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Pyro was following Abolish back to his house, arms wrapped around his sides, half because he was nervous and half because the wound stretching from his shoulder to his chest made it hurt to move his arms at his sides. So in turn, he kept them hugged close and he followed Abolish down the paths towards the outskirts of Okurst. Abolish had approached him randomly, and told him to follow him, and now they were on the outskirts of the town, the only two buildings in front of them being Abolish’s house and his small farm.
The man was walking four steps in front of him, not close enough to be within reach but close enough that they could watch the way he fiddled with the button on one of his gloves. The white fabric remained perfectly clean and he never seemed to take them off.
Pyro realized just as they were about to enter his house that they could in fact, not enter, without an invite and Abolish was soon going to think them weird. He paused at the end of the small row of steps about to make some awkward excuse because why had they followed him anyway when abolish said without even turning around,
“You can come in by the way”
Pyro stiffened,
How did abolish-
Was he a-
Wait what?
“You coming?” Abolish asked, glancing over his shoulder in a confused manner, trying to find what had stopped pyro in their tracks.
Pyro scurried up the steps wincing slightly as His wound screamed,His arms still wrapped tight around himself as he followed Abolish into his home. The place was scarcely furnished, being a new settlement and also probably because of Abolish’s probable plan to pack up and book it once the walls were up, just like the rest of them. Even Pyro had fully decided his thesis wasn't worth this, maybe abolish was, but the look on Scott's face after he turned him still haunted him. He was the reason for the claw wound stretching across his chest and shoulder. For some reason his vampiric healing wasn't working, even the two holes hungrily ripped into his shoulder were red and irritated from the scholar's constant picking.
Abolish rummaged through a barrel in the corner of the kitchen as pyro stood awkwardly before turning and beckoning for him to sit on the small couch. Pyro realized then that abolish had pulled out a small basket of medical supplies,
“Where are you injured?” Abolish asked, meeting Pyro’s eyes from where he looked up at him, crouched at the foot of the couch.
“I- what?”
“Where are you injured, i can tell you are, sory if this invasive but i dont know why your vampiric healing isnt working”
“Wait what” pyro said, his face blanched, abolish, knew, abolish, knew. Abolish had willingly invited a vampire, had willingly invited pyro into his own home to, to what? to help them? Pyro shook his head, it didn't make sense.
“Yes i know, and im not going to hurt you” pyro realized he was shaking as abolish placed a hand onto his leg,
“Promise” pyro smiled at him before waving to his chest, hand moving carefully over the spot he was clawed.
“All along your chest and shoulder”
“Yeah” abolish leaned in to help him take his shirt off, which was probably a good idea because pyro hands were shaking like it was the dead of winter. As he worked down the buttons, Pyro felt his face flush, black hair that was almost straight, with a few perfect curls near the front.
He was… warm, pyro tried not to notice as his hand stayed still on pyro's leg, keeping him from bouncing it and grounding him at the same time.
He knew and still let him in.
Pyro's teeth suddenly felt way too big and pointy in his mouth.
“Abolish sucked in a breath as his eyes landed on the cuts, four of them from Scott's four main claws deep and gouging all the way from his shoulder to his opposite hip
“Oh.. pyro”
Pyro tried not to acknowledge the flutter in his chest at Abolish’s voice, he really did have a lovely one, whispering his name like that, maybe he was getting a little loopy.
It has only been a day since he got cut, it should have fully healed by now, or at leats as a fledgling the skin should have healed over, even pyro had gathered that. He sucked in a breath as Abolish's thumb drifted over the edge of the top cut,
“Shit, this is going to really hurt, but I'm going to have to disinfect it” pyro nodded silently trying not to blush as abolish shifted onto the couch next to him, already dabbing alcohol onto a cotton cloth, the next few minutes where blurs of pain. Pyro would like to say that he didn't cry, but he did, tears welled in his eyes,
(vampires can make tears out of blood, not just cry blood think of the molecule construction)
And sometime during the flashes of white cold pain his hand tangled with Abolishs, the type of hand holding where your fingers lace and it was nice because abolish was so warm, pyro tried to focus on him, the furrow in his brow as he concentrates, the dark coffee eyes that looked almost all black through the center, sparing for amber flecks of light.
Abolish was decidedly not blushing, not with his face buried in his crushes bare chest, no, but also because said shirtless crush also happened to be tearing up with pain, gripping his hand with vampiric strength. He didn't seem to notice, he was a fledgling after all, it would make sense to not be used to his abilities yet.
