Alastor X Reader: Blood For Freedom

48. Relief

*** Alastor's POV ***

We fell asleep together last night, tangled up in each other. I noticed you were quiet and clung to me for dear life it seemed. But I didn't think anything of it until the morning, when I realized you haven't so much as moved. I knew you never slept through the night, even the previous nights here you had gotten up, although you were being quiet I always woke up when I no longer felt your heat next to me. Luckily you always came back shortly and even if you didn't sleep you stayed on the bed drawing or reading in candle light, which allowed me to sleep knowing you were there.

This, however, had me worried. You were laying on your side, your body giving occasional shudders. I could see a small layer of sweat on your forehead and when I felt it I knew you were running a small fever.

"Sunshine, its morning." I brushed you cheek but you didn't respond at first. Instead trying to prop yourself up on your arm but it looked like your muscles failed you with not enough strength to do that.

"Nnnngghh..." You groaned weakly.

I was in a bit of a panic. I didn't know what to do here. It was clear you were unwell but why? I didn't even think you could get sick due to your own abilities, your blood healed everything right away, even the lovebites and little scratches from our yesterday's escapades were already gone. So what gives? I was worried I had done something wrong, but I didn't even know what. I started racking my brain for anyone or anything that could give an answer or at least help you.

Lucifer and Charlie could heal, but I doubted they knew what this was about. And again, I didn't think you were sick or hurt. Rosie was the next to come to mind because I trusted her and she was generally quite knowledgable and wise, but she didn't know anything about your abilities besides what we told her yesterday. So, the obvious option became your equivalent to Rosie - Stolas.

I found your phone on the nightstand and opened it up, the first thing that popped up was a notes application filled with bullet points titled "Alastor gift ideas" and it listed everything from radios, to skulls, knives, different cooking things, even specific stores we went to around cannibal town where you thought you could find me gifts. My face flushed at the sweet gesture, slightly embarrassed that I saw it. But I closed out of it and found your contacts dialing Stolas, who answered pretty quickly.

"Hey girlie! Whats up? I was just about to call you, Via's birthday was coming up and she was hoping to have a party at the hotel so you could be there." I forgot you haven't so much as checked your phone the last couple of days, never mind update Stolas on the new situation with your soul.

"Uh, hey Stolas, its Alastor, I'm calling from Y/n's phone." I answered awkwardly, making a mental note of his ask to tell you about later.

"Alastor? Why are you... is Y/n okay?"

"I'm... not sure." I looked over at you on the bed, still barely responsive and described to Stolas your symptoms and why I had called. Finishing with "I didn't even think she could get sick."

"No she can't get sick like normal demons, so thats not it." He confirmed my suspicious, "Say, what have you two been up to?"

I was confused at the question but answered anyway, retelling everything that happened since the day I got your soul. Although I didn't go into detail of our more intimate moments, I did opt to tell him they happened. I knew you trusted Stolas and he knew about your past experiences, plus he was clearly invested in your well being over judging either of us. To my relief it didn't even give him pause and was really starting to see why you felt secure relying on him. Once I finished he hummed in thought.

"Hmmm... I think... I know whats going on here."

"You do?" I was hopeful at his response, but his hesitancy struck me as odd.