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An impromptu night-time trip to the beach ends in a surprising revelation for one particular vampire.
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When Shanice is invited to a slumber party by a certain group of Staten Island vampires, the last thing she expects is to be dealing with the complicated feelings she has towards her ex-roommate. But she isn't the only one whose feelings rise to the surface during the night's festivities.
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The harsh press of the stake bleeds into the kiss. It is still somehow the best kiss Nandor has ever had.
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Alcina knew she was doomed. Becoming a vampire hadn’t deadened her feelings as she had been promised so long ago. No, there was still one heartbeat that she could trace in every room, every doorway, in every darkened hall of her castle. It called to her like blood from an open wound and she had no choice but to follow the sound to its intoxicating source.
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It should be easy enough, Nandor thinks, to ignore her feelings.
Her heart does not beat. She does not get the butterflies in her tummy feeling that Guillermo has tried to explain to her. There is very little that stirs her undead body to life. Even when she was human, she rarely felt such emotions anyway. What room did she have for such fragile, fleeting things? There were villages to raid, fires to set, land to conquer and make her own. The shadow of her banner eclipsed many countries, sent villagers begging on their hands and knees in the ashen remains of their homes for her mercy.
Their tears had never moved her. Had never stilled her blade. But now…
Guillermo sniffles again, pitifully attempting to hide her tears behind her palms. It takes more effort than Nandor would ever admit to simply keep her arms folded at her chest. To not cross the threshold of the library and press her hands to the warm, soft flesh of Guillermo’s face and wipe her tears away. To not then wrap her arms around the other woman’s waist until her sobs subsided, cradled in her embrace. It is a thought that rattles Nandor to her very core.
Or: What to do when you fall hopelessly in love with your human familiar.
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Sometimes, Guillermo imagines what he would tell his nineteen year old self, the boy barely out of adolescence who harbored a love for vampires that bordered on reverence. On good days, he likes to think he’d give out decent advice. This is how you remove dried blood stains from clothing. This is where you’ll find the best coupons for tarp, duct tape, rope. This is the part of the backyard with the softest ground, the easiest place to bury bodies during the winter. This house, underneath its floorboards, is where you’ll bury your heart. This is how you’ll learn to live as a monster without fangs.
On bad days, he thinks he wouldn’t give his younger self any advice at all. He would have met his own starry-eyed gaze with a sad, knowing smile and given him a stake.
A character study in three parts: entrances, exits, and heartbeats.
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Nandor has always seen Guillermo as a tether to the present, to the glittering, confusing world of mortals. But one day, this wouldn’t be true. One day, he would make a decision that would end in blood.
Or: Nandor’s inner thoughts in the midst of a moment of intimacy between himself and Guillermo.
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Nandor wants intimacy—wants to let the battlements of his heart crumble, let the rusted armor of an ancient, powerful warlord fall at his feet. He wants someone to see him, understand him, know him as intimately as a river knows the sea. To know him as blood knows its way to the heart. But vulnerability is a language he hasn’t spoken for centuries and he’s always been shit at talking about his feelings to begin with.
Or: Vignettes following Nandor as he slowly realizes he's fallen in love despite his best intentions.
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Set during the first winter post 2x10. Guillermo returns to the Staten Island house as the vampires’ bodyguard, but when a fierce snowstorm strands everyone in their homes, the vampires struggle to find a proper food source.
Guillermo, begrudgingly, offers up a temporary solution.
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Nandor stumbles upon a life cut short and does what he can to set things right.
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Post 1x09 (“The Orgy”), Jeremy reflects on what he knows about Guillermo—and what still remains a mystery.
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Cross-posted from my tumblr. A handful of unrelated Nandermo drabbles based on specific prompts!
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( i've been searching for a lighthouse ) by Acacius
Fandoms: What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
09 Nov 2020
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Celeste learns the hard way that there are some things you want that you should not have.
Or: post 2x08 (Collaboration), Celeste deals with the consequences of pretending to be a vampire.
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An attempt at the 'What We Create in October' WWDITS challenge that's floating around. Each chapter will correspond with a prompt taken from the list.
Chapter 31 - Halloween: It has been roughly five years since Nandor and Guillermo became a couple. Nandor has something special planned to commemorate Halloween night.
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AU | Nandor, a human with a not-so-secret penchant for the macabre meets Guillermo de la Cruz, an ex Panera Bread employee now recently turned vampire. The roles may be shuffled, but the end result is the same.
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Set during 2x07 (“The Return”); Simon asks a simple question, but Nandor does not give a simple answer.
Or: a closer look at the shifting dynamic between Nandor and Guillermo through the eyes of Simon the Devious.
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One day, Guillermo would die. Perhaps they needed to discuss this a bit more intimately, Nandor thought.
Or: Nandor struggles to voice the reason as to why he refuses to turn Guillermo.
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Strange and Unusual Sightings in Staten Island by Acacius
Fandoms: What We Do in the Shadows (TV)
25 Aug 2020
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There are times where our favorite Staten Island vampires interact peacefully with humans. This will be a collection of drabbles/one-shots depicting an outsider's POV when they cross paths with one or more of the vampires.
Chapter 1: Walter - An elderly man takes a stroll one night in the park and is greeted with quite an unusual sight.
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After the events at the theatre, Guillermo embarks on a new path as a vampire hunter, determined to leave his old life of servitude in the past. But nothing is ever that simple. Real change was painful. Sometimes, it even required blood.
At least that was what Guillermo told himself as he held a stake firmly over Nandor’s heart.
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Set during 1x06 (Baron’s Night Out). Happiness, Nandor decided, could be found in the simplest of places, and there was no place he’d rather be at that moment than sitting in the lounge beside Laszlo, listening to Nadja and the Baron sing karaoke songs off-key.