#A Discovery of Witches OCs

[adarafaelbarba]

What would happen if their mate died/was killed:

Not including Ysabeau, Miriam and Fernando as they’ve already lost their mate ❤️ but I’m including ocs for Baldwin, Gallowglass and Hancock 🥰

Matthew: He would let the world burn to find whoever killed Diana. And he’d make it hurt, getting his revenge. There’s nowhere her killer can hide. Even if the death was accidental. Matthew wouldn’t care, all he’d care about would be to find and end the person, his blood rage taking over his entire mind, fogging any sort of consciousness or better judgement. And at the end he might want to join her.

Diana: If Matthew was killed, you’d better pray you can fight Diana. Seeing what she did to Benjamin, she wouldn’t spare you, whether or not she’ll make it hurt depends though. You might get lucky and she’ll just kill you, like with Benjamin—or she’ll drag it out.

Baldwin: There’s no place on heaven or earth in which you’ll be saved. This man is skilled in killing, and in strategizing said killing. He will kill first and grieve second. 

Nora (oc): If you wonder how Philippe suffered, you should stay away from Baldwin as long as Nora is in his life. Should he die, you’d wish your own end would come swiftly. She will make it hurt, but wouldn’t kill you, just break you, bit by bit, until there’s nothing left.

Delphie (oc): She will call on Zeus, Hades and any God or Goddess who would listen, begging for Baldwin to be returned. When that doesn’t work, she’ll want revenge. And it will be painful for the ones at fault. At the end they would want it to just be over with.

Minerva (oc): She’s lost a husband before. But loosing Baldwin might be what actually kills her. She wouldn’t be able to go through the loss again. Whether it was back in their own time, or during present times, she would follow him into death without a second thought.

Gallowglass: This man might be a big teddy bear, but should you cross him, you’d better be good at hiding. And if you kill his mate — Oh BOI! This man never really gets mad, but he will quickly let his anger take control, and kill you in an instant, no hesitation.

Lyra (Julie’s oc): She wouldn’t be able to process it, the grief hitting her harder than either of her parent’s death (might have to do with her parents death being self-inflicted, even if they were accidental). If Gallowglass gets killed, she would never recover, bringing the grief with her to the grave. No flowers will ever grow again from her magic, depending on her strength, she might even stop practicing magic all together.

Catriona (oc): She would be inconsolable, turning to her dad and Fernando for support and guidance, unsure what to do, wishing she could get him back. She’ll hit the depressed part of grief pretty fast, and has to get help doing the most basic things.

Marcus: Our token healer would switch to a cold blooded killer should his mate get killed. He definitely protects those he loves, to the very end. Don’t cross him. He knows ways to kill and make it look like an accident, a suicide or in some cases, the body will never be found, just a note stating said person had run away to be with someone. 

Phoebe: If it’s human!Phoebe, she’d bargain, trying to sacrifice herself so he could live. If it’s vampire!Phoebe, specifically newly turned Phoebe, you should be careful, she’ll drain you before you can stop to think. 

Hancock: Like Gallowglass, Davy is a gentle giant, but cross him and it would be the last thing you do. If you kill his mate he’ll let you bleed, feeding, stopping, feeding again, to drag it out until you die from blood loss.

Annie (kinda oc): She’ll go through all five stages of grief. Not sure what to do to change the outcome. She wants justice, sure, but doesn’t think it’s right to sink to the killer’s level by killing them. Someone else would probably do the killing in her honor.

Valeria (oc): She’s not nicknamed the Bloody Mary of Barbados for no reason. Wrong her and you’ll be dead within hours, and that’s a promise. You think her maker was bad, Val learnt from the worst, watching the ways Louisa made others suffer. She’ll make it painful, and dragged out.

Patience (kinda oc): Patience definitely does not live up to her name. If you cross her she will not be patience with you. She’ll have your head and/or blood before you have a second to think. She might not have blood rage, but she does have some underlying anger issues that would have come both from her father’s years of abuse while they was human, and from watching her family suffer after Matthew and Juliette killed most of her nieces and nephews. Kill her mate, and you’ll be 6ft below in no time.

Ransome: This man might look calm, and scarily so. He’s already lost so much from his grandfather and Juliette paying New Orleans a visit. So should you take out his mate/life partner, you better write your will and get your affairs in order, because judgement day is close.

Jaqueline (kinda oc): She’s a kind, soft spirit. That being said, she’s got a unique gift only a limited amount of vampires have, that and a very close friendship to some of the strongest witches and vampires in New Orleans. Jackie might not be the one to kill the ones who killed her mate, but if you cross her, you’d wish she was the one delivering the blow.

Benoit (Julie’s oc): Ben is very much his father’s son. Born, raised and reborn a soldier, he’s a skilled fighter and killer. Should you have the misfortune of killing his mate, you might find yourself in an old, abandoned castle real fast, with some medieval torture methods waiting for you. Like Baldwin, Benoit will kill you first and then grieve second, heck, even join her in death if he can.

Amelia (Julie’s oc): Amelia has a heart of gold, she would never hurt anyone. She’d go through the five stages of grief, but instead of acceptance, she’d join her mate in the afterlife, knowing without him there’s no sense in going on with life. He’s her whole world, and as she can’t avenge his death, she’ll join him instead. That being said though, if she looses her mate you better run—Miyako is not as forgiving as her sister-in-law.

Verin: It’s inevitable that he will die. Ernst isn’t exactly getting younger. But should his death be unexpected, or rushed…if Ernst is robbed of his end, Verin will tear the person who did it into pieces. 

Ernst: He thinks the world of his never aging wife. Should she meet the end, especially in his old age, he wouldn’t be far behind in joining her. The grief would be too hard on his heart, after all he’s loved her for years. 

Pierre: His heart would simply break, shattering into a milion pieces. In simple terms, his life would be over, he’d leave Sept Tours, and the de Clermont family, unsure of what to do with himself. Pierre loves with his entire being. He thinks the world of his mate, and without her, to him life has no more meaning. He wouldn’t get revenge though, that would be all Gallowglass and Jack’s doing. His «sons» would do it for him knowing he wouldn’t hurt anyone (unless for feeding) because it’s not what his wife would’ve wanted.

Hyacinth (oc): Being a somewhat «public» figure, Hyacinth know’s she can’t kill his killer, not that she would’ve know how to. She would lock herself away, grieving until she had no more tears to spill, and then she would just lay there, wasting away until she can be with her love again. Like with Pierre, someone else would get revenge for her, but would make sure it wouldn’t come back to hurt her or her family’s reputation. It would either be Jack and Gallowglass or Matthew, heck even Francoise, the older woman adores Hyacinth.

