Hey there still taking prompt? If so how about #18 Brotp Laura/laf or #20 laferry. Thx. -tumblr anon
18: "This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you've ever had. Of course I'm in."
20: "You need to wake up because I can't do this without you."
AN: Not even I am completely sure when in time this is, but it's during season one.
I'm combining the prompts in a really sucky way. You've been warned.
This is my first time to ever write any form of Hollstein, even if this is very little, so bear with me.
Focuses mostly on budding LaFerry, a little bit of budding Hollstein and mentions of non-canon LaFlashdrive. Enjoy!
Of course. They shouldn't be surprised. Why were they surprised?
Definitely not because Laura had just asked them to help her plan a birthday party. For a vampire.
"Come on, please? She's probably had hundreds of birthdays when no one celebrated her! But she has me, and you guys, now, and I want her to know that!"
"That's super nice, Laura, I just don't think she's the surprise-party kind of vampire."
"Sure she is. Please?"
"This is without a doubt the stupidest plan you've ever had." And they'd been there through all of Laura's videos to this day. "Of course I'm in."
"Awesome! Thank you so much!" She gave them a tight hug.
"Anyway, why are you asking me this and not Perry?"
Laura blushed. "It's kind of not the type of party that Perry would approve of."
They arched an eyebrow. "In what way?"
"The Carmilla-way. She wouldn't want cake and cider, she wants champagne and jazz music probably."
"I still don't see why you're not asking my better half, here."
"Are you saying Perry would be fine with serving alcohol in the school?"
They stared at Laura for a second. "Perry has been to frat parties. And she's the Floor Don, she's the one who confiscates the underage students' vodka in Seven-Up bottles." And drinks it. "Even if she's not a fan of it being served, she knows parties usually include it. She'll be fine."
"Oh, okay. I guess she can be in on it, then."
"Great. You know it'll save us both a lot of organization and food-making."
"Yeah..." Laura looked thoughtful.
"What, L?"
"I was just thinking, she's always so stressed. Maybe we should keep it a secret from her, too. So maybe she can relax a bit when the party comes?"
She'd most likely just be even more stressed by the surprise. "That's a great thought, but I'm not sure it will work. You know how she gets."
Laura frowned. "Okay, I'm so not supposed to tell you this, but..."
Now their ears were peaked, for sure. "What?"
Laura looked small. And a bit sad. "I asked her how she felt about you and JP, and maybe this is a totally stupid idea, okay yeah, it is it's really cheesy and it sounds dumb, but maybe you could use the night as a sort of surprise-night together - I think she needs to know that she hasn't lost you."
LaFontaine's mouth hung open. "Laura, what exactly did you tell her about me and JP?"
"Aren't you two dating?"
"Laura! No!"
Laura looked like she was ready to curse, or melt into a puddle on the floor. Or both. "Oh, I'm so sorry! It's just that it really seemed that way and she seemed so lonely and I just assumed -"
"Hey, no, calm down." They put a hand on her shoulder, because this was Laura, who didn't realise that Carmilla was flirting with her when all of her viewers did. They really couldn't blame her. "I'll tell her. We'll talk about the party later, okay?"
Laura answered meekly, "Okay. I'm sorry, LaF."
"Don't be." They gave her a quick hug and went to find Perry.
When Carmilla returned to their room, Laura was still going it over in her head, again and again. How could she have been so in the wrong?
"Don't give yourself a brain tumour, Cutie."
"Oh, Carmilla. I didn't hear you coming in."
The dark-haired vampire smirked. "Perks of the immortality. What's got you so worked up, anyway?"
Laura winced. "I kind of accidentally told Perry that LaF and JP were dating. Which, I just found out, they weren't. Aren't. Whatever."
Carmilla actually chuckled at that. "Afraid you'll break up Team Ginger?"
"I feel guilty."
"You didn't do anything wrong, although next time you're telling someone an assumption you should mention that, but I'm pretty sure the Mother Hen can work it out for herself."
"Perry's smart, but I made her worry without reason, and I mean she always worries, like all the time, and - ugh, it was just stupid."
"Again, no brain tumours, please. Or better yet, quit it alltogether. Didn't I pass the bio-major on my way here? They'll kiss it all better, I'm sure."
The journey was a long one, until they found her - surprisingly - in the bio lab. She was sitting by one of the microscopes, staring blankly into space.
"Perry?"
She jumped, and they stepped into the room slowly. "Oh, LaFontaine! I didn't hear you. Is everything alright?"
"Yeah. Are you?"
"Oh, I-yes, yes of course." They could see her lying, but since they sort of knew the reason behind it, they wouldn't point it out.
"I just had a chat with Laura."
"Oh, I thought you were in the library. With JP."
"I was", they stated, "but I left him with Laura. I'm sure he'll be happy to observe the Vampire and the Human up close."
"I'm sure he will." When Perry was curt, something was the matter. Always.
"That's kind of what I came here to talk to you about. Laura mentioned that she talked to you about me and him?"
They could see Perry's jaw clenching, as she exhaled with a swift: "You could've just told me."
"Yeah, well, I would've if it was true."
"It's not?"
"No."
"Oh."
"Yeah."
Laura and LaF stood proudly admist their creation. The room was dimly lit, soft jazz was streaming out of the loudspeakers, there were candles everywhere, and Laura had somehow talked one of the teachers into letting them use the solutarium for this, so that they could see the clear night sky outside. It was beautiful.
Carmilla had looked slightly teary-eyed, no matter how much she denied it. Now she was standing a bit outside the crowd of Danny's Summer Soc-girls and Kirsch's Zeta-bros (who were getting along for once), LaF's Biology Club and some of Perry's fellow Floor Dons, and some people from Laura's Journalism Class. She was holding a flute of wine and staring outside, into the dark night sweeping the Silas grounds.
Perry was drunk. And LaFontaine was pretty sure it was the funniest thing they'd seen in their entire life. She was walking around with her own wine-flute clutched between her fingers, and between slurred "be normal" and pointed fingers and loudly announcing that "LaFontaine is not dating a USB-stick", she'd return to LaF's side for some general refilling of the flute with water. She'd thank them in the morning.
When Laura left their side to go stand by Carmilla's side and say something to her in hushed tones (LaF was sure of it, Carmilla actually smiled) they felt a clumsy hand slip into their own. They turned around, smiling, to see Lola Perry with more buttons undone than she normally would (only three, but still a feat for Perry) and her hair a bit more of a mess than usual. She looked beautiful.
And so was Laura, apparently, LaF heard a sultry but tender voice say from across the room. They made a mental note to high-give Laura on this idea sometime later. LaHollis wins.
The next day wasn't quite so high-five worthy, if Perry's grumblings on the other side of the bed was anything to go by. They snuggled closer into the pillow.
"This… this is bullshit…"
They almost smiled into the pillow. Perry never cursed, but when she did, it was adorable, in their opinion. Even if it was a hangover talking.
"LaFontaine."
They didn't move. They still wanted to sleep a little more.
"LaFontaine."
No.
"My head hurts. And you keep the painkillers away with your biology stuff I'm not supposed to touch for scientific reasons. You need to get up."
That was true.
"You need to wake up because I can't do this without you. You actually forbade me. Which is ridiculous."
Short silence.
"You know what, screw that. I'm getting them, no matter what shady project you have going on."
Shit. The transformed claw –
"I'm up!"
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