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It started out small. It was nothing but a soft peck to the side of his throat while they were out for one of their regular late-night walks. Vax had his arm hooked around Percy’s waist, keeping his safe and close while simultaneously feeding off the warmth that radiated off the man. Vax hadn’t noticed it at first, but had long grown used to seeking out the symptoms of Vax;s hunger. He took notice of how Vax’s fangs would peek out from under his lips when he smiled, of how he would catch Vax staring at the scars Vax lovingly deemed “lovebites”, and he took notice of how Vax would look to him as prey. He noticed how Vax grew an affinity towards his neck and wrists whenever he felt the need to feed.
And Percy especially took notice now.
Percy only spoke up when Vax pressed his third kiss of the night to the side of his neck. “ Vax- ” Percy said in a warning tone.
“Yeah?” Vax asked with a smirk that could be heard in his voice.
“No.” Percy smiled.
“What? I’m not allowed to kiss my partner?” Vax asked while pulling Percy in by the hip and pressing another kiss to the crook in Percy’s jaw.
“Well, you did give up on courting me,” Percy shrugged one shoulder.
“I didn’t give up, I put it on hold until I’m ready for an engagement. Not my fault rich pricks are so ridiculous with their rules,” Vax scoffed.
“As I recall you used to be one of these “rich pricks” you loathe so much,” Percy chuckled softly as he leaned his weight against Vax as they wandered down a snowy path.
“Oh, don’t remind me,” Vax groaned as he rubbed the bridge of his nose. “I don’t miss it, trust me,” he said firmly while trying to lean into Percy’s neck again.
“Vax’ildan,” he said in a sharp tone, “this is a public path.”
“Yesss… but it’s a public path in the dead of night in winter, we’ll be fine,” he said as he took Percy by the arm and stopped them both. He took Percy by the forearms, holding him close as he pressed his face into Percy's neck. Percy couldn’t help but shiver at the sensation of Vax’s cool mouth against his skin.
“Can’t it wait?” Percy sighed despite the fact that he tilted his head back to make room for Vax.
Vax took a couple steps forward, causing Percy to back up until he felt his back hit a tree about a metre off the trail. Still, Vax kept his face tucked into Percy’s neck. “I mean… it can, ” Vax said as he placed his hands on Percy’s hips.
“But you don’t want to?” Percy asked with a small crooked smile as Vax began to pepper his throat in kisses.
“Not really no… the other’s could still be awake and I don’t like to rush my meals, I find it makes a mess,” Vax said as he dragged his fangs along the side of Percy’s throat.
“Right, well. Try and make it rather quick, will you? I’m not much of an exhibitionist myself,” Percy said with a soft shiver as he tilted his head to make more room for Vax.
“Really?” Vax asked in a disbelieving tone as he pulled the shoulder of Percy's coat off to hang around his arm. Percy reached up to undo his tie, yanking the knot loose as Vax returned to pressing soft kisses along the human’s throat.
“ Yes, actually.”
Vax didn’t say a word. He only waited patiently as Percy undid the top few buttons of his shirt, further exposing his pale skin to the chill air of early winter. He nudged the opening of the shirt to the side slightly, making room for Vax to feed without staining the pristine fabric of the white button down. Percy kept his head propped back against the tree, trying not to let too many pleasured sighs escape his lips as Vax kissed and sucked his way down his throat and towards his collarbone. Vax took his time with pressing a kiss to every scar he left on Percy’s neck and shoulder. Percy knew for a fact that he’d be littered with hickies and even more “lovebites” after this, but he couldn’t find it in himself to care much. “Vax-” Percy sighed.
He attempted to say it in a sharp, but playful, tone, but that didn’t carry. It instead came out as a pleasured sigh that left his lips with a small cloud of fog due to the cold. “Yeah, yeah. I’m just having some fun, I’ll bite you here soon,” Vax hummed, but refused to elaborate on what “soon” meant.
Regardless, Vax relented and found a fresh patch of flesh to ruin an inch or two above Percy’s collarbone. He started off by pressing a soft kiss to the spot, gently slipping his hand up and down Percy’s side in a soothing motion as he kissed and sucked at the area until it was red with bruising. Percy let out an impatient sigh and playfully smacked Vax’s shoulder. Vax only hummed against his skin in response and dragged his now very apparent fangs along Percy’s flesh. “Alright, alright. I’m about to bite, so stand still,” He said while cupping the back of Percy’s head to hold him steady.
“Finally,” Percy scoffed dramatically as Vax gently pressed his fangs against the feeding site he chose for the night.
In one swift clench of the jaw, his fangs sunk in with ease. The fangs sliced open Percy’s flesh and plunged in deep, causing a mouthful of blood to flow from the newly made wound. He gently sucked at the wound, greedily drinking his full as he rubbed his thumb along Percy's hipbone. Percy let out a pleased sigh and went limp in his hold, letting his arms hang limply by his side as Vax drank all that he wanted. Percy gave a cautious glance down the path, watching for any on-lookers as Vax kissed and nipped at his skin. He let out a soft shiver, daring to groan as Vax gave a playful tug to his hair. "Vax- Vax," he gasped softly. "Stop being a prick and bite me already," he hissed softly with a giddy laugh while playfully smacking Vax's shoulder.
