Rowan
I'm pacing back and forth across my room as my brothers and sisters are all scowling at me, Winter laying in my bed, covered , and thank fuck still breathing. Better than she was thirty minutes ago, less shallow now, as my brother Gideon cuts the transfusion.
Being one of the most famous vampire families, ontop of having a brother who was a doctor, meant and endless supply of actual human blood in the blood bank/fridge , and emergency supplies on hand for apparently when your younger brother sucks his brand new girlfriend nearly dry while fucking her for the first time.
"I told you....not to mess with the mortal." Magnus says, standing across the room, arms crossed, his wife Elena beside him giving him a scolding nudge of her elbow.
"I...I'd already bitten her once....I controlled it....and...then...I don't know...I just..." I say running my hands through my hair, my other concerned siblings and their counterparts looking from me, to the girl in my bed with marks on her neck.
"She's going to kill me." I say as they all look at me.
"kinda hard to do..." her voice croaks, sending all of us shooting our eyes to her. "when you're already dead."
My brother Jagger and Gideon both snort with laughter.
"I like her." Demetria my sister says and then Gideon grabs Winter's wrist and checks her pulse while looking at his watch.
I watch Winter as her eyes widen slightly when she realizes she's in a room with almost a dozen vampires. My sisters Clarissa, and Demetria, and my brothers Giedon, Jagger and Magnus, and their partners. They'd all heard me with her, of course they did, but they'd also heard the slowing of her heartbeat, and had busted my door in and pulled me off her. The girls grabbing her and taking her to the bed to cover her immediately while Gideon ran to the supplies and the blood fridge.
"did you kill me?...am I....a vampire? " Winter asks in a quivering voice and my eyes widen, and I shake my head.
"No." I say. "No, I ..."
"You ALMOST killed her." Magnus says, and his wife Elena nudges him again. I look to him, glaring, wanting to be mad, but....he was right.
"And we are not in the business of turning mortals. So, you're lucky we were here to...SAVE your little human life." Magnus says.
"Alright" Elena says. Grabbing his arm. "Someone is cranky." she says and pulls him from the room and Winter watches them go and then looks back to me.
"What happened?" she asks with a soft sigh and her eyes flutter a moment and she rests them and then opens them, still seeming overly tired.
"I...lost control. I couldn't stop." I admit to her and she tilts her head, her eyes lowering and lifting slowly as she blinks.
"You said you wouldn't hurt me." she says, recalling the promise I'd made. The promise I'd broken.
"Technically...he didn't....I mean....it wouldnt have been painful to die that way." Jagger says.
"NOT helping." His wife Claudia shakes her head.
"We heard the slowing of your heartbeat. We all came to stop him. To save him from making a mistake." Gideon says.
"You ALL did?" She asks curiously. Gideon nods, and I just watch her look at him.
"Did you all see me naked?" she asks. Gideon fights back a small laugh.
"Girl almost bites the dust, and THAT is what she is worried about?" Jagger laughs.
"Alright, you TOO, Out!" his wife Claudia pulls him from the room as he keeps erupting with small fits of laughter all the way to their room.
"you were...both naked when we broke through the door, yes...but I assure you, while no offense is meant...your nude state was not really the main focus at the time." Gideon says and Winter nods sleepily.
My sister Demetria walks over to me, takes my hand and I look at her. She sighs as she lifts a hand to my face. I know she thinks the same that Magnus does. That we don't fuck or date mortals for a reason.
"You need to be careful Rowan." is all she says, softly, quietly and leans in, kissing my cheek, giving me a soft smile as she pulls away, patting my hand and then turns and her husband Frederick nods to me. Looks to Winter.
"nice to see you, even under the circumstance" Frederick says.
she shifts with a groan. I tense and she sighs.
"I promise next time i'll have clothes on." Winter says, and I listen to everyone snicker slightly. Then Demetria and her husband Frederick leave the room, Monique- my brother Gideons wife following. Leaving just me and Gideon with her.
"When you are less lethargic, and feeling more yourself, I can help Rowan bring you home." Gideon says, and I swallow.
"I'm okay." Winter says.
"I'd prefer to wait a bit longer, if that's okay, you need to rest a bit." Gideon says to her.
"Hm." she says and closes her eyes.
