Alucard \\ Adrian F. Ţepeş (
cryptsleeper) wrote2018-11-10 11:26 pm
Fuck it.
[ He's enough of a strategist to know when he's beaten. And this part- this part, at least, is technically for Sypha. He can let Alucard see it without ruining all the rest. He gives a defeated sigh and- ]
I need your help.
[ He's enough of a strategist to know when he's beaten. And this part- this part, at least, is technically for Sypha. He can let Alucard see it without ruining all the rest. He gives a defeated sigh and- ]
I need your help.
[ One of Alucard's hands is still in his hair, and that's more than acceptable. The other- the other really ought to be on his hip. Because he needs to use his own to support his weight, like this, so the very least Alucard can do is be touching him extra to make up for it. He grabs Alucard's wrist (without breaking it, thank you very much) to move his free hand where it ought to be and then returns his own hands to the mattress.
And he probably looks ridiculous right now, or at least what he considers to be ridiculous. Eyes dark and heavy, lines of his face made to look softer by the redness of it, hair definitely clinging to his neck and forehead.
Lowering himself down enough to kiss at Alucard's collarbone, he begins to move. ]
And he probably looks ridiculous right now, or at least what he considers to be ridiculous. Eyes dark and heavy, lines of his face made to look softer by the redness of it, hair definitely clinging to his neck and forehead.
Lowering himself down enough to kiss at Alucard's collarbone, he begins to move. ]
I was studying it.
[ GOSH! ]
It's- [ He makes a few false starts at describing the problem and then sighs in annoyance. ] -it's easier to show you than it is to explain. But you have to close your eyes until we get there.
[ GOSH! ]
It's- [ He makes a few false starts at describing the problem and then sighs in annoyance. ] -it's easier to show you than it is to explain. But you have to close your eyes until we get there.
[ In hindsight, preparing his entire plan around being able to throw one stupid poorly-worded phrase back in Alucard's face may not have been the best idea. It's ended wonderfully, but it also means that he can't keep up this stupid game at all any more. He always manages to forget how quickly and completely this unravels him. Alucard is always so careful, so clever at finding just the right angle, and the squirming about- ]
Even this isn't comfortable enough for you, your highness?
[ It's breathy and only vaguely audible because it turns into a whine at the end. And then Alucard thrusts, and the sound that comes out of Trevor when he does is soft but it's also obscene even by Trevor standards. ]
Even this isn't comfortable enough for you, your highness?
[ It's breathy and only vaguely audible because it turns into a whine at the end. And then Alucard thrusts, and the sound that comes out of Trevor when he does is soft but it's also obscene even by Trevor standards. ]
[ Acceptable. Helium balloons don't exist yet, so Trevor sadly has no frame of reference to make the completely sensible suggestion that Alucard just float and let Trevor pull him around to sidestep the problems of stairs and uneven ground entirely.
And uneven ground is a problem, occasionally in places where it probably wasn't on the rare occasions that Alucard's been in this part of the estate before. Trevor warns him, and they go slowly, and thankfully nobody falls over. And then there's a pause, the sound of something being opened, and Alucard is led forward again, and then it's closed again behind him. ]
Open your eyes.
[ It's. Very bright. It's a small building, made with a wooden frame covered with white cloth that's gone slightly transparent from being treated with linseed oil, and the sunlight filtered though the cloth is- everywhere. There are wooden boxes at each side of the narrow path through the middle of it, about knee high and filled to the top with soil.
And Trevor is sheepish, not meeting Alucard's eyes and rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. ]
It's- it's for Sypha.
And uneven ground is a problem, occasionally in places where it probably wasn't on the rare occasions that Alucard's been in this part of the estate before. Trevor warns him, and they go slowly, and thankfully nobody falls over. And then there's a pause, the sound of something being opened, and Alucard is led forward again, and then it's closed again behind him. ]
Open your eyes.
[ It's. Very bright. It's a small building, made with a wooden frame covered with white cloth that's gone slightly transparent from being treated with linseed oil, and the sunlight filtered though the cloth is- everywhere. There are wooden boxes at each side of the narrow path through the middle of it, about knee high and filled to the top with soil.
And Trevor is sheepish, not meeting Alucard's eyes and rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly. ]
It's- it's for Sypha.
Not at all.
[ Fuck, it's difficult to say stupid shit like this. Even without him moving, even without anything else, just being connected to Alucard like this is overwhelming. But he has to do his best, because where would any of us be if Trevor could not say stupid shit? ]
The straw bed was soft.
[ Fuck, it's difficult to say stupid shit like this. Even without him moving, even without anything else, just being connected to Alucard like this is overwhelming. But he has to do his best, because where would any of us be if Trevor could not say stupid shit? ]
The straw bed was soft.
It's- Leon wrote about it. That your father was working on something to keep Sara's people from going hungry, before they were called off to war and it all went to shit. Except he never fucking finished it, so- most of this is a guess.