Abolish used the time to ponder why pyro wasn't healing and decidedly ignore the heat creeping up his cheeks or the scent of fresh scrolls and flowing water, he smelled really nice. Abolish was supposed to be focused on his mission, but then again, it was self assigned, if he were his boss however he wouldn't let him flirt with a wayward fledgling vampire, but he decided to ignore that. After he finished disinfecting the wound, he began dressing it, pulling soft cotton bandages across his chest and shoulder before looking at the other one where his turning mark was red and raw from scratching. He decided that there was nothing to do besides rub on some ears and bandage it, pyro shuddered as he rubbed his thumb over the mark, adding some numbing herbs. Abolish looked up at him, meeting his pinkish red eyes, they were faint, not the blood red they were supposed to be, a lighter softer color, abolish moved his hand up to the side of his face, their bodies still flush one of abolish’s leg’s still thrown between his, their hands clasped tightly.
“Are you alright?” abolish asked after he stared into the scholar's pretty eyes for a considerable second.
“Yeah” pyro breathed his muscles, still tense but relaxing under Abolish’s weighted gaze. His thumb brushed under the scholars eyes sweeping the tears out from under his eyes as he watched his eyes carefully, noting the few scars that plagued his face
“Are you hungry, I usually have blood bottles in store and moncart sent me with some but i ran out and the town is low on livestock so you can drink from me if you want” his face was burning but he kept his expression flat, controlled, not head over heels for this vampire he practically pulled into his house.
“I- wha- yeah…”
It came out forced as pyro stuttered, like he wanted it but was too embarrassed to agree unless he forced himself. Abolish’s gloves were already off making it easy to unbutton the collar of his vest, folding his suit and placing it on the living room table. Pyro leaned into him, taking a second as if trying to make him blush harder as he breathed along Abolish’s neck, giving the man time to snake his fingers upland run them through his hair, pyro paused when abolish did this and abolish paused when pyro paused, but the vampire took a moment to lean into his hands looking to meet abolish’s eyes for just a moment.
“Just tell me if i take to mutch, ive never drained a human before only like two pigs”
Two pigs, no wonder why he looked hungry, and so skinny
“Of course, you wont hurt me i promise” pyro nodded before leaning down to his neck, Abolish sucked in a breath when pyro's lips ghosted over his skin, planting a small kiss on his neck before biting down. Abolish focused on the smell of scrolls and fresh water as he ran his fingers through the scholars hair using it as a distraction along with his left hand still tangled with pyros, right after his teeth sank in and Abolish's hand tightened around pyros his thumb started to brush back and forth, twisting abolish stomach into knots and comforting him at the same time.
Abolish blushed furiously as the initial pain wore off, feeling pyro press his tongue out under the bite and push his blood into their mouth. Abolish held as still as he could as pyros cold hands traveled around his waist holding him closer and shifting him totally into his lap, abolish center of the matter, did not complain. After not too long Pyro pulled back awkwardly, free hand hovering by his waist carefully, not meeting his eyes as he saw where he pulled Abolish.
Fuck it.
He just looked so damn cute.
“Pyro, can i tell you something"
“Uh yeah?” they said still not meeting his eyes. Abolish moved his hand from pyro's hair to move their hand to his own waist so it was no longer left awkwardly floating.
“I like you… like a lot, like i think you're the most beautiful boy in the world” abolish fiddled with his free hand awkwardly while his other was still clasped in pyros, thumb finally stilled.
“I mean, I saw you when you came to Oakhurst and I was like wow, an ordinary person but then like a week passed and I just kept seeing things, little things. And y'know I was so worried when you disappeared a few days ago, me and legs went out to look for you, but we couldent, i couldent, I was so scared pyro. And its totally fine if you dont swing that way its okay you can leave and never look at me again but i mean it, really, i really like you”
Pyro stared, he stared and stared and stared, abolish, abolish liked them, abolish though he could possibly in any universe or time line turn him down.
“Abolsih, you re the most beautiful man i have ever met, there is no-one who can make me breathless like you, i have been in love with you science the second i saw you”
Abolish stared,
“Really” he whispered, hand unclasping from the scholar's cold one and moving to brush at the side of his face, Pyro suddenly felt self conscious of the small lined scares that littered his face, besides one in his eyebrow they were practically invisible unless you looked close.