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Random Gif Edits: A Matter of Blood

Alina Driscoll and Chizoba 'Chizzy' Duncan; Alina and Chizzy; Alina and Chizzy; Montgomery 'Monty' Sanderson and Chizzy; Monty and Chizzy.

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A Matter of Blood

OC Halloween Challenge 2023

Day Three: Born In The Wrong Century

Movies depend on a lot of things, but time and place helps create the ominous feel for it. Like Crimson Peak that belongs to the revival gothic period of 1880s or Jason Voorhees waking up on a spaceship in the year of 2455, give your character(s) a new decade to explore and even monsters to face.

Surrounded by vampires who have lived through so many different times, there’s not really a time that Chizzy, Alina and Monty would want to go back to themselves – and because of Diana, the adventure would be fully possible if they so wished. That being said, even going back to the roaring 20s would show differences for them.

Chizzy would still be living in America, hearing stories of the War in Europe and part of her wondering if they couldn’t do something to help with it all, but also stress baking an awful lot. She’d never cross paths with Monty and Alina, so there’d be nobody to rein in her anxieties as much as the former does.

Alina would probably cross paths with Marcus when sneaking in to help with a fight that she has no right to be a part of. Her stubbornness, and his realisation of it, would probably be the only thing that stops him from dragging her away from the battlefield because it would only cause more problems for people. His concern for her would be obvious to the likes of Sooty, but still it is something she wouldn’t notice.

Monty would be in battle beside them, gently teasing his best friend about the woman he is now looking out for, along with trying to keep the secret of Creatures. Monty would also probably get into a lot of trouble for flirting and telling too many jokes when they need to be serious.  

[kyuriin-chan]

Masterlist

This post is a collection of all my works, making it easier for you to find everything in one place.

Feel free to explore, share, and let me know what you think!

☆ Twilight

Jasper Hale (finished)

Demetri Volturi

☆ Avatar (James Cameron)

Tsu'tey (ongoing)

☆ Heretic 2024

Mr. Reed (finished)

☆ Wednesday 2024

Tyler Galpin (finished)

☆ Marvel

Adam Warlock

☆ Vampire / Fantasy

Tales of the Heart (finished)

☆ Sherlock Holmes BBC

Mycroft Holmes (ongoing)

☆ House MD

Dr. Wilson (finished)

☆ A Discovery of Witches

Baldwin x witch (ongoing)

Baldwin x human (finished)

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☆ The Rings of Power

Ar-Pharazôn x OC (finished)

[multifandom-rec-station]

His Mate

His Mate (111,637 words) by Kyuriin ( @kyuriin-chan )

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Relationships: Baldwin de Clermont/Original Female Character(s)

Summary: 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩𝐞𝐫, a sharp and independent modern-day lawyer, never expected her life to be anything but ordinary—until a strange case pulls her into a hidden world of ancient power, immortal politics, and deadly secrets. At the center of it all stands 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭—vampire, warrior, and centuries-old member of the mysterious Congregation that governs the supernatural.

When their paths cross, it’s more than fate. It’s fire.

Baldwin never believed he’d find someone like Elena. She’s everything he shouldn’t want—mortal, stubborn, bold—but his instincts say otherwise. She calls to something primal in him, something ancient. Their bond is immediate, undeniable... and dangerous. As tensions rise in the supernatural world, Elena must navigate secrets, rivalries, and desires that could change everything she knows about life—and herself.

But one thing is certain: Baldwin will stop at nothing to have her. And Elena? She might just want to be caught.

𝐀 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞, 𝐩𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚 𝐛𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞.

Additional Tags: Mates, Mating Bond, Human/Vampire Relationship, Vampire Sex, Fluff, Desire, Possessive Behavior, Jealousy, Sarcasm, Teasing, Lawyer, Vampire Bite, Marking, Eventual Smut, Smut, Claiming Bites, Claiming

[notlostgnome]

A Discovery for Baldwin (Baldwin Montclair x OC)

Summary: After having her confidence shaken by meeting one of Baldwin's vampire exes, his current human lover tries to surprise him when he comes home one night. It doesn't quite go to plan.

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Some slightly steamy sexual content

Word Count: 2.7k

Author's Notes:

This is a stand alone excerpt taken from a larger WIP I'm working on. I just couldn't resist getting it out there.

OC is Miranda Reynolds, a 30ish-year-old human who works for London-based Montclair Wealth Management and is secretly involved with Baldwin Montclair.

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The harrowing encounter with Baldwin's ex Elena Villerreal and its fallout weighed heavily on my mind for several days, despite our best efforts to return to normal.

She had been beautiful. Of course.

Tall, lithe, stunningly gorgeous. Like a runway model. If that runway model happened to be immortal and possess enhanced otherworldly beauty. 

I felt like an absolute frump by comparison.

I took care with my wardrobe and personal appearance. Living in London and working in finance required a certain standard of dress, and I was no stranger to Oxford Street. My closet was full of stylish, yet sensible workwear and gorgeous cocktail dresses for events. 

But I was not built like a runway model. I could not have pulled off the sleek couture slip dress Elena Villarreal wore like it was made just for her. Which it probably was.

Elena Villarreal was also a vampire. Baldwin only fessed up to her being an ex-girlfriend from a few centuries ago - he did not elaborate on how long they were together. I had no clue how long vampires ‘dated’ or if that was even the correct term. It stood to reason they could have been together for years, decades, or even longer.

And that bothered me. What did two vampires get up to for all that time?

Baldwin was an exceptional lover. He knew what I liked almost better than I did, which was something I was not used to. My own past romances were short lived and the sex usually subpar. Even more subpar now that I had ‘out of this world’ to compare it to. Baldwin never hinted he was unhappy when it came to the bedroom, but I had my doubts. 

How could I compete with centuries worth of nonhuman sexual experience?

Rattled and more than a little insecure, I felt the need to reassure myself that I held at least a little power in that arena.

That’s how I found myself in a lingerie store on Bond Street on my lunch break in the middle of the week. Baldwin was at meetings in Westminster all day, so he wouldn’t know I’d slipped out for lunch. 

I walked past the everyday bras and knickers at the front of the shop to the back where the lingerie sets were displayed. As I cast my eyes over the headless mannequins wearing lacy negligees, satin garter belts, and all manner of intimidating strappy garments, I was more than a little overwhelmed. Sure, I had my share of matching bra and panty sets, but this was new territory. I’d never dressed up to seduce a man before. It did not help that said man was 2000 years old.

A shop assistant close to my age appeared at my side with a reassuring smile. Her name tag identified her as Natalie. She seemed to sense my apprehension.

