{I don't not own Trueblood or The Southern Vampire Mysteries, this is not for profit}

-Instantly, Constantly, For Eternity-

Chapter One

The door in front of Theo was white and on the flakey side. It was such a completely ordinary door that the feeling it brewed inside of him was startling, a bubbling that seemed to spread through him and bring tears to his eyes. Theo took a deep drag of his cigarette before wiping them away.

As a child, that door had swung open every summer with a welcoming hug and a chocolate chip cookie. Passing through that door meant love and happiness, being able to get away from everything at home. His Grandmother had always been the only one in his large family that he had been able to call and just talk to. Theo knew that this time it would be nothing like that, Gran was gone and he had no idea how his cousins would react to him.

The sun was so bright in the sky that Theo had to squint to find the door bell. Steeping back and looking around, the house was still wonderful in every way and he hoped dearly that they would let him stay, just so he could be closer to her. Not being able to go to Gran's funeral had nearly killed him, so much had he wanted to say goodbye to her, after not even calling in over two years but Theo hadn't gotten that chance. All he wanted to do was to be able to stay in her house for a while.

This place makes you happy

"Yeah, it does" Theo's voice was low; he didn't want whoever was home to think him mad before they even said hello.

He could hear movement behind the door, before a loud crash and a string of colourful curses. Smiling, Theo realized that it must be Jason because only he could he so ridiculously uncoordinated. Jason had never been that bright, even when they were children.

Theo had not seen his cousins, even really a picture, since he was nineteen and that was eleven years ago. In his mind, Jason was still that skinny thirteen year old boy that had loved to follow him around not this grown man in front of him. Jason had become, for want of a better word, hot. Briefly, Theo hoped to the gods that this wasn't his younger cousin, because he was just so goddamn attractive.

Jason just stared for a moment before a huge smile crossed his face and he pulled Theo into a tight hug.

"Oh my god in heaven, I cannot believe it is you, cousin. Wait, it is you, isn't it? 'Cause I hope to the lord that you are not a random person and I have made a damned fool of myself again" Jason was still smiling so wide that Theo couldn't help but smile back. One thing Jason had always been good at was making Theo feel better.

"Yeah, it's me alright. How you been, Jay? Is Sookie here?" Jason laughed and pulled him inside, which seemed to have had a bomb go off inside of it.

"Sorry 'bout the mess, there's been a whole heap of things wrong with the place and Sook has got me working on them. Sorry, cousin, she's not here right now, she left for work about two hours ago but we can go and see her if you want. She is gonna have a fit when she see's you"

"Yeah, that'd be great Jay. Though it's not too far is it 'cause you look like you have a lot to do and I don't want to be an inconvenience or nothing" Smirking Jason slapped him on the back and told Theo to shut up, that they were going and that he just had to change his shirt. Smiling, Theo watched him walk out of the room and wondered what had taken him so long to come back.

Theo took a long deep drag of his cigarette before he stubbed it out on his arm. The flesh sizzled and burned, making him winch. It was only a minute before the pained ceased and the small round wound on his arm began to close. Within seconds it was almost like there had been nothing on his skin at all.

Looking around, he reached down to the broken vacuum cleaner at his feet. Theo had no idea what was wrong with it, in reality he was not helpful in the slightest when it came to fixing stuff, but he closed his eyes anyway and ran his hand over the cleaner. Sensing an anomaly in the machine, his eyes flicked opened, glowing and entirely white. He pushed just a tiny bit against the machine with his mind until he felt a click inside of it. Standing his eyes shifting back to their usual brown, he plugged in the cleaner and flicked it on, seeing it spring to life Theo smiled and turned it off just as Jason walked in the door.

"Oh wow, did you get that working? Man I have been trying to sort that all day, thank you so much" Jason pulled Theo into another affectionate man hug, completely and absolutely happy at him being here. Jason had always admired Theo, he was his hero and the closest thing he had to an older brother. It had been so many years, but Jason still felt that connection.

"Come on, let's go and find Sookie. She is gonna be so damn surprised"

Sookie, cleaning down some table tops, was worried. A call from Bill had informed her that he had felt a something quite powerful come into the area. He had said that he would look into it when night fell, but after everything with Maryann had ended almost a year ago, Sookie had been enjoying the peace and quiet. She did not want anything like what happened before, to ever happen again.

Walking up to the bar, she slumped down onto the cool wooden surface. It had been heard, cleaning everything up, sorting everyone out, but in the end they had gotten it all done and now everything was back the way it was meant to be.

"You OK there, Sookie?" Sam's voice pulled her out of her almost nap and she slowly peeled herself off the bar.

"Yeah, I am fine…it i so very hot. I was just wishing it would cool dow…" Sookie could see Sam staring as she stopped speaking but she could feel something in her head. Sam jerked back suddenly, slamming into the wall behind him, as Sookie eyes flashed white. It was like she was in a trance, and Sam was about to jump into action when she returned, shook her head and ran out the door.

Theo and Jason could see Sookie running out of the building as they drove into the parking lot. Another man followed her that Theo could not recognize but Jason's brain told him that it was the owner of the bar that Sookie worked at.

Jumping out of the car, Theo ran to swoop Sookie up in a hug. Jason walked over and wrapped his arms around them both, kissing Sookie's cheek as they both smiled wide.

Oh my good god in heaven, Theodore Grace, I cannot believe that it is you. Where have you been? Theo, listening into her thoughts didn't find it invasive this time. Every day when he accidentally, or purposely, had listened in on some bodies thoughts he had felt so rude, but it was so nice when he was around Sookie.

As children they had both discovered, from a very young age, that they could read minds. Their telepathy had given them a bond that had lasted all of their childhood, even though there was a five year age gap between the two. This apparently couldn't be shaken even after fourteen years.

Well, Sookie Stackhouse, I am here now… but…I'll explain the rest later Sookie nodded in understanding, knowing that Jason would want to hear it as well.

They all pulled back from the embrace, before linking arms and heading into the bar. The owner, whose name was, according to everyone's minds, Sam, radiated worry and every one of his thoughts was focused on protecting Sookie. His, like the minds of many other shifters Theo had met, was more of a mess of emotions rather than sentences. Smiling, Theo slipped his hand out of Sookie's grip before stating that he had left something in the car.

Sam was almost growling and he seemed to be sniffing far more than seemed necessary. Amused by this, Theo smiled and patted Sam's arm, letting his mind be filled with far clearing images from the shifters mind. Love, he loved Sookie. Though when he searched deeper, Theo found that love to be wavering more and more each day.

"Don't worry, shifter, I mean no harm. I am just here to visit family" Sam softened a little, before tensing again when Theo's calming hand was removed.

"I don't know what you are, boy, but if you do anything to this town I will kill you myself" Sam's voice was almost a growl, his mind racing with so much anger and fear.

"Shifter, you wouldn't last a single second against me" Theo's eyes flicked to white and he winked as Sam jumped back slightly. Turning, Theo entered the bar and took a seat next to Jason.