Leopold Dawson

Daniel took the bag smelled it again and then looked at the name in it “It’s called Legendary Larry, but it’s because it’s pretty much full THC” he chuckled “I think next time we should keep this only to parties, he put the bag of weed down at the table and grabbed his bag of Doritos one more time. “Yeah, I’m either at the pub or at the fire station, so even if I might look busy my life is pretty fucking boring lately. Just very Rihanna on my part doing a lot of work, work, work, work… I have been thinking of doing some karaoke nights on Thursdays, to bring some new clients.” He took a chip and turned to his friend “What about you, you probably have a more interesting life.”

“Fuck, I am loving this feeling.”  Leo responded as he lifted up his hand to admire his fingers as he wiggled them.  “Really?  Wow, you’re a lot more generous than me.  I was thinking the opposite of just us sharing.”  He chuckled.  Leo perked up with a devilish smirk.  “Oh, so when is the new calendar coming out?  What month did you get?”  He teased playfully.  Leo had no tact at times and he didn’t hide the fact he thought Daniel Bolton was gorgeous.  “Damn boi, love the fact you know who Ri Ri is.  Oh mah gawd, yes do some karaoke. This town could use something more fun.”  Leo shrugged, “still trying to figure out a job situation but been hooking up with this gym trainer for the last few months.  He is super sweet so it makes me suspicious.”

Fane grabbed a soda from the drink case and held it out to Leo. “All things considered? It’s a pretty good day,” he said with a smile. “When school starts back up, the day’s are usually ghost towns in here with the kids gone back to school.” He debated getting a soda for himself. He was, unfortunately, one of the rare vampires that had a hard time tolerating human food and drink, but… 

Fane grabbed an orange soda. Sometimes, he wished that he’d been human when they invented these sweet drinks. He’d like to be able to enjoy them without his body’s repulsion to it. Sue him. He had a sweettooth. “Bad day or just… visiting your… friend,” he said, being vague. The less specific they were, the better.

Quickly reaching for the beverage, Leo lightly smiled.  “Glad to hear.  Although, it would have been weird if you told me it was a bad day.  Usually people lie about such things.  You know what I mean, if you’re having a bad day, tell someone you’re doing fine.”  Leo rambled, although he was not sure why he was even speaking.  Lifting the drink up he took a drink after opening it.

“Visiting my friend,” he chuckled.  Leo did not exactly consider his dealer his friend.  It was a transaction that he greatly enjoyed.  Weed, poppers and other fun things to get him through the day living in Deerhaven.  “So, anything in here I might be interested in?”  He questioned figuring most of the town knew by now that he was flamboyant and enjoyed more feminine things.

Lying there on the couch with a bag of chips next to him, Leo's glassy red eyes glanced over at the eldest Bolton as he chuckled to himself.  “Fuck man, what blend was this?”  He asked.  Usually, Leo could handle his weed but whatever Daniel got hit him big time that day.  Reaching in his bag, he grabbed a few chips and quickly popped them in his mouth as he chewed louder than he realized.  “Alright Bolton, what have you been up to?  Are you still running the family pub? Or what?  It feels like I hardly see you, besides when we get lit.”  Not that he minded, he knew Daniel was a busy man and truth be told.  Leo had been rather busy himself with his hookups with the somewhat newcomer werewolf in town…if you can even classify Taurus as a newcomer since he settled in months ago.

Location: Secret Realms Who: @leoxdawson

Fane twirled the straw around his can of Cuervo. It was a slow day at the shop, which was unfortunately common during the week while school was in session. Even when school let out, and it picked up in the shop, Fane was pretty sure he could handle it. He didn’t have any events on the calendar, so likely, he’d only see some kids in to play board games and buy some snacks. Fane had sent home the other employee, knowing he didn’t need the help.

The door chimed, and Fane looked up, seeing familiar sandy hair. He finished off his can and tossed it into the recycle bin. “Hey, Leo,” Fane said, giving a little wave. “I sent them home early today. It’s pretty slow in here.” Fane didn’t ask for details, but he was pretty sure he needed plausible deniability.

In many ways, Leo was too old to be buying weed off dealers that worked at the comic shop in Deerhaven, but the man had nowhere else to go and it was not as easily available as it was in New York.  As he made his way in, sharply dressed as usual with a floral printed top and tight jeans he looked over at the male.  Leo was aware he was a vampire older than him, but it always made him feel weird since Fane appeared to be a preteen.