“Can I help you?" Natalie asked. "Looking for anything in particular?”

I couldn’t back out now.

“Ah, yes,” I said slowly, ogling a sheer lace crotchless teddy with discomfort. “I want to find something to surprise my boyfriend.” The word ‘boyfriend’ sounded exceptionally juvenile when speaking of an ancient vampire. I wasn’t even sure if that was what our relationship was.

Natalie smiled more warmly. “Of course! What do you have in mind?”

The problem was I didn’t know exactly, and most of what was on display was not my taste at all. I bleakly wondered what Baldwin’s tastes were.

Bless her heart, Natalie the shop assistant took me under her wing. Without even trying anything on, we quickly eliminated everything I was uncomfortable with and narrowed down a style that I felt I could pull off without feeling ridiculous. Once I settled on a corset with matching high cut panty, Natalie went to work, bringing me arm loads of options.

Next was a matter of material and color choice, so we worked through the rack in order. I decided satin made me feel the most sexy, so the leather and mesh and velvet were taken away. Given my work wardrobe was mostly charcoal and black paired with darker colors, I decided a a rich jewel tone was what I wanted. A ruby red corset with black lacy trim had the desired effect, although I wondered if red was a little too on the nose when seducing a vampire. 

Natalie recommended throwing in a black satin kimono robe to top it off, and I happily followed her advice. She was the expert after all. 

When she rang it up, the total made me grimace. It was far more than I’d hoped to spend. But Baldwin had expensive tastes, and if I was going to do this, I wanted to do it right.

“You’re going to give the man a heart attack when he sees you, doll,” Natalie reassured me, as I sighed and handed over my credit card. “You looked amazing. God, I wish I had your figure!”

I just smiled and murmured ‘thank you’ as I collected my bag. Baldwin may not be capable of a heart attack, but I certainly hoped he liked it.

***

After work, I hurried to Baldwin’s house in Mayfair. I usually spent at least one week night at his, as well as the whole weekend. He’d already texted to say he’d been held up at Westminster and wouldn’t be home until late. What my ancient vampire partner was doing at the seat of government was not something I questioned too closely. I had a feeling I may not like the answer, even if he would tell me.

Alain greeted me at the door before I even had a chance to knock. He told me Baldwin had already asked him to make me dinner since I’d be alone. 

After dinner, I sequestered myself upstairs in the master bedroom, taking the time to meticulously shave my legs, underarms, and bikini area. I styled my hair in a loose, tousled tumble that I hoped looked sexy. I even touched up my makeup a bit, adding a red lip stain.

Finally, I wiggled my way into the satin corset and matching panties, making the necessary adjustments for the desired effect. Taking stock in the walk-in wardrobe’s full length mirror, I may not have been as effortlessly stunning as Elena Villarreal, but I had to admit the effect was better than I expected. With my breasts and hips accentuated by the corset and my high cut panties showing a tantalizing cheeky peek of my ass, I felt like enough of a goddess to seduce a vampire.

Now, it was time to wait.

I shrugged on the black satin robe and arranged myself on the bed with my toes tucked under the duvet, before checking my phone. It was already 9:00pm, but no new messages from Baldwin. I figured he’d text when he was on his way home.

After about 15 minutes, I stopped sitting and thinking sexy thoughts to myself and cracked open my book on the nightstand.

Thirty minutes later, I tucked the rest of me under the duvet to keep warm and continued reading, although I could feel my eyes growing heavy.

Fifteen minutes after that, I decided to just rest my eyes a little.

***

When I opened them again, the sky outside was already turning grey. I lifted my head - no sign of Baldwin anywhere. He would often just lay beside me or sit in one of the chairs by the fireplace until I woke up. The bedroom door was open just a crack, so he must have been in at some point. 

I checked my phone. There was a text from him around midnight saying he was on his way. It was now 6:30am. The time I usually got up for work.

My head fell back on the pillow. All that effort and nerves for nothing.

I lifted my head again and said only slightly louder than necessary, “Baldwin?” I’d learned there was no need to yell in a vampire’s house. He would hear me even if I whispered. 

Baldwin was there in a flash, easing himself down to sit on the edge of the bed with a smile on his face.

“You didn’t come home,” I grumbled.

“I’m sorry, darling,” he apologized, leaning over to give me a soft kiss. “I was held up. Bloody useless MPs.”

I sighed. “That’s okay.” I went to rub my eye but then realized I never removed my makeup the night before. I’d give myself one hell of a raccoon eye if I rubbed my mascara. I needed to get into the shower.

Baldwin moved my book from where it had spent the night on my pillow to the nightstand. “I see you used your time well,” he noted my progress on my book.

I just hummed and pushed at him to move. “I need to get ready for work,” I yawned, still groggy. 

Baldwin stood up so I could throw the covers back. I kicked my legs to the floor and closed my eyes as I stretched my arms above my head and rose all the way up to my tip toes. 

“What. Is. That?!” His deep voice was gruff and full of shock.

I bounced back down to my heels and opened my eyes to see Baldwin’s wide eyed gaze transfixed on my body.

Belatedly, I remembered what I was wearing. I flushed with embarrassment and hastily tried to pull the black satin robe closed. What seemed like a good idea under cover of darkness now felt utterly foolish in the brightening light of day.

“It was a surprise,” I mumbled, fumbling for the belt of the robe so I could tie it.

Baldwin’s hands shot out to still my efforts. He stepped forward and slowly peeled back the opening of the robe. I bit my lip and shifted self-consciously.

Unmasked desire spread across Baldwin’s features as he scrutinized what I was wearing. He slowly traced a finger from my shoulder down along the slim strap to the top of the corset, the barest ice cold touch skimming the boosted swell of my breast until he came to the center of the sweetheart neck line. I shivered.

With a low growl in the back of his throat, he yanked me to him and captured my lips in a demanding kiss. His hands pawed at me under the robe, like he couldn’t make up his mind on where to touch first.

I hummed happily into his mouth, letting him mold my body to his. It was not a bad way to start the day.

Still, I could not let myself get carried away. When he broke his hold on my lips to begin trailing cool kisses along my jaw to my neck, I tilted my head to the side and reminded him, “Baldwin, I have to get ready for work.”

“No,” he grunted resolutely against my neck. 

I speared a hand through his copper hair and pulled so he would lift his head to look at me. His pupils were more dilated than usual, completely blown and his expression bordered on feral. I schooled my features to be chastising. “If I don’t get to it, I’ll be late,” I said sternly.

His eyes narrowed. “You’re going to be late,” he declared in his most authoritative voice.

