Ene (impotentwaffle) wrote in cwf,
@ 2010-02-03 23:05:00

To Shiloh
Bernadette didn't often go searching for other people. Other people came to her. But tonight she was feeling particularly proactive and she whisked through the house, poking her head into every room looking for Shiloh. She missed his face and she missed his voice. He was rapidly becoming her favorite, a position that held both advantages and disadvantages. Thanks to him, she had long since forgotten the two little half-demons who had left her before she'd truly been through with them.

"Shiloh?" she called out in a sing-song voice as she traveled down one of the long halls of the mansion. "Shiiiiiloh." She amused herself a great deal and his name was followed by the sound of her laugh. She trailed the tips of her fingers along the crisp white beadboard until she came to a doorway. Swinging into the room, she scanned it and then let out a frustrated little sigh when she saw that it was empty. And so she continued on her way, still calling out his name.

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crucio
2010-02-07 09:26 pm UTC (link)

Shiloh was well aware of the fact that he was always at Bernie's mercy. She could kill him in an instant, but he trusted her. Maybe he was silly to trust her, but he didn't care. At the exchange of words between the two, he stared over at Morris before he returned his gaze to Bernie.

"I imagine that he'll say live, too," he said before he looked back to Morris shyly.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-08 06:43 pm UTC (link)

Morris frowned at Shiloh. "That's an optimistic assumption," he said with the faintest hint of a smirk. He wondered if the young man did like him or if the vampire was just making fun of one of them. Bernie was hard to read. Instead of giving her an answer, he changed the subject. "You're from Coldwater," he said confidently. He recognized her. "Not a lot of exsanguination deaths in the area. I've always wondered why, given I can smell a huge nest of your kind there. Not into shitting where you sleep? Night trips to the city? Smart, I suppose."

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crucio
2010-02-08 07:32 pm UTC (link)

Shiloh wasn't sure what to say or do when Morris looked at him and addressed him directly. He chewed on the inside of his lower lip and let his gaze drift down to the floor at Morris' feet. The man made his stomach twist into odd feelings and his heart seemed to speed up. He knew that Bernie would be able to tell, and he wondered if Morris could, too.

"She is always smart," he said quietly, finally lifting his gaze back up to Morris's face.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-08 08:39 pm UTC (link)

Morris was very bad at reading the living. It seemed as if a heartbeat threw him off. It had been that way his whole life and he'd eventually stopped trying to connect with people. Shiloh's shyness was alluring though, like someone running away, shrinking and in need of protection. Morris liked to rescue. Even if he felt disconnected from humanity, he had the urge to save it. That was why he'd become an EMT.

Bernie put her hand on Shiloh's shoulder, amused by his body's reaction. "You're making his blood pressure go up." She laughed, doing nothing to keep the boy's reactions under wraps. That made Morris look surprised and it was clear that expression didn't come to his face often. Bernie pushed Shiloh forward. "I'm going to go eat someone else. Shiloh, I'll be back for you later. Stay with this nice stranger here." Like dropping a kid off at daycare.

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crucio
2010-02-09 07:51 am UTC (link)

When Bernie pushed him forward, Shiloh's eyes went wide and he stumbled a little before he looked back at Bernie in surprise. He didn't know what to say, or what to do, and it really did look like a mother was dropping her kid off at the daycare and the kid was entirely anxious about it. Shiloh didn't venture off on his own, and though he'd managed on the streets before on his own (barely) he had grown ridiculously attached to companionship.

"You're coming back?" he asked softly, afraid he might be left behind. He wanted to be sure she would really be back for him.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-09 09:58 pm UTC (link)

Bernie offered him a fond little tut-tut, wagging her finger delicately back and forth at him. "Of course I'll be back. I would never leave you behind." Her mothering instinct was strong with her favorites, not to mention the idea that she owned them and wouldn't want to throw away such a precious commodity. In reality, she would be staying close, but she wanted to see how Shiloh acted when he was alone with the peculiar man.

Glancing back and forth between the two of them, Morris waited until Bernadette was on her way out until he spoke. "If you think I'm babysitting you while your freak of nature mummy goes hunting, you've got another thing coming." But he didn't move to leave.

