Happy new year to you all. I hope you all had a great start.

I'm sorry for the delay. Christmas had taken me more in as I thought. But now I'm back and pumped to continue my story. Mostly because its first anniversary is near. I'm excited and nervous as heck. Anyway, let us go on with Lincoln's life full of darkness and also hopefully light.

Disclaimer: The Loud House belongs to Nickelodeon.

Chapter 37

The ball is starting to roll

Quickly, Lincoln changes his underwear and jeans, thanks to the Darkness and her seductiveness.

After he had changed, he goes down to the dining room. He was the last one there.

"Sorry, I had taken a little nap," he apologizes as he takes his seat.

"I hope you aren't too rested. It wouldn't be good when you can't sleep. You shouldn't be too late on your second day in school," his mother says.

"Don't worry, mom. If I can't fall asleep, Lynn can chase me for some rounds in the backyard," he gave jokingly back.

"If I were you, I would be careful about what I say out loud. You know I would gladly do that," Lynn says beside him.

He laughs nervously about her response, but soon his laugh got stuck in his throat as he sees Lori and the memories of his dream washes over him.

"Well, now that everyone is at the table, let us eat," Lynn Sr. says.

All the girls are lively as always while eating. Also, their parents were chatting with them. Only Lincoln was quiet. From time to time he looks to Lori and every time she is looking in his direction he is looking away.

"Is anything all right, dear brother?" Lucy asks him, what nearly made him jump out of his seat.

"Eh, of, of course, is everything all right. Wh-why shouldn't it be?" he answers nervously.

Of course, this wasn't unnoticed by some of his sisters, but they decided to let it be.

Since he was focusing on Lucy, to hopefully calm down again, he noticed that she noticed. So he thought it was quite odd that she doesn't ask.

After the dinner, Lincoln was back in his room to make himself ready for bed, like everyone else.

He was still thinking about all that had happened that day. So he casually let the person who knocked at his door in, even he still was changing his clothes.

"Hello, my lo—" Lucy stopped to say after she saw Lincoln just with his pajama pants on.

He turns around, "Oh, hey, my sweet queen of the dark. What is it? Eh, is something wrong?" he asks her after noticing how stiff she was.

"N-nothing. I, I just was w-wondering..."

Lincoln looks down at himself, "It isn't the first time that you see me without a shirt."

"I, I know. But it is somehow different now that we are a cou-couple."

"Well, when it makes you feel uncomfortable then let me quickly put this on and—"

"NO. I, I mean, no. It does not make me uncomfortable. It just got me by surprise, that's all. P-please just don't cover your mortal vessel. It, it is so..."

He smiles at her. He thinks she is cute when she is like that. He grabs and drags her close to his body.

"Please satisfy my curiosity about what is on your mind. My black heart will never judge you, my beautiful vampire queen."

With the way he speaks to her and how close she was to his naked upper body, her face was as red as never before. She wasn't able to say anything. She just wished that this moment will never end.

But she knows that sooner or later someone would intrude her private moment and then questions will be asked.

"I, I would not say that I am a queen. Merely just a little, insignificant vampire princess, if any."

"For me, it does not matter if you are still a princess or a queen. I will always love you and lend you my body, blood, and soul."

"Oh, Lincoln. You do not know what you are doing to me right now."

"As long it is something good I see no reason to stop," he smirks.

"I would never want you to stop that. And for your curiosity, your body is making my mind going blank. You look too good to be true."

"Thank you, Lucy. I wouldn't say I'm such a good looking. I mean, I can do a bit more for my body. Maybe I should train more with Lynn."

"For me, you are perfect the way you are."

Lincoln comes closer with his head and whispers into her ear, "You too, my sweet, beautiful soulmate."

That sends shivers down her spine and giving her goosebumps all over her body.

"I want to be like this for eternity but Lynn would be suspicious when I'm gone for too long."

"Also Lola could be really jealous about you," Lincoln jokes.

Both separated again and Lincoln put on the top of his pajama.

"Sigh, there goes the view of my dreams I did not know that I have."

"Don't worry. We live in the same house. There will be plenty of opportunities for you to see me like this again," he winks at her.

"I hope so. But I had come to you for another reason. I could not avoid noticing that you were quieter than usual at the table. And your strange behavior against Lori."

"That's... It's..." Lincoln sighs. "There was a little incident with her. I had blasted into the bathroom as she was changing."

"And? It was not the first time that something like this had happened."

"She was only wearing her panties and nothing else."

"Oh. OH."

"Exactly. It was so... it was..."

"But you did not look like she had punished you for that."

N-no. She was very chill about it. But the thing is that..."

"That what? Do not tell me that she had a crush on you too."

"I don't know. Maybe. But this isn't what I was saying. It is that I had a dream."

"A dream?"

"Yeah. A wet dream."

Lucy, first, looks puzzled but then her face becomes red again. "Oh. Th-that is co-completely normal for a boy of your age."

"I never had one of these before. It was mostly because of D's doing."

"D?"

"Well, I think I should tell you. I think you would not think that I'm crazy."

Lincoln tells her about the Darkness which is a part of him since the day he had joint Isaac's group, that she looks like a combination of most of his sisters, and that he also has a relationship with her too.

"That is very interesting. I never had heard before of someone who has a relationship with the Darkness itself. And she is responsible for your... ahem wet dream?"

"Yes. She has taken the form of Lori and then, well, we had you know. First, I was against it because I thought it is wrong to fantasies about someone who didn't know that. But she has convinced me and then we became intimate."

"I, I, I sh- shouldn't hear, hear that. That is, is some-something between you and h-her," Lucy says embarrassed.

"Sorry. I hope you aren't angry that I haven't told you about her."

"N-no. It is fine. I can un-understand that, that..." Lucy takes a deep breath to calm her nerves again. "I can understand that you did not have told me about it. Other people would say you are just crazy. But you know I would never call you that."

"Thank you, Luce."

A small smile is forming on Lucy's face, "You know. Maybe next time she chooses to take my form instead."

"Lucy!" Lincoln says slightly shocked and surprised.

"A dark, forbidding union between you and me. That sounds dreamlike."

"You are still too young for that."

"I am only a year younger than you."

"Yeah, and that is still too young. This all just starts now with me and even I feel too young for it."

Lucy let hang her head. "I am sorry, dear brother. I just got carried away again. I..."

Lincoln sighs, "I know you just love me and want to be as close to me as possible. But please let us take the time for this all. Just a step at the time, okay?"

Lucy looks back at him and nods.

"Well then, I wish you a good night, my love," Lincoln says and kisses her gently on her lips.

"Good night to you too, love of my eternity." Lucy leaves his room and Lincoln jumps right in his bed.

"Everything is allowed in your fantasy. And we can give her an elder form if you wish for it."

Lincoln quickly roses up again and looks around. "What the? D?"

This chapter is a bit shorter as usual. But this is because I want to make the next chapter longer to celebrate its first anniversary. And for that, I, of course, need more time to make it in time.

Stay tuned and have a great day.