Ok, Bloodloathing Divorce AU backstory thoughts
So I decided to steal from my own OCs a bit for this, and went; what if we took Scott’s lie about his mother to be the truth?
So we have human Scott - extremely rich noble - and his dying mother. He’s paid every medical person he comes across absurd amounts of money to figure out what’s wrong with her, and none of them have had an answer.
then he hears about Dr Legundo - the healer who will take no payment, but has been able to cure the incurable. Scott tracks him down, and brings him to Oakhurst.
Legundo stays at the Castle for months, trying to cure the Lady Goldsmith. (I dunno what’s wrong with her, maybe some horrific autoimmune thing that medieval medicine has no hope of even understanding). When it becomes clear there is no other option, Legundo wants to discuss his vampiric cure with her. Scott is the equivalent of her medical proxy, so he is present for the discussion.
Scott has, of course, been attempting to woo the Doctor for the months that he has been there. And yeah it pisses Legs off, but also he keep seeing hints of genuine softness from Scott - this young man who is doing Everything He Can to save his mother. Or so Legs thinks.
Scott gave up on his mother years ago. He’s been searching for eternal life for himself. His mother is just a tool to lure in someone who can offer it to him. And now he has him.
I haven’t thought out the exact details of Scott’s turning and how he and Legs end up married, but it would be full of Classic Goldsmith Manipulation, and Legs’ desperation to find goodness in people being used against him.
The eventually break up is catastrophic. The entirety of Oakhurst is slaughtered in the crossfire.
Legundo now has two towns on his conscience, and an incredibly powerful fledgling ex husband.
