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They were still in the crypt, but the positions had changed. Scott and Jimmy are standing in front of the platform sharing a tight hug. Shelby decided to wait outside at the Beacon, giving the two more privacy. Scott felt lighter, like a huge stone fell from his heart. The last time he felt like this was roughly 700 years ago, just before everything went downhill.
Releasing Jimmy from his grip, he took a small step back to look at him, not letting him go in doing so. “I can’t believe, I forgot the brown eyes of yours, they are so stunning”, he mumbled, coming closer again he leaned his forehead against the other, shutting his eyes in doing so.
With all the memories his feelings came back like a punch in the stomach, giving his status as empath he felt everything twice as much as Jimmy, rightfully so, did nothing to hide his emotions. “We see each other after so many years and the first thing you do is to compliment my human eyes?”, he heard the other chuckling. Leaning back, he blushed a bit “I’m sorry, this is all very overwhelming and it’s not really my fault that you are so pretty, but you are right too, I can't wait to see those beautiful blood red eyes again”
Now it was Jimmys turn to blush, grabbing the hands of the oldest, he smiled. “It’s fine, it’s not like I didn’t missed your looks as well”, squeezing his hands, his happy smile turned into a sad one, “Where were you? We felt the snap too. We waited like you told us to, but you never turned up”, he mumbled, laying one hand on Scotts cheek, whipping away the lonely tear.
“I’m so sorry. I couldn’t think straight, especially after feeling it all, my mind went into panic mode and I thought you all were gone”, closing his eyes, he leaned into Jimmys touch, “Thinking you were gone was too much for me Jim, I lost it. I killed them all except the kids. I did horrible things, but I forgot, I forgot it all and now it’s there again. It hurts, I’m sorry, I’m so sorry”
With wide eyes, Jimmy pulled Scott in his arms again as the other cried, repeatedly apologizing for all the things that he did. Slowly rocking them back and forth, Jimmy looked over Scotts head toward the door. Shelby stood there with a shocked expression, after everything that happened in the past weeks, she would never have thought to see the oldest so vulnerable.
Sighing, Jimmy nodded for her to come closer, tightening his grip on Scott, feeling him start to shake. “I have the feeling you don’t know my Scott, Shubble”, he mumbled, trying his best for the other to be calm to help him not to get more overwhelmed. “He’s the sweetest soul that had to go through way too much, even back then, losing his family and all. Whatever mask he had on for the time you knew each other, that’s not the real Scott, even if he seemingly couldn’t remember any of our past”
Hugging her former roommate from the side, Shelby looked to Jimmy, smiling a little bit. “If that’s all true, I’m excited to meet the real Scott then. I’m sure the others would appreciate this as well, it’s not like he was bad to us, but he could be quite intimidating and scary at times”, she said quietly, earning herself a confused look in return. “What do you mean with the others? Are there more? How many are you?”, Jimmy asked, letting out a relieved breath as he felt Scott stop shaking.
“Uhm, with you we are now eight. Scott and Owen were Vampires before, the other four and me were just turned recently. I think, I forgot to tell you about this”, she explained, rubbing her forehead. Thinking about this, he had another question, “In which year are we? We never spoke about this” After having his answer, he did the math’s, leaving him flustered. “Wow, I was in a coma for 150 years”
Feeling another set of eyes on himself, Jimmy looked down to Scott, brushing his hair away. “There we go, feeling better after letting all the coped up emotions out?”, he asked quietly, giving him a quick kiss on his forehead after Scott nodded. Hearing Shubble loudly gasp, the two of them looked to her excited form. “Oh, my goddess, why am I so stupid, it’s so obvious. You are boyfriends, right?”, she asked, hopping up and down.
Chuckling, Scott tightened his grip on Jimmy. “We aren’t just Boyfriends, we are married, not officially, but married is married” laughing at her bewildered state, he took a deep breath and took a step back from Jimmy. “We should head back to the castle. I think it’s time to tell you everything”, grabbing the hand of his husband, Scott lead the way, with a still shocked Shelby following them.
