Sit Down, Be Humble

Zane Omari Hartman | 34/500+| Vampire

[zanehartman]

ryderxdaniels:

“Brag all you want, but you’re the one whose going to have to morn my death,” He joked, grinning over at his new found friend. “Not to mention, we’d have the best looking Christmas Card on the entire block,” He joked, playing along.

“It would take an eternity for me to get over our epic relationship and beautiful life. I’ll turn back into the bitter man I once was.” Zane couldn’t help but to laugh at the image in his head of those Christmas cards. “They’d look so good, people would fancy one every holiday. Halloween included.”  

[zanehartman]

reid-brooklyn:

“I appreciate it very much.” She told the man with a grateful smile. Oh, I was afraid to admit my feelings to my only friend in town, who wasn’t over his dead wife, was what Brooklyn wanted to say, but instead opted for something less ridiculous sounding. “I wanted to travel the world. What’s the point of living forever if you’re stuck in one spot for your whole life?”

Zane chuckled, nodding at her words. “When I turned I felt that as well. Once I left England, I traveled all over. It’s only now that I’ve been settled for about thirty years, but even then I leave, travel and come back. Sitting still for eternity is foolish when time isn’t a factor in living,” he said, agreeing with her sentiment.

[zanehartman]

genevievebeauchamp:

“It was the fourteenth century,” Genevieve explained.  “Such large families could be common.”  Children died too young too often as happened to three of hers.  “I did love him,” Genevieve explained.  “Or at least I loved him as much as I knew how.  Since then I’ve become more aware of what love is.”

“I’m fairly certain that I know what love is.    I’m not sure why I haven’t progressed from where I am now, but I’m sure that I’ve been in love with one woman for the past five hundred years,” he admitted. It felt as if a weight had been lifted. “But I’ve never been married and never entertained the thought of kids - the latter for obvious reasons. Do you think you’ll ever marry again? Have you ever married again?”

[zanehartman]

reynawhitmore:

Reyna’s neck tilted so he could kiss along her bare skin.  There was absolutely nothing she would rather be doing right now than spending time with him.  Chuckling softly, Reyna’s fingers continued to move along his bare torso.  “Less clothing always, hm?”  She had absolutely nothing wrong with that.  One hand moved to cup the back of Zane’s neck as she looked up into his eyes.  “I think that could be arranged.” Smirking, she pulled him down into another deep kiss.

When she pulled him in for another kiss, he happily obliged. Zane would never tire of kissing her. Their lips touching, his arm wrapped around her waist, pulling her flush against him. Zane had kissed Reyna as a human, but it was as though as vampires, he could feel more, she occupied each of his senses more and with each parting of their lips, there was a small reluctance before their lips met once more. His hands roamed up her sides, pushing her shirt up and over her head. Hands slowly trailed over the soft flesh there. “You’re incredibly beautiful,” he told her. “Every inch of you is like hand crafted perfection.” It didn’t matter how many times he’d seen her sans clothes, his reactions were always similar to this one. His lips traveled down her neck and along her collarbone as he slid the straps of her bra down her shoulders. The vampire took his time with each action, wanting to make sure that he remembered every action precisely. Fingers brushing over every inch of her skin as if to memorize her by touch as well as sight.

[zanehartman]

elena-greyson:

“Can I be both?” Elena asked curiously. She was fed up of the town, she couldn’t lie about that. She was terrified of being around her siblings, and many of the people she wished to avoid. “Or I could just hide in one of the apartments! I heard you can get any kind of stuff delivered to your house nowadays.”

“I suppose that you could be both. You could also hide at the Inn. I’m sure keeping me company wouldn’t be a terrible task, now would it? It might keep me from my near rage at the few incompetent ones on the staff. You wouldn’t even need food delivered there, you could simply order,” he pointed out.

[zanehartman]

reid-brooklyn:

“I can stay there until I find me a place. Thanks.” She gave the man a small smile. Brooklyn was determined to get herself some place better than her old apartment. Though, Hollow Grove had changed so much since she had left, she wasn’t sure what else they was. 

