Acceptance

They had gone to the Eclipsed sun five times in a month and every time Sulwen had been their server or nearby enough to greet them and check on their service and every time she had greeted Snowman first. With a warm smile and a soft bow and Snowman had watched her secretly. Watching the team gear up for another hunting mission on a rogue pack of vampires. They didn't need Blade on their tails right now.

Asad came to stand by him adjusting his gear. "You are thinking about her again aren't you?"

Snowman froze caught but sighed mutely turning to him after a moment, singing. {Yes, you caught me. We haven't touched since that night and even with brief meetings or brushes of conversation…} He shook his head.

Asad studied his friend to tilt his head. "Snowman when she's around not even greeting us do you sense her?"

He looked at Asad frowning to nod sharply once.

"When she is in or near your presence do you seek her out?" He asked again, face giving away nothing.

Snow frowned but nodded, he did actually, and it was as if he was drawn to the accursed woman. Asad broke into a grin.

"Snowman you fool, she calls to you. You are being stubborn denying it, you already felt the call before you touched her and the moment you did and she returned it she called to you far more. Do you realize how rare that is? The only souls that call to another vampire are children we eventually sire or if so very strong a mate. Snow she could be a mate to you." He grinned a bit.

Snowman stared at him and then shook his head signing it off and moved to get dressed not even wanting to think about it, though secretly a small part of him ached when Asad said she could be a mate to him. He had given that search up long ago.

They moved as a unit hunting down the vampires but Snowman moved shielding Nyssa to take a shot to the armor which stopped the bullet but not the impact force. He fell and hit a car to tumble off and land on pavement. Everything hurt; turning over a shard of the windshield was in his side. The owner of the apartment he landed in front of came out.

Moving to him coming into his vision he stared, the gods had to be joking. Sulwen was in her sleep clothes and gripped the glass to pull he cried out silently but could breathe better but the bleeding flowed now. She braced him using her sweater to tunicate it. Taking his sword out a bit she hissed with a gasp and he frowned but she raised her wrist and blood dripped across his lips.

Hot. He licked his lips out of habit and stiffened at the taste taking her wrist to bring it to him and he gingerly bit down making her whimper but she didn't pull it away. Snowman groaned mutely, her blood was rich and had a taste to it he wasn't used to calling to a hunger he didn't know was there. He had to force himself to stop as she panted against his neck near his ear shivering, almost having drunk too much. Nicking himself and forcing the wound to close as he healed sitting in her arms.

Sitting up after a moment turning she looked to him weakly and tiredly. Touching his cheek still worried and Snowman felt an ache again. Moving she gasped startled as he picked her up. The teams moved to him, seeing all the blood, cops were not too far away, they needed to go. Snowman adjusted her she fell asleep due to blood loss exhaustion. He gave a look they didn't argue as they moved back to their hideout.

Snow explained what happened and cleaned up to look at her on the couch tended by Nyssa who was giving her a transfusion of non vampiric blood. Remembering the taste of her, the concern and care, that ache hit within harder. Snowman moved when Nyssa left and watched her. Realizing he had been an idiot ignoring the signs. Asad was right. She called to him.

Sulwen whimpered making a face in her sleep he frowned and touched her cheek.

'Easy, I'm here, you are safe…my…Sulwen.' He shivered trying to say my a warmth panged his chest.

Sulwen shivered but moved he felt her nuzzle into his palm, lips brushing trying to keep the contact. Snow breathed out, fangs showing a bit and held in a shudder. Taking the IV out and scooping her up off the couch he snuck off to his room upstairs and held her as he fell asleep after true dawn. Spooning her.

The team had heard the noise to see him sneak off with her. Asad smirked. Things were about to get a bit more interesting around the base.