He had the place heated with alchemy bullshit, so that he could trick plants into thinking it was summer all the time. And I thought that raising the beds off the ground would at least keep them from dying to frost, but I'm not certain now that it's finished, and I can't exactly light a fire in here to keep it warm because it's made of wood and cloth and oil and-
[ This is so fucking awkward, and he's not even looked up to see Alucard's face. He's not good with the 'giving' part of gifts. Or even the 'talking about giving' part of them, in this case. He likes working on this shit, he likes people having the shit he's worked on, and he hates the step in the middle. Because it involves admitting that he cares. And it doesn't help that this is him asking Alucard to fix his own mistakes. ]
-and also fuck, Pliny the Elder has a lot to fucking say about emperors who are far, far too fond of cucumbers.
[ YOUR DAD REFERENCES SO MANY STUPID FUCKING TEXTS IN HIS WORK. HE HAD TO READ SO MUCH TO FIGURE THIS OUT. ]
He had the place heated with alchemy bullshit, so that he could trick plants into thinking it was summer all the time. And I thought that raising the beds off the ground would at least keep them from dying to frost, but I'm not certain now that it's finished, and I can't exactly light a fire in here to keep it warm because it's made of wood and cloth and oil and-
[ This is so fucking awkward, and he's not even looked up to see Alucard's face. He's not good with the 'giving' part of gifts. Or even the 'talking about giving' part of them, in this case. He likes working on this shit, he likes people having the shit he's worked on, and he hates the step in the middle. Because it involves admitting that he cares. And it doesn't help that this is him asking Alucard to fix his own mistakes. ]
-and also fuck, Pliny the Elder has a lot to fucking say about emperors who are far, far too fond of cucumbers.
[ YOUR DAD REFERENCES SO MANY STUPID FUCKING TEXTS IN HIS WORK. HE HAD TO READ SO MUCH TO FIGURE THIS OUT. ]
[ There's that stupid obscene noise again, louder this time, an the instinct is to arch his back but Alucard's hand is there in his hair and he finds it being pulled all the harder because of his own attempts to move away and he is perfectly okay with that. ]
I'm not the one- [ and he moves back and forth a little, grinding himself against Alucard again because now he is very much the one who is being impatient and making tiny, soft pants as he does. ] -who is in anything right now.
I'm not the one- [ and he moves back and forth a little, grinding himself against Alucard again because now he is very much the one who is being impatient and making tiny, soft pants as he does. ] -who is in anything right now.
Fucking Romans.
[ He repeats with a put-upon sigh, because it's easier to say stupid shit than to acknowledge that he's doing something that's A Big Deal and that he's put effort and feeling into and then he actually looks at Alucard and. Fuck. Fuck. He's making that face. What is he even meant to do about that face? It's so bright and perfect and really they could just leave Alucard here the problem would be solved and all the plants would grow toward him, that smile is so bright and warm.
And- shit. He just wants to make him keep making that stupid perfect smile. ]
This was the last of it. If you want to see the rest.
[ He repeats with a put-upon sigh, because it's easier to say stupid shit than to acknowledge that he's doing something that's A Big Deal and that he's put effort and feeling into and then he actually looks at Alucard and. Fuck. Fuck. He's making that face. What is he even meant to do about that face? It's so bright and perfect and really they could just leave Alucard here the problem would be solved and all the plants would grow toward him, that smile is so bright and warm.
And- shit. He just wants to make him keep making that stupid perfect smile. ]
This was the last of it. If you want to see the rest.
There's- not a lot to explain, really. This is the only thing that needs it, and you understood it the second you saw it.
[ Because Alucard's brilliant. Both of them are. He loves them both so much. And in truth this doesn't feel like enough, but it's what he can achieve with what he's good at - work and not being afraid of filth and memorizing the fuck out of every relevant text in one of the smaller sections of Dracula's library (because what use does a vampire have for texts on the best soil conditions for growing certain kinds of fruit? He half-suspects that most of the books in that section were acquired as gifts for his wife). ]
But I'll show you. Come with me.
[ He opens the door of the he-doesn't-know-that-it's-called-a-greenhouse-yet to lead Alucard into the old kitchen gardens of the Belmont house. It's split into two parts, now, with a wall between the parts closest to the old house (where the mass grave is, and the whole thing is alive with wildflowers this time of year) and the part where he's been working.
He's been working a lot.
The plants that were there for Belmont Reasons, the aconite and dogrose and hawthorne and sloe, all of them have been dug up and moved into the great mess of wildflowers. Still there if they're ever needed, but far enough away and controlled enough to not be a danger to the vampire and forming a tight barrier of thorns around the grave. In their place, the garden is- right now it's a lot of dirt, because things take time to grow. Some of them won't be ready for this harvest season (though the spinach is already showing signs of being an overachieving little shit that's going to take over everything if left unchecked, and the strawberries are already starting to bar fruit). But they're there, even if some of them are still only barely visible above the ground. Along the garden side of the wall, close enough to the mess of wildflowers to hopefully attract occupants come next spring, are five bee skeps.
And he's watching Alucard's face so carefully now, watching for any reaction at all. ]
I- don't think bee stings should hurt you. So it seemed like a waste not to have them.
