#ccgwen

Gwen slowly crawled through the window, dropping onto the carpeted floor with a soft thump. David’s apartment was quiet, save for the sound of the buildings central air conditioner. She scoped out where she was in the apartment. From the looks of it, she was in the family room, which was adjacent to the kitchen, the front door in between the two rooms. There was a hallway on the other side of the two rooms, which led to the bedroom and bathroom. Gwen had only been here once, when she was invited over for a project that they were assigned to.

She slowly padded her way to his bedroom, the door opening with a loud squeak. David turned in his sleep, now facing her. She held her breath, only releasing it as David’s breathing returned to normal.

This was morally wrong. She was David’s best friend, he trusted her with everything. A mistake on his part, Gwen reminded herself. David was nothing more than a plaything this whole time, just there until Gwen decided that she couldn’t starve herself anymore.

Or, the more likely option, she would be forced to.

Gwen appreciated David’s friendship more than she was willing to admit. She would gladly steal from hospitals or mortuaries (even though that blood was a bit stale) just to avoid hurting David. She tried, so, so hard to not have feelings but, goddammit, she just couldn’t help it. He was just too sweet.

So when one of the higher-ups told her she needed to finish the ritual to become an ‘official’ vampire, she turned to the only person whose house she was allowed into.

She was starting to regret her decision to not make friends.

Gwen stood over David, staring down at his sleeping form. “Okay, Gwen,” She whispered to herself. “Just bite him. Simple enough.”

She leaned over him, baring her fangs. Just a little bit closer…

She bit down, ignoring her heart telling her to stop. At the first drink-

She pulled away and spit out the blood, “God fuck-!”

David woke up. “Gwen?”

Gwen looked over at David, feeling the blood- his blood dripping down her chin. The thought of explaining the whole situation to him was forgotten in the thoughts of EW GROSS GOD DISGUSTING EW EW EW. “David, your blood is fucking disgusting. It tastes like bottom shelf liquor.”

David looked baffled. He had reason to- Gwen was there, fangs out, blood down her chin, saying how his blood tasted like shit. Not a normal sight to see at two in the morning. “I’m anemic.”

“Okay, can we, like, fix that? That shit’s gross, and it’s fucking running through your veins? Disgusting. I’m calling a doctor first thing in the morning, okay?” Gwen tried to spit out the taste of David’s blood.

David finally spoke up. “You- you tried to suck my blood? Like a vampire?”

Gwen finally got over her shock at David’s gross blood. “Yes… I am a vampire. But it’s fine! I’m still the same person I was before I found out that you taste like rubbing alcohol!”

“You tried to suck my blood!” He screeched.

Gwen flinched. “Well, yeah, but it’s not like I wanted to!”

“What do you mean, ‘it’s not like I wanted to’?” David asked, still staying as far away from Gwen as he could.

“Some higher-ups said I needed to actually feed off of someone to ‘officially’ become a vampire, which is fuckin’ stupid, they bit me, I’m a vampire whether they like it or not, what’re they gonna do, turn me back into a human?” Gwen ranted.

“You act like you haven’t been a vampire very long,” David pointed out.

“Well, yeah, I’ve only been one for, what? A year?” Gwen scoffed. “I’m not that old.”

David’s hand went to where Gwen bit him. He suddenly paled. “Does that mean I’m a vampire too?”

Gwen moved to sit next to David (who scooted away). “Naw, I can’t do that yet. I guess it’s one of the things that don’t come with the free trial.”

David visibly relaxed a bit at the knowledge that he still had his mortality. “Okay…”

Gwen pulled out her phone, checking the time. 3:30 a.m. “Okay, I guess I’ll go. Enjoy the next three hours of sleep. I’ll see you at class tomorrow.” She stood up to leave.

“No, Gwen, wait,” David said, scrambling out of bed. She turned to look at him, finally taking in his green councilor shirt and pine print boxers. “I’m awake now, why don’t I make you some tea and we can talk about this more?”

Gwen relaxed a little. “Alright. But first, what vitamins are you taking? I need to know that you’re getting enough iron. And do you take vitamin D supplements? ‘Cos clearly the sun isn’t working out for you.”

—

Gwen had soon moved into David’s apartment, turning from a best friend to a doting girlfriend in a matter of weeks. Neither had mentioned the attempted blood-sucking from that night, although Gwen had repeatedly come home at some god-awful (for David) time of night, grumbling about how she can’t un-become a vampire.

“Did you take your meds?” Gwen groaned as she rolled over in bed. David had long since woken up and was trying to get Gwen up for their night classes.

“Do you always get this involved in your meals?” David joked, knowing well that Gwen was on a heavy diet of donated and dead people blood.

She turned to glare at David. “Don’t forget your Folic Acid,” She muttered before turning back over.

