#daywalkers

prompt:: you notice how close victor has gotten to that daywalker, nova. and you, his “best friend” feels some way about it. you think he forgot about you, but little do you know he prefers the moon over the sun.

warnings:: victor x !vamp !fem reader. fluff, jealousy (ofc), praise, the way user talks abt nova is all fake🙂‍↕️ (i love nova tho she’s such a cutie pie), biting mentioned, smallll mentions of blood. use of y/n.

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A/N:: HELLO AGAIN GUYSSSS! I know you guys probably didn’t expect me to right for a movie like this but multi means multi 🙂‍↕️ I had to write for him, after seeing how dead the tag is</3 kindaaa inspired by @mehwmidklpe

daywalkers and nightwalkers..

the both of you being sworn enemies for years on end. so when you all found out the blood fruit was getting low and starting to die out, the elders knew they needed to get their hands on the fruit, before the any side did. daywalkers are known for being full of themselves and stuck up..well..at least that’s what the nightwalkers think.

nightwalkers are known for being greedy and not wanting to share with others..from the daywalkers point of view. but everyone has their differences right? so when zed and addison came, everyone was confused. both sides stumbled upon them making their way to the harvest of the blood fruit.

they came up with the idea for everyone to share the blood fruit, and everyone work together to open the gate. that’s when victor— a vampire, and nova— a daywalker worked together behind both of their peoples back to find the keys to the gate..and probably..more.

you, on the other hand, started to notice how close they have gotten. you really did try to ignore it, but your heart was telling you something else. you noticed how they would look and smile at each other..and sit together at the campfire. you told vera, who knows about your feelings towards victor. she would tell you “they both are the only ones who wanna bring us together, so maybe they’re just friends?” or “try telling him how you feel.”

but you couldn’t..no..you refused. you couldn’t tell him, especially after seeing how close they were. so, you resorted to silent treatment and distancing yourself from him. at first victor didn’t notice, because he was too busy figuring out how to make everyone come together. you were a bit hurt, but you weren’t surprised after seeing how he was with her half of the time.

it was nighttime, and everyone was in their beds sleeping. you on the other hand, couldn’t sleep. you got up out of your bed slowly and walked down the steps, sitting by the campfire. you sighed, looking up at the moon. your emotions and feelings started to get the best of you, looking at the campfire as your thoughts circulated. it was you and your thoughts, and the warm campfire until you heard someone walking.

you ignored it, thinking it was one of the daywalkers or someone else coming out for fresh air. until you heard them speak. it wasn’t just anyone, it was the person you were avoiding. someone you didn’t wanna see, nor face. “y/n..” his voice was soft, and full of warmth. you didn’t turn around, you didn’t say anything. just looking at the campfire.

“y/n..you’ve been ignoring me lately..why?” victor asked, slowly walking over towards you and sitting down. “i asked vera, and she told me to talk to you. well..at least attempt to talk to you.” he chuckled at the end of his sentence but he quickly stopped when he noticed you weren’t laughing. he cleared his throat, looking at you and then the campfire.

“have i done something to upset you?” he asked, genuinely worried. you were silent for a bit before answering. “you didn’t.” you plainly said, looking at the campfire. “oh cmon, don’t give me that.” victor muttered, scooting closer to you. “i know you y/n. i can always tell when something is bothering you.” he mumbled in a soft voice. “if you know me, then you should know when i say it’s nothing, it’s nothing.” you scoffed, getting up from the log.

you started to walk away, you didn’t know where you were going, but you just wanted to be away from here..away from him. but..of course your peace would be cut short when he followed you. he followed you into the field, grabbing your arm. “y/n, don’t walk away from this, we’re gonna fix this.” victor grunted, grabbing you and stopping you in your tracks.

“look, i don’t what i did for you to make you act this way towards me, but as for me caring about you and not wanting to loose you, i wanna fix this. and im not gonna let you walk away like this, not while your mad at me.” victor snapped, looking you in the eyes, searching for something..anything. you gulped, looking him in the eyes.

this was the victor you fell for. the one that was always so gentle towards you, the one who always stayed by your side whenever your emotions got the best of you. a tear fell down your face..then another, and another. you started crying, sniffling as you turned away, wiping your tears. “you’re saying you care for me like that, like im someone special towards you.” you sniffled, hiccuping a bit. “that’s because you are,” victor breathed out, bringing up a thumb to wipe your tears.