Vax paused, pulling his fangs from Percy's flesh. He pulled back, staring at Percy in confusion as he licked the crimson off of his bottom lip.
Percy had a slightly dazed look in his eyes, like he was having trouble focusing. "You- you couldn't feel that?" Vax asked while gesturing to the bite wound.
"Feel what?" Percy asked while reaching up to feel the wound. He felt nothing. It's not that he couldn't find the bite wound, it's just that he couldn't feel where Vax had bit him. It was numb. Completely and entirely.
He pulled his hand away, seeing his fingertips coated in blood. "Oh," Percy said simply while offering them to Vax.
"Are you okay?" Vax asked while gently taking Percy’s hand into his.
"I feel… fine…" Percy said warily, "I- I uh… I feel- good? Actually…" he said with a slight flush to his face.
Vax leaned in, gently tracing Percy’s fingertips with his tongue, cleaning the blood off them with ease. "Yes, I uh- I-I feel good. My head is sort of- fuzzy, but it's nice," Percy explained once Vax had cleaned the blood from his fingers.
"That's- good, right?" Vax asked as he dropped Percy's hand.
"I believe so," he muttered.
Percy let out a small shiver when he finally felt his warm blood fall down his cool skin. He moved the collar of his shirt out of the way instinctively, giving room for the trail of blood so that it wouldn't stain his shirt. Vax leaned in, running his tongue all the way from Percy's chest back up to the source. Percy sighed softly in pleasure when he felt Vax's mouth on him again, but soon that sensation faded the closer Vax got to the wound site. "That's- peculiar," Percy muttered to himself as Vax mindlessly mouthed at the wound, cleaning the dripping blood from it with joy.
"I just- I don't feel that, are you feeding on me?" Percy asked curiously.
"I'm not biting you, but I am drinking," Vax said before latching onto the wound once more.
"Odd."
Percy tilted his head back once more, trying to focus on the sensation of Vax’s mouth on his skin but felt nothing more than a light pressure. "Should you really keep going?" Percy wondered as he raised a hand to cup the back of Vax's neck.
"Did you want me to stop?" Vax offered as he pulled off.
"I- I really don't know what I want right now, Vax," Percy admitted with a nervous laugh. "I can't- I can't really think about anything other than you," he said with a bit of shame.
Vax pulled away once more and took Percy by the shoulders, holding him in place as he stared at Percy’s dazed expression. "What?" He asked simply.
"Are you sure you're okay?" Vax asked cautiously as he took a step away.
"Yeah, just a little light headed is all," Percy waved it off as he reached to begin to do his shirt back up, something he was thankfully able to do without a hitch if not a little slower than usual.
"Let's get you back home, yeah? I think we've been out long enough," Vax said as he gently took Percy by the wrist and dragged him back onto the trail.
Percy stumbled a little, but caught himself and leaned against Vax for support as they made their way back to the keep.
It took a couple hours for the pleasant buzz in the back of his skull to dullen, but by the time they had arrived back home it was only a couple hours till dawn so they needed to go to bed regardless.
They were in Vax’s room as usual. The curtains were drawn shut, a seemingly permanent fixture of the room. Percy was laying on his side with Vax pressed against his back, the vampire’s arms wound tightly and securely around his middle as if he were afraid Percy may try leaving in the middle of the morning. Percy rubbed his cheek into the pillow beneath his head, groaning softly as he tried to ignore the dull ache in his shoulder. He tried to focus on the softness of the sheets, the gentle pressure around his ribs, and the soft breathing against the nape of his neck. It helped, but Vax must’ve bitten deeper than usual because his shoulder was throbbing. After another moment of silence, he muttered, “Vax…?”
“Mh?” Vax hummed in response.
“’Shoulder hurts now…” Percy muttered tiredly, his eyes still closed.
“Sorry,” Vax muttered as he pressed a kiss to the wound as he gently slipped his hand up and down Percy’s navel.
Both their shirts were discarded somewhere in the dark of the room so Vax could feel the warmth radiating off of Percy with ease.
“Did you wanna talk about it?” Vax asked as he pressed soft, closed mouth kisses to the wound.
“I mean- I don’t know what happened,” Percy admitted with a sigh, “I just- I couldn’t feel the bite, but my head only started to feel weird after you bit me,” he explained as Vax pressed a kiss to the nape of Percy’s neck.
“Hm,” Vax hummed in response as Percy continued.
“It- it wasn’t a bad weird though… It felt good. My head was spinning but all I wanted to do was- was uhm-” he took a pause, his blush deepening slightly as he tried to find his words. “I-I- I wanted you to touch me. I just- God, I don’t know what I wanted,” Percy admitted as he chewed at the skin on his bottom lip. He was now acutely aware of Vax’s touch against his skin.
His mouth, his chest, his hands. All of it. “I-...I think it was you?” Percy proposed as he turned over in Vax’s grip, the man adjusting to hold Percy chest to chest with him.
