Fic Meet Me After Work Prompt 100 Writer's Choice
Title:Meet Me After Work
’Verse: Servants Journals
Characters:Shine/Kat, Joseph
Prompt: 100 Writer’s Choice
Word Count:1039
Rating:pg13
Notes:This one takes place not to long after “the Truth be Known”
My big Table
Kat sat nursing his beer at The Moon and Starfish Tavern’s bar when his cell phone rang. It was Shine, calling to say he was running late and he would be there as soon as he finished what he was doing for Joseph. With a sigh, he ordered another beer and settled in to wait for his friend.
Kat hadn’t expected to see Joseph. He felt a light tap on his shoulder and turned to find the tall, dark, and handsome vampire standing beside him with a cocky grin. “Shine’s on his way. He’ll be here soon. Let’s get a table.” Not knowing what else to do, Kat took his beer and followed Joseph to one of the semi private booths in the back of the tavern.
When the waitress had come and gone and come back with a fresh beer for Kat and a glass of red wine for Joseph, neither of them had yet spoken. It had been months since he had learned about Joseph being a real vampire and how Shine was his blood servant. While he wasn’t scared for his own safety any more, the vampire still made him uncomfortable, especially when he saw the way Joseph watched the rest of the tavern, like a predator looking for prey.
He wondered if it meant anything that the woman who was drawing Joseph’s attention had fair skin and long black hair, much like his own. The long silence was getting on his nerves. “Have you ever made any other…” Kat had to stop and think about what word to use, “…um, other’s like you?” Joseph hadn’t seemed to mind personal question before, and he needed to know more about the man who let him live knowing his secret, even it was only to keep his own servant happy.
“No, I haven’t,” Joseph said. He set his wine glass carefully on the table and waved to get the attention of the waitress. He ordered a drink to be delivered to the dark haired woman. He watched the waitress deliver the drink and smiled at the woman when she turned to see who had ordered it. She smiled back at him before going back to talking with her girlfriend.
“Why haven’t you made any others?” Kat asked.
“I haven’t met anyone I cared enough for. And most humans annoy the hell out of me after a few months.” Kat hoped that didn’t include himself, as he’d been around for more than a few months already. Joseph must have seen his thoughts on his face, for he smirked and said, “You don’t annoy me Kat. If I minded your company, you wouldn’t still be alive. But you are Shine’s lover, not mine.”
If that was supposed to be reassuring, it wasn’t. He was saved from having to say anything by Shine choosing that moment to enter the tavern. “Shine just got here.” Kat said.
“I know,” Joseph answered absently, still watching the woman at the bar. Apparently the two were already in conversation. Kat had forgotten that the two could communicate telepathically. Sometimes it was annoying not knowing what was being said.
Kat watched as Shine made his way to their booth, his snowy white hair shining like a beacon in the dim light. He carried a thick envelope under his arm. When he got to the table, Kat stood and let him slide into the U-shaped bench so that Shine ended up sitting in the middle between Joseph and Kat. Shine put the envelope on the table before pulling off his tie and stuffing it in his jacket pocket. He asked Kat about his day while he removed his jacket and unbuttoned the top few buttons of his shirt.
Fuck, now he knew why Joseph was here. He was hungry, and Kat was going to have to watch as the vampire fed on his friend and lover.
Intellectually, he knew that Shine was one of the few humans to whom the vampire’s feeding was comparatively harmless as opposed to being eventually lethal to him or the girl at the bar, but emotionally it still creeped him out.
It had been a few nights after he had learned about Joseph and Shine, he and Shine had been in the living room when Joseph had walked in, his face harder than Kat had seen it before. Shine had suggested that he might want to leave the room for a while. It had taking Kat a few heartbeats to understand what he was hinting at, but when he did figure it out, he decided that he would stay. He needed to prove to himself and Shine that he accepted this part of part of Shine’s life.
Shine pulled the collar of his shirt open and turned his back towards Joseph. Being in the back corner of the room with the lights dim, Kat was the only witness when Joseph pressed into Shine’s back and buried his face into his servant’s neck. Kat kept his eyes on Shine’s face as Joseph fed. There was a brief wince when his master’s fangs initially pierced his skin, but other than that, his eyes were half closed and his face serene as he breathed deeply. There was nothing sexual between them, but all the same it was still very intimate. It made Kat feel like a voyeur.
Shine looked up at him and winked.
It may have been only a few minutes or maybe an hour later when Joseph was done, leaving only two small red wounds on Shine’s shoulder that would be gone before the next sunset. Shine buttoned his shirt as Joseph slid out of the booth. “Have a good evening gentleman.” He said, Picking up the envelope, he looked at Shine. “I’ll see you tomorrow night.” But instead of leaving the tavern, he walked over to the bar and sat down by the dark haired woman.
Kat shuddered and tried not to think about what might be the woman’s fate. There wasn’t anything he could do about it that wouldn’t get himself and probably Shine killed. Shine saw the shudder and took his hand, pulling him out of the booth. “Let’s get out of here.” Kat was only too happy to oblige.
