A/N: Alrighty! So story number two! I've had this one floating around in my head for a while, it was originally only meant to be one chapter but it has quickly taken a life of its own and is now going to be multiple chapters. Hopefully you enjoy this, there isn't any smut in it so if that's what you're looking for I apologise profusely! However I am a huge fan of Britchers (guilty pleasure :P) or whatever its called :D
Let me know what you think!
(Just a heads up on the rating, personally I think its a T as there's a little bit of violence and a reference to some smut, but mainly its the swearing that's an occurrence. However if you've watched both you should be mature enough to handle it)
As much as it breaks my heart I don not own any of the characters of Almighty Johnsons or Being Human, I just wish I did...
Mitchell woke to a warm heat and sunlight streaming through the window. He raised his arms above his head and stretched, his back cracking loudly and sighing contently he thought back to the events of the night before.
Mike had called Anders to tell him there was a thing at the bar. Anders had been reluctant to go, telling Mitchell they needed to pack for the weekend, even though it was Wednesday and they had the Thursday off to pack for their trip.
"Come on Anders, we have tomorrow to pack and you haven't seen your brothers for ages. Plus I want to meet them!"
"I don't want to go!" Anders complained, lying on the couch throwing an arm over his face.
"Pleassse! Anders we haven't gone out for two weeks! And there's free booze!" Mitchell whined, all but throwing himself on top of Anders and nosing at his neck.
"Mitchell" Anders whined back when Mitchell didn't stop rubbing his nose into his neck, occasionally placing light kisses over his pulse.
"I'll let you do whatever you want to me after." Mitchell growled, grinning into Anders neck.
"Urgh! Fine fine we'll go!" Anders relented.
Several hours later found them in Mikes bar, but not in the happy, welcoming environment Mitchell had hoped it would be. Anders had his fists clenched glaring at Mike and Axl whilst Ty, Olaf and the goddesses watched from the side uneasily, and Mitchell himself was behind Anders, one arm curled around the God's waist, glaring at Axl and Mike.
"I'm glad you think you've found a lead on Frigg Mike, I really am, but I'm not going with you. Mitchell and I are going away this weekend, and have been planning this for the last month. I have a life too you know."
"Anders I don't give a fuck about this temporary roll in the hay you have an obsession with, finding the Frigg is more important!" Mike yelled.
Mitchell could practically feel the fury rolling off Anders in waves. Ty could sense it too, he was the only one in the group who had known about Mitchell's existence when the two first got together (quite by accident and much to Anders annoyance) but both he and Dawn had sworn not to say anything (both were shocked by the difference Mitchell brought out in Anders, and neither wanted to deny him this rare happiness he'd found) and he knew that Anders and Mitchell had been together now for close to 6 months, so to hear Mike insult his not-so-new friend and brothers lover like that made his blood boil. Before he could say anything however Anders spoke up again, the fury and venom clear in his low voice.
"You only want Bragi there to talk you out of any trouble your likely to get into. Well guess what Mike? You and shit-for-brains Odin over there can start fighting your own battles and getting out of your own shit. I'm done with being the scapegoat and having to talk you out of trouble all the time and I am SO done with this family. And how DARE you call my boyfriend a 'roll in the hay!' Yeah that's right, my boyfriend, who I've been with for 6 months. Fuck the pair of you, and don't bother contacting me again!"
Looking at Ty he added "see you for lunch tomorrow" more kindly before glaring at Mike and Axl as he and Mitchell left the bar hand in hand.
Mitchell grinned to himself, it was the first time either of them had used the term boyfriend and it was Anders who said it first. Mitchell always knew he'd follow Anders to the end of the earth but to hear him willingly put a term on what they had that showed they were actually in a relationship made life all the sweeter in his opinion.
Mitchell looked at the clock on the bedside table. 6:30am, waaay too early to be up on a day off. He sighed and closed his eyes, wriggling to try and get comfortable before realising that the heat he had felt when he woke up was still there, and was getting slightly uncomfortable. He smiled, turning over to face Anders and deciding that he'd make the best of an early rise.
When he was facing Anders he opened his eyes and mouth about to say something when he froze, eyes widening and jaw dropping in shock.
