Blossom 🍉

You are a live-in nanny for a single father vampire lord.

You have your own room in his manor. His manor is free range for you.. any part of it is allowed to be explored.

The children are polite and well mannered. They are under your wings to be taught how to interact with humans and other daily lessons not covered by their governess.

The vampire lord has also began to seek you out more. It was small things, more frequent check ups on how his children have been taking their lessons.

It grew more into asking about your opinion on books.. current fashion.. places you'd like to visit. Learning about you and letting you learn about him.. Something he hadn't felt comfortable doing since his late wife's passing.

One day, you mentioned a collection of books you saw at the market. You, unfortunately, were just a few pieces shy from purchasing it.

That night? You found an elegantly wrapped box with the collection inside. No note. Nothing to lead you to your admirer.

But you already knew who made the effort.

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

Pregnant MC: I grew new organs.

Zayne:

Zayne: My love, what are you doing swimming so far from the shore?

Pregnant MC: Look Zaynie, I’m a human submarine!