[ He grumbles, because of course he grumbles. He can do this himself, he just made a tactical decision not to. And he's spent so much of the last few weeks wrapped within a cocoon of the other two that maybe he'd appreciate a little space.
...except he also appreciates being held like this while he has the faculties to understand it. He continues grumbling, leaning his head against Alucard's chest. ]
[Alucard is glad that this doesn't end up with and sort of fight. He has Trevor in his arms, and that's all that could ever matter in this moment.
Upon exiting the cave, there is a small open door. It's wooden, with a little full moon stained glass looking out into the world.
There's a cool breeze that blows past them both when Alucard steps outside. On it is the scent of pine, mixed with wild flowers and purest ozone. It's lovely, and Alucard sighs with contentment to see the whole of the forest stretch out below them, before more mountains form again.
He takes a few steps out, unsure if he should bother Leon (who may well want time with his son) or ask for space for the two of them. In the end, Alucard decides to be selfish, and he settles down with his back against the wall of the little cottage. It's all stone, with a secure roof and windows with dark red curtains that are drawn.]
[ Leon only looks up to nod to the both of them before returning to his watch. He's gained a companion since he spoke to Alucard last - the lion from that first hunt Alucard joined them on. It's massive, pearly white with its mane streaked with gold and bright blue eyes., and he strokes it head softly.
The air is- pleasant. There's nothing wrong with the cave, but it does start to grow stuffy sometimes when there's a fire burning there. He breathes deeply, lying against Alucard's chest. ]
[Alucard tries to ignore Leon's companion. It unsettles him, even if it means more protection. He remembers the lion. Everything from the Hunt. Every detail that set all of this in motion and....
[Alucard shifts Trevor a little bit in his arms, just so he himself can get just a little bit more comfortable. Once satisfied with that, he kisses the very top of Trevor's head.]
We're here to look after you. You don't have to apologize. [Alucard pauses, then lets out a very slight laugh.]
I'm not sure we'd be in this situation if I hadn't made things so difficult in courting at the very start.
[Alucard wants to keep just being soft. Soft makes him feel safe too, and ignore the fact Leon's like.
Right there.]
I think that there's nothing that could've been done. I just...knew you as a person. Your personality. Under my own steam, with no expectations. I think that's what did it.
I wish that I could have done it sooner. For so many reasons.
[ Primarily Sypha - they have so little time with her, from a long view, and so much of it was wasted because he was an idiot who came on too strong. Obviously there is all the danger he would have spared Alucard, as well. But also- he might still be attached to the romance of it, to sweeping away and the love at first sight and the other things that his kind are known for.
Not that he's ever going to say that part. ]
The line about- that. [ He's not going to say aloud that he tried to woo Alucard by saying how good fairies are at sex while his dad is listening, okay. ] Probably not a good idea.
If I had agreed immediately, you might have never found her.
[Alucard understands. Only a lifetime. His father faces the very same problem, and as the years have worn on, he's seen the undercurrent of worry on his father's features. They forget their son has good hearing, and there are snippets of conversation that he shouldn't have overheard.
He laughs at that memory though, far funnier now.]
[Alucard this is not how to make healing go faster, no matter what you want to have happen.]
No. It's unpleasant. I'm sorry that you were forced into it. [Selfish. He's being selfish, isn't he? That he would rather this than Trevor lose memories.]
The only good thing is we get to hold onto you instead of moths.
[That's a pun. Probably. Or some kind of a joke. The warmth for it is there, but more than that is the undercurrent of absolute and utter stupid adoration in Alucard's voice.]
I think you'll need to let go of me at least once during that time.
[ He chuckles a little more, until the stabbing in his side from it becomes a little too much, then settles against Alucard. ]
Got yourself stuck with the wrong Belmont if you don't care for insects.
[ He knows it's not that, but it's easier to pretend that it is than it is to think about how something happening to him could hurt or scare the others. ]
[Alucard suspects their time without the painkiller is growing short. All the same, he makes sure to keep holding his Belmont.]
Mm, but Enid only tolerates me because sometimes I'm a dog, your eldest just hates me, and I don't think it'd work out with Juliet.
[At that point, there's a creak from the door, coupled with a soft oh, there you are from Sypha. Alucard picks up his head, and smiles more as Sypha proceeds to settle right in and make grabby hands for custody of the Belmont.]
True. You're too much effort for her. Too resistant to being kept safe. Too much- your father.
[ Juliet has STANDARDS, and those standards are 'not having to deal with Dracula, thanks'.
He will have to take the painkiller sooner rather than later, especially now Sypha is here to enforce it. But they still have a few moments as Sypha settles in next to them, wriggling her way into Alucard's arms and wrapping her own around Trevor's neck. ]
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Which is bullshit, he sweeps Trevor up like a faerie princess, and that'll be that.]
I'll show you. Some fresh air might be to your benefit anyway.
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...except he also appreciates being held like this while he has the faculties to understand it. He continues grumbling, leaning his head against Alucard's chest. ]
Fine, fine.
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Upon exiting the cave, there is a small open door. It's wooden, with a little full moon stained glass looking out into the world.
There's a cool breeze that blows past them both when Alucard steps outside. On it is the scent of pine, mixed with wild flowers and purest ozone. It's lovely, and Alucard sighs with contentment to see the whole of the forest stretch out below them, before more mountains form again.