“Oh,” he murmured more to himself wondering what he had would be enough until the next time.  “How are things today?  Well besides slow.”  Leo asked as he started to wander around the shop.  It was not exactly his place to hangout, but there were things that caught his eye at times.

        “Only make you more youthful to see that glow,” Taurus insisted, excited to see Leo threatening something like that. He didn’t know much about Leo’s past, didn’t know much about Leo’s friends or his family beyond basic snippets from around town but he did have to imagine the way that Leo liked to enjoy himself meant that people could be cruel, either running or turning the man into something he didn’t want to be. Taurus hoped he wasn’t coming across like he was doing either. “You’re too good to me,” he reciprocated with ease.

         “You? A brat?” he teased because the man most certainly was, but how much of that his friends knew was unknown to Taurus. “We can leave, I didn’t really get to meet anyone but I assume I was more here for observing this time around,” Taurus chuckled, aware that their drinks had now come but happy to abandon them to go home with Leo.

The fae merely shook his head as his cheeks started to flush from the man’s words.  Somehow, Taurus managed to knock down nearly every defense Leo had, but damn was he worth it.  “No, I’m not.”  Leo knew he was selfish at times, extremely high maintenance and could be down right self-centered.  It rather shocked him that Taurus didn’t run in the other direction, but he was glad that the man stuck around.  That although they started out fucking, that something blossomed between them.

“I want everyone to know you,” Leo commented.  Hell, he had been bragging about Taurus to his closest of friends.  But right now, he wanted to be selfish and keep Taurus all to himself.  “Trust me, you’ll get to meet everyone.  And you might run the other direction, once you do.”  He joked.  “Tonight though, I just want you and me under the stars.”

         “I’m twice your age,” he joked when Leo asked why there was a surprise to him that he would be honoured. Obviously he was not twice Leo’s age and he wouldn’t ever be close to that but he loved feeding the man’s ego, loved the way that it made him light up to illuminate that Leo was this pretty young thing Taurus was infatuated with. “I think I really should be retaining that I am honoured.”

          His own laugh came out in a heavy laugh from his stomach. “All that?” he chuckled. It wasn’t that he assumed Leo uninterested in him, only invested in nice and beautiful things, but rather that he didn’t assume being with him would be memorable or deserving of Leo. It wasn’t wrong to say you deserved more, especially if all you were asking for was effort. “I will put in as much energy into our date as you are deserving of,” he assured Leo, feeling the man’s kiss at his throat and wrapping an arm around his shoulders to hold him close.

          “Blue and cloth table covers,” he nodded with a gentle acknowledgement. “That’s if I even feed you.”

“Stop, you’re gonna make a girl blush.”  After everything that happened in New York, Leo gave up on the idea of finding Prince Charming.  And  yet, here he was right before him.  At times, it felt too good to be true when he spent time with Taurus who always made him feel so valued and adored.  Sometimes, it actually scared him how hard he was falling for the werewolf.  “You’re too good to me.”  He insisted.  Although that was just something you said, Leo actually meant those words.  Taurus was absolutely too good for him, the man was kind, sweet and had all these admirable qualities that Leo often lacked.

As he smirked at Taurus, he gently placed a hand at the side of his face.  “You’re perfect,” he told the other male as he gazed into the man’s dark hues.  “Thanks for putting up with a brat like myself,” he commented before leaning in to kiss the man softly.  “Shall we head out soon, I know Dusk won’t mind and right now I kind of just want to spend the night in your arms.”

Kitty chortled. She was rude, often saying what she thought. It wasn’t that she was unaware of how hurtful her words could be, she just didn’t care much. It took people with a thick skin to be in regular contact with the blonde, because she was neither sensitive, nor empathetic. Living as long as she had, she had learned to be entirely and unashamedly herself, social niceties be damned

“I am!” Kitty lifted up the skirts of her dress and gave a couple of excited little jumps, looking child like in her glee. “Now I can come see you all the time!” she exclaimed, as though the possibility that Leo might not want her coming over at all hours of the day, whenever she liked, simply did not exist. The vampire cared little for boundaries and asserted her presence wherever she wanted, invite or no invite, rather much like tonight.

