Matt Walker (this_fire_burns) wrote,
@ 2011-09-10 22:17:00

You did WHAT?!

Matt finished his phone call with Ian and was no closer to figuring out what had changed in the last 24 hours that he'd missed. The details were still sketchy, but the mystical world was abuzz with the news:

Dracula, Lord of the Undead, had been destroyed.

Matt still couldn't believe it. There was a small part of him that was miffed that he didn't get to do the deed himself, being Dracula's son, but a much larger part of him wanted shake that person's hand for what they'd done. He decided not to think too much about how this made him feel and instead chose to surprise his girlfriend with lunch at the office.

Only, once he gets to hospital, he learns that she didn't come in today. He looks down at Whisper, who just looks at him.

"You're some help."

The pair then turns up on Shelly's doorstep, cheeseburgers in hand. Matt knocks and waits for her to answer.

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blackmagicwoman
2011-09-11 03:02 am UTC (link)

Shelly had hoped that what she was feeling was just the after-effects of the bite. Burning, chills, and pain had followed the last time that Dracula had sunk his fangs into her flesh but it wasn't going away this time. Far from it. It was getting worse and she was running a fever, too.

Then the vomiting had started and she hadn't gone into work. She couldn't; she felt like she was being melted from the inside out.

Kind of what had happened to Dracula.

As best she could Shelly pawed through her mystical texts, trying to figure out what had gone wrong and, more importantly, how to fix it. The knock at the door broke her already sketchy attention and she desperately tried to pull herself together to answer the door.

"Hey handsome," she said with a smile. "And you brought the human, too. Good boy."

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this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 03:07 am UTC (link)

"Oh, you're just so droll today. Should I leave you two alone for quality time?" Matt asks, gesturing between Shelly and Whisper.

Whisper barks an affirmative just then with a big doggy grin on his face.

"Keep talking, Pound Puppy, and you're going home with the next lucky person that walks by." Matt says.

Whisper makes a noise that sound vaguely like a derisive snort.

Matt looks down at Shelly and smiles as Whisper walks into the apartment.

"I even brought you lunch. Couldn't I at least get a kiss before you dump me for the other guy?" he asks.

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	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 03:12 am UTC (link)
	"I suppose I can afford you a kiss," she says mock-exasperatedly before tiptoeing up to kiss him. Her lips aren't warm; they're almost blisteringly hot. "No giving my puppy away, okay? Ever. You, cheeseburgers, and Whisper are the highlights of my life." Stepping back she pulls him into the apartment and closes the door behind him. "What brings you by?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 03:18 am UTC (link)

The heat of her lips causes him to cry out in surprise. Her lips are normally warm, warmer still if they're doing certain things with magic, but /that/ just wasn't right.

"Were you practicing fire magic without me, Shelly?" Matt asks, swatting her on the behind as he walks by. It's one of his favorite things to do when he can...so he does it almost always.

Whisper rubs up against Shelly and whimpers, looking up at her.

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	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 03:25 am UTC (link)
	"Hm? No. Baby, I only do that when you're here to enjoy it with me. I had some tea." Shelly sat down and gently petted Whisper. "I'm glad to see you so maybe we can consider some fire magic after dinner." Even as she said it she knew she in no way would feel up to that or much else. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 03:31 am UTC (link)

"Tea. Okay." Matt says, not wholly sure he believes that. She's had tea before and her lips have never felt like that, but Matt doesn't want to make a big deal out of things just now. If she wanted to tell him what was wrong, she would.

Whisper, however, is still rubbing up against her. Matt notices that.

"Come on, Whisper, let her sit down so we can eat." Matt says, going to get his cheeseburgers. Whisper usually wanted Shelly to feed him.

He passes her the burgers.

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	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 03:34 am UTC (link)
	"So I hear Dracula's gone." Shelly doesn't so much sit as she does fall down onto the couch. And forgets that she has fang marks in her neck. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 03:42 am UTC (link)

"Yeah, I hear the same thing. Someone up and offed him. I'd love to know who, because that person deserves a fucking medal." Matt says, getting their food and sitting with her on the couch after taking off his duster.

He doesn't notices the marks immediately, due to her hair, but he does notice that Whisper follows Shelly and sits near her expectantly.

He's not usually this attentive unless someone is sick, but--

"Hey, are you feeling okay?" Matt asks.

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	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 03:44 am UTC (link)
	"No, not really. I called out today." She petted Whisper. He seemed worried. Very worried. That didn't settle well. "So what kind of medal would you give this person?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 03:51 am UTC (link)

"I'd thank them for killing Dracula and buy them a beer." Matt says. Something about her tone wasn't right.

"Yeah, the hospital told me...when I went there to surprise you and found out you weren't there. You /never/ call out sick, Shelly. You always say it gives Patrick too much of a chance to try to outshine you." Matt says, looking at her serious.

"Do I get to know what's up or do I have to drag it out of you?" he asks.

