#eli zeth

Notes: Solus Vetra belongs to the wonderful @overcaffeinated-creative! 

Tiberius let out a content sigh as he curled up against the nice, warm body beside him while a hand played with his hair and the little bundle between them curled up against him. “How about I go get some caf made up?” Eli asked thoughtfully as he moved his hand down to Tib’s shoulder to give him a light shake. “Pre has scheduled a meeting for this morning, remember? And we should have the wake up call in three, two…..”.

As on cue, a certain little ball of unholy energy slammed the door open and ran into the room, then right up to Eli’s side of the bed. “Breakfast!” The paint brat announced as he beamed up at them, which caused Tib to let out a defeated sigh while Eli ruffled Jona’s hair.

“Thank you, Jona.” Eli answered. “Shouldn’t you be helping your  buir feed Tristan?”.

“Tristan likes art too.” Jona reasoned as he looked at Tiberius and Aveza curiously. “Is Unca Tib an’ Vee still sleepin’?”.

“No, they’re grumpy at Uncle Pre. We have a very important meeting this morning.”.

Jona nod slightly. “I’ll go tell Mama to start the caf!” And with that, the brat bolted out of the room while Tib sat up and moved Aveza to his lap, earning a fussy whine in response.

“See, even he knows I hate mornings and Ziva’s going to be like this for the rest of the day.” Tiberius pointed out as he frowned at Aveza’s mess of hair, which caused Eli to chuckle. “Why did he have to plan it this early? Does he want me to kick Dred’s ass?”.

“Everybody has fun watching you deck whichever dumbass disrespects Clan Vizsla.”.

Tiberius rolled his eyes in response as he got off the bed with Aveza in his arms and walked out of the room, he smiled slightly as he felt the childish excitement from the boys. It was a nice feeling this early in the morning.

“There’s the smile.” Eli muttered cheerfully as he fell into step besides the younger man as they walked towards the kitchen of the rather large complex, which caused Tib to lean against him.

Pre watched as a particular young couple entered the kitchen, which resulted in Tiberius passing Aveza to her father and making a beeline to the counter to get his first cup of caf, it took at least three for him to reasonable during morning meetings.

“Ah, ah, ah, go sit down with Solus.” Pre said as he intercepted the younger man and redirected him towards the table, where Solus as sluggishly drinking her own caf.

Tiberius sighed but complied nonetheless and swiped Aveza back from Eli in the process before settling on the chair and started combing his fingers through her hair. “We should start stashing a hairbrush in here.” Tiberius muttered as Aveza rubbed at her eyes.

“Meanie.” The two-year-old stated as she glared at Pre.

“Daddy will kick his butt later when we’re sparring.” Tiberius assured her as he glared evilly at Pre, who rolled his eyes and retrieved the hairbrush that Bo-Katan had actually stashed by the caf maker and walked over it to his half-brother with the peace offering. “When does the meeting start anyway?”

“Now, actually.” Pre answered as Eli walked over with a mug of caf and handed it to Tiberius who looked at Pre as if he suddenly grew a second head.

“Where is everybody?”.

“Here. Tiberius, you remember that recent job on Coruscant, don’t you?” Pre asked as he nod towards Solus who was giving him the same confused look. “Solus Vetra, this is my younger half-brother, Tiberius.”,

Tiberius stared at him for a moment before looking at Solus. “Wait…...she’s that Jedi that jumped your sorry ass, right?” Tiberius asked slowly as it dawned on him who the former Jedi was as he stared at her. “You tried to kill me on Coruscant.”.

“I….That was you?” Solus asked in a bit of surprise as the two stared at each other while Aveza glared at Pre, and at least one of them were awake.

Pre looked down as Jona tugged on his pants leg and smiled at the boy who simply gave him an Ursa’s classic unimpressed look. “I has new paint.” Jona stated ominously.

“And your mother needs to limit your exposure to your Auntie Bo.” Pre responded, although a bit disturbed that he was being threatened by a three-year-old and noticed a very familiar, and rather rude gesture Solus gave him before she turned her attention back to Tiberius.

“It’s really too early for this, can I go back to bed, please?” Tib asked as he pushed the mug away and glared at Pre.

“Yeah, and save this for later? When we’re both more aware too?” Solus added as she cast a glare at Pre as well.