Once the delivery men had been paid and left, Kitty slammed the door behind them and skipped through to the kitchen where she grabbed a bottle of champagne and quite literally a handful of cake, not bothering to cut a tidy slice or utilise a plate.

“Not much has happened” Kitty lied, her eyes widening with a look of complete innocence that would have convinced exactly nobody. “I brought some more birds” she told him, dancing into the living room where she threw herself onto the couch, the puffy material of her dress ballooning around her, creases in the fabric already soaking up crumbs for her handful of cake. She “And I learned about the stock market… which by the way is very boring! I regret that!”.

The truth was, Kitty had been particularly bad and was keeping very quiet, which was naturally suspicious behaviour because the blonde was always involved in one dramatic or toxic relationship or another. Her silence on the subject for a whole year was not only weird, but suspiciously so.

“Oh, and I made a tiktok account where I post videos of pushing strangers into rivers, or oncoming traffic, or something but it got taken down” she pouted then, but flashed a devilish grin that could have meant she was joking, but could also have meant she wasn’t. “People are so sensitive these days!”

One of many things Leo loved about Kitty, she was unapologetically herself.  The two of them could be bitches together and neither one of them took offense.  “Lucky me,” he smirked.  “Do I need to leave a sock on my front door knob to indicate not to interrupt if I have company?”  He inquired teasingly as he wiggled his eyebrows at her.  Loe had a lot to brag about at the moment, Taurus finally asked him out after months of fucking and needless to say, he was excited.

Cake and champagne, tonight was going to be fun.  Although, he was sure he would regret all the carb loading in the morning.  Leo remained in the living area, just watching his friend make herself at home.  As she skipped around, he chuckled as she finally settled down on the soda.  Leo himself plopped down on the recliner as he looked over at her.  “More birds?”  He questioned, wondering if she was being literal.  “Oh honey, the stock market is fascinating.  I’m rather insulted you think otherwise since you know I worked on Wall Street when I was in New York.”  Hell, the man still dabbled and it helped him stay afloat as he invested part of his savings.

“Fuck Kitty, you can’t be doing shit like that.  You are going to get in trouble.”  Vampires have been open to the public for nearly five years now, there were laws about using their powers.  But also, there were a lot of hate groups out against them.  Thankfully, Leo easily fit in the human world being fae.  However, the way vampires and werewolves are would certainly indicate if other supernatural beings might come to the limelight.  “You’re right, how dare people get offended for being nearly killed.  How rude?”  He remarked sarcastically.

“Anyway, what else has been going on?  Are you still breaking hearts?  Or has anyone finally tamed you?”  He asked, more wanting her to ask him about his own love life.  Because, he was about to burst at the seams.

Col thought about it. It wasn’t like he had a lot of friends that would have warranted a friend discount. He didn’t actually have a set amount for that. He hummed. “How about 15%?” he offered, thinking. “I haven’t offered a friend discount to anyone else yet, so you’d be the first. I may throw in some bonuses since you’d be doing me a favour too.” He shrugged a little. “Not all that much,” Col admitted. “I’ve been getting these things remodelled for the better part of the last year. Rory moved back to town fairly recently, so it’s been nice having my little sister back around.”

“Alright, I think you talked me into it.  It could be a fun experience.”  Plus, it would be a great way to test out Taurus and him being somewhat away from town and just the two of them.  “Wow, should I be honored that I am the first?”  He smirked.  “Bonuses, you really know how to get a girl all tingly.”  Leo listened as Colman spoke, hearing how he had been remodeling the cabins.  “Yes, I know Rory is back.  They’re one of my best friends…them and Dan.  Although, I haven’t had a chance to hang much with either one.”

Stevie sighed dramatically. “I’m not a drama queen,” she protested. “I took the tiara of drama princess. I’m allowed to have that one, because I said so.” She sat up, lifted the dress and held it up. “Uncle Leo, it’s perfect, but it doesn’t fit.” Stevie was on the verge of tears. It was the end of the world, clearly.

She hung the dress up and flopped down again. “How come they make clothes that fit Kim Kardashian’s butt but not mine? Hers is way bigger,” Stevie pouted. The mention of a shopping spree, though, had Stevie perking up again. “Shopping with Uncle Leo? Yes! I’ll get dressed.” She ran off to change into something presentable to wear shopping.

