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Tommy is in his office doing what Tubbo calls 'gross paperwork', he's inclined to agree.
The rest of the house is full of his coven. Niki and Jack are certainly trying to keep Punz out of the kitchen at the least. If Punz is somewhere Purpled is not far behind, Eret and Puffy were fitting Eret for a new corset last he knew. Tommy sits back in his chair with a sigh as he rubs between his brows. His red eyes prick up open as he realizes he can't feel his youngests contentment or mischievousness. Ranboo, Tubbo, and Aimsey are not in the house. Not entirely odd but as he prods at the bonds of his nestlings everyone but the three are home. He stands up and pokes at Ranboo's. The usual nervousness that layers over his other feelings is crashing 10 fold.
Tommy's barely even has his martins on before he's stepping outside into the cool night air. The fabric of his simple blue button up and his brown trousers flutter around him in the wind. He can still smell his young, fear coursing through them. He'll scold them for not bringing an older with them after he makes sure they're safe. He takes off through the trees with inhuman speed, it barely takes him a minute to get where the trio are. It's by a small river they've played in before.
The thing that sets him off are the three humans sitting on the other side with guns pointed at his nestlings. He stomps out of the tree line with growls rumbling through his chest. Tubbo and Ranboo, previously standing in front of Aimsey in a protective fashion, grab her and rush behind him.
He feels better with their guns trained on him than his young. "What are hunters doing around here." He scowls, it's not even a question, more a demand. The oldest, a blond man with a striped hat, lowers his gun only slightly. "Woah Mate, better question is who are you?" A brunette is shoved behind the biggest, a pink haired wrong'un by the look of it. "Your over there pointing your guns at me, I think I'm more in the right here." Tommy cares little for being in the right, he just wants these idiots out of his territory. "Obviously we're hunters." Brunette snarks from his hiding place. Tommy snarls at him with gleaming teeth.
"Get back to the house, I want you in the nest, and you'll be lucky to leave on your own again until your two thousand." He says, the trio behind him have various reactions. Tubbo groans, Aimsey pouts, Ranboo whines, they listen with such obvious danger though.
The three take off into the trees, no doubt to be coddled by his coven. Once he can barely hear them he slumps with a grunt. He sits back against the closet tree and simply watches as the hunters grow more and more confused. "What are you doing? Why didn't you run with them?" Blondie asks. Tommy let's out an amused snort. "If you think you're actually going to kill me with those that's is the best joke I have ever heard." Pinkie levels his shotgun at him and fires twice. Time almost slowes down for Tommy in a way, he watches the bullets come toward him at a snails pace.
When close enough he reaches out and plucks them out of the air. He hears all three gasp, heartbeats speeding up as he inspects the shiny metal. It stings slightly, the metal is very hot after all, but not enough for him to drop it. "Such strange little things, so useless." He crushes the bullets, they serve no purpose to him. "I've literally killed vampires with that before, what did you do?" Pinkie demands. Tommy raises his gaze up and looks over the river. It's fast rushing, deep, and 10 feet across. Perfect swimming for him, he almost wants to get in. "He did ask a reasonable question mate." Blondie says, the statement is absurd and makes Tommy laugh.
"You lot aren't even actual hunters, I can smell the fear off brown curls over there." Brunette gasps, clearly offended as he steps out from behind Pinkie and over the riverside to be directly across from Tommy. "I am not afraid of you! You just, took me off guard is all!"
The vampire raises an eyebrow. "Such arrogance little moon, thinking you could take on a Sire." They all take a step back and he stands. He brushes his trousers off with a small grin. "So refreshing, actual hunters are so boring now, I almost miss the 1400's when they would burn my houses down. Of course that was 7 centuries ago, times have changed." He slips his hands in his pockets, gazing at the silly little humans. "I'd like if you'd leave this area, of course you could stay, but let's keep the mits off my younglings yeah?" They barely even respond beyond blondie nodding slightly. "How polite, perhaps just don't bleed yeah?" His smile flashes with threats.
He leaves the three there, and if he memorizes their scents it's just to watch how close they get if they do decide to hang around.
Tubbo, Ranboo, Aimsey, and Purpled all get a reminder to not leave alone. It's preferred of course for them to bring him or one of the older vampires but Tommy knows when he's fighting a loosing battle. He wishes he was a little older before so he looked aged. Maybe he should let his beard grow out? He shakes the thought off, he settles down to tackle the bills he's been putting off.
Something glass breaks downstairs followed by a yelp. Tommy sighs.
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It takes a month for Tommy to see them again. The humans have no self-preservation it seems, they set up camp only a mile past the river. He warns his coven not to eat them, Puffy sends him a knowing look and mutters something about his bleeding heart. He's intrigued by them though, funny little things.
Phil seems the only one who respects that Tommy let them live, Technoblade isn't much for talking. Wilbur though, Wilbur is Tommy's favorite. He's spunky, strange, and most importantly he curses Tommy out every time the Vampire is mentioned. So when Tommy makes his rounds of his forest he checks on the trio. Mostly Wilbur is there, Phil or Technoblade leaving most often. Tommy will hide up in the trees and watch the young man. He sits with his guitar, singing quietly to himself before shaking his head and starting over.
Everytime he comes back humming his coven grins behind hands, whispers to each other like he doesn't have the best hearing.
He's so fucking excited though. Wilbur will be his one day, it's set in the Earth like only he has ever been.