“I get it, you can find a date on your own, but making me wake up at this Force forsaken hour isn’t worth it.” Tib turned his attention back to the Kiffar toddler. “When was the last time you checked on the affairs of our clan?”.

“I want you two to meet in a more peaceful situation.” And Pre had checked in, he knew there was some difficulties over the affiliations right now, and Satine seemed to find it necessary to grill Tiberius over his own affiliations.

“Daddy?” Aveza asked as she glared at Pre. “Can we throws hairbrush at Unca Pre, pwease?”.

“Yep.” Solus answered as she smiled at the girl who looked at her then proceed to ruffle the brat’s hair, which earned an annoyed sigh from Tib. “We can certainly do that, since Uncle Pre needs to learn that some people like to sleep.”.

Tiberius pointed the brush at Pre. “Three against one, brother dear.” Tib stated as he proceed to do as the brat requested, which was intercepted by Ursa. “Ursa! Come on, he deserves it!”.

“I won’t disagree with you on that, Tiberius, but why don’t your return to bed? I rather not deal with you acting like this for the rest of the day.” Ursa stated sternly and glared at the count who glared right back for a few seconds Tib to sigh and push his chair back and turn towards the door with Aveza, then leave without another word. “Solus, why don’t you go back to bed too? Which means,” Ursa looked towards her eldest. “Jona, could you show Auntie Solus her room, please?”.

“Okay, Mama!” Jona rushed over and grabbed Solus’s hand. “C’mon, Auntie! Boo choose a room with lots of art an’ a fluffy bed for you!”.

“Okay, okay, I’m coming.” Solus said fondly as she picked Jona up, who grinned happily. “Ursa! I think I might keep him!”.

“Feel free.” Ursa said as the brat winked at them before the pair left the room.

“That went better than expected.” Eli piped up as he sipped at his own caf. “Alrich and I fully expected them to go berserk on you.”.

“Thank you for the vote of confidence, gentlemen.” Pre snipped at the Kiffar who smirked at him while Alrich ignored him as he tried to clean Tristan’s hands.

“Next time, listen to me when I tell you something.” Ursa said as she pointed the hairbrush at him with an unimpressed look. “A more peaceful situation would be any time but the morning. Even a battlefield.”.

Notes: Hogwarts AU for the win!

Eli quickly made his way down the corridor and turned the corner just in time to collide with somebody with enough force to end them both crashing to floor, with Eli on top of whoever he landed on.

“Ow….” The other student groaned as he looked up at Eli and glared at him in contempt. “Would you please get off?”.

“Ah, right. Sorry!” Eli respond as he quickly got off the guy and stood then offered his hand to his victim, with the realization of who it was he walked into – Tiberius Vizsla, just his luck, all the Vizslas tend to be very – as his mother put it – difficult to deal with. “Are you okay, Tiberius?”.

“No harm done, but I’d like to know your name since you know mine.” Tiberius answered as he retrieved his book then accepted Eli’s hand by clasping Eli’s forearm, which allowed the other fifth year to pull him to his feet.

“Elijah Zeth.” Eli answered cheerfully as he released Tiberius’s arm, and earned a small smile in return. “Sorry again for running into you, I was kinda trying to ru –”.

“ELIJAH MATTHIAS ZETH! GET YOUR ARSE BACK HERE!” The all too familiar voice of a certain Slytherin Perfect yelled, which cut off Eli and caused Tiberius to sigh then give Eli a smirk as he slipped his wand out and aimed it towards Eli.

“Shite! You never saw me.” Eli said as he looked over his shoulder then at Tiberius.

“Relax.” Tiberius said as he caught Eli’s hand as the other boy when to bolt. “Did he actually catch you or were you in the vicinity?”.

“Vicinity, he didn’t actually see me do it?”.

Tiberius nod slightly as he dragged Eli off to the side of the corridor to a bench and sat down, patting the spot next to him. “Sit down, we’ll just make it look like you’ve been here the entire time. I know there’s a few Slytherins who love to mess with him.”.

Eli complied and leaned closer towards Tiberius as he opened his book again, one that kinda caught Eli off guard. “You don’t strike me as being that sorta person, mate.”.

“Whatever do you mean?”.