A light chuckle fell from the man’s lips, she found the loophole and he found it amusing to say the least.  “Everything is going to be alright, we will find something even more perfect that works with your body type.”  Leo felt for his niece, it was always hard finding the perfect clothing item and when it didn’t fit right it was devastating.

“Would be nice to know how it feels to be on the other side,” he was usually the one that was blushing, and he could rarely make anyone blush. He was used to it by now, but that doesn’t mean that he enjoyed it, he was just glad that people seemed to find it cute, he supposed that was something, “And that’s why you’re a good friend,” he smiled at the other, “Yeah, I know someone in the hospital, and they give me some of the bags, with permission, of course,” he explained, “The bags are for those that need it, and we do, so.”

“Stahp, you’re making it worse,” he teased.  Leo usually did not blush often, but lately he found his cheeks turning a shade of red around people.  “Awww thanks, I try to be although I am sure I am not all that great sometimes.”  Sometimes, the man got wrapped up in himself and didn’t think about others.  “Oh that is awesome, that is good.  Do you ever try to find a donor?  I heard there are donors that will let you drink from them.  Or is that just weird for you?”

          “I don’t know about honoured,” Taurus chuckled, one hand still playing with the blonde of Leo’s hair. The other man was so much more beautiful than he was, and, in Taurus’ mind, held so much more depth of person and character. Leo might not have been walking around as he did in his home but he seemed quite aware of who he was, where Taurus sometimes felt quite lost in it. His family had so many specific expectations Taurus was more inclined to work on the pack than to work on himself.

          Taurus kissed Leo back happily, once more parting his lips to let Leo taste his tongue. He really wished he’d been handed that minty vodka by now… “Oh, you’re not? You’re a very low maintenance kind of guy? Because if that’s the case, you know, we could just get some hot dogs from a street vendor in the city and then go and watch a tire fire together?” Taurus joked, quickly kissing Leo’s cheek, hand covered in it’s rings holding the other side of Leo’s face as he did, kiss moving from his cheek to his jaw and then his neck where he playfully bit before, finally, pulling away. 

            His bold dark eyes stared into Leo’s own with their stunning light hue. “I will make sure it’s a good date, new care, new suit, and I’ll work out the rest this week.”

The dirty blonde nearly made a half attempt joke, but kept his mouth shut as he got lost in the man’s dark eyes.  Right now, all he could focus on was they were finally going to have their first date.  And finally, he could not contain his excitement anymore as he leaned in to kiss the other man.  As their lips parted, Leo nodded.  “Yeah, why do you sound so surprised?”  And then the man tested him and could instantly see his disgust at the notion of hot dogs and a tire fire.  “Don’t be ridiculous,” he commented as he gently swatted the man’s chest.

When Taurus started softly kissing along him, he softly moaned and as his teeth pressed gently on his neck, Leo nearly lost his balance as his knees weakened.  “Really, you don’t have to do all that.  I just want to be with you,” he said.  And he actually meant those words.  Yes, it would be amazing for Taurus to do everything he listed.  But at the end of the day, all Leo truly wanted was to be wrapped up in the werewolf’s arms and make passionate love all night.

“But definitely wear something that will match what I’m wearing, which is leaning towards blue cause it makes my eyes pop.  And somewhere that has cloth table covers.”

If he hadn’t just declared his interest in men, Andrea might have taken that as some kind of proposition, however the fact that he called it a ‘girl’s night’ also moved to clear up any misunderstanding that might have occurred. A wide grin spread on the redhead’s lips. “I can do either – or both.” Andrea chuckled, shrugging playfully. 

An arm is offered to him to take. Maybe it was a bit of a familiar gesture for people who just met, but sometimes you just got a great vibe from someone, and Andrea couldn’t deny that they got those vibes from the other. It was like they were destined to be friends. “So, I know that you’re royalty, but I can’t keep calling you ‘your highness’. I’m Andrea. And since you’re far more familiar with Wolford than I am, did you have somewhere in mind?” S

A bright smile formed, Leo certainly could use a night out on the town…even if it was Wolford.  As she looped her arm with his, he gave it a light squeeze for anticipation for their night out.  The man gave out a dramatic sigh, teasing about not being called your highness.  “I suppose Leo shall suffice,” he told her.  “And you only have to call me queen on special occasions.”  Again, the man was merely teasing.