  “I’ll definitely let the staff know to expect you. Why’d you leave, if you don’t mind me asking?” He’d been in and out of town a bit but for the most part he’d considered this home for the past thirty years. 

[zanehartman]

ryderxdaniels:

“Are you trying to be stuck with me for life?” Ryder chuckled, grinning over at him. “Something we can tell our grandkids,” He teased.

“Well, for your life perhaps. Mine tends to span an eternity.” Zane gave a hearty chuckle. “I can see it now our mixed babies with blue eyes and dimples. They’d be quite the genetic bunch, passing those genes on to grandkids. We’d create the most handsome children in the world. Helping the earth, one beautiful offspring at a time.” Zane had to chuckle even harder at that, knowing that it wasn’t even a possibility considering his vampirism and gender.

[elena-greyson]

“If I have red hair, does it mean I can go incognito? Like- oh, like a reverse Carmen Sandiego! Red hair instead of a red hat.” Elena smiled excitedly. Changing hair colors really was the only thing one could do when they were forever immortal. “And if it doesn’t work, I’ll buy a red and white stripe shirt!”

[zanehartman]

Zane’s brow rose at her question. “Are you on the run? Are you making changes because you need to be incognito or are you simply sick of people and want everyone to just leave you be?”

[reid-brooklyn-deactivated201903]

“I can’t believe they rented out my old apartment, I told them I would be back.” Brooklyn looked up at the brick apartment building, she just walked out of. Crossing her arms she let out an aggravated huff. “It’s been awhile, but I came back.” 

[zanehartman]

“If you’re in need of a temporary place to stay, the Harbor Inn has some vacancies,” he pointed out. He owned it, he definitely knew. “I’m fairly certain that apartment complexes only speak in the language of money and unless you were paying rent, they would rent it out to someone else.”

[zanehartman]

ryderxdaniels:

“And look at me falling for the bad. Why thank you, Mr. Hartman. Now, you wouldn’t happen to have the back of a motorcycle I could ride on, would you?” He teased, grinning over at the man. “Can’t say I’d be complaining.”

“Now would be a bad time to admit that I did and still do have a motorcycle as one of my forms of transportation, wouldn’t it?” Zane chuckled. “It was indeed fate. People harassing the HGPD, me offering you a place to hide out. I’m fairly sure these are the stories people write about.”

[zanehartman]

reynawhitmore:

Hearing him say those words back to her would never get old.  Her heart always fluttered even when she tried to deny the truth of what she felt for him.  Five hundred years.  It had been them against the world for five hundred years.  Of course they loved each other in so many different ways.  Could they have made it this far without having loved each other?  His lips moved along her jaw and she squeaked when he nipped her earlobe.  “You want something?” Reyna teased him as she slid her hand down his side, feeling the firm lines of his muscles.

“I’m fairly certain, Miss Whitmore, that you’re well aware that I in fact do want something.” He smirked at her before he trailed soft kisses along the length of her neck. Zane lightly tugged at her shirt and smiled at her. “I should have made a dress code for entering my bedroom. And it should have been Reyna in much less clothing always.”

[zanehartman]

jamesxthatch:

“I’m sure it’ll be so traumatizing for you,” he said dryly, lifting a brow as he watched Zane make his shirtless debut into the shop. James kept a fair distance as he followed behind, sticking to the back of the place so he could easily watch how this unfolded. Of course, it didn’t surprise him at all that no one thought to kick Zane out. He rolled his eyes at the customer who offered her assistance to him, and for what, James still didn’t know. When she sadly moved to the side so Zane could move forward, James watched in amusement, waiting for him to approach the counter. “I’ll throw in another twenty if they offer you a discount,” he murmured to himself, assuming Zane would hear it anyway, so long as the chatter in the shop didn’t serve as too much white noise. 