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Arriving at the Castle, Scott asked Shelby to gather everyone in the sitting room, giving him and Jimmy a bit more time to speak. “Please tell me, when did you and Louis decided to come back and not wait any longer for me?”, he asked, grabbing the coat of Jimmy. “Uhm, I think about 200 years after that day. We equally waited and travelled for it. We were trying to find you as well”, he mumbled, earning a nod from Scott, seeing him smiling a bit. “So, am I right that you both funded Oakhurst on the ruins that I left behind. Your old Surname and the one of Louis speaks for themselves”, poking his chest. “Hey, you were the one who gave us the surnames Oaksmith and Goldhurst after your family and Oakhurst was the better name for a town than Goldsmith”, Jimmy chuckled, shaking his head. “I can show you something later, seems like you haven’t found my little library, it has all your answers to what Louis, and I were up to after you disappeared”, he said, earning himself a quick kiss.
“Looks like a date, but first, we should tell the Fledglings our story”, Scott said, pulling the other Vampire to the sitting room after sensing that everyone arrived. Entering the room, every conversation halted as everyone looked at the two incomers. Smiling brightly, Scott came to a stop at the head of the table, squeezing Jimmys hand.
“Shelby here, had a little secret for the past week, but that’s okay, because it brought me something back what I didn’t knew I missed dearly”, he said, pushing his husband a little bit forward to introduce himself. Clearing his throat, Jimmy waved before scratching his neck. “Uhm, hi? I’m Jimmy and apparently was in a coma for the past 150 years. Scott and I have known each other for, uhm almost a thousand years now. Oh, and he’s my husband”, proud about himself that he was able to leave the other six Vampires in a state of shock, he took a step back to Scott, wrapping an arm around his waist.
Cleo was the first one to react, quickly standing up, letting her chair falling backwards. “Are you kidding me?!”, stepping up to the two elder Vampires, pushing Jimmy back at his shoulder. Owen was quick to react after this, standing next to her, holding her back. “Relax, let him explain. Listen first, action later”, he mumbled, wrapping his arms around her.
Confused, Jimmy watched the two. “What’s going on?”, he asked, raising his brows as Cleo let out a laugh. “Oh, you tell me Mister Jimmy Oaksmith. You should be dead, your diary heavily implied it”, crossing her arms, she let out a heavy breath. “What, how did you know about my diaries? The only one who knew about it is… oh”, Jimmy interrupted himself, “and its Goldsmith now”, he whispered, earning himself another shove from Cleo.
“That makes it so much worse! This whole family-dynamic sucks. First, I got turned because Scotts fledgling was like an overhyped puppy and now, he’s my grandfather for real”, shaking her head, ignoring Pyros offended gasp. Scott had to bit his tongue not to laugh but quickly composed himself. “Care to elaborate further?”, he asked Cleo and Owen with an amused smirk.
“Oh, that’s easy. He adopted my mum, at some point turned her into a Vampire, she adopted me, she told me everything about her and Jimmy and was killed by hunters around my 18. Birthday. Because of that I came to Oakhurst to find his secret library, and we did. I mean, Owen did it, but we explored it together with Legundo. Because of his diaries we knew that you knew Louis too”, Cleo explained.
“Maria got killed?”, Jimmy asked sadly, having to lean against Scott, feeling sick at the thought. Nodding, Cleo sighed, taking a step forward she touched his shoulders. “Yes. I’m sorry I said that so bluntly, it was almost six years ago. I had enough time to process it. She loved you so much, she never stopped talking about you, you were a great dad and I have to admit, I bet you’re going to be a great grandfather”, she squeezed his arms, smiling a little.
Doing the math’s in his head, Jimmy’s eyes widen as he grabbed Cleos arms as well. “Wait, that means you are 23? You are older than my turning age, please don’t call me grandfather”, chuckling, she agreed. “How old are you?”, intrigued about how ancient Scott and Jimmy really are, she asked both of them.
“Oh, let me think. Scott should be somewhere around 1.200 years old but looks about 24. I got turned at 20, but I’m around 970 years old by now”, Jimmy explained, leaving everyone speechless again. “Now, it makes sense why Scott is so intimidating, he’s a millennia older as me”, Owen whispered to himself, looking towards the oldest.
Grinning, Scott watched everyone flinch as he clapped his hand. “Now that we have this question solved. Please get comfy. Jimmy and I want to tell you all what we did for the first 700 years of our lives.