“look at me..” he mumbled, grabbing your chin and making you face him. “don’t think ill just let you stay mad at me. i really do care about you y/n. i always have.” victor assured, using his thumb to wipe your tears as he looked at you in the eyes. “so tell me, tell me why your mad at me. i’ll do whatever it takes to fix it.”

his words were so reassuring, full of love and warmth. you couldn’t help but swoon over him..his voice always made you feel so warm and weak, but that’s why you liked him. you liked how he could make you feel. you couldn’t stay mad at him, you really couldn’t. “i…im jealous, okay?” you admitted, sniffling as you avoided eye contact. victor was confused, but he slowly put the pieces together. he just wanted to you say it.

“of what? what are you jealous about?” he asked, his tone soft and gentle. he put both of his hands on your cheek, making you look up at him. “look at me,” victor breathed out, his eyes on you. “im jealous of you and nova, okay?! i hate seeing you with her..i noticed how the both of you sneak off at night, i notice how you look at her..i..i notice it all okay?!” you said, sniffling as you looked up at him.

“i know you want us all to come to terms with each other but gosh…do you have to spend time with her so much? like i don’t exist??” you sobbed, tears rolling down your face but victor kept wiping them, keeping his eyes on you as he listened to your confession. “and damn..i hate how i feel this way, but i can’t help it…okay?” you sniffled, blinking as more tears fell down. “what’s so good about her? what’s so good about a goody-two shoes like her?! just what? what’s so good about her to have you swooning over her like that? i mean cmon..wrapping your arms around her shoulder and pulling her closer?! im right here, y’know!” you exclaimed, a hint of anger rising in you. “do you prefer me over her or what?!”

“and please, don’t give me the benefit of doubt.” you added, blinking softly as you looked into his eyes, for something. victor stayed silent for a bit before speaking. “i had no idea you felt that way y/n..i admit, i admit getting close to her like that, but i had no idea it made you feel this way.” he murmured, looking you in the eyes and wiping your tears away with his thumb. “your jealously serves no purpose..especially when i definitely prefer you over her.” victor said, looking you in the eyes.

“i know my actions made it seem like i don’t, but trust me, i yearn for you y/n. and you alone.” victor reassured, removing his hands and wrapping his arms around your waist. “i want you only y/n. and ill do everything to prove that i do.” victor said, bringing one of his hands back up to your face. his words made you fall for him more, loving how he looked at you..and how his words had meaning to it.

“…you..you mean it?” you asked, scared if he might take it all back. “i mean it y/n. and i’ll prove it to you everyday.” he smiled, making you smile. “you can’t take back any of that, mkay?” you replied, making him nod. “i won’t.” he smiled. you hugged him, wrapping your arms around his neck. “i..i love you victor.” you confessed, making him smile as he buried his face in your neck.

“and i love you too y/n..to the moon and back.” he chuckled, closing his eyes as he inhaled your scent. you both stayed there for a moment, enjoying being in each others embrace before..bite! “ouch! victor!! what was that for?!” you whined, your hands finding its way into his hair. “im not done.” victor said before biting again, this time moving his head in a different angle. he pulled a bit, licking the blood that dripped down your neck before looking at you.

“now everyone knows your mine.” victor smirked, looking down at his creation. he made a “V” mark on your neck, running his thumb over it. “V, for Victor.” he smiled, like he was proud of it..which he was. “what if it disappears?” “i’ll just continue to bite it, over and over.” victor chuckled, and you shook your head. “let’s go back.” you smiled and he nodded, grabbing your hand and holding it as the both of you started to walk back to the camp.

the next day, victor would find you flowers around the fields or on the ground, picking them up and giving it to you. you could smile when you noticed how the stem would be broken, or they were just weary and dead. but you accepted them, because it’s the thought that counts, right? the others noticed the both of you guys relationship, nova respected it and remained friends with him strictly, befriending you in the process. you no longer held a grudge against her, since she respectfully kept her distance.

you were happy that you finally got to be with the person you loved the most, and you were happy about how he would show you off, going up to everyone and being like “you see how pretty my girlfriend is?” and when they would agree and he rolled his eyes playfully. “well good, but back off cause she’s mine!” he would hiss playfully and show his fangs before laughing.

rules for request here.

