Vampire/Werewolf AU

"I am a monster."

She says it often. Too often, like you can't possibly understand it. Like you aren't a monster yourself.

When you tell her that, she smiles and says, "Darling, you are too gentle, too innocent to be a monster."

You can only wish. You have tasted the blood of many creatures that even without the moon, you still crave it. At least she craves it to survive. You, you crave it for sport.

When it gushes into your mouth, you know that you have defeated you prey, but that is not enough, you dig your teeth deeper into its flesh just to show how helpless it is. Oh, how it whines and begs for its life, but that only gets you more excited. It only makes the blood taste sweeter.

There are times when you are not even hungry. You just do it to kill time until the guilt sets in, when you return to your human skin, when it's not fun to do anymore.

But with her, you're like a puppy playing with its master. Nothing makes you happier when you know that you have pleased her. You insist on head scratches and belly rubs and cuddles. You even respond to her commands. She can make you do anything, even hunt for her, but she refuses. She says it lowers your dignity, that it makes you less of a person, less than her.

She has this idea that you are better than her. You don't think that's true. Maybe she has lived longer than you so her head count is larger, but it doesn't change the color of the blood in her hands. It is as red as the blood on your hands.

Your hands, they match with hers.

You and her are the same.

You are both monsters.

You used to dread the full moon but now, you yearn for it. It's the only time of the month when you can show her how wrong she is about you. The human she sees is only a mask that shames you, that inhibits you from being your true self.

But more than anything, you want her to see that you understand her so that when she wakes up in the middle of the night sweating the tears of her victims, you can tell her that she isn't alone, that you had the same nightmare she had. And she will believe you.