Friday night started off normal enough. Work ended, traffic was horrendous, and the cat begged at her bowl to be fed as soon as Alec stepped in the front door. The TV droned in the background as he poured Peaches her kibbles and started to make dinner for himself.
"...yet another young man gone missing...following a string of disappearances….no suspects…."
Alec barely paid attention as the newscaster rattled off information from an unseen teleprompter. The sound of their voice blended with the rain outside, turning everything into one low buzz that did nothing to occupy Alec's whirring mind. Thin, scarred fingers handled the knife chopping carrots with a deft precision, earned from taking nick after nick over the years. His sky blue eyes were glazed over, hardly watching the blade as it sliced perilously close to his fingertips. Peaches wound around his ankles, stirring him from his tangled thoughts. The carrots he dumped into a pot, followed shortly after by onions, green peppers, corn, and the various other ingredients used to make stew.
While he waited for his meal to simmer, Alec sat on the couch and flipped through the channels, finally giving up and running his fingers through his short, silky blonde hair as a documentary about wildlife played out in front of him. With a heavy sigh, he turned to look out the rain-spattered window, eyes focused on the darkness. He jumped when lightning flashed, illuminating the silhouette of a tall figure standing there.
Shaking, Alec slowly stood and backed away, still stating at the window. A reflection of himself, maybe? No, it was too tall and he was sitting, not standing. Lightning flashed again, but there was no figure there this time. Strangely enough, that didn't make him feel any better.
He could go next door, he decided. He knew his neighbor very well and was sure she would let him stay with her for a little while. Pulling on the light rain jacket he'd abandoned when he came in from work and snatching up his keys, he pulled open the front door only to jump back in surprise. A tall, lean man was standing there, hand poised in the air as if he'd just been about to knock. Alec was struck at once by how handsome he was. His brown hair was tousled just so, falling into the warmest pair of brown eyes he'd ever seen in his life. A tiny red heart tattoo was set underneath his right eye, etched on smooth brown skin. His clothes were plain and black, but flattering to his tall figure. When he smiled, Alec's heart fluttered uselessly before he noticed something very odd. Despite the downpour of rain, the stranger had not one drop of water on his entire body.
"Hello there," The stranger said softly, his deep voice more like a purr, "It's good to meet you at last, Alec. I've waited a very long time for this moment. I just hope you're the right one this time." He placed a hand on the door, taking a step into Alec's home. He had just enough time to register that the man's nails were painted the same bloody red as his heart tattoo before he attempted to shut the door in his face. It was too late for that, as the stranger just took another step forward and was in the house with little effort. That was when Alec ran.
Basic instincts took over and he bolted, darting into the kitchen and hastily undoing the lock on the back door. He could hear Peaches yowling and the stranger cursing as the cat slowed him down. Alec chanced a glance over his shoulder in time to see the man enter the kitchen, blood leaking from scratch wounds on his furious face. The back door flew open, yanked out of Alec's hand. He gasped and turned back, face to face with a man who looked even stranger than the first. Long white hair was drawn back from a narrow face in a braid that fell over one shoulder. Intelligent, but bright red, eyes caught Alec's panicked blue ones and then flicked to the man gaining on them with long strides. The white-haired man grabbed Alec's shoulder and the ground opened up beneath them, eliciting a scream from Alec as they fell.
Author's notes: So yeah, here we go. Brand new piece of fanfiction for Alice in Wonderland. I got my inspiration to write this from 'Wonderland' by Taylor Swift. You'll probably be very confused by that inspiration as this story goes on, as this is gonna be gay as hell and probably more than a little dark. Haven't decided yet. Hope you guys like it. If you do, please consider dropping a review or a follow, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks for reading 3