"Rowan?" she asks, without opening her eyes.
I swallow. "Yeah?" I step forward.
"Why are you standing all the way over there?" she asks, her eyes opening slightly.
"Just precaution." Gideon answers.
Winter looks at Gideon briefly , then at me. Her hand flips slowly , palm up and she opens and closes it slowly.
"come here." she says her voice still sounding so weak, and I hate myself for it. Hate that I almost,...I almost killed her.
"what?" I ask, in shock. I almost killed her, and she wanted me near her? How was she not demanding to be brought home right now? To never see me again.
"You heard me perfectly well." She says, a small playful smile trying to play on her lips as she throws my earlier response from in the kitchen back at me. It makes me smile slightly.
"It's probably a good idea if he doesn't tempt t-"
I stop as my brother speaks with logic, half way to the bed. Winter turns her head lazily to Gideon.
"He's fine." she says and looks back at me as Gideon watches her look at me, a dreamy little stare in her eyes, and I wonder how much of the fang agent was still in her veins that she wasn't totally freaking the fuck out right now.
"Please come here." she says softly, she wiggles her fingers a little again.
Gideon stands.
"I'll be right in the other room." he says and I nod.
"thank you" Winter says and Gideon looks at her. "Tell the others I said thank you too?"
He smiles and nods. Looks at me once more and then leaves the room. I stand at the end of the bed.
"closer" she says with a small whine and tries to move but her body is still too weak and her eyes look so heavy as they drift open and shut.
"Winter....I almost killed you." I say. I had no desire to drink her blood right now. Okay...that was a lie. I would always have SOME desire to drink from her, but I'd...taken so much....that the blood lust was well quelled right now and would be for quite a bit of time. But still....I didn't want to risk it.
"But...you didnt." she says.
"Winter." I say and she sighs heavily.
"Rowan...if you almost killed me, the least you can do is listen to me and come here." she says and I jerk my head back slightly and she lifts her eyes to me and smiles.
"It's not funny." I say.
"no, I agree...it's not....but I would like you to come lay with me...you're being a real piss sport right now." she says and I shake my head. When the drug from my fangs wore off, she wouldnt be so relaxed or chill with the fact I almost drank her entire supply of blood.
I walk over to the bed and lay on the covers that she's underneath and she turns her head on the pillow to look at me as I lay on my side, propping my head up on my elbow.
"I'm sorry." I say quietly.
She gives me soft smile, her eyes closing a moment and she nods and opens them.
"I know....I can tell. You're being way too nice to me." she teases, teases even as she recovers from being fed from , within inches of her life!
I sigh.
"Minus the whole, your family seeing me naked....and the part where you...ya know....that was the best sex I've ever had." she says and let out a shocked laugh.
"You're drunk on fang venom. You'll hate me soon enough." I tell her.
"Mm, possibly." she says. "Won't hate having sex with you though"
I let out a small laugh and she wiggles her hand again and I reach down and slip my fingers through hers.
"I'm tired." she says with another heavy sigh.
"The close your eyes....rest." I say quietly.
"mm" she makes a small noise and closes her eyes.
"rowan?" she asks a few moments later.
"yeah?" I ask watching her drift to sleep.
"you really are beautiful" she says and I smile at her, her face calm and her eyes still closed.
"thank you" I say quietly.
"Rowan?" she asks again a few moments later when I think shes fallen asleep and laugh slightly.
"Yeah?" I ask.
"Does this mean we can't have sex again?"
I just laugh and lean over and kiss her temple.
"We'll talk tomorrow." I tell her.
"Rowan?" she asks again and I can't help but laugh even more, quietly.
"Yeah Winter?" I ask.
"You have a huge dick." she sighs.
I can hear the muffled laughter from the other bedrooms, rolling my eyes as I also laugh.
"Thank you Winter." I say and kiss her temple.
"No, thank YOU" she says and the laughter in the other rooms grows even louder, but she probably can't hear it like I can.
"You need to go to sleep" I remind her.
"Mm, oh yeah" she hums and then turns slightly and then is nestling herself up against me.
"rowan?" she whispers.
I close my eyes and wrap my arm around. "Yes?"
"Goodnight." she says, giving a little yawn and falling directly into sleep.