He takes a few steps out, unsure if he should bother Leon (who may well want time with his son) or ask for space for the two of them. In the end, Alucard decides to be selfish, and he settles down with his back against the wall of the little cottage. It's all stone, with a secure roof and windows with dark red curtains that are drawn.]
There.
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The air is- pleasant. There's nothing wrong with the cave, but it does start to grow stuffy sometimes when there's a fire burning there. He breathes deeply, lying against Alucard's chest. ]
...she come outside to look at this yet?
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[Alucard tries to ignore Leon's companion. It unsettles him, even if it means more protection. He remembers the lion. Everything from the Hunt. Every detail that set all of this in motion and....
no. It isn't important right now.]
She might've, then come bakc to sleep a bit more.
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[ He closes his eyes. He has to ask, doesn't he? ]
Why did we come here?
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[He doesn't want to scare Trevor with talk of Collectors, but to explain it like this isn't a lie either.]
Some idiot used a piece of your horns. They're dead now.
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[ He sighs. ]
Being hunted an awful lot more than I'm used to, these days. Don't think I like it. Sorry for the trouble.
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[Alucard shifts Trevor a little bit in his arms, just so he himself can get just a little bit more comfortable. Once satisfied with that, he kisses the very top of Trevor's head.]
We're here to look after you. You don't have to apologize. [Alucard pauses, then lets out a very slight laugh.]
I'm not sure we'd be in this situation if I hadn't made things so difficult in courting at the very start.
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[ And he grumbles a little, but the kiss is- nice. Soft. They're safe, and the pain is bearable for the moment. ]
What should I have done, back then? Must've done something right eventually- I want to do more of that, whatever it is.
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[Alucard wants to keep just being soft. Soft makes him feel safe too, and ignore the fact Leon's like.
Right there.]
I think that there's nothing that could've been done. I just...knew you as a person. Your personality. Under my own steam, with no expectations. I think that's what did it.
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[ Primarily Sypha - they have so little time with her, from a long view, and so much of it was wasted because he was an idiot who came on too strong. Obviously there is all the danger he would have spared Alucard, as well. But also- he might still be attached to the romance of it, to sweeping away and the love at first sight and the other things that his kind are known for.
Not that he's ever going to say that part. ]
The line about- that. [ He's not going to say aloud that he tried to woo Alucard by saying how good fairies are at sex while his dad is listening, okay. ] Probably not a good idea.
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[Alucard understands. Only a lifetime. His father faces the very same problem, and as the years have worn on, he's seen the undercurrent of worry on his father's features. They forget their son has good hearing, and there are snippets of conversation that he shouldn't have overheard.
He laughs at that memory though, far funnier now.]
Oh, I've never told her. But now I'm tempted to.
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[ He cringes, but it's at least from embarrassment rather than pain. ]
You wouldn't dare. [ He would dare, though, and so Trevor just huffs. ] Enid said it worked for her!
[ Enid is ridiculous enough to get away with these things. And also prefaced it with 'I have so many dogs'. ]
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[GOOD, YOU SHOULD BE EMBARRASSED TREVOR.]
I would, and you're not your sister. [But at least Alucard isn't entirely an ass.] In fairness to you, it is a true statement in your case.
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[ But he cranes his neck up to kiss Alucard's cheek. ]
But you do know how to soothe a man's ego. Pity you're apparently planning on crushing it later.
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[Should this conversation be happening around Leon? Absolutely not.
Look how many fucks Alucard gives.
And look at him tilting his cheek, just so his lips can brush against Trevor's.]
I wish I could speed this along.
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[ Leon is very much trying to ignore the whole conversation. He has a fluffy animal to pet. ]
Can't say I care for healing the human way at all. It's slow.
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[Alucard this is not how to make healing go faster, no matter what you want to have happen.]
No. It's unpleasant. I'm sorry that you were forced into it. [Selfish. He's being selfish, isn't he? That he would rather this than Trevor lose memories.]
The only good thing is we get to hold onto you instead of moths.
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[ It still hurts a little to laugh, but not enough to not do so anyway. ]
Give me another month or so. Then, consider your challenge accepted.
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[That's a pun. Probably. Or some kind of a joke. The warmth for it is there, but more than that is the undercurrent of absolute and utter stupid adoration in Alucard's voice.]
Don't like you as just moths. Scares me.
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[ He chuckles a little more, until the stabbing in his side from it becomes a little too much, then settles against Alucard. ]
Got yourself stuck with the wrong Belmont if you don't care for insects.
[ He knows it's not that, but it's easier to pretend that it is than it is to think about how something happening to him could hurt or scare the others. ]
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[Alucard suspects their time without the painkiller is growing short. All the same, he makes sure to keep holding his Belmont.]
Mm, but Enid only tolerates me because sometimes I'm a dog, your eldest just hates me, and I don't think it'd work out with Juliet.
[At that point, there's a creak from the door, coupled with a soft oh, there you are from Sypha. Alucard picks up his head, and smiles more as Sypha proceeds to settle right in and make grabby hands for custody of the Belmont.]
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[ Juliet has STANDARDS, and those standards are 'not having to deal with Dracula, thanks'.
He will have to take the painkiller sooner rather than later, especially now Sypha is here to enforce it. But they still have a few moments as Sypha settles in next to them, wriggling her way into Alucard's arms and wrapping her own around Trevor's neck. ]
Glad you're both here.
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[And more than that, Alucard's glad he can kiss one and then the other. They're brief, chaste kisses, but they're kisses all the same.]
I love you both.