“Care of Magical Creatures?”.

Tiberius smiled slightly. “What did I strike you as?”.

“Potions.”.

Tiberius closed his book again and looked at him fully with an unimpressed look, although Eli could totally see the humor in Tiberius’s warm brown eyes. “Potions? Really?” Tiberius repeated as he tapped his book. “Please, do I look like a vampire to you?”.

“How many eye of newt are in Professor Snape ‘s eye of newt jar?”.

“I don’t know, twenty-one?.” Tiberius offered as a pair of second-years appeared around the corner while they snickering at each other. “And why is this really that surprising, hmm? Tell me.”.

“You’re…….very chilly.”.

“I have my reasons.”  Eli nod slightly at that. “I’m sure you’ll figure out to give me a reason to be warmer towards you.”.

“Hey, Eli!” The redhead – Fenn Rau, that kid was hard to forget – greeted warmly.

“Fenn, Glenn, could you two do me a favor?” Tiberius asked with a small smirk, which caused the boys glanced at each other then walked over.

The blond raised an eyebrow at Tiberius. “I don’t know, Jax says we’re not supposed to be talking to you.” The kid said as he eyed Tib with bright green eyes.

“Sure.” The redhead said as he looked towards Eli than smirked before he looked back at Tiberius. “Let me guess, you want us to keep Pre busy?”.

The dark-haired teen gave a slight nod which caused the pair to grin viciously. “I’ll spend the holidays with Rav and Jax if you do so.”.

The boys stared at him for a second before looking at each other then back at him. “Oh……” The boys said in unison before nodding.

“Deal, and you better bring a date too.” Fenn said as he grabbed his cousin and dragged the other boy off to find their target, and winked at Eli in the process

Eli chuckled as he looked towards Tiberius. “Well, aren’t you a charmer?”.

Tiberius just smiled at him warmly as he opened his book again. “I have no idea……”.

“Uh-huh.” Eli swiped the book from his new friend and stood. “I can think of a few places where Pre can’t find us, if ya wanna come?”.

Introducing Elijah “Eli” Zeth, the Kiffar right hand man and best friend of Tiberius Vizsla.

Eli was originally a member of Clan Shysa until he was adopted by Karva Zeth in the aftermath of the Massacre of Dxun.

“Don’t you love me?” Tiberius whined petulantly which caused Eli to sigh as he slipped the glass away from his idiot of an lieutenant and gently pat Tib’s head as the other young man pouted at him.

“Now you’re just being dramatic, Tiberius.” Eli sighed as he leaned back against the counter. “And you know I love you.”.

“I do?” Tiberius asked innocently as he narrowed his surprisingly warm eyes at Eli, which earned a chuckle from the Kiffar. He honestly loved seeing Tib so open and relaxed like this, even if it meant dealing with a hungover grump in the morning.

“Yes, you do. You just like acting like an asshole.”.

“Oh.” Tiberius said as he looked up at Eli affectionately while he sat up. “I’m sorry, it’s just…..sometimes other people’s moods really affect me.”.

“I know, Tibs. That’s why I talk you into this.” Eli says as he eyed the tihaar and wondered if Bo might’ve spiked it, since Pre was usually above that. “And I do love you.”.

“Really?” If Eli wasn’t familiar with a drunk Tiberius, he’d assume that Tib was messing him.

“Mhm.” Eli leaned over to kiss Tib’s forehead which caused Tib to beam at him. “Let's get you to bed, yeah? Before Pre discovers what I did.”.

“Okay.” Tiberius complied as he stood and stumbled into Eli. “An’ I think you’ll have to be more worried ‘bout tryin’ t’ seduce his heir than that.”.

“Not my fault you have a better taste than he does.” Eli smiled as Tiberius started giggling at that.

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Eli sighed as a hand caught his wrist and pulled him back into the bed. “You did this.” Tiberius snipped at him blearily and cuddled up against his side. “You get to share in the suffering.”.

“Don’t you want any caf?” Eli asked as he looked towards the chrono, it was still kinda early.

“No.” Tiberius stated curtly as he rested his head on Eli’s shoulder and gave a content sigh.

“A shower.” Eli offered which caused Tib to shake his head in return.

“No.”.

“How about…..?”.