He set his hand on the small of Percy’s back, holding him close. “Yeah, I could have told you that,” Vax mumbled as his eyes studied the man’s face.
“Well, yeah…. But I think I know what it is… can you kiss me? I want to test something,” Percy asked.
“Of course, but what are you testing?” he asked while raising his hand to cup Percy’s cheek.
“Your saliva,” Percy said as he tried to lean in and kiss Vax.
However, his attempt was stopped by a cool hand being pressed against his mouth. “Woah woah woah, no. you’ll need to run me through this if you want to run a test on me.”
“Well, technically I’m the test subject,” Percy said after Vax pulled his hand away.
“I don’t care, what’s wrong with my spit?”
Percy let out a sigh, “I… believe it may have an aphrodisiac effect,” Percy began as he settled against the bed once more. “An evolutionary trait perhaps. Like a mosquito,” he shrugged one shoulder.
“Oh, so I’m a mosquito?” Vax scoffed.
“I didn’t say you were a mosquito, I was just comparing you to one. Vampires obviously need blood to live, so it’d be easier if they have a sort of- tool- to make things go smoother. I want to test what would happen if I ingested your saliva directly rather than being exposed to it via skin and an opening,” Percy said as he gestured to the bite wound.
“Y’know, there are easier ways to ask me to spit in your mouth, Percival,” Vax said in a teasing tone as he took hold of Percy’s jaw and tried to shift to hover over him.
Percy snickered and pressed his hand to Vax’s mouth. “NO. Vax, you are not spitting in my mouth,” Percy said firmly.
Vax pried Percy’s hand off of his mouth. “Why? What’s the difference? You’ll let me shove my tongue into your mouth.”
“Just a KISS. That's it,” Percy said firmly with a laugh as he turned his head away.
“Alright, alright. I’ll kiss you, but I can’t promise I won’t wanna mess around after,” Vax smirked as he settled himself between Percy’s thighs.
“Oh nooo, how awful. I’ll get to have sex while feeling good,” Percy smirked as Vax leaned in to press his lips to Percy’s. "Be my guest, not like I won't enjoy it."
“Okay, okay. Just wanted to make sure this was okay.”
“ Yes. Vax, it’s fine,” Percy said before Vax pressed his lips to Percy’s.
Percy smiled into the kiss and hooked his arms around Vax’s neck, pulling him in close as the pair kissed. Percy cupped the back of Vax’s head, groaning softly into the kiss as Vax nipped at his bottom lip. Percy parted his lips, gladly granting Vax access so that the man could slip his tongue into his mouth. Percy gently threaded his fingers through Vax’s hair, idly playing with the inky strands of hair as he hooked one leg around Vax’s hip. Percy let out a pleased groan and pulled Vax in by the hips, holding him securely in place so they were pressed flush together. Vax slipped his hand up the side of Percy’s thigh, gently rubbing soft circles into his skin with his thumb. It didn’t take long for the rush to return. The buzzing in his skull returned with a fury and Percy groaned. He dropped his head back, breaking the kiss and licking his lips as he sunk back against the back. “Okay… okay, I’m good,” Percy shuttered.
“Wow, that- that works fast,” Vax laughed nervously as he climbed off and fell back against the bed.
Percy ran his hands over his face, instinctively pressing his thighs together as he tried to contain himself. “Okay- okay, yeah no. It's your spit,” Percy confirmed with a laugh.
“I can tell,” Vax smirked at him.
‘H-hah, wow. That’s- a lot,” Percy laughed in a flustered tone.
"No more kissing tonight?" Vax asked as he set a hand on the inside of Percy's thigh, gently rubbing at the muscle through the fabric of his pajama pants.
"Kissing, no. But I swear to god if you don't touch me, I'm going to go insane," Percy said as he sat up and swung his leg over Vax's waist, sitting himself down so that he was straddling Vax's hips.
Vax set his hands on Percy’s hips, keeping a firm grip on them as Percy leaned down with his hands pressed to Vax's chest. He turned his head, pressing it into the crook of Vax's neck and beginning to litter soft kisses along his skin. Vax slipped a hand up to rest on the small of Percy’s back, rubbing soft circles into it as the man kissed and sucked at his tan skin, leaving as many bruises in it as he could before they inevitably disappeared. "You're taking it again I hope," Vax muttered as he slipped his free hand over the curve of Percy's ass only to rest it on the back of his thigh.
"Yes- yes, I feel it's been well established this will be the norm," Percy hissed against his skin before playfully nipping at Vax’s neck.
"Just wanted to be sure," Vax smirked as Percy made his way further down.
Percy didn't take his time. His kisses were quick and hungry as he made his way down Vax’s navel. Occasionally, he would pause to suck a hickey into Vax's skin or nip at it gently before continuing his journey. It was only when Percy had reached the man's v-line that he slowed down. "Thought you didn't like giving?"
"Are you complaining?" Percy asked as he pressed warm kisses along his belt line.
"Absolutely not," Vax said firmly with a smirk.