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It was raining heavily. Water on her face dripping down her chin. She was on patrol when she saw a familiar vampire. a figure was sleeping under the pine tree using it as cover from the rain.
“Astro?” Vee asked, not impressed with him. But after some more thinking she frowned. She knew of his hard life, Astro had opened up to her about it, leaving his vampire coven after he made the choice to be an animal drinker. He’s been living in the woods, sleeping in trees and caves, moss being his main comfortable bed. She made up her mind, he’s coming with her .“Get out from under the tree”
“Why..?” He yawned and blinks
“You’ll get hypothermia, your soaking wet,”
“I’m ok Vee, I’m used to this,” he reassured before attempting to sleep again. She was not taking his crap. she grabbed his arm and pulled him out from his tree. She dragged him to her living quarters so he could get dry clothes and sleep in an actual bed.
“Vee I’m ok, I’m ok really “ he tried to negotiate but she wasn’t listening.
Eventually she dragged him to her living space. She sat him on the couch and threw some loose fitting pajamas at him. Astro looked at the clothes and blushed. Vee’s eyebrow raised until she realized.
“ geez, I’ll turn around, alright?” She turned her back, allowing for some privacy for the shy vampire as he swapped clothes.
“Ok.. done..” he mumbled as the hunter turned around. She blushed, he was cute in those pajamas. Her cute vampire.
“These are really nice..” he spoke in his quiet voice, fangs slightly poking from his lip. He needed to hunt, whether it be rabbit or deer or squirrel. His stomach growled a bit as his fangs became more pronounced. He played it off, he wasn’t desperate, just peckish, plus Vee just gave him clean clothes, it’ll be rude to wet them from stalking a doe. However Vee did take note. She has been looking for blood recipes. A lot of cultures used blood in delicacies.She’s heard of blood meat stew that uses a lot of herbs, it should taste pretty good, and both of them can eat it. She got some pig's blood, herbs, rabbit meat, salt and vinegar . She created the broth and let the meat soak in the simmer. She grinded herbs and waited until the time was just right to add it, stirring gently.
Astro waited on the couch, his eyes wandering around Vee’s living space, until.. something caught her eye. In the space was an oak shelf. It was filled with trinkets and treasures but he had no care for that, what he wanted was the wolf plush that sat in the back. He had never seen something so soft, so much softer than moss. He wanted to touch it badly, but.. it’s not his, it’s Vee’s he can’t take it.
Dinner was served, it was good, delicious actually. Vee watches as Astro greedily eats stew, his fangs retracting slightly to a more obscure position in his mouth. She did notice his eyes wandering to her shelf.
“Something you like over there, most of it is just junk, feel free to take anything you want,” she flicked her hand in a vague direction towards the shelf.
“Realy? I can take something,” Astro’s eye lit up slightly
“Yeah, I need to throw out that crap anyway, whatever you're staring at , you can have it,” she noticed how excited Astro became, she didn't even know what he’d want so badly until he grabbed it. The wolf plush sat in his hands. He held it tight, eyes in wonder.
“It’s so .. so soft..” he rubbed his face into the wolf. She chuckled at his childlike curiosity.
“It’s just a plush, nothing special,” she giggled
“Nothing special! It’s! It’s amazing, humans just.. have this..!” His brain did not fathom the luxury of softness the wolf had, and he got to keep it! He cuddles it close to his chest and trilled.
“Uh yeah..” she smiled but it slowly faded at the realization and indication of his words and wonder. He doesn’t know what a plush is, heck he’s probably never felt a bed. “Hey Astro.. wanna see something real soft,”
“Something softer… then this,” he clutched the wolf plush
“Mhm, come on,” she gently took his hand, it was slightly cold and he had claws fingers that scratched her knuckles. But she liked it, his thin fingers fit perfectly in her hand. He would fit perfectly next to her. She gently tugged him to her room revealing the bed. His eyes widened with awe.
“Wanna lay on it?” She asked him
“I-I can?”
“Of course that’s its purpose” at Vee’s reassurance he carefully approached the bed, he flopped onto the bed as he sank slightly. It was like a slice of heaven.
“Humans sleep on these every night?”
“Every night “
“No wonder you guys are so energetic,” Vee chuckles at that comment, she pushed his shoulder playfully as he smiled.
“Now go to sleep,” she booped Astro nose
“But I don’t want to be alone..”
She thinks then opened her mouth, “fine, just don’t hog the blankets”
Vee didn’t know how she got in this situation. One moment she was getting ready for bed the next she had a warm pressure in her lap. A quiet snore came from the warm blanket lump. She had Astro in her arms, the vampire sleeping quietly. He was so sweet, so precious. The hunters knew him now, he was relatively safe. Not like Vee would let anyone hurt him away, this was her vampire, and hers alone. Astro stirred slightly to which Vee gently shushed him, she didn’t want him walking up yet. She supported the vampire's head and pulled the blanket tighter to keep him sleeping. Her arms were tight and protective.
“Stay asleep , sleep now sweet thing “ she whispered, tucking back in the plush. This is perfect, he is perfect. He snuggled back into her lap. His hands stretched out exposing his claws. She gently took on hand and started to play with his fingers, gently massaging him. His fingers twitched slightly as she massaged his hands. He yawned and stretched his jaw before settling back down. Good, Astro is staying with her. Astro is hers, her vampire, her cuddle partner, the woods don’t get to keep him anymore.