Ene (impotentwaffle) wrote in politico,
@ 2010-07-29 19:27:00

The murder itself had been quick. Smith wasted no time when they got back to Shadow Falls. He hunted Elijah's step father down and he killed him, plain and simple. He hadn't deigned to drink the man's blood, but strangled him to death and tossed him into the lake to sink and rot. It had been nothing more than an extermination. He hadn't tortured the man, and he hadn't given him much of an explanation for why he was dying except that he deserved it and he owed Elijah a peaceful existence.

Then, he'd turned himself in. All of this happened before Whitney could do anything to stop him. Smith had been very careful about that aspect because the whole point of this was to protect both of the people he loved. Elijah from his step father and Whitney from the Council. After pleading his case, he was sentenced to six months in the dungeons. But he'd been granted the small mercy to leave a letter for Whitney and Elijah to be delivered after he was incarcerated.

It read: Whitney and Lij. Please don't be mad. I'm not running from either of you. 6 months and we can go back to normal. 6 months and all of us will be safe again. Let me do this. -Smith

Not much of a poet, but he got the point across. That was 6 months ago and now he was collecting his watch from the guard and heading home. There was scars on his back from where he'd been punished. Only very talented vampires knew how to hurt another vampire enough to leave scars. They were faint though and in another fifty years they'd be gone. No injury lasted forever, except maybe emotional ones.

As was common, the exact date of his release hadn't been publicized. So he walked himself home to Whitney's, terrified that Elijah (or maybe even Whitney himself) wouldn't be there. Instead of walking right in, he knocked before trying the door to see if it was unlocked.

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impotentwaffle
2010-08-02 02:36 pm UTC (link)

Glancing down at his waifish physique and groaned to think of how long it would take to get himself back to fighting weight. He'd go nuts if he couldn't get back in the ring soon. He'd be at the gym tomorrow. In the dungeons, it was nearly impossible to work out or train given the fact that he'd spent most of his time healing and just trying to stay upright.

Food meant Elijah and as he headed to the boy's room, he was thankful that he'd had a shower. He smelled much better now. "I should have lied and said it was an accident," Smith laughed a little. People got off easier for an accident. Slipping into Lijah's room, he scanned it for signs of the boy, still holding on to Whitney's hand, hald afraid he would just maul the kid, rip him to pieces. It was like offering a starving man his favorite food and expecting him to be delicate about it.

	crucio 2010-08-03 03:31 am UTC (link)
	Whitney stuck close by, and he moved to stand behind Smith as he sat down on the edge of the bed. Elijah easily sank against Smith, arms winding around the vampire as he pressed his face against his chest. He had no shirt on, and Lijah could feel how cool his skin was. "Missed you," he said softly, his arms tightening a bit. "You're colder than usual." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	impotentwaffle 2010-08-03 10:24 pm UTC (link)
	"Are you sure you missed me? You know why I had to go away, right? Whitney told you?" Or somebody told him, anyone. Smith's body tensed, worried that Elijah would say he knew nothing about his step father. "I'm cold because I'm starving. They don't feed you anything worth shit in that place. I need--" his voice drifted off, not wanting to ask out right. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-08-06 05:25 am UTC (link)
	Elijah was sort of dazed. It had been a long time since Smith had taken that much blood from him, and once he was set down on the floor he just looked like a lost and confused puppy. "That's just 'cause you're really hungry," he mumbled sleepily, his hair sticking up and some of it even slick with blood. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-08-06 06:09 am UTC (link)
	"I'm glad you're back," Lijah said softly as Smith undressed him. He was a little chilly now that he'd been fed from, but the bath would help warm him up. And Smith was warm now. Lijah liked that, loved that he could make Smith warm. "Do I really taste better to you than anyone else?" he asked curiously as Smith plucked him up to set him in the tub. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	crucio 2010-08-06 06:46 am UTC (link)
	If Elijah had enough blood in him, he would have blushed. Instead, he just sort of smiled sweetly. He closed his eyes and let Smith clean him up before he reached up to try and wipe the vampire's face clean. "What about you? You have blood all over your front," he added as he tapped his slender fingers against Smith's bare chest. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)