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    The book sold fast, and Louis de Pointe du Lac hated it. It wasn’t the sales themselves he disliked—no, those were a blessing; he suddenly didn’t know what to do with all his money, which was a relief after years of barely scraping by.
    But what decent human being, with even a shred of literary taste, would willingly buy something so utterly vapid as The Vampire Lestat? A memoir, of all things, written by that self-proclaimed “vampire”. Printed on the front, on the last page, being all over the news since September last year. The absurdity of it all was enough to make him want to throw the entire stock into the fireplace.

    Admittedly, the author had the looks. And Louis hated him on first sight.

    Until he didn't, that was.

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    Louis witnesses several soft moments between Claudia and Lestat. These moments show him how the two are slowly coming to care for each other until they start to see each other as family, until Claudia starts seeing Lestat as a father, as well.

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    Post season two Louis and Lestat find their way back to each other. Everything was going great. Then Louis started talking about going to "couples counseling".

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    Hedonist that he is, Lestat has never particularly cared to be held to the constraints of a schedule. Louis may enjoy the routine and predictability of something as prosaic as the requirements of managing a business–one of his many little idiosyncrasies that Lestat simultaneously enjoys and is frequently irritated by–but for him? Non. He can enjoy the artistry of a well-planned ball or the satisfaction of a business deal well-struck, but he’s always enjoyed the freedom of not quite knowing what’s coming next. In a long, long life, it’s far too easy to fall into a rut and find oneself constrained to it for decades before noticing.

    Even with his taste for surprise, however, Louis holding out a tiny, sooty, sniffling child is a shock he is not best pleased by.

    He flicks his eyes up from the big-eyed, dripping moppet, raising a brow and feeling his lip curl slightly in distaste. The child reeks of smoke and fear and God only knows what else.

    “Put it back,” he says flatly.

    (AU based on the idea of Louis finding Claudia at the age of five like in the book but raising her until she's old enough to be changed) (marked complete because each chapter can stand alone but will be updated)

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