Title: a little bit of heart to heart
Couple: Vladimir/Stefan
Prompt: #30: indecent
Word Count: 206 words
. a little bit of heart to heart .
When they first met, Stefan had an empty look in his eyes. There was a spark there, true, but beyond that his eyes were a deep shade of slate grey with flecks of violet mixed in. And they were completely dead.
But Vladimir fell for him at first sight.
It was an affair marked by its indecency – it was absolutely wrong for him to fall so hard for a slave of all things. But Stefan was a lovely being and he saw that there was a fire inside of him, just waiting to be fed. He would be beautiful again. Vladimir would make it so.
No matter how long it took him – and it took him years of hard work – to even get him to talk, much longer to get him to look him in the eye. All of those beatings and oppression and just the fact that he had been a slave had not contributed to a healthy mindset. Decades of healing would be needed before he would ever be fine again.
Vladimir, though, didn't mind this. He had an eternity stretching out in front of him and Stefan would have the same. He had that choice now.
He could choose whatever he wanted. He was free.
FIN.
I don't feel too bad about characterizing these two a little more, I actually find their characters to be quite interesting. They'll be turning up again in Complexity too, I'm sure. Vladimir is too interested in Seth to just leave things as they are.
Twilight.