His large hands grasped my ass so he could toss me on the bed. I landed with a small surprised yelp. Then he all but pounced on me.

***

An hour later, Baldwin was spooned behind me, peppering light kisses along my shoulder. I was completely disheveled and a little sore, but basking in his affection.

“That thing was rather expensive, you know” I complained. The robe survived, but the corset and panties were now lying in shreds about the bedroom.

Baldwin nuzzled my neck. “I will give you an expense account so you can buy a new one,” he said. “And several more like it.”

I let out a small laugh at the idea. He could not be serious. “I had no idea you’d respond that way.”

“Had I known what waited for me, I would have set Parliament on fire to get here sooner,” he said with a nibble on my earlobe. “Next time, send a picture and I will come home immediately.”

I playfully smacked the steely arm wrapped snugly just below my breasts. “I will not send you sexy pictures.” As pleasant as his undivided attention was, responsibility called. I sighed, “I really do have to get ready for work now.”

Baldwin was preoccupied with licking along the juncture of my neck and shoulder. “Sod work,” he said. It was a very un-Baldwin-like statement.

“Mr. Montclair,” I replied full of mock severity, “my supervisor may have something to say about my tardiness.”

I only called him 'Mr. Montclair' when I was teasing. We both knew it was an empty threat. My supervisor answered to one of the VPs, who answered to one Mr. Baldwin Montclair.

With a frustrated huff, Baldwin released me and leapt up to recover his trousers from a crumpled pile on the floor. Standing in all his naked glory, he fished his phone out of the pocket and made a call. “Terrance, Ms. Reynolds won’t be in today. Please relay that message and an appropriate excuse to Gibbs.”

Terrance was his executive assistant and Gibbs was the head of my team.

I gawked at him in disbelief as he casually threw the phone aside. In a very predatory manner, he began to crawl across the bed toward me. “I’m not done making up for last night’s negligence.”

“Baldwin!” I scolded. “That is sure to raise a few eyebrows!”

Baldwin tugged the sheet out of the way so he could cover my naked body with his. “Terrance will think of something discreet. Anyone with a problem can come to me.” He nuzzled my hair and inhaled deeply. 

It was such a typical offhand ‘lord of the universe’ sort of answer. He forgot that I was still an underling trying to build a professional career, preferably without rumors of my sleeping with the boss. Even though Baldwin was back to kissing all the sweet spots on my neck, I was not going to let him off the hook that easily.

I shoved without success against his shoulders and began to protest, “But—”

“But we are spending the day in bed.” He silenced me by pressing his lips against mine with determination. It took a minute of coaxing before I let the tension slip away and returned his embrace more willingly.

Satisfied I was no longer going to resist, Baldwin began working his way down my body with a heady combination of kisses, licks, and gentle nips. He was tracing my bottom rib with his tongue as he murmured, “You are so beautiful, mon tresór. Forgive me for spoiling your surprise?”

I was not even genuinely mad at him, but if he wished to continue on his current course, I was not going to object. My fingers threaded through his already tousled hair and I stroked his shoulder. “Mmm, okay,” I sighed contentedly, fully relaxing. “Just keep going.”

Baldwin reached his destination, wedging his broad shoulders between my thighs and making a sound reminiscent of a tiger’s purr. His golden-brown eyes locked with my half-lidded ones as he firmly gripped my hips and lowered his mouth.

“Oh!” I jolted up at the long stroke of his tongue, everything sparking white hot inside me.

He held firm to keep me from bucking too hard and chuckled. “I’m not going anywhere,” he promised in a throaty rumble.

***

The next morning at work, there were no comments on my absence the previous day. I had no idea what excuse Terrance gave, but I was glad not to be forced to ad lib.

I was part way through clearing my inbox when Baldwin’s admin Mariah stopped by to hand deliver a large brown interoffice envelope. Expecting a file full of markups, I was surprised when only a slim plain envelope slipped out.

I opened it to find a folded note inside. As I removed the piece of paper, a black credit card dropped to the desktop. My eyes went wide when I saw my name was embossed on it.

The accompanying note read:

Looking forward to more surprises. xB

***

End Note:

French Translation mon trésor = my treasure

[0cs-r-us]

✨ ~ New OC time ~ ✨

As I’m re-reading book three for the second time, and some things I’ve forgotten or missed, here comes little Ysabeau, as I’ve made an oc for a daughter for her 😅 feel free to send me requests to write for her over on @adarafaelbarba and I’ll happily create some things

FC: Bella Podaras

Name: Esther Lucretia Helene Magdalena de Clermont

Nickname: Luci

Age: appears to be early 30s.

Born: unknown

Living: Jerusalem and Lyon

Species: born daemon to a witch and a daemon. Vampire

Occupations: anthropologist and evolutionary scientist.

Family: Ysabeau de Clermont (v-mother)

Phillippe de Clermont (v-stepdad)

Hugh de Clermont (v-brother, deceased)

Baldwin de Clermont (v-brother)

Godfrey de Clermont (v-brother, deceased)

Matthew de Clermont (v-brother)

Diana Bishop de Clermont (sister-in-law)

Louis de Clermont (v-brother, deceased)

Louisa de Clermont (v-sister, deceased)

Stasia de Clermont (v-sister)

Freyja de Clermont (v-sister)

Verin de Clermont (v-sister)

Jack Blackfriar (adopted nephew/great grandnephew)

Marcus Whitmore (v-nephew)

Rebecca Bishop-Clairmont (niece)

Phillip Bishop-Clairmont (nephew)

Partner:

Loyalty: her mother and family in general.

History: Esther is the eldest daughter of Ysabeau de Clermont and older sister of Matthew, Louis and Louisa. Time of birth and rebirth is unknown although she appears to be in her early 30s. Like her brother, Matthew and sister, Louisa, Esther is inflicted with blood rage, but had centuries to control it and to this day she can’t remember the last time she had an episode.

In daily life she works as both an anthropologist as well as an evolutionary scientist. Splitting time between Jerusalem, Lyon and sometimes Sept Tours.

She is quite close with all of her family, and has a kind and calming presence about her. She’s known to be the person who resolves resolutions. But do not underestimate her, she can be deadly even when calm.

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Fandoms/Rules

Hi, everyone!

Below, will be my Fandoms and Roleplay Rules. Be sure to give a look if you’re interested in RP! :)

RULES

LITERACY: Semi-Literate to Literate *This is my preference, but I can write a little less if we’re lacking motivation

PAIRINGS: CC x OC, CCxOC (Doubles) *I only do BXG pairings for my side.