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	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 03:53 am UTC (link)
	"It does give him a chance to outshine me, which pisses me off. He plays dirty." Shelly shook her head, then patted the couch beside her for him to sit. "You owe me a beer, Matt. And a medal. I'll settle for jewelry, though." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 03:56 am UTC (link)

"Wait, what?" Matt asks, trying to understand what she'd just said. Or not said. Or said without saying. Anyway.

"How, exactly, did you kill Dracula? He's wanted your blood since he tasted it and..."

Matt's brain suddenly goes into overdrive. The only way Shelly could possible have gotten that close was if Dracula was already about to feed on her or was already doing so.

"Shelly Drumm, /what/ did you /do/?" he asks, anger evident in his tone.

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blackmagicwoman
2011-09-11 04:01 am UTC (link)

Well. He hadn't used her middle name or invented one for her. That was a sign he wasn't completely pissed off, right? She sighed.

"Calm down, honey, please. I found a spell when I went to Haiti a month ago. It was said to weaken vampires so that they could more easily be dragged into the light and destroyed. Local legend held that a more powerful version would kill the vampire outright, but they had to consume it. I brought the spell home and I worked on it, worked out the old folk magic a bit then deployed it. I made my blood toxic to vampires and invited Dracula for a snack."

"He was ashes by daylight, burned alive from the inside out. It worked." And then, under her breath, "too well."

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this_fire_burns
2011-09-11 04:07 am UTC (link)

"You realize that toxic to vampires means /deadly/ to humans, right? Right?" he asks, trying to contain his anger. She'd taken this risk without even talking to him about it.

"Does your father know about this? Because this is the one and only time in all of history that I think he and I might agree on something." Matt says.

"Did you plan telling me before or after you keeled over dead with no explanation?"

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	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 04:09 am UTC (link)
	"The spell had a precaution that protects the bearer from harm." She looked away from him. "I think I've botched that part. Look. Dracula's dead. He can't mess with you anymore. I was tired of his raggedy fanged ass messing with your life. Sonofabitch had to die. Now he's dead and can't ever hurt you again. "No one hurts my man." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-11 04:26 am UTC (link)
	"Of course, it's somehow okay if you die or something, right?" Matt asks her. "I'm going to fix this, just so that when I do, we can have a long talk about not taking unnecessary risks on someone else's behalf." Matt says. He does not, at this moment, consider the hypocrisy of his own words. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 02:17 pm UTC (link)
	"I'm not going to die, Walker." Shelly glances at Whisper for support, but he doesn't give her that. He just gives her a very worried doggy face. Shelly sighs. "Yeah, well, if we're going to have that talk we have it for both of us." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-11 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	"I want to see this spell you found, Shelly. Now, please." Matt says, rolling up his sleeves. "Then you and Whisper can eat while I get to work." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 02:32 pm UTC (link)
	"If I eat I think I'll start throwing up black crap again so, how about I just lay on the couch and pet Whisper while he eats?" Shelly pulled herself up and lead him to her study where she retrieved the spell from a drawer of her desk. "This is the basic spell, these notations are the variations. I used this one." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-11 02:39 pm UTC (link)
	Matt starts looking over the spell and grimaces. He'd seen something similar to this before and he thought it was bad news then, too. "I see where you were going, but it looks like you misjudged a few words." he says. "I need you to eat something, Shelly. This stuff is eating you from the inside out, so you need to keep your strength up." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 02:42 pm UTC (link)
	"You get to hold the barf bucket, just saying." She pulls a burger out of the bag and starts eating it. "How off was I?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-11 02:58 pm UTC (link)
	"Not a great deal. Were you doing something else when you put the spell together?" Matt asks. "This just looks like too simple of a mistake for someone of your caliber." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 03:03 pm UTC (link)
	"I was in a little bit of a hurry. Matt, Dracula had shown up a few days before and I barely fended him off then. I had to get this up and running and fast." She sighed. "I feel like I want to be sick." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-11 04:04 pm UTC (link)
	"Go sit down and relax. Whisper, makes sure she sits down and doesn't get up. Sit on her if you have to." Matt says. Whisper barks an affirmative and comes to chase Shelly to the couch. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-11 04:10 pm UTC (link)
	"Whisper, I swear to god if you sit on me you will not like how I respond and I don't care how big of a dog you are." She raises her brow to him and then sighs, heading out to the couch as commanded. "I mean it, pooch." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-11 04:35 pm UTC (link)
	Whisper against makes the sound of the derisive snort and waits for her to sit down. When she does, he climbs up next to her and lays his heavy head across her lap and promptly closes his eyes. Matt begins studying the information, trying to rig up a spell to counter Shelly's work. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

blackmagicwoman
2011-09-11 10:08 pm UTC (link)

"Now see, this I can work with. You're doing your job...I get to pet your ears...soon your tail will start thumping against the couch and I'll know I'll have a happy hellhound."

She started to pet the dog, taking a deep breath then tried somewhat successfully not to cough.

