TheForgottenSheikah: Hi there! I decided to do a collection of one shots based (vary in word length) on my own baby plot bunnies and would happily take prompts! I don't do slash, F/F (female on female) or M/M (male on male) though. Sorry. But here the characters will be mixed of their book/comic and TV counterparts. Some may even be OC depending if super fluff is involved lol! The main parings (not every one will be a pairing) will be Vaun/OFC and Quinlan/OFC/Berber Girl but like I said, any idea for other characters will be accepted via review or PM. :)
Scarf
Quinlan/OFC
The air was chilling faster at this time of the year. No matter that an undead plague ransacked New York City, winter would come.
Lexi shivered, drawing her coat closer into herself. The vampire apocalypse had caused the streets to thin out, thus less bodies to shield others from the crisp touch of the wind. She hated the cold months.
The dropping temperature caused Lexi to become sluggish and irritated. It also reminded her of times come and gone. Nights with pure white snow falling from the pitch sky, cuddling together for warmth and comfort. Those were now memories of her family, who had been taken by this rampant virus.
Salty tears pricked the corners of her eyes, the freezing gusts making the emotional experience sting that much more.
An absurd but familiar heat radiated from behind snapped Lexi from her sad musing. She rounded on the following person, pushing them into an all alleyway marked with the bright yellow police tape. She managed to back their darkly dressed form against the brick wall, trapping them between Lexi and the building.
"What are you doing?!" She asked, through clenched teeth. A faint blush spreading across her face.
The clicking growl she had become accustomed to, nearly found attractive, echoed in the side way road.
"Forgive me. I was out and sensed your distraught." Pale blue eyes studied Lexi in worry. "Are you all right?"
The statement and overall concern this otherworldly man showed made Lexi's flush deepen.
"Yeah, just being sentimental. You don't have to come running like I'm in danger or something, Quinlan." She tried to put up a front of indifference.
The hybrid, Quinlan, blinked slowly. Female creatures were so odd. Denying that nothing was the matter when quite plainly there was. "You called out for me, did you not?"
Lexi recoiled from the vampire's abnormal body heat as if she were burnt. She did not recall saying his name or even remotely thinking about him! She was just a little down in the dumps, that's all...
"Stupid feelings..." She muttered, dipping her chin so the lower half of her face was hidden in the dark blue scarf.
Quinlan felt the corners of his mouth twitch. The attempt to hide her embarrassment from him with the aide of an article of clothing was, how did humans describe it? Ah, yes, cute.
"Lexi, I apologize." He returned to his calm and clear expression. "If I could make the bond be any less... invasive, I would do so. But,"
The dhampir gripped her gloved hand in his own. He took in just how much smaller she was compared to him. Both the women in his life were so tiny and fragile appearing.
"The bond works the way it does so I can do my best to protect you and understand what you may need." He explained, remembering how his first bonded felt about the physic and emotional link.
Lexi had heard this the first time after they met and understood. She had absorbed the piece of information but that still didn't help the awkwardness about it.
"I get it. I really do. But-"
A police siren went off in the road making Lexi jump and wrap her arms around Quinlan's exposed neck. The half breed would have stumbled at the unexpected action if it were not for his training. Hesitantly, he returned the gesture around her waist.
"I am not objecting to this but, what caused the sudden embrace?" He asked, secretly relishing in the contact while it lasted.
"I don't want the cops to see you. They work for that council lady." Lexi told him, watching the patrol roll away.
Her explanation made half sense.
"My hood is up." Quinlan glanced sideways at his female. "They cannot discern what I am."
Lexi released her hold, causing Quinlan to as well. He looked sullen at the loss of her cool body.
"Ugh," She rolled her eyes. Her slender fingers unwound the knit scarf and approached him.
"Your ears are out of sight yet," She gestured at his throat. "That's visible."
Quinlan rose a nonexistent brow. "What?"
She motioned for him to lower towards her level.
"Your... I don't know what you call it, a wattle?"
Quinlan actually broke out in an audible chuckle. The sound seemed unused, dusty, but it became deeper the more he laughed.
"I suppose that's one word to describe it!"
Lexi grew flustered. "Don't laugh at me!" She didn't admit it but she liked his laugh and would enjoy to hear it again.
Ignoring the fluttering in her stomach, Lexi wrapped the scarf around his neck, covering the intricate swirls.
"Besides, you'll get cold." She mumbled, refusing to look him in the eye.
A feeling bubbled inside Quinlan's chest that he hadn't felt in centuries. It was like a spark to ignite an old flame, one he gladly welcomed.
Before she could retreat, Quinlan grasped onto her wrists and drew her back to his solid chest. Lexi gasped, her mind ready to question what the hell he was doing but he put a stop to that.
His thin lips captured hers in a stunned silence. Her soft and cool mouth against his was a blissful thing. Another feeling Quinlan missed. Lexi was dumbfounded for a moment but the link between them encouraged her to act. Her body relaxed and she melted into him.
The kiss was slow and delicate at first. He tried to be careful not to prick her lips with his sharp teeth. That all flew out the window when she gathered up some courage. Lexi returned the action with a greater passion. He soon forgot himself and they got lost within one another.
Quinlan gently pushed Lexi back when the fire blazing in his lower belly became too much. She came away breathless.
"Thank you for the concern but, I do not get cold my love."
Lexi pursed her lips and breached the gap he made, hugging him at the waist.
"I know. I'm so freakin' jealous of your constant toasty self."
Quinlan said nothing but allowed himself to smile for the first time in many, many years.
Sheikah: Aws :) Tell me what you think! Thanks for reading!