“I was thinking of getting, like, a king-size chocolate bar-“ David mused.

That got Gwen up fast. “No! You know full well that that much chocolate is not good, especially with your medication!”

David grinned. “Gotcha. Now get dressed, I don’t want to be late.”

Gwen groaned, throwing the covers off of her and shuffling to the bathroom, grabbing a shirt and shorts on her way.

It’s not that she hated school. Truth is, she enjoyed it. But her and David’s sleep schedules were so different. She often tried to stay up during the day for David, and the other way around, but God, it was hard. David oftentimes only lasted until midnight, falling asleep on her shoulder as they watched a movie. Gwen tried to stay up during the day, failing and falling asleep at the table with her head in her cereal (she hated being awake during the day, especially since she was always tired.) Both of them understood the other’s sleeping patterns, finding a nice middle time to hang out during classes and a few hours after.

By the time Gwen was dressed and ready to go out, David had finished a snack of what appeared to be apples and peanut butter. Gwen nodded at his choice of sustenance.

“Oh, Gwen!” David smiled at his sleepy partner in the doorway. The smile made Gwen’s stomach tie itself into knots, despite the fact that they were together. “I was doing some research, and did you know that coconut water has been used during emergency blood transfusions since it has similar properties?”

“Excuse me?” Gwen raised an eyebrow, going to the cabinet for the cereal.

David placed his dished in the sink. “Coconut water can be used as bloo-“

“Yes, David, I heard you, but why is this relevant to absolutely anything?” She pulled out her box of Cap’n Crunch.

“It could be a good substitute for blood! Y’know, without the stealing and the… What were you complaining about the other day? The aftertaste?”

Gwen nodded, grabbing a handful of cereal from straight out the box. “While, yes, dead people blood is terrible, and neither of us are comfortable with hospital blood, are you sure this is a good idea? What if it goes, like, horribly, horribly awry and I end up with more of a craving?”

David patted her shoulder. “It’s okay, Gwen. I have a small bottle of coconut water in the fridge, and if that doesn’t work, we’ll go back to our normal routine. Heck, I’ll even drive you to the local blood bank, okay?”

Gwen sighed before nodding, closing the box of cereal and placing it on the counter. “Fine. Fine! But just ‘cos you’re cute.”

David smiled, giving her a kiss and a hug.

—

“Psst, Davey,” Gwen whispered as she shook her boyfriend awake at two in the morning.

“Wh… Gwen?” He asked sleepily. “What is it?”

“I got you something,” She replied, clicking on the lamp as David got up. He rubbed his eyes as Gwen pulled out a book and handed it to him.

He stared at it. “This is a cookbook,” He said. Gwen nodded vigorously. “That is titled, How To Taste Delicious.” Cue more of Gwen nodding. “I thought we agreed that you weren’t going to eat me?”

Gwen nodded again. “I, personally, am not going to eat you, but it still has foods that with make you, like, super healthy. After all, no one likes the taste of high or low blood sugar.”

David stared blankly at her for a minute before setting the book down and resting his head in his hands. “Gwen-“

“Yes?”

“I-“ He started, before closing his mouth. This went on for a bit. “Good grief, Gwen.”

Gwen stared intensely at him. “Do you like it?”

“I appreciate the thought behind it, Gwendolyn Mendoza, but it is a pretty sucky gift,” Gwen wilted a little. “But I will still try some of the health tips in here, simply because I love you and I appreciate you looking out for me.”

Gwen still looked upset. “Sorry I gave you a sucky gift, David. It’s just that you got that gross, unhealthy, under-oxidized blood going through you, and if I can’t handle it- and seriously, I drink the stale blood of dead people- then how can you?”

David yawned, scooting over in bed. “C’mere,” He said, laying back down and making grabby motions with his hands. Gwen simply sighed, removed her shoes, and laid next to him, letting him wrap his arms around her waist. “Gwen, it’s fine. I had a doctor’s appointment the other day, remember? You scheduled it? The doctor said that I’m doing better. You’re doing great at helping me, Gwen, and I appreciate it so so much. It’s not a sucky gift, it’s you being a good girlfriend and trying to help me and I appreciate the heck out of it.”

Gwen smiled. “Thanks, David.”

He kissed her temple. “Of course. Now let me sleep, my gross, unhealthy, under-oxidized blood makes me tired.”

~fin~

A/N- Dude, I have legit no idea why I did this aside from “I was scrolling Bing Images and I saw a Tumblr text post and omg this is so GwenVid it hurts” If anyone can tell me who came up with this idea please tell me so I can credit them for this. I also incorporated ANOTHER Tumblr idea, which is where the vegan vampire thing came from. Yay Tumblr!

Also, light research into anemia went into this, so I *mildly* know what I’m talking about. But if I messed anything up, please do inform me though. I like to keep my stories as accurate as possible.

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