I needed something to do in my free time. This will (eventually) be 100 AxI ficlets themed after whatever song is playing on my iPod while I'm writing, with no duplicates. The story will either be themed after the song, have the song's lyrics interposed in the story, or have the characters quoting the lyrics, or any combination of the three. I am not doing this as a part of an "official" challenge. This is a personal challenge. There will be touches of AU and OOC-ness throughout the ficlets.
That said, I own nothing. No songs, no Hellsing, no nothing.
I felt the need to get this written because the plotbunnies demand a multi-chapter story to expand on this idea and the ones that immediately followed.
Enjoy!
06. "Headfirst Slide Into Cooperstown On A Bad Bet" – Fall Out Boy
Alucard didn't attend the wedding.
Integra wished she didn't have to—but it was hers after all, and one must attend one's own wedding. Almost a year she had been married to that practical stranger, a marriage foisted upon her by the Convention.
When she had hit thirty, the Convention had become exceedingly vocal about Integra settling down and producing an heir. By thirty-two, they had her roped into this farce of a marriage. Integra and her husband rarely saw one another, save for the nights they planned in advance to spend together, as both were busy people. And for that Integra was grateful.
Charles was a decent man and all, but she found no pleasure in his company.
No, Integra sought pleasure other places.
Soon after her marriage, Integra often found herself in the lower levels of the mansion talking to her vampire servant. Much to Integra's surprise, he was very easy to talk to and made for pleasant company. She was able to confide in him her hopes and dreams, her fears and doubts.
The vampire listened and would occasionally pitch in advice.
Integra and Alucard had become close—friends.
Eventually, that friendship became something more.
Their relationship gradually evolved into Alucard and Integra both asleep in the same bed come morning, the night spent in a passionate battle for dominance.
Alucard lit a fire in Integra that no one else could. He was her servant, her companion, and her secret lover.
He only wished she could be his, and it was always with a hint of sadness that he kissed her goodbye in the morning as the sun crept into her bedroom, illuminating her still-slumbering figure and that damned wedding band.