Elder Scrolls Drabble

Dark Gift

  So this one is OLD like' reeeeally old. I was cleaning out my storage unit since they keep raising the rent (not doin' that -.-) and found an even older tablet. The power button's a bit tricky, but I got it on and found some old stories XD It doesn't have a title but I'll jot something down I guess.

  Oh and by old...I mean like when Oblivion just came out old. Couple years, but seems like forever! ^-^

It's been awhile since I've posted a drabble so...Disclaimer: Seriously, I don't anything you recognize from Elder Scrolls. Oh and Warning: moderate yaoi? *go men I promise to post a straight story -0-'
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   Silence fell over the Cheydinhal Sanctuary as its occupants fell into sleeps embrace. The underground tunnels became silent and lifeless, except for the lowest, coldest room that belonged to the resident vampire, Vicente Valtieri. He was waiting for the perfect time in which to pass on his 'dark gift' to the newest member of the family. Saldus Feran had been in the Dark Brotherhood for a little over six months, but was already passed Vicente's rank. The quiet Altmer had excelled more quickly than he had expected.

   Saldus was sleeping on an old bed that had been found in the upstairs abandoned house. He shared a room with Vicente since there was not enough room in the living quarters. His bed was on the opposite side of the room than the Vampire's stone slab right below the trap door into Ocheeva's room, but out of the way so it wouldn't block the small ladder. Saldus was a very skinny man so he didn't require much room. Now that he thought of it, Vicente realized that Saldus was quite small by altmer standards. First of all, he was short. Well not short, since he was a little taller than Vicente, but he barley exceeded the height of an imperial. Second, he was extremely frail. Saldus had little muscle and fat. Vicente could see the outline of almost all of his bones through the white linen shirt he was wearing.

   It wasn't only these things that made him stand out. There was his hair. His blonde hair that was so light, it wasn't technically blonde, but white. And the strange thing was that instead of combing his hair back, he combed it forward. It was always just barely out of his eyes. His eyes, that were so unnaturally blue, like frost, that when he looked at you, he stared not at, but through you. They were daggers of snowy ice. Cold, hard set eyes of an assassin, and perhaps, that's what Vicente liked most about him. It was a shame they'd be gone soon, replaced by an eerie dark red.

   Yes, Vicente decided, it would be a shame. He had grown quite fond of Saldus, and the thought of losing any part of the man struck Vicente with a slight twinge of grief.

   "But you will belong to me." Vicente whispered to the still air, his words barely audible. He stood quickly but silently and made his way over to where the elf slept peacefully. When he approached, Saldus did not so much as twitch, oblivious to the Vampire's presence, lost in his dreamless sleep. Vicente only loomed over him, his figure blocking the light from the only small candle, engulfing Saldus in shadow. He bent down, and placed his lips on the pale skin of the sleeping man's neck, hesitating only a few seconds to feel the warmth of Saldus's body beneath him. Vicente had to fight the want to just curl up beside him and wrap him in his arms. Never to let go. To always feel the heat of his soft skin and hear the rhythm of his heart beat as his chest slowly rose and fell in his slumber. And so He did not turn Saldus. No, he did exactly what he had tried not to do.

   Vicente decided it was time for some sleep anyway. He took off his shirt and slowly lifted the covers on Saldus's bed, careful not to wake him. Vicente then snuggled up beside him, enjoying the strong smell that seemed to cover everything the elf owned, and the precious body heat trapped between him and the covers. Everything was perfect. Pure Bliss.

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A bit cheesy, I'll admit. XD thanks for reading my strange and badly written nonsense -3-

~Sensei