When they left the store, he sucked in a breath of air as he thought about places.  “Well, the obvious choice is Stoker’s since it is aimed towards vampires, but my usual place is Derry’s Pub because my best friend manages the place.  I did hear about a speakeasy called The Black Rabbit, I haven’t been there and that could be fun?  What do you think?”

Time for a film?

Open Starter

When: Church Hill Drive

When: 9:30pm

That evenings viewing of Double Indemnity was playing on the big white screen while Tatiana sat on a picnic blanket with her dogs splayed out across her legs. Around her were groups of friends and couples also enjoying the old black and white film, their giggles and rustling around only occasionally distracting Tati from the film.

The human popped a salty piece of popcorn into her mouth before reaching for the bottle of wine she had brought with her, accidentally knocking it over onto someone’s foot who stood near her blanket.

“Ah shit, I’m so sorry!” Tatiana gasped, grabbing the bottle up to stop further spilling and reaching for some napkins to dab at the stranger’s shoe. Lucille and Negan both glanced up from the comfortably positions on her laps and then sat up, their dark canine eyes taking in the stranger. “I wasn’t paying attention…”

One of the few perks of living in Wolford happened to the drive-in theater, it was a staple of small town America life.  Across the field, there were several people in their vehicles and others sitting on the ground enjoying the old timey film.

Curled in his blanket, Leo stood up and stretched as he debated on walking over to the concession stand to get some candy.  The man had a weakness for treats and it often showed around his midriff when he snacked too much, but hell tonight was all about treating himself.

And before he knew it, there was wine being poured on his shoes.  A gasp fell from his lips until he realized he was wearing shoes where the liquid simply ran off causing no issues besides maybe some stickiness when it dries.  As his blue eyes drifted down, he offered a smile.  “Only thing you should be apologizing for honey is the fact you didn’t offer me a glass of wine,” he smirked, hoping to ease her concerns.  “Who are the two cuties with you?”

          Taurus felt the edge of his lip pull into his cheek, waiting for the bartender to return with their drinks. Part of him had expected Leo to insist he was merely company, that Taurus was too old or perhaps more that Leo just didn’t know enough about him to warrant such forward remarks but Leo’s excitement allowed for some of his own. “I most definitely want to take you out, though, I haven’t been on a date in…years, so hopefully I still have a magic touch for it, anything I should reme-”

           Before he could really finish Leo was kissing him again, Taurus arm seeking Leo’s waist, hand on the small of the other man’s back, parting lips to taste him before Leo drew back enough to agree. Taurus smiling at the man near his height. “Good,” Taurus smiled, fingers needling at Leo’s back tenderly. “Anything I should avoid for our date?” he asked.

There was that flutter in his heart that made Leo all giddy at the idea of going on a date with the werewolf.  Unbeknownst to Taurus, Leo may have been bragging about the older man to a few friends of his.  But it was hard for Leo to contain anything inside, he always was someone who wore his heart on his sleeve.  “Wow, first date in years.  I guess I should be honored.”

With those words, Leo captured the other male’s lips in a fiery kiss.  There was no denying the chemistry between them and just how happy Taurus made Leo.  Feeling the man’s touch, he softly smiled as he stared into the man’s dark eyes.  “I don’t know, I’m not super high maintenance so nothing to worry about.”  It was an absolute lie, but Leo was trying to appear that he was worthy of dating and wouldn’t be a pain in the ass.

“I’m glad to see that you’re still the sweet guy that I remember,” he smiled at his friend, “I appreciate the support,” he wouldn’t be where he was, if it wasn’t for the people in his life. He was thankful for them, and he was aware how lucky he was, “I guess we are pretty powerful, my favorite one is definitely the super speed, comes in handy a lot,” he still used his motorcycle to go to places sometimes, because he enjoyed riding it, but the truth was that he could just use his speed to go anywhere if he wanted, “Yeah, but the real thing is better, so I usually prefer drinking from a blood bag.”

“Awww you’re gonna make a girl blush,” Leo commented with a playful smile as he waved off the compliment although it was clear that he loved it.  “Of course, I try to support all my friends in their endeavors.”  As the male listed the upsides of being a vampire, Leo got a little giddy at the idea.  But there was the downside of a blood diet and Leo certainly was not sure he would be able to live off blood.  And the whole immortality thing of losing your loved ones.  “Are those readily available to vampires?”