For the first time in a long time, Kevin slept peacefully through the day. He normally slept fitfully and for a few hours here and there but he can function at top performance. He felt so energized but hungry... Time to eat! He was almost ravenous! He noticed his clothes from the previous night on the bed and all the memories came flooding back. What has happened in the last few days?!
Eddward wakes up in a cold sweat… the nightmares are back and he is very near tears when he hears a shuffling outside of his room. He quickly composes himself before the werewolf enters his room without knocking.
"Can I help you?" Eddward snapped.
"Excuse me for relatively caring, I heard you cry out. Making sure someone wasn't doing my job and killing you" Kevin snipped out before closing the door and moving to the kitchen to get breakfast.
Eddward sighs and rubs his hands on his face "Fuck…" he mutters. He gets up feeling and looking like utter shit, he got almost no sleep the previous day. He makes his way to the kitchen and grabbed a blood pack before sitting down at the table.
"Good evening, Sunshine." Kevin sassed as he ate some of the kill that he caught last night.
"Mmmm" Eddward grunts in acknowledgment.
"You're so articulate when you first wake up." Kevin backed up, seeing the deathly look in Eddward's ice blue eyes. "You look like shit, dude. What's wrong with you?"
"Nothing that concerns you do not worry about it..." Eddward says finishing off the blood pack. "I'm going out." He says throwing the pack away and walking out the door.
"See ya." Kevin waved over his shoulder. He wanted to scout out another part of the woods and see what he could find. A quick change of clothes and a transformation later, Kevin is off like a shot in the opposite direction Eddward headed.
Eddward headed towards the area of woods that he knew hunters frequented, he needed to kill something. He hears and smells them before they see him and he smirks as they finally catch sight of him. His eyes flashing red as he lets his animalistic instincts take over, smiling madly as he rips the first guy's head off, sending the other two into a blind panic. They begin shooting at him which he dodges the bullets easily. Taking to the trees, they back up against each other looking around. Eddward snaps a tree branch drawing their fire as he drops down from a different tree behind them, he walks up and rips one of their throats out then takes to the trees again. As the last one whirls around, he waits until his clip is empty then drops down again.
"The hunter becomes the hunted, it would seem" he says. By this point, his arm is covered in blood and so is his hair and shirt, making him look absolutely terrifying. The hunter is on his knees, begging for his life, which causes the vampire to laugh.
"Occupational hazard, I'm afraid. It can't be helped" he says to the hunter, who is frozen in fear. He swiftly pins the hunter down and drains him of his life giving blood. As he stands up, he looks at the mess he made as his eyes return to their normal ice blue. He scoffs the hunters before leaving and heading back home.
Kevin's ears twitch as he sniffs the air and stretches his senses. He heard the gun shots but he also heard tree movement, which meant Eddward was still moving. Stupid human hunters could hardly track anything let alone a vampire or werewolf, but it was humorous when they tried. Snapping of a twig brought his attention in front of him. Through the trees, he caught a flash of teal and a gold earring on a large furry creature. Kevin was confused as he go flashbacks of his turbulent past, he tried to rid himself of the thoughts, shaking his head hard. When he opened his eyes again, he was alone. He didn't even sense anything in his surrounding area, just the forest. Breathing a sigh of relief, Kevin decided to turn home. He didn't want Eddward getting caught up in his demons because it seemed like he has his own. Kevin entered the house quietly and quickly.
Having just stepped into the house, he turns to see Kevin dash in "Why are you acting suspicious?" he asks, stripping the blood soaked shirt off of himself.
"Nothing" Kevin walks past Eddward to get to his room.
Eddward grabs the wolf's hand, not looking at him "You can talk to me, you know?"
"Running from your past isn't easy, no matter what happened. We both have our demons that we need to conquer. Just know that I won't drag you into mine unless you put yourself there." Kevin locked eyes with Eddward and held his gaze.
Eddward sighs as he eyes the ginger "I understand" he says squeezing his hand lightly.