’Verse: Servants Journals
Characters:Shine/Kat, Joseph
Prompt: 100 Writer’s Choice
Word Count:1039
Rating:pg13
Notes:This one takes place not to long after “the Truth be Known”
My big Table
Kat sat nursing his beer at The Moon and Starfish Tavern’s bar when his cell phone rang. It was Shine, calling to say he was running late and he would be there as soon as he finished what he was doing for Joseph. With a sigh, he ordered another beer and settled in to wait for his friend.
Kat hadn’t expected to see Joseph. He felt a light tap on his shoulder and turned to find the tall, dark, and handsome vampire standing beside him with a cocky grin. “Shine’s on his way. He’ll be here soon. Let’s get a table.” Not knowing what else to do, Kat took his beer and followed Joseph to one of the semi private booths in the back of the tavern.
When the waitress had come and gone and come back with a fresh beer for Kat and a glass of red wine for Joseph, neither of them had yet spoken. It had been months since he had learned about Joseph being a real vampire and how Shine was his blood servant. While he wasn’t scared for his own safety any more, the vampire still made him uncomfortable, especially when he saw the way Joseph watched the rest of the tavern, like a predator looking for prey.
He wondered if it meant anything that the woman who was drawing Joseph’s attention had fair skin and long black hair, much like his own. The long silence was getting on his nerves. “Have you ever made any other…” Kat had to stop and think about what word to use, “…um, other’s like you?” Joseph hadn’t seemed to mind personal question before, and he needed to know more about the man who let him live knowing his secret, even it was only to keep his own servant happy.
“No, I haven’t,” Joseph said. He set his wine glass carefully on the table and waved to get the attention of the waitress. He ordered a drink to be delivered to the dark haired woman. He watched the waitress deliver the drink and smiled at the woman when she turned to see who had ordered it. She smiled back at him before going back to talking with her girlfriend.
“Why haven’t you made any others?” Kat asked.
“I haven’t met anyone I cared enough for. And most humans annoy the hell out of me after a few months.” Kat hoped that didn’t include himself, as he’d been around for more than a few months already. Joseph must have seen his thoughts on his face, for he smirked and said, “You don’t annoy me Kat. If I minded your company, you wouldn’t still be alive. But you are Shine’s lover, not mine.”
If that was supposed to be reassuring, it wasn’t. He was saved from having to say anything by Shine choosing that moment to enter the tavern. “Shine just got here.” Kat said.
“I know,” Joseph answered absently, still watching the woman at the bar. Apparently the two were already in conversation. Kat had forgotten that the two could communicate telepathically. Sometimes it was annoying not knowing what was being said.
Kat watched as Shine made his way to their booth, his snowy white hair shining like a beacon in the dim light. He carried a thick envelope under his arm. When he got to the table, Kat stood and let him slide into the U-shaped bench so that Shine ended up sitting in the middle between Joseph and Kat. Shine put the envelope on the table before pulling off his tie and stuffing it in his jacket pocket. He asked Kat about his day while he removed his jacket and unbuttoned the top few buttons of his shirt.
Fuck, now he knew why Joseph was here. He was hungry, and Kat was going to have to watch as the vampire fed on his friend and lover.
Intellectually, he knew that Shine was one of the few humans to whom the vampire’s feeding was comparatively harmless as opposed to being eventually lethal to him or the girl at the bar, but emotionally it still creeped him out.
It had been a few nights after he had learned about Joseph and Shine, he and Shine had been in the living room when Joseph had walked in, his face harder than Kat had seen it before. Shine had suggested that he might want to leave the room for a while. It had taking Kat a few heartbeats to understand what he was hinting at, but when he did figure it out, he decided that he would stay. He needed to prove to himself and Shine that he accepted this part of part of Shine’s life.
Shine pulled the collar of his shirt open and turned his back towards Joseph. Being in the back corner of the room with the lights dim, Kat was the only witness when Joseph pressed into Shine’s back and buried his face into his servant’s neck. Kat kept his eyes on Shine’s face as Joseph fed. There was a brief wince when his master’s fangs initially pierced his skin, but other than that, his eyes were half closed and his face serene as he breathed deeply. There was nothing sexual between them, but all the same it was still very intimate. It made Kat feel like a voyeur.
Shine looked up at him and winked.
It may have been only a few minutes or maybe an hour later when Joseph was done, leaving only two small red wounds on Shine’s shoulder that would be gone before the next sunset. Shine buttoned his shirt as Joseph slid out of the booth. “Have a good evening gentleman.” He said, Picking up the envelope, he looked at Shine. “I’ll see you tomorrow night.” But instead of leaving the tavern, he walked over to the bar and sat down by the dark haired woman.
Kat shuddered and tried not to think about what might be the woman’s fate. There wasn’t anything he could do about it that wouldn’t get himself and probably Shine killed. Shine saw the shudder and took his hand, pulling him out of the booth. “Let’s get out of here.” Kat was only too happy to oblige.