"You're welcome, about Fangs. The look of relief in your eyes for all of ten seconds before you got pissed was entirely worth it."

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	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 12:32 am UTC (link)
	"You know, Whisper, you could at /least/ pretend that her female charms don't work on you." Matt says. "And if you'd done that without nearly killing yourself, Shelly, I'd be in the middle of thanking you profusely for your efforts." Matt says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 12:34 am UTC (link)
	"Yeah, but I wouldn't be getting to rub Whisper's belly so it works out." She lay her head on the back of the couch and just looked sick. Maybe even thinner. "I love you, you know." Pause. "Both of you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 12:57 am UTC (link)
	"Hey, don't talk like that, Shelly. I love you, too, but I hear that tone. You're gonna be okay. I promise." Matt says, working on the spell. It takes the better part of three hours, but he thinks he's got it. "Okay, Shelly! You still with me?" he calls out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 01:01 am UTC (link)
	Her hand had stopped petting Whisper about an hour and a half into Matt's work, but she was still with him, just barely. She opened her eyes at the sound of his voice. "I'm so cold, Matt." The opposite was actually true. She was shaking, but her body was burning with fever. "I think I need a sweater." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 01:09 am UTC (link)
	"Oh shit..." Matt says, moving into the living room with a strange, blue liquid in one of the vials she keeps in her office/lab. "Baby, stay with me. Drink this." Matt says, sitting next to her and wincing at how hot she's become. Whisper licks her cheek and whimpers. "Shelly, do /not/ do this to me right now." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 01:14 am UTC (link)
	Her eyes widened then narrowed and widened again as she tried to focus on the vial. Her hand was shaking too hard to take it, but if Matt offered it to her lips she'd drink it without resistance. She had not ability to resist anything at this point. "Oh god that shit tastes nasty..." she murmured, making a face. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 01:33 am UTC (link)
	Matt does, indeed, put the vial to her lips and force her to drink. "The whole thing. Pretend it's sex, honey." Matt says, trying to keep her in the moment and not let her pass out. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 01:37 am UTC (link)
	"I wouldn't drink sex," she protests. It's just enough argument to keep her with him and she does manage to drink it all. Shelly gags a bit, but it doesn't come back up. "What is in that?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 01:52 am UTC (link)
	Matt names some really nasty ingredients that are foul on their own, but are even worse when put together. "Now, we should know really soon if it worked." Matt says. "Either you'll feel okay...or you won't feel anything." he says, holding her close. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 01:57 am UTC (link)
	"By not feel anything you mean I'll die." Shelly curled herself into his arms and buried her face against his chest. "Don't let me go." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 02:08 am UTC (link)
	"I won't." Matt says, holding her close. Several minutes go by in silence and then Matt speaks again. "Will you marry me?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 02:11 am UTC (link)
	Shelly was drifting in and out a bit. Her body had stopped shaking, though she was still very warm. Her body had grown so still that Shelly herself wondered if she... Then, Matt spoke. Her dark head lifted from his chest and she looked up at him, bleary-eyed. "Yes." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-12 02:16 am UTC (link)
	"Good. Now you have to live, because I intend to sit through wedding planning that will make my brain melt while you show me colors and patterns and such." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-12 10:07 am UTC (link)
	She laughed, a little weakly. "I'm not that picky and you know it, Walker." She sighed and rested her head against him. "I want cheeseburgers for the reception and Whisper is Hellhound of Honor." With a deep breath Shelly grew still again, lapsing into a deep sleep as she cuddled against Matt. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-13 01:43 am UTC (link)
	"The hell you aren't. You love making decide which dress you should wear. Next time you ask, I'm gonna be honest about how they make your butt look." Matt says. When she falls asleep, he just holds her, intent on staying away until she wakes up, though he'd like to sleep as well. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-13 01:47 am UTC (link)
	Shelly sleeps for over a day before stirring a bit, groaning as she comes back into herself. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-22 01:49 am UTC (link)
	"That's a good sign. It's usually what you say after sex." Matt smirks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-22 01:53 am UTC (link)
	"I usually feel better than this after sex. Ugh. I think I was hit by a bus. Whisper, did you get the number?" She slowly pulls herself up, blinking as her vision clears. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-09-22 01:57 am UTC (link)
	Matt brings her water and aspirin, then sits next to her. "I'm glad you're still with me. It's been a while." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-09-22 01:58 am UTC (link)
	"Well, I couldn't go anywhere. I had a hellhound on my lap and a certain man mentioned something about me marrying him." She smiled and squeezed his hand. "Thank you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	this_fire_burns 2011-10-01 02:40 pm UTC (link)
	"I did mention us getting married. Now, since I don't have parents to introduce you to, we can stick Ian and your Dad with planning the wedding. This way, we can just find a place to have sex quietly while we get to work on enjoying our honeymoon in advance. How does that sound?" he asks. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	blackmagicwoman 2011-10-01 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Matt Walker when have we ever had sex quietly?" (Reply to this)(Parent)

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