Starting off simple Daywalkers are naturally warm while Vampires are naturally cold. Because yes.

The gold streaks in Daywalkers' hair is natural too, as is the red coloring in Vampires. Let's call it a side effect of both their Stones and the Blood Fruit. That being said, when the gardens were still healthy it was common for Vampires to use the fruit as dye for both their hair and clothes.

The valley? mountain? where both cities are is inaccesible to humans. Were Zed, Addison, Willa and Eliza humans and not part-monster, they would a) not have seen through the spell covering the cities and b) straight up not be able to step in. Not like, they can't go in, they could, but more like their brains insist there's nothing in the valley and actually, they should leave right now, didn't they have stuff to do in Seabrook?

The spell over the cities that cast Sunnyside in perpetual day and Shadyside in perpetual night means they have a skewed way to count time. The sun goes over the valley and the sky reflects that in each city in a special way. In Sunnyside, when the sun sets it doesn't become night, but rather a long lasting golden hour. In Shasyside, when the sun outside the valley sets, the moon blinks out, as do all the stars, casting the city in complete darkness (if you ignore the city lights).

Continuing on from the last point, I imagine after Z4 when some Vampires visit Sunnyside and "night" falls, they're absolutely enamoured by the sky and the golden hour (or I guess more like golden time? Golden fall? Golden something). Meanwhile Daywalkers visiting Shadyside are both fascinated and lowkey terrified of the total darkness of the night-night (which again I guess would have a proper name. Black night?)

Vampires have pretty good night vision due to living in constant darkness. Their eyes are very sensitive to the light due to this, so when on the Orchard they avoid looking up for fear of catching the sunlight head on. They can straight up become blind if they stare too long at a bright light. Another reason they are wary of Daywalkers and their use of fire; they're playing with something that can easily blind any of them for their lives.

Meanwhile Daywalkers can look directly into the sun without so much as a flinch.

After years of being connected to the Lightstone, Daywalkers have developed a slight resistant to fire. They can still get burnt, but it takes a lot of prolonged contact and very strong heat for that. They can grab hot metal with their bare hands, and willingly put their hands into hearths to stoke the fire.

Hey you know how Werewolves could literally die if their Stones ran out of charge?? Yeah let's give that to these monsters as well. When their Lightstones ran out of charge, Daywalkers start getting colder, like a flame snuffed out. They start shivering and cling to any source of heat, their body grows weak, and as an inner survival method their eyesight gets much more sensitive, so that they can more easily see if any fire is nearby (light=fire=heat=comfort). Meanwhile Vampires whose Darkstones run out of charge get the worst fever of their lives. They heat up fast and their skin becomes much more sensitive, so they can feel the cold in the air better (cold=darkstone=salvation). They also get the urge to throw up.

Vampires are deathly allergic to garlic. And I'm gonna say Daywalkers are deathly allergic to (hold up I'm spinning a roulette) ok wow that's a lot of possibilities. Huh. Ok so the roulette landed on lychee, but some other fun picks for Daywalker allergies could be sugar apples, figs, plums, pomegranates and dates fruit.

Anyways Daywalkers have garlic in every kitchen and make candles with the smell in case of a Vampire invasion. Same goes with Vampires and the fruit/vegetable Daywalkers are allergic to, they have a bunch of it in every house and teens carry some in their pouches when they explore the beach so they can slingshot it at any Daywalkers they see.

Vampires have a minor allergy to silver that most of the population of Shadyside has managed to evolve from. Same with Daywalkers, but their minor-mostly-evolved-from allergy is from gold. They willingly use those colors in their clothing (and make jewelry out of those materials) as a sign of their strength and how they've developed past that weakness.

Daywalkers use their fire for glass-making, as well as metal work and in some cases medicine. In emergencies, they use their fire to cauterize wounds, searing up the skin until they can get proper treatment. It's a very painful process that takes a lot of heat since they're resistant to fire, and as aso whoever is wielding the flame needs to be either really determined or desperate for the fire they create to be so strong.

