08-14-2018, 05:10 PM
[div style="width: 45%; margin: auto; font-family: Verdana; font-size: 11px; line-height: 110%; text-align: justify"]People say that death is eternal sleep, but that can't be further from the truth. Alexander hasn't really slept for nearly two hundred years, and they were not sleeping tonight, either. They are usually in town by now, up to their usual shenanigans with the rest of the vampires, but something kept them home.
The vampire is currently sprawled out across the couch, dressed only in an oversized t-shirt and boxers, burgundy eyes staring distantly at the ceiling. The passage of time is different when your immortal, not every second matters when you're going to live forever. When Alex was first turned, it scared them. Time felt like ants crawling across their skin. It still feels like that, in the morning hours, when they're stuck between awake and asleep. Always being on the move fills up the time. It passes faster when you're having fun, doesn't it?
They jump at the sound of a knock at their door, snapping out of the dissociative state they had been stuck in. They pause, trying to gather up their thoughts, scrambling to return to the person they usually were. "Xenia! I'm coming, wait one minute." They yell, rolling off the couch and jogging to the front of the apartment, quickly combing through their hair and straightening wrinkles in their shirt. Their appearance was always important, even in front of friends on casual days.
Alex swings open the door with a smile, reaching out to pull the smaller girl into their arms. They stop short when they see her expression, their own immediately becoming more serious. Their friendly demeanor becomes a touch softer, empathetic in the face of Xenia's apparent sadness. "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?" They ask, opening the door wider, gesturing for the other vampire to come in. They keep their hands to themself despite wants to reach out and wrap Xenia in a hug, unsure if she would like the physical contact while being distressed. They get to work on making the livingroom more comfortable, pulling out blankets from the closet and pushing pillows closer together, their worry for their friend bleeding through their movements. "Um. I'm sorry it's a bit messy, I was kinda just laying around. Do you need anything? Want some coffee? You a tea girl?"
The vampire is currently sprawled out across the couch, dressed only in an oversized t-shirt and boxers, burgundy eyes staring distantly at the ceiling. The passage of time is different when your immortal, not every second matters when you're going to live forever. When Alex was first turned, it scared them. Time felt like ants crawling across their skin. It still feels like that, in the morning hours, when they're stuck between awake and asleep. Always being on the move fills up the time. It passes faster when you're having fun, doesn't it?
They jump at the sound of a knock at their door, snapping out of the dissociative state they had been stuck in. They pause, trying to gather up their thoughts, scrambling to return to the person they usually were. "Xenia! I'm coming, wait one minute." They yell, rolling off the couch and jogging to the front of the apartment, quickly combing through their hair and straightening wrinkles in their shirt. Their appearance was always important, even in front of friends on casual days.
Alex swings open the door with a smile, reaching out to pull the smaller girl into their arms. They stop short when they see her expression, their own immediately becoming more serious. Their friendly demeanor becomes a touch softer, empathetic in the face of Xenia's apparent sadness. "Hey, are you okay? What's wrong?" They ask, opening the door wider, gesturing for the other vampire to come in. They keep their hands to themself despite wants to reach out and wrap Xenia in a hug, unsure if she would like the physical contact while being distressed. They get to work on making the livingroom more comfortable, pulling out blankets from the closet and pushing pillows closer together, their worry for their friend bleeding through their movements. "Um. I'm sorry it's a bit messy, I was kinda just laying around. Do you need anything? Want some coffee? You a tea girl?"
LOVIN' WHAT I'M TASTIN',
VENOM ON MY TONGUE.
☾∗ˈ‧₊° ─[COLOR=WHITE] SIPPIN' ON STRAIGHT CHLORINE!
VENOM ON MY TONGUE.
☾∗ˈ‧₊° ─[COLOR=WHITE] SIPPIN' ON STRAIGHT CHLORINE!