“Really” pyro leaned in, brushing his lips against Abolish's,
It was quiet and small but they could feel Abolish leaning into it, chasing his cold skin as he pressed them to the couch. It only lasted for a second before he paused just barely looking into pyro's eyes as he pressed their foreheads together, before leaning back in again. Pyro let him one hand move into his hair, playing with the small curls littered under the straight black locs on the back of his neck. He was warm, fuck he was so warm, and he could kiss well. The quiet chase of their first kiss broke only once more as abolish backed up for air, keeping their foreheads pressed together.
“Sorry, shit, i still need to… breathe”
But pyro wasn't complaining, as long as he stayed there and kept looking at him like this.
He leaned back in a second later, breaths still short but impatient. Pyro leaned back in,
yearning that this moment would never end, but all he could do was chase the human's lips and pull him closer, which is what he did. His hand on his waist pulled him closer so his knees on either side of the pyro's hips pushed against the couch, pushing the closest they could get, their chest pressed against each other. After a while longer abolish pulled back again, breathing hard,
“You know that im..biologicly a- a girl right” Abolish said, turning his confession counter up two because pyro did not in fact know that,
“Oh no i, it doesnt- it doesnt make me think any differently of you, you know that right” abolish nodded cutely before burying into pyros shoulder.
“Then how do you feel about me?” Abolish sake turned to face the crook of their neck, breathing hot air on their permanently cold skin.
“I love you”
Pyro wanted to pull him close, he wanted him to be theirs, to feel his skin on theirs and never stop kissing him, but did abolish want that?
Abolish was buried in pyro's neck, he was so cold and he smelled so good, and it was really goddamn nice to be held by another- to be held by someone. But then, sniffles coming from above him. Abolish pulled back slightly, still tucked close against him, trying not to be weird about the way their chest bumped.
“Hey pyro, jack” pyro stiffened at the name
“Sorry not that”
“Whats wrong bug”
bug,
bug.
It was like the name melted him, all the tension in his shoulders melted and he relaxed into an Abolish warm embrace, tears flowing free.
“Im sorry i just, i love you so much and i never want to leave you, can i stay here please, i dont want to go back to the castle, i dont wanna see scott he will use me, you dont use me ‘bolish, please dont make me go back” pyro hiccupped through tears
“Oh pyro” abolish whispered pulling his head back from his chest,
“If you want to stay here you can stay here, i will do whatever i can to keep him away from you okay” he pressed a small light kiss to his lips.
Scott would never touch pyro again, thats what Abolish decided then and there, not without consequences no, no. he’d dealt with many a vampire before, and long as he didn't dirty his gloves, but he doubted Scott would be one to have a messy death, he knew how to tactically retreat.
“He will never touch you”
Pyro nodded head lolling slightly, he looked exhausted.
Abolish pulled himself up, disentangling his limbs from pyros.
“Come on bug” he said pulling up the vampire just before he got to whine about losing his personal lap warmer. He pulled the vampire up to his room, though the messily scrapped hallways salvaged from whatever building this was before.
“This is yours now” he said, sitting down with pyro and pressing their forehead together, having to sit on top of his own knees to reach.
The bed was small, the mattress imperfect and sheets of soft wool, it was small and imperfect, it was his… it could be theirs.
“You can come and go or stay all the time, I don't care as long as you feel safe okay?” pyro nodded as abolish tried to stop the heat creeping to his cheeks,
They were still tearing slightly, a flood of emotions taking over their pale face.
“Promise?”
“Promise bug, i promise”
Pyro curled up next to Abolish in his bed, their bed? Foreheads nearly touched as he watched his own reflection in those dark coffee eyes, amber flecks glinting from the small flicker of light from the nearby lantern. They were hardly matching puzzle pieces, whith pyros lengthy
Their hands tangled and their breaths mingled and he was o warm, pyro had been feverishly cold since his turning, and he hated being cold, good thing abolish seemed to like it though, leaning into his cold skin. he was so fucking beautifull, pyro couldent beleive abolish was theirs,
They were Abolish’s,
He could have him forever if he wanted, thats what pyro decided
As long as he let them love him back.
As abolish drifted off pyro watched, because he did, he never slept much as a human either, but now it was worse, but after he spent a good ten minutes counting abolish freckles
(there were three hundred and forty eight and his face and neck, stopping at his dollar bone as to not include his shoulders)
He found himself drifting off quietly,
Well that was going to be one hell of an awkward morning.