GENRES: Fandom, Sci-fi/Fantasy, Horror, Drama, Mystery, Platonic, Found Family, Fluff *Only do romance for partners side

DO’s

Be respectful and appropriate. I won’t tolerate any bullying or harassment.

Communicate. Please, do not be afraid to communicate with me. Ask me any questions, or concerns you have! I want you to be feel comfortable, and over all have fun.

Respect my boundaries! I respect yours. So please don’t try to force me into something I don’t want to do.

Making it very clear right now… I will not do smut/sexual content or abuse!

FANDOMS

Marvel (MCU, X-Men)

The Vampire Diaries Universe

Supernatural

Doctor Who

The Last of Us (Show and Games)

Detroit:Become Human

Once Upon a Time

A Discovery of Witches (Show only! I’m only on S2)

Big Time Rush (Show RP only!)

Alien (Prometheus and Alien Covenant only. I’m a newer fan.)

Arrowverse (The Flash and Legends only)

OTHER

Various Michael Fassbender projects

Various Tom Hiddleston projects (Crimson Peak, and The Night Manager)

Jeepers Creepers

A Nightmare on Elm Street

Chucky (Movies only)

*I muse OC and CC’s. I play a variety of characters amongst my fandoms, so feel free to ask me who you’re looking for me to play!

[butternuggets-blog]

FOR WANT OF A NAIL

@baldwin-montclair @adowobsessed @sylverdeclermont @nicki-mac-me @thereadersmuse @kynthiamoon @wheresthesunshinesblog @adowbaldwin @beautifulsoulsublime @lady-lazarus-declermont @adarafaelbarba-blog @dogblessyoutascha

Part Seventy-One

Summary:  Baldwin Montclair had a string of ex girlfriends, a single child, and a  lifetime longer than most people could dream of to make all kinds of  mistakes. His family knew one which kept coming out of the woodwork to  irritate him every other century

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I sit in the grass by the side of the road. My ear twitches; the people in the house have been restless for days.

I watch the road.

The chairs have changed back to how they used to be. Rebecca and Stephen, brandy, the square made of wood that smells funny; varnish and oak. Mum and Mummy watched the blue ghosts walk about in the parlor with Diana and baby Diana and the lovely vampire that smells like cinnamon and the other vampire that used to smell like apricot and tobacco.

Cinnamon...Matthew..Matt. I smile to myself. Matthew. He is warm.

The other vampire was warm. He would lift me up and carry me and feed me tinned fish.

I watch the road.

The house can feel him coming back. His chair is in the parlor, his room is made up again. He is returning.

I watch the road.

***

The spectral projection of Rebecca and Stephen and the vampire Matthew had identified as Martin Bouchard sitting laughing in the front parlor playing chess with baby Diana bouncing on Martin's knee had unsettled Sarah so much she had been smoking almost twice the amount of cigarettes she had already been choking down for two days. Matthew had turned white. Diana hadn't been able to get a full explanation from him except something about 'family debts'. More than once she'd walked into a room and gotten the distinct impression she'd just interrupted Miriam and Marcus whisper-bickering.

The house had thrown a fit as well. No trace of dust could be found anywhere, and there was a new room on the landing that was being zealously guarded by Tabitha. Marcus had managed to sneak upstairs when the feline was distracted by dinner but no matter how hard he tried the door remained locked. Every one of Em's cleaning supplies had been found sitting on the kitchen floor and they had been scared out of their skins by a loud bang as the chimney violently expelled the soot inside it. They got the hint; Sarah had replaced her chain-smoking with stress cleaning and now everything was shining.

'He is on his way,' Bridget Bishop -dead and still kicking- sang out from her perch on the ceiling. Joanna Bishop giggled.

'He'll be here soon,' Em announced. Matthew straightened up so quickly Sarah jumped, and Marcus and Miriam glanced at each other, worried. Nathaniel put a protective arm around Sophie.

'When?' Diana asked the house.

Nothing happened.

Hamish wandered into the kitchen, legal notes tucked up under one arm. He took in the tension in the room. 'Is everything o-'

There was a loud bang as the front door flew open, slamming against the wall. The distant roar of a motorbike filled the quiet Madison air and Matthew was in front of Diana, shielding her as Sarah marched outside to face the intruder head on.

Tabitha was sitting pretty on the passenger seat of a Harley Davidson that looked like it had just rolled out of World War Two. The driver was wearing faded black leathers and as they removed their helmet and stepped onto solid ground, Tabitha leapt up into their arms for a cuddle.

'I missed you too' said Martin Bouchard, pressing a kiss to Tabitha's head as she rubbed against his cheek.

'I remember you,' Sarah said accusingly. Some of the fire had gone out of her at seeing Tabitha's display but she was still glaring at Martin. 'I wasn't sure but I remember you.'

'Crayons and a colouring book. You were four years old.' The ease slipped from Martin's expression. He looked stricken. '..She made me swear not to save her.'

Sarah said nothing.

'It arrived.' Miriam hadn't moved from the porch but she was no longer herself ready for a fight.

'Good.' Martin nodded, burying his memories.

'Who sent you?' Diana stepped up beside Sarah, brushing Matthew's hand away as he tried to stop her walking down the stairs.

'No one you've met.'

'Are you our enemy?'

Martin's mouth twitched up into a smile. 'I'm a friend of the Bishops. I swore oaths to guard them and keep them, ones I see no reason to stop following now.'

'Well you can "keep" to yourself' Sarah muttered.

Martin grinned. 'Bye bye Tab,' he cooed, tickling Tabitha under the chin, 'Mummy said I have to go-'

Tabitha let out a funereal shriek.

'Fine! Fine!! Get in the house!' Sarah threw up her hands in disgust and stalked back inside, a laughing Em on her heels. Everyone else trickled along behind them; as Martin passed Hamish he spotted the ring Matthew had given him for signing legal documents as a Knight of Lazarus.

'Hm. So you're my replacement.'

Hamish's jaw dropped.

***

They gathered in the parlour, Martin sinking into a battered leather armchair that seemed to hug him like he'd sat there a million times before. Tabitha had climbed to curl up around his shoulders and had drifted off to sleep.

Diana made doubly sure that the page from Jerusalem was out of sight before sitting forward eagerly. 'You knew my parents.'

'Stephen I met first.' Martin smiled and Diana felt the familiar pang of longing deep in her chest. 'He was smart, very smart. Bookish, quiet. Sometimes sticking his nose in where it didn't belong.'

'And Mom?'

'An exceptionally kind woman. She was a friend to me when very few creatures would have dared break Congregation law. I liked her smile.. she could light up a room..'

'She was exceptionally talented' said Sarah under her breath.