Zane grinned at the dry tone James held when he made it seem like being ogled was a horrible thing. When he finally nearly made it to the counter, he heard the other man’s words piercing through the crowd of idle chatter. That was one of the things he loved about his nature. “You’re on,” he told him. Zane put on an award winning smile, making sure to flex a little as he placed his order. Midway through he paused, making his pecks jump as he asked what the day’s specials were. When the answer came, the distracted young lady had offered him a discount that he graciously accepted, and then he asked if would count for a second to which he’d gotten that one free. As he waited for both coffees he smirked. When they were done he headed back over to James, handing him the free coffee. “I even got a free coffee thrown in for you. All due to this little trick,” he repeated the action from the counter and chuckled. “I could rob them blind had I entered with harmful intent. People see abs and lose their minds.”

[zanehartman]

genevievebeauchamp:

Gen smiled and nodded.  “It definitely does.  It might get into all sorts of trouble,” she told him.  However, her smile faltered slightly when he posed his question.  “I had seven.  Four were still alive when I was turned.  I don’t know what happened to them after that.”  She shrugged slightly.  “It’s good that you were able to make the decision for yourself.  My father had arranged my marriage.” 

Zane let out a whistle when she told him the number of kids she had. “Wow…that is quite…a number. My mother would never arrange a marriage for me. Though she honestly held out hope that I would marry my best friend. I hated to disappoint her, but settling down was something that I hadn’t settled on for my life. Plus vampirism happened and I always believed there would be so much time, and I eliminated the option of kids, which was great for me.” Zane never saw himself as a dad, or as father material. “Did you eventually grow to love your husband?” he wondered.

[zanehartman]

ryderxdaniels:

“Mine skipped a beat and yours grew. A match made in heaven if you ask me,” Ryder joked. “Careful, Hartman. You keep on flattering me like that and you might just end up being stuck with me.”

“I never thought  I’d find my heavenly match in a police officer, but here I stand. Falling for the good guys, that charm you have is quite the gift, Mr. Daniels.” He told him with a grin. This was a side of Zane that no one truly had seen before, but he was in a good mood so he was working with it. “What if that was my evil plan all along?”

[zanehartman]

genevievebeauchamp:

Gen smiled as she watched the kitten climb all over him.  Hers, thankfully, seemed content on her lap for the time being.  “Well speaking as someone who raised human children kittens are much easier.  I’m sure you’ll get the hang of it and think of the perfect name for her.”

“This little nugget seems to be quite the busy body.” Though it was climbing all over him or resting in his arms, he actually had begun to adore the kitten. “How many human children did you have? I didn’t want children or a wife. So I never got that experience.”

[zanehartman]

jchnathanknight:

“Sounds like you’ve been around longer than I have, anyway.” Of course it wasn’t difficult to maneuver the town, but wth it being difficult enough to keep up with his own family, some details of others could tend to slip. Although, his curiosity piqued at the fellow vampire’s following remark. “Just another work day, huh? Or are they really trying to plan some mutiny?”

“Thirty years actually. Normally I don’t stick around in one place, but my best friend enjoys the stability of not being on the run, so here I am.” Zane didn’t mind that he was there, but he did have nostalgia for them kicking ass and causing trouble. “Oh there’s always a mutiny. The laziest of the bunch wanted to be promoted to something called a social media liaison or something to that effect. Honestly, I don’t quite understand the craze, but I would never trust him with anything publicity wise. You see why I do things like outsource for coffee and wash my car to get away from the idiocy.”

[zanehartman]

genevievebeauchamp:

Genevieve smiled brightly when he suggested that.  “I think that would be lovely.  I’m sure they’d love to stick together and still be friends with each other when living with different people.”  Of course she didn’t know if cats needed to be walked, but it would be fun to try.  “Do kittens need to be walked?”

The kitten had climbed down off his shoulder and onto his arm. He’d somehow managed to start holding it as if it were a baby, cradling it. “She’s quite the looker. Trying to figure out what to name her is going to be the difficult part here. But I do agree, keeping them friends and close would be absolutely perfect. I’m not sure if kittens necessarily need to be walked, but then again I’ve never in all my time alive owned a kitten. It’s almost like being a first time father. Except my child can’t talk and is furry and walks around on four legs.”