In Shadyside is considered rude to enter anywhere uninvited. When visiting someone else's home or some kind of institution, Vampires wait outside until greeted in by a host. Public spaces like stores have signs to welcome people in. Instead of having an "open/closed" sign, they have ones that say "come in/no visitors" or something. It's actually kind of holy with how much they respect the habit. Like, so ingrained into them that they feel unavoidibly bad if they invite themselves somewhere. Yeah, they can fly around and cause a ruckus and be menaces but they will knock at your door and politely wait for you to invite them in. Teens make a game out of it, one has to politely turn down a friend trying to come into the house, while that friend has to be as sweet and polite as possible while asking to get in. Whoever laughs/gets sassy first loses.

Following up, when they first meet Daywalkers in camp they immediately think they're rude as hell because from their point of view they don't have any manners. They just go places and invite themselves in.

Which actually is great when Daywalkers and Vampires become friends. When trying to break into someplace they shouldn't or trying to be imposive, Daywalkers strut in and invite the Vampires inside. Wacky? Maybe, but it's enough of an invitation for the Vampires to not worry about getting in.

Follow up follow up, the equal habit/tradition for Daywalkers is doing things as a community. Not saying Vampires are individualists or anything, but it's common practice in Sunnyside to not do things alone. Whether is taking a walk or doing groceries or cooking, Daywalkers always do it as a group, and it's considered bad manners to not join when you see someone doing an activity alone. If someone asks to be alone is cause for worry, and usually it means that person is sick or troubled. It's not uncommon for Daywalkers to tag along when they see a friend doing shopping or some other job. They also always bring stuff over when they're going to a planned meet up, be that food or games or else. Showing up empty handed isn't bad manners exactly, but cause for light teasing and friendly rubbing. When Z4 rolls around and everyone is at camp, Daywalkers can't help but think Vampires are cold when they see many of them going off alone and doing things on their own. They take it as the Vampires being stuck up and just generally unfriendly.

The Daywalkers just look human to me and that's A Problem. I think it's because they're a made up race for the movie (I think?? Please tell me if Daywalkers are an actual thing). Anyways I'm gonna give them some more beastly traits for that. You know how Vampires are said to turn into bats?? Yeah Daywalkers are said to turn into fenix birds.

Daywalkers are both more energetic and more powerful when the sun is out. Depending on how bright/hot it shines, the more awake and strong they are. Sick Daywalkers wear less clothing so that more of their skin is in direct contact with sunlight. When golden hour hits they go to sleep not so much because it's their "night time" but because since the sun set, they get sleepy and lowkey weak.

Vampires love storms. Lightining storms are favored days, both romaticized and considered something of a city-wide holiday event. Taking your partner to a flight in the middle of a thunder storm is considered a prime date activity. For Daywalkers, the equal would be a cloudless day, and as for the date material probably a campfire in the beach, where you'd have the heat of the sun, the warmed sand and the fire.

Vampires and Daywalkers have thousands of stories, both fiction and truem that the other side has no idea about. When both tribes fall into peace again teens are constantly hanging over to share their favorite books and movies. Also just celebrity culture?? Oh and music!! Lots of songs the other side never heard, and also probably new instruments and music types due to their different livestyles, preferences and powers.

Lots of developments that one city had, the other didn't. Once peace is achieved cientists and workers from both sides gather and share all their knowledge and skills.

Daywalkers are more skilled in metal work and glass work due to their powers, as I said, and are able to cauterize equipment with their fire. However, Vampires are more developed in the culinary sense. Since their fangs allow them to suck all the juice out of Blood Fruits, they don't need to add the fruits to their meals, which resulted in them taking more risks while making recipes. Daywalkers still add Blood Fruits to their meals, if not basing their entire dishes on it, while Vampires have tons of recipes where the fruit's not included at all.

Following up, I'm not a nutritionist or anything, but let's dive a bit into the Blood Fruit. Since there were cakes and I think fruit-meat brochettes during the last song, they all obviously can eat other things. But whatever the Blood Fruit offers them is necessary. But how often do they need to eat the fruit? And how much? Going just off the top of my head, anyone can pitch in on this, but I'm gonna say that, to be completely healthy, both Daywalkers and Vampires need to consume about three fruit a day. In families, that could be around 9-15 fruits depending on how many kids a couple has. Some families distribute the fruit between breakfast, lunch and dinner, meanwhile other families opt to eat all the fruit in one meal.