Martin glared. 'I didn't give a fucking toss whether or not your sister had talent. She was my friend.'

'..You knew she was going to die?' Diana asked quietly.

Martin sighed and nodded. 'I wanted to tear Knox to fucking pieces but your mother wouldn't let me. She said it wasn't my right.'

A summer breeze caressed Diana's back.

Somewhere the goddess was smiling.

'...I know where you're going.' Martin sat up, folding his hands in his lap. Diana opened her mouth to say.. something, but Martin smiled.

'Don't. I don't need to hear it. My sister sent your parents the page. I do need something from you.'

He held out a small piece of paper, folded into a square and sealed with wax. Diana took it.

'Take it with you when you leave and give it to me when you see me next. Don't open it. If it's unsealed I won't be friendly.'

'So you forgive us?' said Matthew, quietly. He looked so tense Diana's heart ached. She reached over and squeezed his hand; his eyes flicked to hers and he smiled gratefully.

'Not officially, no. Unofficially...yes'

'Then-' Miriam's mouth audibly clicked shut as she did an excellent impression of a statue desperately trying to swallow it's own tongue. Diana, confused, looked between her and Martin, who was leveling a warning glance at the woman.

'Why haven't you said anything?' asked Marcus.

'The war's not over yet.' Martin rummaged through his jacket pockets. 'Speaking of-'

It looked like an old fashioned perfume bottle, stoppered with a coiled glass orb. The liquid inside was thick and viscose, and a deep shade of purple. He handed it over to Sarah, who opened it and cautiously gave it a sniff. 'Forget-me-not's..'

Martin smiled. 'The people I trust often value ironic humour.' He pointed to Diana and Matthew. 'If you take it, you'll remember me and the note, but not the greater context. No one will know I'm on your side.'

His smile waned a little. 'I'm not ready to be known. No one can know what I know.'

'No one is taking anything until I've analysed it' Sarah blurted out, clutching the bottle to her chest like they were going to try and take it off her.

Martin nodded reassuringly. 'Take all the time you need.'

***

The results were ready by breakfast the following morning. Martin had stayed over in the mysterious room on the landing; Marcus had insisted on being allowed to look inside it, practically frothing at the door before Martin opened it.

Everyone came in for a snoop. An ordinary wooden bed, a threadbare sofa chair next to the window. The comforter on the bed was black silk festooned with orange pumpkins; Tabitha leapt onto it immediately, scrunching it up under her before burrowing into it. There were some jam jars full of dusty walnuts on a stool serving as a bedside cabinet and a single white candle with an antique booklet of matches resting beside it and a lighter.

'That's where that went!' Martin pocketed the lighter and sat down on the edge of the bed. 'Well, you've had a look. Is it as exciting as you imagined?'

'Not really.' Marcus looked deflated. Diana and Matthew shuffled out along with Em, Sarah and the rest, leaving Marcus and Miriam behind.

'You should tell him.' Miriam glanced over Martin's head at some interesting dust motes in the corner.

'He's in danger. They're all in danger.' Martin was staring down at his hands. 'I can't afford to be selfish yet.'

Miriam looked ready to say more on the subject but she swallowed it.

'And you?' Martin glanced at Marcus. 'What will you be doing while Matthew's away?'

'He's named me head of the Knights of Lazarus,' said Marcus, breathlessly. A warm smile spread across Martin's face. 'So I'm to Sept Tours to use it as a base of operations for the order again.'

'You'll do a fine job.'

'I'll be there too to keep an eye on him,' Miriam sniffed. 'We should probably take some of the potion too, in case one of us is captured by the enemy.'

'There is an antidote,' Martin admitted.

'Which you will give us eventually?' Miriam looked at him.

'Of course.'

***

'Mmraaooow-grrm' Tabitha purred, rubbing up against Martin's legs. Everyone else was unconscious in the parlor; the potion had a sophoric effect so that the object of the memory removal had time to remove themselves from the general area.

'I can't stay,' Martin bent down and pat Tabitha's head. There was a weighty thud as the silk comforter from the guest bedroom suddenly rocketed down from the rafters on top of him. Martin laughed and struggled for a minute to get it off his head.

'Ok, ok, I get the hint! I'll visit again soon!' he laughed and leaned in conspiratorially close to the cat. 'You'll like Sept Tours. There's lots of mice.'

Pressing one last kiss to Tabitha's forehead, Martin folded the comforter into a square, squashed it into one of the motorbike's saddle bags and rode off.

[letters2fiction]

Welcome to Letters2fiction!

The concept here is to send in a question or a letter request, and you’ll get a response from your fictional character of choice, from the list below. Please stick to the list I’ve made, but of course, you can ask if there’s some other characters I write for, I don’t always remember all the shows, movies or books I’ve consumed over the years and I’m sure I’m missing a lot 😅

Status: New Characters added - Thursday June 19th, 2025

TV SERIES

A Discovery of Witches:

Matthew Clairmont

Baldwin Montclair

Gallowglass de Clermont

Marcus Whitmore

Philippe de Clermont

Jack Blackfriars

Sarah Bishop

Emily Mather

Diana Bishop

Ysabeau de Clermont

Miriam Shepard

Phoebe Taylor

Gerbert D’Aurillac

Peter Knox

Father Andrew Hubbard

Benjamin Fuchs

Satu Järvinen

Meridiana

Law and Order:

Rafael Barba

Sonny Carisi

Joe Velasco

Mike Duarte

Terry Bruno

Peter Stone

Hasim Khaldun

Nick Amaro

Mike Dodds

Grace Muncy

Kat Tamin

Toni Churlish

Amanda Rollins

Olivia Benson

Rita Calhoun

Casey Novak

Melinda Warner

George Huang

Sam Maroun

Nolan Price

Jamie Whelan

Bobby Reyes

Jet Slootmaekers

Ayanna Bell

Jack McCoy

Elliot Stabler

Kate Silva

One Chicago:

Jay Halstead (Could also be Will if you want)

Antonio Dawson

Adam Ruzek

Greg "Mouse" Gerwitz

Dante Torres

Vanessa Rojas

Kevin Atwater

Sean Roman

Matt Casey

Kelly Severide

Joe Cruz

Sylvie Brett

Blake Gallo

Christopher Hermann

"Mouch"

Otis

Violet Mikami

Evan Hawkins

Mayans MC:

Angel Reyes

Miguel

Bishop

Coco

Nestor

911 verse:

Athena Grant

Bobby Nash

Henrietta "Hen" Wilson

Evan "Buck" Buckley

Eddie Diaz

Howie "Chimney" Han

Ravi Panikkar

T.K. Strand

Owen Strand

Carlos Reyes

Marjan Marwani

Paul Strickland

Tommy Vega

Judson "Judd" Ryder

Grace Ryder

Nancy Gillian

Mateo Chavez

The Rookie:

Lucy Chen

Tim Bradford

Celina Juarez

Aaron Thorsen

Nyla Harper

Angela Lopez

Wesley Evers

John Nolan

Wade Grey

Bailey Nune

Tamara Colins

BBC Sherlock:

Greg Lestrade

Mycroft Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Moriarty

Molly

Bridgerton:

Anthony Bridgerton

Benedict Bridgerton

Simon Basset

Daphne Bridgerton

Eloise Bridgerton

Kate Sharma

Edwina Sharma

Marina Thompson / Crane

Colin Bridgerton

Penelope Fetherington / Bridgerton / Lady Whistledown

Outlander:

Jamie Fraser

Claire Beauchamp Randall Fraser

Frank Randall

Black Jack Randall

Brianna Fraser

Roger MacKenzie

Fergus Fraser

Marsali Fraser

Jenny Fraser Murray

Ian Murray Sr.

Ian Fraser Murray

Murtagh Mackenzie

Call The Midwife:

Shelagh Turner / Sister Bernadette

Dr. Patrick Turner

Nurse Trixie Franklin

Nurse Phyllis Crane

Lucille Anderson

Nurse Barbara Gilbert

Chummy

Sister Hilda

Miss Higgins

PC Peter Noakes

Reverend Tom Hereward

Narcos:

Horacio Carrillo

Javier Peña

Peaky Blinders:

Tommy Shelby

Downton Abbey:

Robert Crawley, Earl of Grantham

Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham

Lady Mary Crawley

Lady Edith Crawley

Lady Sybil Crawley

Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham

Isobel Crawley

Matthew Crawley

Lady Rose MacClare

Lady Rosamund Painswick

Henry Talbot

Tom Branson

Mr. Charles Carson

Mrs. Hughes / Elsie May Carson

John Bates

Anna Bates

Daisy Mason

Thomas Barrow

Joseph Molesley

Land Girl:

Connie Carter

Reverend Henry Jameson (Gwilym Lee's version)

Midsomer Murder:

DCI Tom Barnaby

Joyce Barnaby

Dr. George Bullard

DCI John Barnaby

Sarah Barnaby

DS Ben Jones

DS Jamie Winter

Sgt. Gavin Troy

Fleur Perkins

WPC Gail Stephens

Kate Wilding

DS Charlie Nelson

Sergeant Dan Scott

Once Upon A Time:

Regina / The Evil Queen

Mary Margaret Blanchard / Snow White

David Nolan / Prince Charming

Emma Swan

Killian Jones / Captain Hook

Mr. Gold / Rumplestiltskin

Neal Cassidy / Baelfire

Peter Pan

Sheriff Graham Humbert / The Huntsman

Jefferson / The Mad Hatter

Belle

Robin of Locksley / Robin Hood

Will Scarlet

Zelena / Wicked Witch

Alice (Once in Wonderland)

Cyrus (Once in Wonderland)

Jafar (Once in Wonderland)

Gideon

Tiger Lily

Naveen

Tiana

Granny

Ariel

Prince Eric

Aladdin

Jasmine

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

Hercules

Megara

Tinker Bell

Merida

Red Riding Hood

Mulan

Aurora / Sleeping Beauty

Prince Phillip

Cinderella

Prince Thomas

The Vampire Diaries / The Originals:

Stefan Salvatore

Damon Salvatore

Caroline Forbes

Elena Gilbert

Bonnie Bennett

Enzo St. John

Niklaus Mikaelson

Elijah Mikaelson

Kol Mikaelson

Rebekah Mikaelson

Freya Mikaelson

Finn Mikaelson

Mikael

Esther

Marcel Gerard

Davina Claire

NEW! Ghosts UK / US:

Katherine "Kitty" Higham

Thomas Thorne

Julian Fawcett MP

Lady Fanny Button

Pat Butcher

Robin the Caveman

Alison Cooper

Mike Cooper

The Captain

Mary

Humphreys

Hetty Woodstone

Trevor Lefkowitz

Flower

Sasappis

Isaac Higgintoot

Pete Martino

Thorfinn

Alberta Haynes

Jay Arondekar

Sam Arondekar

Shadow and Bone:

The Darkling / Aleksander Morozova

Alina Starkov

Mal Oretsev

Nikolai Lantsov

Tolya Yul-Bataar

Tamar Kir-Bataar

Zoya

Nina Zenik

Inej Ghafa

Wylan van Eck

Kaz Brekker

Matthias Helvar

Jesper Fahey

Genya Safin

David Kostyk

Baghra

MOVIES

The Pirates of the Caribbean:

Captain Jack Sparrow

Barbossa

Will Turner

Elizabeth Swann

James Norrington

Kingsman:

Merlin

Harry Hart

Eggsy Unwin

James Spencer / Lancelot

Alastair / Percival

Roxy Morton / Lancelot

Maximillian Morton / The Shepherd

Orlando Oxford

Jack Daniels / Whiskey

Gin

BOOKS

Dreamland Billionaire series - Lauren Asher:

Declan

Callahan

Rowan

Iris

Alana

Zahra

Dirty Air series - Lauren Asher:

Noah

Liam

Jax

Santiago

Maya

Sophie

Elena

Chloe

Ladies in Stem - Ali Hazelwood books:

Olive

Adam

Bee

Levi

Elsie

Jack

Mara

Liam

Sadie

Erik

Hannah

Ian

Fourth Wing - Rebecca Yarros:

Xaden Riorson

Dain Aetos

Jack Barlowe

Rhiannan Matthias

Violet Sorrengail

Mira Sorrengail

Lillith Sorrengail

Bodhi Durran

Liam Mairi

[adarafaelbarba]

Please write Baldwin and Dylan 🥺❤️

A/N: Dylan is 30, she just LOVES colorful hair)

It was by pure chance the two of them had met. Baldwin wasn't often drinking coffee, least of all from a café. When he did drink the dark beverage, he preferred having it delivered to his office by one of the various assistants working under him.

Today though, it was different. He had closed a big deal the day before, and he was uncharacteristically cheerful and decided on getting out of his car two blocks before his office building, Gordon would drive it to the building and park it for him.

On the way there however, luck decided to turn on him, and the clouds opened up to a downpour. Until he could have Gordon turn around and come back for him, he was stuck inside a small independent café and waiting out the rain.

