Moonlight…
Set after fever, where Mick fed off of Beth, and promised himself he would stay away from her, for her own safety.
Gonna turn into a Beth Josef pairing coz i think they r so cute 2gether and we need more fics wif this pairing on fan fiction:) Plz enjoy and the next chap, Beth and Josef will meet and, well, u'll just have to stay tuned to find out wot happens then :P
And soz 4 the lame title, I had a total blank and really just wanted 2get this up onto fanfic and totally 4got to think of a proper title so I used a bit of inspiration from a song I like, The Bird and the Worm, by The Used, and played on that a bit!
Chapter 1:
"Coming." Josef yelled as he stood from his office chair heading to the door, where someone was knocking impatiently.
He rubbed his eyes, glad for the distraction from his work. It was nearly 3am, and he knew he should be in his freezer by now.
He opened his door, only to see a brooding Mick stride through, without so much as a hello and take a seat on his couch.
"Sure, come on in." Josef said sarcastically as he closed the door and took a seat opposite Mick on a comfortable chair, folding one leg over his other, already seeing by Mick's oh-so-cheerful mood, this was going to be another talk about Beth. Lord knows this woman had been the topic of a few other conversations between himself and Mick.
"So, what's it this time?" Josef asked, loosening his tie and leaning back into his seat, thinking if this was about Beth again, he maybe did prefer to be doing his work than listen to Mick sulk about Beth and this whole 'forbidden love' thing he had going on. I mean, what was so special about this Beth woman anyway? Josef hadn't met her personally yet but had seen her on television a few times. I mean, yeah she was pretty but nothing special in his eyes.
"It's… Beth." Mick said.
"Surprise surprise. What happened?" Josef asked, considering getting a drink, suspecting this conversation could go on for a while.
"I did something I shouldn't have done." Mick said, regret and torment plain etched on his face.
"What? What did you do?" Josef asked, now more serious. What had Mick done? Don't tell me he tried to turn her. He knew all to well the consequences of that situation. No, no, Mick isnt that careless, he probably just tried to kiss her or something. God knows he should try to face the feelings he'd been hiding from himself for some time now, that he liked Beth, and more than just a friend.
"I, I fed off her." Mick said, running a hand through his dark hair.
"Ahh, way to go you sly dog, about time!" Josef said in a playful tone, "How was she?"
Mick shot him a severe look, "Josef, don't."
"Finally Mr. High and Mighty aint so high and mighty no more. She was good, wasn't she?" Josef asked happily.
"Josef, stop. It's not what you think. I, I was dying. I'd been out in the desert all day, and dehydrated, big time. She, she wanted to do it. Only God knows why." Mick said, "She's fine though, I mean, physically, I tried not to take too much."
Mick, feeding off a human? Although he did find the thought entertaining, it definitely was new, although just one glance at him showed that would be his last. The torment etched on his face clear to see, showed he wouldn't let himself ever feed off of a human again. Josef himself knew he could never have that level of self control, but that didn't really bother him. He never killed humans, just used them long enough to satisfy his hunger and let them go, where's the harm in that?
He let out a long breath, and decided to get that drink after all.
"So have you seen her since? She mad at you or are you two still best buds?" Josef asked from the kitchen.
"No, I haven't seen her, and I'm not going to. It's not safe. She's been in danger too many times and it's because of me, and it has to stop. I'm gonna keep away from her." Mick said, trying to sound resolute.
"Sure." Josef said as he took a sip from his glass, and held it out offering Mick some. Mick shot him a 'what do you think?' look and Josef shrugged, putting his glass down on the table between them.
"This is where you come in." Mick said, looking Josef firmly in the eye.
"Huh, me? Hang on a sec, what do you want from me?" Josef asked surprised.
"I'm gonna need you to keep an eye on her, make sure she's safe, especially if she runs into any kind of our trouble." Mick said. Mick stared at him with a determined gaze, knowing he wasn't going to leave until Josef promised him he would keep an eye on Beth.
In the end, Josef sighed and resigned to his fate, he knew Mick could be stubborn, and he also knew there was no point in arguing.
"Fine. You win. I'll keep an eye out for her, but you need to know I don't like this, and you owe me. Big time." Josef said annoyed as he finished off the rest of his drink.
"Thank you." Mick said, as he stood to leave, Josef right behind him as they headed to the front door.
"Oh, one more thing." Mick said, stopping at the door and turning to face Josef.
"What now?" Josef asked exasperated.
"Promise me, you won't touch her." Mick said.
Josef raised one eyebrow in interest, as if considering the fun idea, and Mick shot him a stern angry look.
"Look, she's not one of your play mates you bring in here and feed off, your not going to touch, understood?" Mick asked seriously.
"I'm offended." Josef said acting insulted.
"Josef." Mick said as a warning.
"Yeah yeah, I got it. No biting. Check." Josef said in a bored tone, opening the door for Mick, "But you better get over this Avoiding-Beth-for-her-own-good deal and soon coz I aint playing no ones bodyguard for long, I do have a job you know."
"Thanks Josef." Mick said, ignoring Josef's last statement, and left.
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