Kevin looks out to the horizon seeing the first casts of day light peeking through. He looked back at Eddward and then their combined hands before returning the squeeze. "Thanks Eddward, this little convo helped. Maybe ya got a little soul in ya after all." He grabs his bag and moves into the guest room, not noticing that the door didn't shut all the way. He laid down, chewing on an antler fragment, and slipping into an uneasy sleep.
Eddward sighs as he watches the wolf disappear into the room. He strips out of the rest of his bloody clothes, throwing them in the fire place, he lights them up and burns them before getting a shower. Then just like the night before, he finds himself staring at the ginger. He sighs and runs his hand through the red hair before standing up and walking out of the room.
Kevin tossed and turned all night, reliving some of his horrid past. The bloodshed, the tears, everything. He smelled the burning flesh, tasted the spilled blood, and the cries of the wounded and dying still sound in his ears.
Eddward woke hearing whimpering from the guest room. He stand and walks to the guest room "Kevin, wake up" he says gently shaking him.
Kevin had no idea where he was but he could only hear taunting and screaming... the howls and cries of his family echoing loud in his ears and the feel on blood matted in his fur was driving him further into madness. 'I just wanna go home... I just wanna go home... I'm sorry… I'm so Sorry!' He heard himself softly cry.
Leaning down to comfort the little one beside him with a soft nuzzle before hands ripped them apart. Chains and ropes tied his muzzle shut and wrapped around his neck... 'Kevin...Wake up!' Hands where gripping his shoulders and shaking...He had to get out... His eyes snapped open and with all the strength he could muster, he grabbed the body off of him and slammed him into the adjacent wall before scrambling to his feet.
Eddward coughs up a little blood and winces as he stands, knowing the wolf broke at least one of his ribs.
"Calm down, Pumpkin. Everything is alright" he says softly trying to calm the ginger not realizing he used the nickname he had for another.
He limps forward with his arms outstretched in a calming manner, noting that he probably had a sprained ankle as well.
Kevin was frantic until he looked around, the dream slowly fading to the back of his mind to plague him a different night. The fog was lifting and the memories of the last few nights passed through it head. The rough sex, the team work, the camaraderie, and then the offer of help. He saw the cracked wall and doorframe and the person that make those breaks. "E-Eddward?" Kevin asks, shaken up.
"Shhhhhh Citrouille, it's alright… You are safe" Eddward says softly, taking the ginger in his arms but slightly wincing at the slight pain it caused.
Kevin's whole body stiffened and he held back a growl. 'It's okay... He's not going to hurt me... Relax and breathe...' He breathed deeply and inhaled the vampire's intoxicating scent. It calmed Kevin and made him relax. Slowly his arms came up and wrapped around Eddward's waist, being mindful of his wounds that he caused. He buried his face in Eddward's neck and let a few tears escape down his cheeks.
"Everything is alright, Mon Cher" Eddward says softly, petting his hair as the ginger cries into his neck. The whole situation reminding him of another red head…
"... It won't be, they're gone and never coming back...and it's all my fuckin' fault..." Kevin tightened his hold on Eddward, trying to hide from the memories, trying to hide from the pain in his past that is still very much still a part of his present.
"Shhhh, Mon Cher. Would they want you to behave this way?" Eddward asks still speaking softly and gently. "I do not know who you are talking about, but from the sounds of it, they were important to you. If that is the case, I do not believe they would want you blaming yourself, they would want you to look towards the future not the past, yes?"
The redhead just shook his head and clung to Eddward, shoulder still shaking but not as bad. "M' tired..."
Eddward slowly picks the ginger up like a child, ignoring his injuries and lays him in bed. "Would you like me to stay, Citrouille?" He asks gently stroking his hair.
Kevin could do nothing but nod as he laid back down and breathed deeply a few times before taking the blankets and wrapping them around himself like a cocoon. He was hoping he wouldn't be called 'cute'. His mother used to call him that when he wrapped himself, but he couldn't help it, he was so cold after nightmares.
Eddward crawls into bed with him continuing to stroke his hair as he watches the red head drift off before drifting off himself.