At the counter, was a chirpy, woman who looked to be late teens early twenties by the color of her hair, bubblegum pink. Not Baldwin's favorite color, but he decided on paying her no attention. She was too young for him, and besides, he wasn't going to stick around long enough to learn anything about her.

He got in line and while waiting to both order and for his driver to come back someone from the office called, delivering more bad news.

Baldwin was in the midst of talking the guys through a possible solution when the pink haired barista spoke up "No, that won't work, it's better if you go through it like--you know what, why don't I write it down for you sir?" She picked up a stack of pink post-it notes and quickly sqribbled down her thoughts.

"Do you have a habit of listening in on everyone's phone calls?" Baldwin asked, disconnecting from the call he'd been on.

"When they decided to be assholes and hold up the lines, yeah, I do. What can I get you?"

He was taken aback by her forwardness, that of course wasn't to say he wasn't a little intrigued by her. Telling her his order she relayed the amount he owed and started making his coffee while he paid.

Once back at the office, he went to work on fixing the earlier mistake, when he remembered the post-it note the girl at the café had stuck to his cup. Baldwin hated to admit it, but the solution she'd come up with in such a short time was ingenious.

After relaying the solution to his team he finally noticed the numbers written on his cup, with a "call me if you need more advice" written under it.

Turns out, she won't be so easy to get rid of.

~~~

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[justmoreocs-edits]

Name Meanings: Multiple Perspective Characters

Inspired by this.

Lucy Hartley from A Few More Hours (Until Dawn); Claribel 'Belle' Burrow and Ximena 'Mia' Moreno from A Knife's Edge (Stranger Things); Chizoba 'Chizzy' Duncan, Alina Driscoll and Montgomery 'Monty' Sanderson from A Matter of Blood (A Discovery of Witches); Francine 'Frankie' Alverez from Crime, Friendship and Other Things (Detroit: Become Human); Cassandra 'Cassie' Verona from Dearest Verona (Deadly Class).

[justmoreocs-writing]

The world slowly swam into focus. A heavy weight felt as though it was baring down on me, forcing my shoulders down and making it nearly impossible to lift my head.

‘What happened?’ I ask softly, forcing myself to sit up; to ignore the wave of dizziness that comes with the simple movement.

‘You’re alive.’ Marcus’s voice is scarcely more than a hoarse whisper.

I barely have time to open my eyes before I see his dark hair and he’s hugging me. But the gesture is tentative. There’s no force behind it, surprising given the speed with which he moved towards me.

‘Of course I’m alive,’ I mutter, before trying to pull away. ‘Marcus, what if I’m bleeding?’

‘You’re not,’ he says, a dark conviction behind his words that have me forcing my hands between us and pushing him away.

‘Marcus, what happened?’

Only now he isn’t completely covering my view, I can take stock of where I am. We’re out in the open, countryside on all sides. It’s not somewhere I recognise, but the fresh air is enough to force my thoughts to focus. To draw my mind back to what happened.

Benjamin. The sanatorium place. The –

My eyes dart to the place on my arm where he’d injected the needle; a far more menacing contraption at the end of it than those used when I’d wanted to give blood. Somebody has put a plaster over it, but I can still see the blood smeared around the area. A glaring reminder that it wasn’t all simply a nightmare.

‘Hey,’ Marcus says softly, his fingers feather light on my chin as he guides my attention away from my arm and towards him. ‘It’s OK.’

I wet my lips, wanting to ask how he can be so certain, but the words stick in my throat. The consequences of Benjamin having my blood are too great.

‘One pint,’ Marcus tells me, his voice filled with a bitterness that his attempt at clinical doctor can’t quite hide. ‘Sooty found it. It was marked up.’

All I can do is nod. The relief unfurling in my chest is welcome, but it does little to alleviate the concern coursing through me. There’s no guarantee that that’s all of it. Not guarantee that my blood hasn’t somehow injured one of my friends simply in their quest to protect me.

‘Alina – What are you doing?’

Despite the wave of dizziness, the darkness that crowds the edges of my vision, I force my hands to the floor and attempt to stand up. ‘Getting up,’ I tell him through gritted teeth.

‘Alina,’ he warns, but I glare at him as best I can.

‘I have to do something,’ I say, grateful when he braces a careful arm around my back; as he offers out a steadying hand. ‘I can’t sit around.’

There’s a tick of annoyance in the clench of his jaw, a soft tightening of his fingers at my waist. But it’s a testament to everything that’s happened, the understanding that’s settled between us, when he bites back whatever argument he’s desperate to voice, and instead merely helps me to stand.

All I can hope is that nothing worse has happened to the people I care about, simply because of the Driscoll name.

[kyuriin-chan]

His Witch |

Baldwin de Clermont

In a world of ancient magic and eternal creatures, 𝐀𝐧𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐚 𝐀𝐬𝐡𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐭, a powerful and enigmatic witch with a lost lineage, arrives at Sept-Tours under mysterious circumstances. Her presence stirs the shadows of the past-and the desires of one vampire who has long buried his emotions. 𝐁𝐚𝐥𝐝𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐝𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐭, the formidable head of the Congregation, is sworn to duty, control, and tradition. But when he meets Anthena, an undeniable bond forms-one that defies all reason and every law he has vowed to uphold.

As secrets unravel and danger closes in, Baldwin battles the pull of a mating bond that threatens to consume him, while Anthena struggles to understand her growing power and connection to a man who both intimidates and awakens her.

Torn between loyalty, fate, and forbidden love, they must choose: deny the bond and risk madness-or surrender and face the wrath of a world that forbids their union.

𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐜. 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐃𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞.

Dive into a story of ancient bloodlines, simmering tension, and a love destined by fate but resisted by pride.

-> Baldwin x Human Fanfiction

[danndelionx]

✨So far the Only Witchy thing I've made in October ✨

I didn’t know how this piece was going to end because it started as something completely different. I think I’ve been influenced a little bit by my rewatch of “A discovery of Witches” and “My lady Jane”, but now that I write about it, I think is fair to say that "Which Witch" by Florence + The Machine is the song I listen in loop while making this, so in a way the song heavily incluenced the end result.

Feel free to add some feedback :)

[mrs-declermont]

Mal, I was wondering, how did you get to be part of the De Clermont family? And who's your favorite person there?

I took classes in history at Yale, where I met Diana--Nah, that's a lie. I work at the Bodleian library, Sean introduced me to Diana and the three of us went out for drinks.

I met everyone else through her.

As for my favorite person, it's hard to choose, but I'd say Ysabeau or Marthe. The latter makes sure I'm fed while there, and the former is just ... well, she's Ysabeau, you know? She's incredible, such an interesting woman, and great storyteller.

-- Mal de Clermont