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[Alucard doesn't quite laugh at Trevor's experiments with the stove, but he's entertained by how much it just seems to click.]
Both, I assume. There's a series of pans in the cabinet just to the right. Take out a medium sized one and we can begin.
Both, I assume. There's a series of pans in the cabinet just to the right. Take out a medium sized one and we can begin.
[ They've not actually poked around the kitchen very much. Not for any particular reason, they're just so used to being on the road that it never occured to either of them that it might be worth seeing if there was food lying around. Doing things the way they were used to gave them both a sense of things being normal.
Which means that when he opens the cupboard to take out a pan, it's actually his first encounter with the two spoon-armed things inside it.
And he proceeds to look at them for a moment and then ignore them, because that is way too much for his poor head to deal with both sober and before breakfast. ]
This one? [ He asks, pulling out a pan and closing the cupboard door. ]
Which means that when he opens the cupboard to take out a pan, it's actually his first encounter with the two spoon-armed things inside it.
And he proceeds to look at them for a moment and then ignore them, because that is way too much for his poor head to deal with both sober and before breakfast. ]
This one? [ He asks, pulling out a pan and closing the cupboard door. ]
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That'll do.
[Alucard heads to the refridgerater at that, and he comes back over with four strips of very thick bacon.]
Turn the burner on, and we'll cook the bacon first. Then the eggs will fry in the remaining fat.
[He pauses, realizing that actually the kitchen is probably overwhelming for anyone who isn't him.]
Any questions?
[Alucard heads to the refridgerater at that, and he comes back over with four strips of very thick bacon.]
Turn the burner on, and we'll cook the bacon first. Then the eggs will fry in the remaining fat.
[He pauses, realizing that actually the kitchen is probably overwhelming for anyone who isn't him.]
Any questions?
I'm guessing the burner is thing that burns.
[ He turns the flame back on, putting the pan over it. ]
Just one question. I'm not going to pretend to know my numbers, but I'm pretty sure four doesn't split between three. Assuming you weren't planning on starving either of us, where the fuck is your share?
[ He turns the flame back on, putting the pan over it. ]
Just one question. I'm not going to pretend to know my numbers, but I'm pretty sure four doesn't split between three. Assuming you weren't planning on starving either of us, where the fuck is your share?
[It has been three very careful months. Three careful months without Sypha, although she writes letters that are delivered once a week to let them both know that she's still okay. That her people are safe, and that she hopes they are okay as well. Three careful months of learning to live with each other properly, the ebb and flow of Alucard's line of work, of getting a slightly larger set of soft cushions to rest on when there's no work left to do.
There's a little loneliness these days. Sypha's presence was something else, although Alucard isn't sure why. Trevor is here and wonderful and makes him feel even more safe and he could cry from that fact alone.
He's been thinking too, while working. While snuggled up and watching the embers in the fireplace die. While doing just about anything. The past and future weigh on his mind.
Summer will be here soon. Alucard still rests in Trevor's arms in the living room, fingers laced together.]
Trevor?
[The question comes with Alucard lifting their hands up. Kissing Trevor's knuckles gently.]
There's a little loneliness these days. Sypha's presence was something else, although Alucard isn't sure why. Trevor is here and wonderful and makes him feel even more safe and he could cry from that fact alone.
He's been thinking too, while working. While snuggled up and watching the embers in the fireplace die. While doing just about anything. The past and future weigh on his mind.
Summer will be here soon. Alucard still rests in Trevor's arms in the living room, fingers laced together.]
Trevor?
[The question comes with Alucard lifting their hands up. Kissing Trevor's knuckles gently.]
Yes it is.
[Alucard adds the bacon into the pan, then backs off.]
I'm not very hungry at the moment.
[Alucard adds the bacon into the pan, then backs off.]
I'm not very hungry at the moment.
[ There's a story, now. Sypha helped him with it. He's a weaver, boarding with an old friend while he studies the work of the city's artisans. Nothing about it is particularly untrue, just- missing details. It doesn't change much, save that Alucard's grandmothers keep dropping off socks and linens to be darned. He does those errands, and a few that come up in the clinic that he can be trusted with. And then in the evenings he sits like this, bundled up among cushions, Alucard's warm and human weight against him.
It's perfect. His sisters were concerned, at first, but so long as he doesn't neglect his family's work or the tasks that the queen sets for him there don't seem to be any consequences. ]
Mm?
