Aaron

[alcuin]

When Alcuin didn't hear from Aaron in a reasonable amount of time after leaving that note, he was... annoyed. Mostly at himself, because he wondered if he'd miscalculated. If it had been too soon for such an overt step. Though also he was slightly insulted.

Finally he decided that he was tired of waiting, and he might as well kill two birds with one stone and push things forward. Though he was also a little annoyed at having to get Hannibal's input into this plan because he didn't like admitting that Aaron was ghosting him.

But Hannibal had liked his new plan very much, and was more than happy to help.

Which was how, late one evening, Aaron received a phone call:

Alcuin's voice was nearly a whisper. Weak. "I - I'm so sorry to call you, but I didn't know who else... I think... I think I need help..."

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[quitollis]

"No, I think that's wise," Aaron said and thought of Eliot in the shower briefly before sobering up. Alcuin was hurt, he shouldn't be thinking about...smut.

"Come on, let's get you cleaned up."

[alcuin]

Alcuin nodded, and once they were in the bathroom, he carefully stripped off his shirt, and began to push down his trousers. "I'm really feeling fine now," he said. "My neck hurts a little, but it's not that bad."

[quitollis]

"You don't have... questions?" Aaron asked carefully as he turned on the shower. An encounter with vampires could certainly lead to questions.

[alcuin]

“Oh I probably have many,” Alcuin said with a small smile. “I don’t suppose… tell me everything you know about vampires is a reasonable place to start.”

[quitollis]

Aaron chuckled. He removed his own shirt so he could help Alcuin get showered without getting his clothes wet. He probably should fully undress for that, but he didn't dare. It was inappropriate, surely.

"There's not much to know. They're vile creatures, but you've come to know that first hand. They only come out at night and most cannot stand silver. It burns them, like sunlight burns them," Aaron said. "They see us as a lesser species and well... we're prey to them, really. They feed on human blood."

[alcuin]

Alcuin however stripped out of his clothes entirely, and stepped naked into the shower.

"When he first bit me it was frightening, but it almost felt... intimate," Alcuin said. "And it barely hurt, except for how he was holding me so hard it bruised. At least, not until he ripped his fangs away."

[quitollis]

"Yeah, don't let that fool you," Aaron warned. "Some vampires have a seductive bite, but it's just poison to prevent your blood from clotting. It's not real."

[alcuin]

“Are they all bad?” Alcuin asked. “Do you think all vampires are evil?”

[quitollis]

Aaron found that a very weird question, but assumed Alcuin was just under the influence of the bite still. "They are predators. It's in their nature to kill."

[alcuin]

Alcuin nodded. Biting back his real feelings. “I just mean, some humans are evil too.”

[quitollis]

Aaron smiled kindly. "I'm sure it's just the poison talking. You'll see it more clearly later. The vampire attacked you, and if hadn't wounded him, he would have killed you."

[alcuin]

It would be foolish for Alcuin to push on this, of course. Besides, the strategy here wasn't to change Aaron's mind about vampires.

So he only nodded. And carefully stepped under the spray of the water.

[quitollis]

Aaron tried to help, bug it was a bit weird like this. "I'll judge join you, if you don't mind. That'll make it easier to help you."

[alcuin]

"Of course," Alcuin said. "Though I confess, this wasn't exactly how I daydreamed about being naked with you again."

[quitollis]

"You dreamed about that?" Aaron asked as he undressed and joined in the shower.

[alcuin]

Alcuin laughed. "Of course I did. I mean, I don't want you to think that I was pining, devastated that you didn't call, but you did cross my mind a time or two."

[quitollis]

"You've crossed mine as well... quite a bit," Aaron admitted.

[alcuin]

"Yeah?" Alcuin said with a little smile, and put his hand on Aaron's waist. "What did you think about?"

[quitollis]

Aaron smiled. "Well, this featured in some of them. Not the attack," he hastened to add. "But being naked in the shower..." That and the talk of 'feelings', of course, which never really left his mind.

[alcuin]

Alcuin leaned in and kissed him softly. "I really am feeling okay," he said.

[quitollis]

Aaron smiled. "That's good... I'm glad." He paused for a moment to think of his words. "We probably need to talk, right? But I have no idea how. And being here with you like this is... making it harder still." Because he was getting turned on seriously.

[alcuin]

Alcuin knew they should talk, too, but he also wanted Aaron to remember exactly why he didn't want to lose him.

Also, frankly, especially considering that he wasn't actually traumatized from a vampire bite, he was rather turned on himself.

"I'm glad I'm making it harder," he said softly, and slid a hand between Aaron's legs.

[quitollis]

Oh, thank God, Alcuin was thinking along the same lines. They could talk later. Right now, he kissed him and deepened the kiss as he hummed at Alcuin's touch.

[alcuin]

Alcuin made a sound of pleasure into the kiss but then said breathlessly, "Why don't we go to the bed." He didn't want Aaron to think he was a hundred percent okay, and perhaps Aaron's feelings would come out even more if he were treating Alcuin so terribly gently.

[quitollis]

Aaron nodded. "And let me know if anything hurts," he added as he turned off the shower.