#kaau

nick’s powers don’t come till after he leaves home and trains. there’s a light in him that travels from him or it’s warped around him and flows through into people. it “kills” them, burns them from the inside out - causing boils and burns and it’s been said that if the boils reach your face you become nick’s. walkers, they call them. they’re slow and mindless but they can attack on command. 

madison adores him, though. ever since birth. an uncut diamond, her nicholas. his powers are controllable, less rigid. unlike her second born whose powers are based on whims and twists and rules. – after her favourite leaves home, she locks alicia up, afraid that the baby of the family will leave too. 

- oh man. bby alicia. lonely and kind and smart and just so desperate for approval. her… “other self” isn’t the cleanest when it comes to a deathcount, but she is innocent. innocent and sweet even when there’s black swirling in her eyes and darkness billowing around her. 

sometimes she’ll make the easiest requests of her big brother. “kiss me nicky.”/“harder, nicky.” 

or sometimes it’ll be impractical. “i want her left hand.”

or the cutest little requests. “nick nick nick nick ni-” “yes, love?” “hold me?” 

but always it’s never evil – nick swears by it. even when it drains her to heal people or grant people’s most absurd wishes, she only asks for affection.