[ He smiles sleepily at the gesture, unthreading their fingers from each other so that he can stroke Alucard's cheek. ]
It's perfect. His sisters were concerned, at first, but so long as he doesn't neglect his family's work or the tasks that the queen sets for him there don't seem to be any consequences. ]
Mm?
[ He smiles sleepily at the gesture, unthreading their fingers from each other so that he can stroke Alucard's cheek. ]
[Alucard's pretty sure he can't move closer against Trevor. He tries anyway, leaning against Trevor's fingers every so often.]
Is it possible to revoke faerie deals?
Is it possible to revoke faerie deals?
Like you weren't hungry yesterday. Or the day before.
[ He watches the bacon, turning the heat of the pan down a little so it doesn't burn before it cooks properly. ]
You still need to not starve, hungry or not.
[ He watches the bacon, turning the heat of the pan down a little so it doesn't burn before it cooks properly. ]
You still need to not starve, hungry or not.
I ate yesterday.
[A little! But he has no real bite in it, no particular argument back. There's just tiredness.]
I'm fine, Belmont.
[A little! But he has no real bite in it, no particular argument back. There's just tiredness.]
I'm fine, Belmont.
Did you? [ Ugh, he doesn't like this but- ] Fine.
[ Alucard's not back to normal, but last night seems to have- helped. He doesn't want to push too hard. ]
You don't have to have breakfast with us. But if the burns don't start healing soon I'm going to shove food down your throat. You know that, right?
[ Alucard's not back to normal, but last night seems to have- helped. He doesn't want to push too hard. ]
You don't have to have breakfast with us. But if the burns don't start healing soon I'm going to shove food down your throat. You know that, right?
[He isn't getting a fight? That's.
He's surprised. Genuinely.]
I know.
[He's going to end up with food down his throat. That's fine. He can't care too much at this point.]
The bacon's burning. Flip it.
He's surprised. Genuinely.]
I know.
[He's going to end up with food down his throat. That's fine. He can't care too much at this point.]
The bacon's burning. Flip it.
It depends on the deal. Not usually.
[ But he strokes over Alucard's cheek with his thumb a few more times. Thoughtfully. ]
But you mean Leon's vow to your ancestors, don't you? [ There are no other deals that apply to anyone they know. Not that he knows of. ] That one's- I don't know the details. But I don't think there was ever an exchange. There's nothing to be returned. It should be reversible.
[ And then, almost hopefully. ] Do you want to meet them? Mother and Leon and my sisters?
[ But he strokes over Alucard's cheek with his thumb a few more times. Thoughtfully. ]
But you mean Leon's vow to your ancestors, don't you? [ There are no other deals that apply to anyone they know. Not that he knows of. ] That one's- I don't know the details. But I don't think there was ever an exchange. There's nothing to be returned. It should be reversible.
[ And then, almost hopefully. ] Do you want to meet them? Mother and Leon and my sisters?
It feels...right. I'm the last, and there's peace. Whatever felt so violated is gone now, and there's just this.
[Just the two of them. Like this. Probably for a very long time to come.]
I think that's usually what happens after people do this for a while, isn't it?
[He assumes that Sara and Leon must have seen him at some point while he was unconscious and barely alive. He's never asked.]
[Just the two of them. Like this. Probably for a very long time to come.]
I think that's usually what happens after people do this for a while, isn't it?
[He assumes that Sara and Leon must have seen him at some point while he was unconscious and barely alive. He's never asked.]
Shit, this thing cooks faster than-
[ He grabs a spatula, flipping the bacon over and maybe yelping just a little when the pan spits. ]
-there. Stupid fucking pig. [ Grumble grumble. He has figured out where plates live, at least, and he brings two down from a cupboard with no dolls in it. ]
-it's not a problem, is it?
[ He grabs a spatula, flipping the bacon over and maybe yelping just a little when the pan spits. ]
-there. Stupid fucking pig. [ Grumble grumble. He has figured out where plates live, at least, and he brings two down from a cupboard with no dolls in it. ]
-it's not a problem, is it?
It's more efficient, yes.
[Alucard looks over at the eggs, and points at them.]
Turn the heat down and add the eggs.
And no, no it is not.
[Alucard looks over at the eggs, and points at them.]
Turn the heat down and add the eggs.
And no, no it is not.
Just this.
