#JustVampireThings

[asherquazar]

Happy almost October, bloodbags. My adorable human pet has informed me that mortals respond well to hand-outs, so I'd like to reiterate that I am distributing free copies of my COMPLETELY FACTUAL biography this week.

I was too busy seducing and destroying heterosexuals to write it myself, but he’s promised it includes gay kissing 🏳️‍🌈, horrorific action🩸, and many an existential crisis 🏳️‍⚧️.

Thank you for your donations and enjoy the rest of your tragically short lives!

[cosmo-naughtie]

OF but I just read tarot and tell you what to do and wear vampire fangs

….wait 😳

[lotrificationer]

Sorry I'm late, I was waiting outside for 30 minutes for someone to invite me in

[littlestarbigfangs]

#justvampirethings 🧛🩸

[thoughtsonhurtandcomfort]

Shun the Light - Ch 15 - The Bunker

Slow Burn | Refuge | Decision | Mend | Hunger | Thin Mints | The Garden | Philip | Moments | Full Moon pt 1 | Full Moon pt 2 | Tend | Absolution | The Talk | Scars |

Author's Notes: Consider....vampirism and lycanthropy as disability? If you take a less fantastical and more naturalistic look, both are changes to the mind and body that make existing in a society difficult. Just something I've been thinking about.

Some more bonding, some #justvampirethings, some full moon dread. Thanks to everyone who has read this far. <3

Content Warnings: werewolf whumpee, vampire whumpee + caretaker, not much else just some angst, dread, mentions of blood

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Sometimes, when he wakes at dusk, Dante forgets that he isn't alone in the house.

Dante learned early on that being mostly-dead is pretty hard on the body. Many of the systems that keep people alive also keep them comfortable, and so he has built habits to deal with the discomforts.

His throat is always parched, so he keeps a little cup of blood by the bed to get moving. His body is stiff from sleeping very still, so he does stretches.

And then there's thermoregulation, or the lack thereof. On cold days his skin becomes tingling, oversensitive, even numb, and in the summer he frequently suffers from heat exhaustion. Both make hunting difficult, so on mild days he stocks up on blood for his fridge, and he keeps his bedroom at a consistent temperature year round.

After his stretches he exits his bedroom wearing Philip's old silk robe and slippers, grabs a jar of blood from the fridge - calling it a 'cup of Joe' like Mr. Townsend used to - and settles into his chair for an evening gameshow.

That is usually when he remembers he has a guest, in the form of Matteo sprawled on the couch with the remote control already in his hand.

Tonight he is there as expected...but something is off. Matteo is sitting at one corner of the couch with his arms around himself, staring straight ahead. When Dante greets him he barely reacts.

"Matteo?"

"Mm."

"What's wrong?"

"Just a few days left."

As if to prove his point, the waxing moon peeks out from behind a cloud. Dante pulls the curtain shut.

"It never gets easier," Matteo says softly. "I get so anxious that I can barely eat or sleep, which only makes things worse..."

It's been hard to shake the memory of seeing Matteo's violent transformation, he can't imagine living it.

"I can make you do both of those things," Dante offers, realizing too late how creepy it sounds.

Matteo only smiles, though it doesn't reach his eyes. "Thanks."

"Do you want to see the shelter? Maybe that will help."

"Yeah, sure. Why not."

-

It's a bit like opening a time capsule. The bunker hasn't been touched since the 1960s, everything exactly the way Mr. Townsend left it the last time he went down to check expiration dates.

Against one wall is a shelf stacked with supplies, books, canned food and water, a radio and a box of ammunition. Cot-style beds line the other two walls, one a bunk bed and the other a single.

"Only three beds?"

Dante shrugs. "They didn't like me and dad that much. So, what do you think?"

Matteo steps inside and looks around. "We should probably remove anything that isn't attached...the wolf will just wreck it all anyway. You'll find me covered in canned peaches in the morning."

"Those probably need to go anyway. Okay, we can do that. What else?"

"I guess that's all." he still seems uncertain.

"Matteo..." Dante joins him in the small room. "You don't have to do this if you don't want to."

"No, it's not that. This is a good idea. I can't hurt anyone here. It's this or chain me out back like a dog."

The resignation in Matteo's voice is all too familiar. In his early days of vampirism Dante had tried to find ways to still be part of the world, spending time in bars and 24-hour diners, taking long drives at night, he even tried taking a night shift in a stockroom. But eventually fear won - fear of sunlight, fear of discovery, fear of hurting someone or being hurt. It drove him into the shadows, and there he has remained.

"I had a dog once. He slept at the end of my bed."

The new information pulls Matteo from the brink of despair.

"Yeah? What was his name?"

"Porco. It means pig. It started as an insult when we found him as a stray. He would eat anything and everything. But I got attached to him and dad was bad at saying no if something made me happy. He always said joy was in short supply and we should stock up whenever we could."

Matteo smiles in this warm, endearing way that Dante finds impossible to look away from. Sometimes he tries to smile back but it's as if the muscles of his face have forgotten how.

They get to work moving everything out of the bunker until only the beds and shelves, which are fixed to the concrete walls, remain.

When they're finished it looks much more like what it really is - a prison. But Matteo seems less apprehensive. Maybe just knowing what to expect is enough.

"Dante?" he says as they ascend the stairs back toward rooms with windows and light.

"Yes?"

"Thank you. You didn't have to do any of this."

They reach the first floor hallway. Dante pushes the door shut with his foot and turns to look at him.

