the call on his phone straight to voicemail.
“My bad, I should have put that shit on silent before, but I didn’t know your password“ He shrugged apologetically and then it clicked.
Devon.
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The first few days were some of the worst of Adam’s life.
It took all the strength he had to refuse the plastic bag Samuel brought, the A+ printed on the side of it making him nauseous at the same time it made his mouth water. They had settled for pig’s blood then, which Samuel would bring him in his usual mug, making it almost sinful to drink, yet homey.
It took him a day to be able to sit up, and three for the piercing pain in his chest to go away. Samuel explained that when he appeared Adam had a hole in his chest, one the former reaper remembered faintly getting back when he first died, and he was bleeding to death. Not wanting him to die (or even questioning how that would be possible), the vampire bit him then, following the same treatment that was once done to him.
Turning Adam.
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Adam was literally unable to pick up the phone at first. The light in the screen was too bright, the sound of the ringtone was too loud.
By Thursday he was already moving around the house, the hole in his chest now just a scar right above his heart. But when his phone rang again he couldn’t pick up.
What would he even say?
Devon didn’t know about the supernatural, he couldn’t just tell him, through the phone like this. On Saturday Adam found himself typing messages, but nothing ever seemed right.
Hey, I’m sorry I was away, I had a problem
I had some health complications
I had to leave the city
I had to go
I love you
But every single one was erased and never sent.
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“You know, I didn’t change you so you could be a coward, Adam”
“It isn’t that simple”
“The guy likes you, he’ll understand”
“Didn’t you tell me you killed your girlfriend the moment you saw her after you were turned?”
Samuel sighed “Those were different times”
“Not a chance” Adam shook his head “Devon’s safety is not negotiable.”
He sat back on his bed, sighing.
If it wasn’t for his newly found stamina, he’d say he was tired. In reality, Adam was scared. Mentally exhausted, yes, but also terrified. Before, it was a hundred year long contract, he could just live for one more generation or two, now?
This was forever.
It also meant he’d have to leave Devon.
Which he couldn’t bring himself to do.
“You could start long distance? I’ve heard it works for some people“ Samuel tried to cheer him up, sitting by his side on the bed, wrapping his arm in a half hug as they stayed quiet for a moment, back turned to the window.
To the mirror Adam still hadn’t had the courage to look at.
He was supposed to laugh at that, but he couldn’t bring himself to either.
“He’ll think I’m ghosting him“
“Which is very on brand for a reaper, don’t you think?“
He tried once more and Adam rolled his eyes. There were sounds around but he couldn’t really tell what they were (he had asked Samuel at least a dozen times by now if there was someone in his house when in reality he was just hearing a heartbeat of someone walking down the street), so he didn’t question it.
“It’s nothing you can’t explain“ Samuel tried again “Just tell him your phone broke" He said, then added “And that your leg broke too so you couldn’t go to his house. It’s simple.”
Adam sighed.
“I’ll have to tell him the truth”
“Or that” Samuel shrugged “That could work, he can either be into it or send you to the looney bin - it’s a 50 / 50 really”
“Or he might never want to see me again”
They stayed quiet for another minute before Samuel clicked his tongue, getting up. “You can start by saying Oh did I tell you I’m a vegan now?”
Adam groaned “Samuel, that doesn’t mean what you think it means.”