Mitchell took a deep breath to try and stop himself from freaking out. To avoid jostling the bed he reached out slowly behind him, hand skimming the bedside table in search for his phone. He winced, holding his breath as his fingers brushed past his phone knocking it to the floor. When Anders didn't move Mitchell exhaled quietly before turning and sitting up. He slipped out of the covers and grabbed his phone before padding quietly out of the room, closing the door silently behind him.
Mitchell leaned against the wall and in spite of himself he started trembling violently.
"What the hell am I supposed to do?!" He whispered, taking several deep breaths, allowing himself to calm down slightly before thinking. This was something he had no experience in, he might be close to 122 but this was certainly not in his knowledge bank. The next best person to talk to would be Ty, and besides, other than Anders Ty and Dawn were really the only friends he had here. He pressed the main button to switch his Iphone on. Instead of the swipe option appearing on the screen he got a charge symbol. Just what he needed: a flat phone. Mitchell sighed; there was no way in hell he was going back into the bedroom especially not with the current situation. He chewed on his lip before remembering Anders kept a charger with his laptop which happened to live on the coffee table.
Pushing off from the wall he crept to the living room, trying to avoid making any loud noises and made for the couch. He powered up Anders laptop and plugged his phone in as he sat down, hugging his legs to his bare chest thankful for the fact he wore pyjama pants to bed for the first time in a week.
His phone flashed to indicate it was charging and he whipped it up, unlocking it and searching for Ty's number. Finding it he quickly pressed the call button and held it to his ear.
"Lo?" Ty's groggy voice filtered through.
"Hey Ty, sorry 'bout the early wake up. I ah, I need your help, its Anders." Mitchell said quietly.
Ty groaned "cant it wait till lunch time? It's my day off too you know and I was looking forward to sleeping in."
"No it can't wait; I don't think I can handle it by myself."
"What? Did he coma out? Splash some water on his face and he'll be sweet. Better yet stick a couple ice cubes down his pants, that'll sort him out."
Mitchell huffed in annoyance. "No, he didn't coma out. Why can't you... Argh! Tell you what I'll take a photo and you tell me if it can wait till lunch time?" Mitchell snapped, hanging up. He looked at his phone, 3% battery, just enough to get a picture. He made sure his phone was on silent before switching the camera on and unplugging his phone before jogging silently to the bedroom. He opened the door quietly and slipped in, getting as close to the bed as he could. He took a photo before slipping back out and shutting the door behind him and went and plugged his phone in before sending the picture to Ty. Ten seconds later the phone was vibrating in his hand and he put it to his ear.
"WHAT THE FUCK MITCHELL?! WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?!"
"How the hell should I know Ty?! I woke up to this! He was fine when we went to sleep last night!" He hissed back quietly.
Mitchell heard banging and cursing over the phone, and a female voice asking if everything was alright.
"Oh sorry, I didn't realise Dawn was there." Mitchell apologised guiltily.
"Dawns coming over too, we'll be there in 10. Did you call the others?"
Mitchell rolled his eyes. "No Ty, it's not like I have their numbers. Besides they weren't exactly thrilled to see me last night you know. And let's just keep it to your family; I don't know how he'll react with just Dawn, your brothers and grandpa, let alone the goddesses and Zeb."
"Alright I'll call them. You might want to put some coffee on, or get some beers out; I think it's going to be a long day."
Mitchell nodded, already heading for the kitchen. "Don't knock too loud when you get here, I don't want him awake just yet. See you soon."
While he was waiting for the others to arrive he made up a large pot of coffee, and pulled the bread, toaster and meagre toppings they had left in the apartment. They hadn't bothered with groceries on Monday as they had enough to get them through until tomorrow when they were supposed to leave for their weekend. He searched through the fridge and pulled out the rest of the fruit.
In no time at all there was a quiet knock on the door and Mitchell moved to open it. He slipped out and held the door closed behind him, turning to face the Johnson boys and Dawn.
"The fuck are you still doing here? I thought we told you to take a hike?" Axl asked angrily, pissed that Ty had literally dragged him out of the house and to his brothers place.
