Midnight hunting-verse
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Alastor’s finger trailed from her shoulder to her neck. It swiped up the hollow of her throat to rest gently beneath her chin, locking her gaze onto his own. His smile thinned. “You're not an angel, Miss Morningstar,” he said simply. “You never have been. And you never will.”
Charlie frowned against the sudden tightness in her chest. She’d spent her whole life being told who she was. Who she could and couldn’t be. “You’re wrong,” she insisted. “People can change.”
“Mmm… I’d save that one for syndication, sweetheart.”
One year after the battle with Adam, Vaggie's body succumbs to the toxins of Hell, forcing her to return to Heaven. Permanently. As Charlie grapples with the prospect of an interminable long-distance relationship (as well as the ever-solidifying realization that "redemption" means all her friends will ultimately leave her), she starts building up tension. A lot of tension.
And what better way for a Hellborn gal to relieve it than with some good old-fashioned violence? Especially with a certain hotelier who's more than eager to shed some blood. Surely, there's nothing too terrible about that. After all, it's only violence, right?
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- Part 1 of Midnight hunting-verse
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“Al…?” Charlie asked softly, after their newest guest had taken his room key to slither off towards the elevators. “You good?”
“Oh, quite keen!” Her partner's eyes didn’t leave the form of the departing sinner. “Nothing to worry your darling little head about.”
Charlie chewed at her bottom lip. “You’re sure?” she pushed. “Cause if you’re not…” She brushed a loose strand of hair behind her ear, and a touch of nervousness fluttered in her stomach. “If you need to… hunt…”
After ten years together, Charlie knows when her lover has to work off some of his more pent-up demonic aggression with a midnight hunt.
Luckily for the Princess of Hell, she's immortal, and can take it.
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- Part 2 of Midnight hunting-verse
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Charlie’s breath caught as if realizing the bitter truth in what she’d just said, and she burst into tears all over again. “They’re all good people and they’re all going to leave me!”
“Oh?” Alastor remarked after a moment. “Now that’s not entirely true, now is it?” His claws tapped lightly along her back. “Aren’t you forgetting someone?”
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The burden of redemption takes it toll, but Alastor’s always there to help Charlie pick up the pieces, even if means temporarily putting aside his own comforts in the process.
(Established relationship. Technically an Alastor POV sequel to Midnight Delight, but can be read on its own.)
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- Part 3 of Midnight hunting-verse