[ Because Alucard's brilliant. Both of them are. He loves them both so much. And in truth this doesn't feel like enough, but it's what he can achieve with what he's good at - work and not being afraid of filth and memorizing the fuck out of every relevant text in one of the smaller sections of Dracula's library (because what use does a vampire have for texts on the best soil conditions for growing certain kinds of fruit? He half-suspects that most of the books in that section were acquired as gifts for his wife). ]
But I'll show you. Come with me.
[ He opens the door of the he-doesn't-know-that-it's-called-a-greenhouse-yet to lead Alucard into the old kitchen gardens of the Belmont house. It's split into two parts, now, with a wall between the parts closest to the old house (where the mass grave is, and the whole thing is alive with wildflowers this time of year) and the part where he's been working.
He's been working a lot.
The plants that were there for Belmont Reasons, the aconite and dogrose and hawthorne and sloe, all of them have been dug up and moved into the great mess of wildflowers. Still there if they're ever needed, but far enough away and controlled enough to not be a danger to the vampire and forming a tight barrier of thorns around the grave. In their place, the garden is- right now it's a lot of dirt, because things take time to grow. Some of them won't be ready for this harvest season (though the spinach is already showing signs of being an overachieving little shit that's going to take over everything if left unchecked, and the strawberries are already starting to bar fruit). But they're there, even if some of them are still only barely visible above the ground. Along the garden side of the wall, close enough to the mess of wildflowers to hopefully attract occupants come next spring, are five bee skeps.
And he's watching Alucard's face so carefully now, watching for any reaction at all. ]
I- don't think bee stings should hurt you. So it seemed like a waste not to have them.
[ Okay, so moving the hand away from his hip was UNFAIR. And moving it to his ass instead was VERY UNFAIR. And he expresses how terribly unfair all of it is by trying and just about managing to bite back that noise. And that would be an excellent way of demonstrating contempt if it weren't for the fact that the noise instead comes out as a long hiss through gritted teeth and accompanied by a shudder that goes all the way through him and sounding even more filthy than it would have originally for the effort.
Fuck kissing range, because it's almost embarrassing how quickly he's coming apart. He tugs back against the hand in his hair, because he isn't going to let the vampire bring him to the edge this quickly without at least being a little bit shitty about it. ]
My own fucking plan, remember?
[ This is not kissing range. This is neck range. The bites from before have already faded into a slight redness, but his mouth goes to where he thinks he remembers one of them being, sucking and nibbling at the flesh there. And if that means tugging against the hand in his hair so that his hair gets pulled? Then oh dear, what a terrible shame. ]
Fuck kissing range, because it's almost embarrassing how quickly he's coming apart. He tugs back against the hand in his hair, because he isn't going to let the vampire bring him to the edge this quickly without at least being a little bit shitty about it. ]
My own fucking plan, remember?
[ This is not kissing range. This is neck range. The bites from before have already faded into a slight redness, but his mouth goes to where he thinks he remembers one of them being, sucking and nibbling at the flesh there. And if that means tugging against the hand in his hair so that his hair gets pulled? Then oh dear, what a terrible shame. ]
[ Alucard's face is filling his entire vision right now and it's terribly overwhelming. He's figured out how to react to warmth, how to react to warmth even when he can't just make a stupid comment to shrug it off. This is too much. This is him being looked at the way he looks at Sypha and Alucard when they're too busy talking about some magic bullshit to see him. Being looked at in that way that it's only really fair to look at people when they can't see you because what the fuck is he supposed to do with a face that bright and lovely and perfect? ]
I needed something to keep me busy. [ What he does in the end is to busy his head in Alucard's shoulder, because he can't fucking talk while looking at that face. It's too much. His heart might just burst. And- it is true what he's saying. Because at least the first week of his recovery wasn't spent working, just on sitting here and processing everything once the adrenaline was gone, and keeping busy was an excellent way to keep him from going too far into his own head. ] You know how I get when I'm not doing anything. It seemed as good a thing to work on as any.
I needed something to keep me busy. [ What he does in the end is to busy his head in Alucard's shoulder, because he can't fucking talk while looking at that face. It's too much. His heart might just burst. And- it is true what he's saying. Because at least the first week of his recovery wasn't spent working, just on sitting here and processing everything once the adrenaline was gone, and keeping busy was an excellent way to keep him from going too far into his own head. ] You know how I get when I'm not doing anything. It seemed as good a thing to work on as any.
[ It isn't much longer before it's too much. Another of those shudders goes down him, and another of those noises, and he chooses not to muffle it against Alucard's neck because fine, fine, he did good, he deserves to get noises.
It doesn't last long, because there's a sense of urgency to it as he returns his mouth to Alucard's neck, biting down hard. It's a sharp contrast to the stupid slow stopping and starting and teasing before, but now he's working against time, desperate to get the vampire off quickly now, before he becomes too achingly oversensitive to be any use. ]
It doesn't last long, because there's a sense of urgency to it as he returns his mouth to Alucard's neck, biting down hard. It's a sharp contrast to the stupid slow stopping and starting and teasing before, but now he's working against time, desperate to get the vampire off quickly now, before he becomes too achingly oversensitive to be any use. ]

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