When the gardens start getting sick and not baring enough fruit, the distribution dwindles down to one fruit per day (so 3-5 depending on the family) and by the time Z4 starts, that has dwindled down further to one fruit every two to three days. Both cities were preparing to go to war for the Orchard, and so were rationing the fruit accordingly. When Vargas said he was starving he was only half-joking. During the movie, all kids eat meats and fruits high in iron to make up for the lack of Blood Fruit (And because I'm argentinian and I love morcilla I'm gonna say one of those foods is blood sausage).

Vampires have developed a second language made entirely of hisses, while Daywalkers have developed a language made out of the sounds of crackling fire (Firish from Elemental. Because the creators made Firish an actual language with rules and it's learnable and that is fucking sick). While they still use their normal dialects as the main communication form, they still use these secondary languages to communicate from time to time. I imagine parents use the second language when trying to share secrets when their kids are still too young to understand the words.

Following up, Vampires can read the stars, and Daywalkers can read smoke signals, while also being able to tell which material fire is burning due to both the fire itself and the smoke.

Just like Daywalkers think Vampires use their fangs to suck blood out of peope, Vampires think Daywalkers choke people by burning the oxygen in the air. They also think Daywalkers are vain and care too much about their looks, same way Daywalkers think Vampires are cruel and creepy.

Vampires have their eyes shining red when they use their powers. That's unfair >:[ Along with the lack of fangs it makes the Daywalkers look like humans with fire powers when in comparison to the Vampires, who look more like monsters. So I hereby declare Daywalkers have their eyes shine gold when they use their powers. Or they can shine red, too, since it's their shared color.

The Lightstone power makes Daywalkers naturally draw attention to themselves. Like a moth drawn to flame, people find themselves looking at Daywalkers when they walk in a room. Due to the Darkstone, Vampires go the opposite way, and are naturally overlooked, like the shadows at your feet. This feeds into the misconception that Daywalkers are vain and Vampires are devious.

Just like Vampires sleep in caskets, Daywalkers sleep in this kind of nest blanket thingie resembling a cloud (as seen in the camp). Because again why are Vampires the ones depicted as more monstrous when they're supposed to be opposites of a spectrum??

It's kind of unconceivable (?) to me why there'd be a barrier and three keys to protect the Orchard and how the ways to achieve the keys were all messages about unity. Like, Vampires and Daywalkers used to live in peace and share the Orchard, there's no reason why they'd make a barrier once the war began when they already went their separate ways. So. Headcanon that the barrier and the keys were made post-conflict by a group of Daywalkers and Vampires who were friends (because statistically there should have been lovers and friends in the past apart from Victor and Nova). This group escaped to the Orchard and together made the barrier and hid the keys with trials and messages about peace and unity hoping that if one day the future generations came by, they'd grow to understand that they're not supposed to be two warring races, but rather a community. Also headcanoning that they died doing this.

I thought Nova and Ray were cousins to be paralles to Addison and Bucky but they're not?? Apparently?? Anyways if I somehow missed the movie mention they're related ignore this, but Nova and Ray are childhood friends that slowly grew apart as Nova became more idealistic and started doubting the evilness of the Vampires while Ray started to idolise Commander Bright and all the old Daywalkers who made improvements to the community, especially the ones more dedicated to the military/defensive side of things. In Z4 they're still both very fond of each other, but due to their shifting worldviews their relationship has becomes slightly strained. Still despite their differences they try to be there for each other, even though every time Ray gets starry eyed when listening to her dad Nova wants to sweep him down into the sand, and whenever Nova visibly grows doubtful when someone badtalks the Vampires Ray wants to light a fire next to her ear.

Vampire kids have obligatory flight lessons, and Daywalkers have obligatory aiming lessons. Both focus a lot on control and direction and strength, and Idk I just think it's neat.