"You saved my life, remember?"

Matteo huffs. "I think you made up for that a while ago. This is...more than I have any right to ask for. If there's anything I can do..."

"I really don't mind. You're - "

...can he call him a friend? An acquaintance? Is this thing between them just a series of favors, an exchange of small kindnesses the world has not been so quick to give? A rescue for a rescue. A warm bed for some company. A sip of blood for relief from pain.

"...you're nice to have around," he finishes carefully. It seems a safe enough statement. Neither coming on too strong nor dismissing just how big a change Matteo has brought to his dull life, if only for a little while.

There is that smile again - and then Matteo's arms are around his neck in a tight hug.

"I like being around," he says quickly, shyly.

It's over too soon and Dante is left with the lingering warmth, watching Matteo disappear into the living room and wishing he'd had the nerve to hug back.

[jennablackmorebooks]

Adrienne was so real for this #justvampirethings

[melodymizu]

Submitted by HumanImortal1794

[due4amiracle]

Day 230

Listo:

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware - Nope. Tomorrow. Sigh.🚫

2 chapters - Dark Queen by Faith Hunter 17%  Realm Breaker by Victoria Aveyard 11%! ...Cast in Conflict by Michelle Sagara start...? AHHHHHH. HECK! i couldn't say no to having the book?! HECK HECK HECK! Shit. It's fine. It’s fiiiine. *sweat*✔

Dailies - Waifu Did my dailies! Also, level 50 BP now~! AND! Tree lvl 10! New week new weeklies! FFXIV did mah dailies~ MSQ +0 -> 63, BTN +1 -> 62, CUL +1 -> 68, WVR +1 -> 60, GSM +1 -> 55, FSH +3 -> 36, MIN +2 -> 49, ALC +1 -> 14, LTW +2 -> 21, ARM +3 -> 17, CRP +3 -> 16, BSM +1 -> 14. Amalj'aa: 412/510Rank 3/4 Friendly. Sahagin: 144/360 Rank 2/4 Recognized. Kobold done, Bomb mount acquired! 3/5 ARR BTs completed. ಥ﹏ಥ  So much work! All quests besides WVR done! Once again, did not log in to Waifu and that’s ok.✔✔

Vamp shiz - WOW i actually did a pseudo-solo scene, with another PC making a vague appearance! Some drama is going on so we're positioning people to Help said PC in case of... well. Attempted Death Shenanigans. So. Short scene, but good enough! ✔

2 anime eps - Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon! Actually watched two episodes~ Yay! Was gonna watch 3, to catch up properly? But that’s fine. ✔

Other things - Decent enough sleep, decent enough day, just... had a lot to do, and not a lot of time, ya know? It was suddenly dark by the time my brain allowed me to think about washing dishes. ಥ﹏ಥ But it’s ok, there’s always tomorrow. Always tomorrow. i got this. Pain wasn’t terrible, just normal joints aches and pains. Did better on snacksies today. Tired, very tired, but doing okay-ish. For the most part.

Food: A Liquid: A Pain: B Brain: B

Tomorrow: Wash 2 plates/bowls/pieces of silverware, 2 chapters, Dailies, Vamp shiz, 2 anime eps.

Ever Onwards and Upwards!

[vldrocketeer]

I think I'd still fall for you even if you were a vampire. It'd just make taking pictures with you difficult - 🔥

True, and you’d have to be careful not to add any garlic to food that you cooked for me 😬

[nixithevampy]

THE BLOOD MOON IS UPON US

[theheartshapedsunglasses]

help im being oppressed bc i cant suck ppl’s blood without being shamed on the internet

[incorrectservamp]

Mahiru: Kuro, you've been walled up in here for almost a week. You have to get out. Feel the sun on your face.

Kuro: It burns! It burns!

[lordgeales]

When you’re still counted as part of the family you thought you left ages ago.

[lcgioned]

“i won’t get hurt, i promise.” ( from nikia, for val )

@theirlegends | protector / protectee starters | accepting 

“I’m gonna stop you right there.” Valeria puts a hand out as though she is going to physically stop Nikia. “You get hurt the same rate Daphne falls into traps on Scooby-Doo. You’re gonna need to work on your argument.” Whatever the slayer was planning, Valeria would insist on being a part of it. 

[defaultcake]

i drive ALL the way to the gas station with a boner

[angstyaches]

do any of your characters have food allergies or sensitivities (other than elliott and ryan being intolerant to food in general)

Ooh, nice question.

I originally started out thinking I'd make Shayne lactose intolerant, but that just seems a little mean on top of everything else he's had to deal with. So instead he's just kind of sensitive to a lot of dairy and avoids it when he can.

I know you mentioned her already but Ryan's weakness to garlic could be classed as an allergy, I guess, since she can have a reaction just from kissing Nancy after she eats it, a la this fic. #JustVampireThings

Rin has a number of food texture aversions that have the potential to make her sick, if that counts.

Asher used to be vegan for a long time, so his system has trouble processing meat and dairy products if/when he ingests them.

Kazu would also potentially struggle to deal with diet changes if he was visiting the west for a long time. Same would go for Mitsuko.

Payton has a rather delicate stomach, despite also having a pretty big appetite. They don't do very well with greasy food (there's a fic in which their bad eating habits leave them with an upset stomach), or with spicy food, which they tend to avoid at all costs.

I'm pretty open to considering suggestions for tropes that you guys would like to see, especially since I have a number of new OCs in the works.