"No you didn't actually, you said was that I was a 'roll in the hay that Anders was obsessed with' to which he corrected you by telling you I'm his boyfriend. Before I let you come inside and tell you why Ty dragged you here at this time, sorry by the way, we are going to get a few things straight." He turned and gave Dawn a kiss on the cheek. "Morning, you know everything about me and Anders so why don't you get something to eat. There's not much I'm afraid, we didn't go shopping. I still need Ty though."
Dawn grinned back "morning to you too, and thank you I'm starving." She moved past Mitchell and went inside, Mitchell shutting the door behind her.
Once the door was shut Ty moved to stand beside Mitchell and the pair of them looked at the 3 Johnsons.
"So," Mitchell started "first of all, I know you're Gods. I know everything about your Gods, I know what happens to mortals when they know about Gods. So luckily for me, I'm not mortal. My name is John Mitchell, I'm 121 years old and I'm a vampire, if you want me to prove it, fine, if not then let's move along."
Mitchell and Ty watched a range of emotions flick across the 3 Johnsons faces. Axl was the first one to react in any way; he grinned. "Bullshit!" He laughed, "Like there are vampires!" Mitchell rolled his eyes before taking a breath, his eyes blinking to become obsidian, and opening his mouth to show his fangs.
"Fuck!" Mike and Axl gasped, leaping backwards.
Olaf grinned at Mitchell before clapping him on the shoulder. "I thought I picked up something unusual about you last night! My first vampire! Awesome!"
"Grandpa you're not stoned again are you?" Ty asked with a sigh.
"Slightly but that's not the point, every species of the supernatural have a different scent, plus it explains the thoroughly confusing vision I had 3 nights ago."
"Ok! Not important!" Mitchell cut in. "Point is whether you like it or not I'm with Anders and big words from the likes of you aren't going to change how I feel about him. Safety disclosure, you're all safe. Gods blood doesn't affect me like human blood does, no Dawn isn't in any danger either, I'd rather kill myself than hurt her as she and Ty very well know."
Mike snapped his mouth shut, the answer given to his unspoken question.
"I think that's everything you need to know, now onto why you're actually here. I'm going to let you all in and I need you all to be dead silent. You can react after you've seen him and we're in the living room as I don't think he'll be too forgiving if you surprise him first thing in the morning. I've been quiet since I woke trying to figure out how best to handle this but I'm really out of my depth here." Mitchell's voice dropped to a whisper on the last part as he led them into the apartment, motioning for them to follow him.
Ty and Olaf were right behind Mitchell, as Mike and Axl looked at each other and rolled their eyes.
"You do remember Anders telling us to fuck off right?" Axl whispered loudly. Ty and Mitchell gave him the death stare making him shut up.
Mitchell looked at the Johnsons before pushing the bedroom door open and moving to the side to let them past. All four Johnsons walked into the room before Axl promptly fled the room, quickly followed by Mike, whilst Olaf looked surprised and Ty impressed as they walked out. Mitchell left the door ajar and followed them into the lounge.
Axl rounded on Mitchell "what the FUCK DID YOU DO?!" He hissed, too terrified about waking Anders.
"I didn't do anything! I woke up to him like this!" Mitchell shot back, staring the God down.
"Your picture didn't do him any justice" Ty said shaking his head.
"Well clearly the Gods have decided that we need to learn something." Olaf said, stating what was clearly the obvious.
"Well how the hell are we supposed to follow this lead to find Frigg? Selfish prick only thinks about himself!" Axl exclaimed in frustration.
"I think we have bigger problems than the Frigg Axl" Mike said exasperated before Mitchell cut him off.
"Finding Frigg? Who the FUCK gives a shite about the Frigg?! Anders wouldn't have had a choice in this matter and you're calling him selfish?!" Mitchell yelled.
"Ah guys? Anders is awake." Ty said focusing on the hallway as Anders came towards them.
Mitchell was the only one who didn't freeze in fear. Instead he took a step forward and raised his hands. "Hey Anders, something's happened as you can probably tell… can you… ah, understand me? Nod or shake your head, I'm not fussy." He said in what he hoped to be a soothing voice.
"Mitchell?" Dawn stammered, shocked at seeing her boss for the first time.
"Yes Dawn?"
"Why is Anders a lion?"
"Good question Dawn, good question."