Daywalkers hate humid spaces, and have an innate fear of water. You know how we only see the Vampires splashing in the shore?? Yeah that's because Daywalkers are uneasy about generally any liquid. Kids have to go through mandatory swim lessons to get them desensitized to this fear, but still they will avoid getting into any body of water unless absolutely necessary. Just like they get sleepy when the sun sets, they get grumpy when they're wet, which is why swimming isn't exactly popular on Sunnyside. Water's too cold for them man, you put a fire under water and the flame dies, of course they hate anything humid. It doesn't rain in Sunnyside, so with the Vampires' powers and the Daywalkers' innate fear of water, they think rain is something Evil and Creepy and Bad all around. When the rain that saved the Orchard first came they were fine for a bit, the rush of victory and peace and finally not going to be starving anymore washing over them, but after a few minutes all the Daywalkers were lokwey slumping over, grumbling under their breaths. Like yes yes, the Orchard grew anew and there's plenty of Blood Fruit to go around, but can't the rain go away now??

Hmmm what other monster traits to give Daywalkers hmmmm. Heat vision??? Yeah sure, very skilled Daywalkers are able to use heat vision. Cientists are studying the gene that gives people this skill and seeing if there's a way for the population to obtain it without needing to train as hard.

Also still mad Vampires have the visual tell of their fangs for being monsters, let's give the Daywalkers some of that. Hmm let's see. Vampires use their fans to suck the juice out of the Blood Fruit, so something fruit related as well. Harvest?? Claws?? Claws for harvest?? Maybe. Or like, claws for climbing up for harvest. Yeah let's go with that. In the flashback we see Vampires and Daywalkers use those double end, circle blades to harvest fruit, so the fruit hat to be very up high for them to not just pluch it with their hands, while in the present the kids have no problem getting at the fruit themselves. Let's say since the Vampires and Daywalkers locked themselves out of the Orchard, the Blood Fruit trees no longer had their common threat, reason why there was an overabundance of fruit that through the years made the trees grow shorter due to both the weight of all the ripe fruit and the lack of threats. So while in the present people can just grab the fruits, in the past people used the blades to harvest, and Daywalkers could actually just spontaneusly grow claws to climb the trees which branches were too up high for the blades to reach. There :D Monstrous Daywalkers.

Following up let's say the Daywalkers train themselves out of using their claws because they consider them monstrous and Vampire-like instead of the neccesary evolution of their genes so that they could easily reach their innate desirable food. Also Daywalkers just have really rough palms due to always casting fireballs in their hands.

Both Daywalkers and Vampires can easily tell North from South from East and West. Like, innate skill they have. They also both have an urge to be in the sky. The Vampires can please this urge thanks to their powers, meanwhile Daywalkers just make due by keeping themselves warm, as their urge is more about getting closer to the sun. Still, there's a lot of sky imagery in both cities, as seen by the cloud beds Daywalkers have.

Daywalkers like spicy foods meanwhile Vampires like salty foods. Do I need to say anything else.

And uhhh I think that's all?? Yeah that's all the Thoughts for now :] Again these are all silly headcanons that I'm just writing down based on vibes and what I think is fun. Hope you enjoyed them!!

We weren’t there to shop you said that right away like it was a rule we both understood

The mall hummed with fluorescent daylight fake sun poured out of long white tubes and bounced off tile floors polished to a nervous shine

You leaned against the railing on the second level coffee going cold in your hand watching people move below us like slow water

“Daywalkers,” you said

The word made me laugh like we were something else night creatures accidentally caught in the daylight without our armor

Everyone below looked so deliberate

Parents dragging kids past storefronts selling things no one really needed

Teenagers orbiting each other like anxious planets

Couples arguing quietly in front of a pretzel stand

Old men walking laps like the mall was a track for the nearly forgotten

You narrated them like a wildlife documentary

Here we see the suburban shopper in it’s natural habitat

And every now and then you’d bump your shoulder into mine like you were checking to make sure I was still there

I watched the people but mostly I watched you

Your hair falling in your eyes your crooked half-smile every time someone did something strange like the man trying on three identical jackets as if one might finally tell him who he was

We sat there for hours doing nothing useful

Just two night-thinkers pretending to be normal in the middle of the afternoon

The mall kept glowing

The daywalkers kept moving

And for a little while above the crowd in that fake sunlight we felt invisible

He still needs a codename :/