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crucio
2010-02-09 10:19 pm UTC (link)

Hearing Morris speak of Bernie like that instantly rubbed him the wrong way, and he wasn't sure he liked the man all that much anymore. He looked a little lost and a little hurt for a moment before he turned away from Morris to go disappear into the stacks. He planned on finding a book to read until Bernie came back for him. He didn't need to be babysat, he wasn't a child, he'd survived the streets on his own for a while after all. And he didn't want to talk to Morris if he was just going to be mean.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-10 08:41 am UTC (link)

Morris watched him leave and he stood there stubbornly with his arms folded across his chest for a little bit. But it wasn't all that long before he followed after the young man. "You don't have to get your feathers in a fluff. I just meant--actually I don't really know what I meant. I just don't like to see humans hanging out with vampires. No one should have a death wish like that."

He got the strong feeling that he wanted to rescue this one, but that this one didn't want to be rescued. A sticky situation if he'd ever run into one.

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	crucio 2010-02-10 09:01 am UTC (link)
	Shiloh let his fingertips brush against the spine of each book, and he glanced over his shoulder to look back at Morris quietly before he looked forward again. "I don't have a death wish," he said quietly. "Bernie takes care of me. If I had a death wish, I'd bother Elgyn," he added before he turned around to face Morris. "Why do you care, anyway?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

impotentwaffle
2010-02-10 05:26 pm UTC (link)

Morris finally had his arms at his sides as if he might be relaxing now that he had to pursue Shiloh, but as soon as the other man turned around, Morris had his arms back up at his chest, blocking himself off. He offered a shrug as he looked away from him and at the books on either side of them. "Because when you see a lot of death, life becomes really precious. I don't know." He mumbled.

He hated to admit that Bernie's words had wormed their way into his consciousness and he glanced at Shiloh's chest, wondering if his heart was still racing or if she'd been teasing him. He didn't like to be teased and he hated even more to be embarrassed.

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crucio
2010-02-10 06:26 pm UTC (link)

"You might find this surprising, but I actually don't see a lot of death," Shiloh said honestly. "Not since Bernie, anyway. When I was on the street, I did. And when my Mom died..." he went quiet and bit down on his lower lip as he lowered his gaze down to Morris's chest. "But I don't anymore."

Sure, some humans died in the mansion, but Shiloh hadn't seen them. Mostly everyoe stayed in line. Bernie made sure of that.

"My name's Shiloh," he finally said before he held out a hand.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-12 04:00 am UTC (link)

"No, I mean that I see a lot of death, so life in general means something to me and that's why I care. I don't imagine people would even know the meaning of death when they're surrounded by creatures who aren't very touched by it. How did your mom die?" He was frank about asking what he wanted to know. He lived and breathed death, so it felt natural to talk about the mechanics of it.

"And I'm Morris." He took Shiloh's hand in a loose shake, betraying his lack of confidence in this situation.

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crucio
2010-02-12 04:11 am UTC (link)

Shiloh let his fingers curl around Morris' and he shook the other man's hand gently. He drew his hand away and wet his lips as he glanced over at the books again. He shrugged his shoulders a little bit and swallowed hard.

"She got sick," he said quietly. "I took care of her until she died."

His relationship with his father had always been tense, but his relationship with his mother had always been more than great. She loved him no matter what.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-12 05:39 am UTC (link)

Morris frowned some more. That seemed to be what he did a lot. "It's too bad I can't really bring people back. I mean, I can, but they don't have a very pleasant appearance. Unless she was cremated--then I really can't reanimate." Not entirely true, but it was nearly impossible to bind a soul to a pile of ashes. This was probably not the right path down which to lead the conversation. "Um--sorry." He shook his head and reached up to play with his ball cap, lowering the bill and then raising it back as if it needed adjusting.

"How'd you meet old fancy pants?" He meant Bernie, of course.

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crucio
2010-02-12 06:00 am UTC (link)

Shiloh was silent as Morris spoke. The idea of his mother coming back as some decaying... Corpse was not pleasant, but even so he knew what Morris was trying to say, and he thought it was sweet. If the man could bring back the dead as they were in life, he would. That's what he meant.

"Mikhal, another vampire, he found me and took me in. Well, took me to Bernie's mansion, and she took me in," he said as he wet his lips and drew the lower one in between his teeth. "You probably think I'm crazy or strange for staying in a house full of things that can kill me, but it beats being alone. I'm not at all lonely, but I bet you are. I can tell. You seem sad."