“I want you in the bed, you’re warm and we both have no idea what kind of mood my brother’s in.” Tiberius muttered as Eli played with his hair a bit. “I don’t like Dooku or how he’s treating Pre. I feel like he’s using us for his own games.”.

Eli nod slightly. “Wouldn’t be the first time Mandos were used by Sith like that. And taking into consideration of Pre starting to act like Tor…..” Eli found it best to leave the sentence there.

Tiberius hummed in agreement. “So, you stay here and reap what you sow.”.

“Lucky me.” Eli muttered before squirming away from Tiberius. “No tickling! Bad Tiberius!”.

“I have no idea what you’re talking about, Elijah. Absolutely no idea.” Tiberius remarked as he grinned mischievously then winced and rubbed his temples. “My head is killing me.”.

53: Mutual Pining

69: Flirting Under Fire

Ooh, this is going to be fun!

I think it would be fair to say that Tiberius isn’t exactly the touchy-feely sorts, which comes mostly from his upbringing and the fact he’s one of Pre’s top officers. Meanwhile, there’s Eli.

Eli’s one of the few people that Tiberius is actually open with, and one of the even fewer who can catch him off guard and embarassing the poor guy while simultaneously pissing him off. He’s the one who constantly flirts with Tib, just to get a rise out of his friend.

So, I would probably write it as the two on a mission – likely some point when Maul and Savage form an alliance with Pre – and Pre assigns these two to deal with gang members who splintered off from the the Shadow Collective.

They end up getting pinned down somewhere with Tiberius muttering about the nonsense that he has to deal with while Eli just slips in to the hiding spot with him to tell Tib he has a plan, which causes Tib to ask him what it is and Eli to respond with something like “Come here often, handsome?”.

Which would result in Tib rolling his eyes and reminding Eli to focus on the job.

And Eli would attempt to flirt again by complimenting Tib’s sneer or his tone, just to annoy Tib who will snap at him to start fighting back.

If things start getting a bit out of hand or downright stressful for Tib, he’ll actually start flirting back at Eli, which just turns into banter between the two and serves as a bit of “Hey, I’m not dead yet!” sort of thing.

Notes: Cyclone belongs to the talented @sevlikesallart!

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Eli rolled his eyes fondly as he watched Tib curl into Cyclone’s side with a whine as the other man went to get up which caused the poor guy to tense. “I don’t wanna get up…..” The young Lord Vizsla whined as Cyclone settled back down on the bed. “You’re comfy.”.

Cyclone gently raked his fingers through Tib’s hair, which earned a content sigh. “I am?” The clone asked as Tib hummed sleepily

“Eli….come back to bed, it’s too early!” Tib murmured as he glanced in Eli’s direction sleepily.

“How about I go get the girls first?” Eli asked as he heard some thuds coming from outside the room and down the hallway, as well as Hana screeching Aveza’s nickname. “I’ll be back.”.

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Cyclone looked down at Tiberius and reached up to play with the other man’s hair, which earned a content sigh. “Aveza, no running!” Cyclone grinned slightly as Aveza rushed into the room and pounced on the bed.

“Good morning, Ziva.” Cyclone said which caused the girl to grin as she walked over and started to shake Tib.

“Mornin’! Come on, Daddy! You can’t sleep all day!” Aveza declared as Eli entered the room with Hana in his arms, and glaring at her sister.  “Daaaadddddy!”.

“How about you join the cuddle pile instead?” Tib asked as he snatched her and dragged into the blankets with a delighted screech from the girl as she tried to escape. “C’mere!”.

“Papa, help!” Aveza giggled as she reached for Cyclone, which caused him to grin and shake his head as Tib started tickling the giggling toddler. “Pwease!”.

“Somebody’s unusually energetic this morning.” Eli teased as he joined them and handed Hana over to Cyclone but joining them on the bed.

“Zip it.” Tib snipped as he stopped tickling Aveza, who curled up against him. “There, ready to go back to bed?”.

Aveza nod as she continued giggling while Eli muttered something under his breath as he laid next to Cyclone and Hana happily snuggled against Cyclone who smiled softly and gently brushed his fingers through her hair. “And you’re unusually mellow this morning.” Cyclone remarked softly which caused Eli to chuckle.