[ Alucard's ancestors probably had their reasons for not wanting the things of the morning and night poking their noses in their business. Maybe they were private people. Maybe they didn't care for all the magic interfering with their science. Maybe they didn't trust the motives of Mathias' friends. Didn't want to be compared to him. Maybe they just thought that whatever protection Leon and Sara could offer paled in comparison to the danger of suspicion from the church that they brought with them.
Whatever it was, things have changed. ]
I- wouldn't know. I've never- [ He's been with his own kind before, but never for so long. They're flighty and lose interest quickly and always just left him a little confused about what he'd done wrong. It doesn't stop him from being a little awkward about it. ] I don't know how these things go.
[ Alucard's ancestors probably had their reasons for not wanting the things of the morning and night poking their noses in their business. Maybe they were private people. Maybe they didn't care for all the magic interfering with their science. Maybe they didn't trust the motives of Mathias' friends. Didn't want to be compared to him. Maybe they just thought that whatever protection Leon and Sara could offer paled in comparison to the danger of suspicion from the church that they brought with them.
Whatever it was, things have changed. ]
I- wouldn't know. I've never- [ He's been with his own kind before, but never for so long. They're flighty and lose interest quickly and always just left him a little confused about what he'd done wrong. It doesn't stop him from being a little awkward about it. ] I don't know how these things go.
[ He follows the instructions, turning the knob first one way, then when that makes the flame larger turning it the other. ]
We'd- we were worried it might be. I mean- it's not like we were thinking 'let's leave the vampire behind and go fuck' when we left. [ Yeah. the problem he was asking about? Not cooking-related. ]
It just- happened.
We'd- we were worried it might be. I mean- it's not like we were thinking 'let's leave the vampire behind and go fuck' when we left. [ Yeah. the problem he was asking about? Not cooking-related. ]
It just- happened.
Usually parents meet.
[Alucard doesn't say anything more. Usually meet their child's intended. He doesn't need to.]
Do you need a few days to organize things?
[Alucard doesn't say anything more. Usually meet their child's intended. He doesn't need to.]
Do you need a few days to organize things?
[No. He doesn't want this conversation.]
We'll address that later.
[So. Much later.]
Keep your eyes on the eggs.
We'll address that later.
[So. Much later.]
Keep your eyes on the eggs.
Only a few. To be sure they're all there.
[ He sounds overjoyed, slight awkwardness about 'how do humans relationship' aside. The arm around Alucard's waist squeeze softly. ]
They've wanted to see you for so long. They- they worried, when you were hurt.
[ They couldn't visit him, but Sara asked after him constantly. Leon didn't - at least didn't ask him - but he doesn't think it's a coincidence that someone just happened to behunting where Alucard was when he needed them. ]
[ He sounds overjoyed, slight awkwardness about 'how do humans relationship' aside. The arm around Alucard's waist squeeze softly. ]
They've wanted to see you for so long. They- they worried, when you were hurt.
[ They couldn't visit him, but Sara asked after him constantly. Leon didn't - at least didn't ask him - but he doesn't think it's a coincidence that someone just happened to behunting where Alucard was when he needed them. ]
[ Ah. So maybe it is a little bit of a problem.
He breaks the eggs into the pan, dodging the spitting fat this time. ]
Don't have to address it at all, if you don't want. Just- needed to know it wasn't going to cause problems.
He breaks the eggs into the pan, dodging the spitting fat this time. ]
Don't have to address it at all, if you don't want. Just- needed to know it wasn't going to cause problems.
Just tell me what day and time, so I can close early if I need to?
[He laughs softly when Trevor squeezes. Shifts his head so he can brush his lips over Trevor's.]
I don't know what to expect from them. But I know it's important we talk. So important.
[He laughs softly when Trevor squeezes. Shifts his head so he can brush his lips over Trevor's.]
I don't know what to expect from them. But I know it's important we talk. So important.
I don't care, Trevor.
[He's too burnt to care.]
Just focus on getting breakfast on the table.
[He's too burnt to care.]
Just focus on getting breakfast on the table.
I will. It'll need to be before dusk. Leon isn't there at night.
[ And he's kissing Alucard. Just softly. Warm and safe and comfortable, in a pile of cushions with just enough magic woven into them to make them so soft it feels like floating. ]
You'll need to see Leon first. He was the one who made the vow. He can revoke it, if you give him permission.
[ And he's kissing Alucard. Just softly. Warm and safe and comfortable, in a pile of cushions with just enough magic woven into them to make them so soft it feels like floating. ]
You'll need to see Leon first. He was the one who made the vow. He can revoke it, if you give him permission.
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