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-12 06:22 am UTC (link)

"I think maybe you're a little young and foolish, but I suppose I get the appeal of living there. And when you think about it, there are a lot of things that can kill us, but we live with them anyway. Cars, spouses, cigarettes, fast food."

At the lonely comment, Morris's back straightened and his arms tightened around his waist. "I'm not lonely. I have a pet goldfish I've had for 15 years. Now that's commitment."

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crucio
2010-02-12 06:36 am UTC (link)

At that, Shiloh smiled shyly and lowered his gaze to the ground. He toed at the carpet with the tip of his shoe and simply shook his head a little bit before he looked back up at Morris.

"A goldfish can't keep you warm at night, or kiss you, or hold your hand," he said quietly after a moment. "A goldfish just swims around, you need someone to talk to who can talk back."

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	impotentwaffle 2010-02-12 07:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Are you saying I need a girlfriend? Does that woman do those things for you? Does that Mikhal guy?" He didn't know how the whole 'living with vampires' thng worked. "Do you belong to one of them?" He kept his eyes trained on Shiloh, finding that he liked looking at him, especially when he looked so bashful. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-02-12 08:48 pm UTC (link)
	"It doesn't have to be a girlfriend, just a friend, someone to make memories with," Shiloh said with a mild shrug of his slender shoulders. His fingers walked along the spine of several books before he glanced over at Morris again. "Belong to anyone? I guess it would be Bernie, but not in a sexual way. But she talks to me, and holds my hand sometimes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-02-13 11:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Kissing seems kind of like a significant other thing," he said with a dubious look on his face. "I don't usually kiss my friends." He thought about that for a moment. "But I don't have a lot of friends." Which seemed to bother him a great deal, though he tried to hide it by straightening his shoulders. "You shouldn't belong to anyone, Shiloh. Do you like it?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

crucio
2010-02-13 11:45 pm UTC (link)

Shiloh supposed Morris had a point. He didn't kiss his friend's either, then again, his friends were vampires and Lewis. He was sure Lewis wouldn't mind kissing, though.

"I love Bernie, so no, I don't mind," Shiloh said as he let his hand fall to his side. "She doesn't control me or anything like that," though in a way, she did. He would do anything for Bernie. "She's like my family."

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-14 02:26 am UTC (link)

"So do you want to be a vampire or do you like being human?" He glanced behind him and then beckoned for Shiloh to follow him to an out of the way table. There was no need for them to stand up the whole time Bernie was gone, not knowing how long the woman would be. Morris had decided to stay with the boy until she came back, curious about him and feeling especially lonely now that Shiloh had pointed out that fact.

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crucio
2010-02-14 04:31 am UTC (link)

"I like being human," Shiloh said as he followed after Morris. Once they had a seat, he put his chin in his hand and peered over at the other man. "I don't want to be a vampire." Especially because he got the feeling that he wouldn't be as precious to Bernedette if he were one, and he liked being held dear to her. "She said that you're a necromancer," and Morris had indicated that was true, based on things he'd said. "I didn't think those were real. But I guess that's silly since I know vampires are." And shifters, too.

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impotentwaffle
2010-02-14 07:51 pm UTC (link)

"Does that creep you out?" He assumed that it did because everytime someone had had the opportunity to discover his 'talent,' they'd been wholly freaked out. Though he'd never interacted with a human who was versed in the supernatural world. It bothered him that he was actually getting his hopes up that maybe Shiloh wouldn't be grossed out. He wouldn't show it though. It was far easier to push people away before he started to like them. "It would if you saw it."

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crucio
2010-02-14 09:45 pm UTC (link)

Shiloh shook his head a little bit. He lived with vampires, after all. He let them feed from him. A necromancer was anything but gross or creepy to him, and in fact, he was intrigued. There was something about Morris that Shiloh liked very much, and he was desperately trying to put his finger on it. He knew that he was attracted to the older man, but he was trying to figure out if it was just physical or something else, too.

"It doesn't," he replied. "And I don't think it would creep me out. You should see some of the things I paint. I'm sure lots of people would find some of my art creepy."

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