Oc Stories

Safe Place {Normal AU}

Small trigger warning for S/A hinted at as well as death and abuse. It's about Pietro finding his sister at a safe house.
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Pietro jumped off his horse as he came closer to the building surrounded by a tall stone wall. The gate strong and definitely couldn't be climbed over considering the spikes at the top, and you definitely couldn't hop over the wall because there were spikes ontop and on the floor underneath.
He had to get them to let him in.
"HELLO?! SOMEONE?!" he yells, cupping his hands around his mouth to try boost his voice up.
The building was quite big. Beautiful. It was white with wooden railings and steps up to the door. The windows clean with pretty curtains, window boxes covered with flowers.
Everything seemed to be so.
Well.
Clean.
The door opened, a tall woman walking out.
She had dark skin, blood red eyes and short black hair, a clip keeping one side out of her face, the rest of her hair falling over her right eye. Her obvious fangs seen. Definitely a vampire, the marks on her neck.
She wore high waisted pants that a black button up shirt was tucked into thigh high heeled crimson boots, fitting her muscular build. The sleeved rolled up to her elbows. A grey waistcoat over her shirt.
She crossed her arms, tilting her head slightly.
"What's it now, huh?" she raised an eyebrow, walking right up to the gates, her hands sliding into her waistcoat pockets "I swear one of my girls warned me about you?"
"One of your girls?- Ugh- I don't care- MY SISTER lives here. I need to see her."
"Sister, huh? Are you sure? The girl who warned me about her father. The father who... Looks exactly like you." she slowly blinks her blood red eyes, her eyelashes long and dark making them pop out.
"I wouldn't have a fucking child she's almost my age, you cunt" he snaps, grabbing onto the bars "I don't know WHO you are. But all I know is that my sister is in that fucking building and I'm not leaving until she's next to ME."
There's silence.
The woman taking out a cigarette, placing it onto her dark lips, lighting it and stepping forward again, removing the cigarette and puffing smoke into his face" Get lost. I keep my girls safe. You're a danger."
Pietro coughs wildly into his arm, stumbling back as he rubs his eyes.
"I SWEAR TO FUCKING GOD WHOR-"
"Valencia, stop" a woman's voice is heard, a hand gently resting upon the vampires.
The woman had short shoulder length black hair and pink narrowed eyes, dark makeup on. She wore a plain old boring grey village dress. Tan skin.
Penny.
Pietro freezes as he lays his eyes upon his sister, his mouth opening in shock.
"Valencia- can we PLEASE let him in?"
"Mm... I'm sorry Pen, but that I can't do. No men are allowed on the property. The ladies get scared, you know" she mumbles, bending down and kissing her cheek gently.
Pietro scowls "THEN CAN SHE COME OUT?!"
"Give me a second, red face" Valencia scoffs, stepping back.
It takes ten minutes. But the gates finally open.
And as soon as they do, Penny rushes into her brothers embrace.
Pietro scoops her up, spinning her around as he hugs her close. Before putting her down and grabbing her shoulders "WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?! MAMA HAS BEEN SO WORRIED- WE-WE THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!" His voice cracks, tears welling up in his sad pink eyes.
"I would of been if it wasn't for Valencia" she looks at the vampire, who nods "Once... Mama and Paavo were taken. Long after you ran away. I was sent to a slave camp instead."
"Fuck- Penny-"
She gently covers his mouth "I refused to do any work. So instead... They uh... Used me for other things." she grows pale.
Pietro looks horrified as he lets go of his sister "Th-they-"
"But... Valencia found me. She saved me! She brought me here... It's... It's a womans safe house. For trauma and sickness... If you don't have a home, Valencia brings you here... And... I didn't know where anybody was."
"I-I... Gave... You m-my address-"
"I didn't want to burden you."
Pietro's face grows red again "Y-YOU THINK YOU'D BE A BURDEN?! I-I WENT THROUGH SO MUCH AND-AND IF I HAD YOU WITH ME AND I-I KNEW YOU WERE SAFE I-I-" he chokes back sobs as he throws his arms up slightly "I-IT WOULD OF BEEN SO MUCH EASIER!"
Penny watches him sadly, clearly panicking at his loud voice, Valencia noticing and gently holding her shoulders.
"I-I... I'm sorry" she whispers.
Pietro calms down after a while, shakily wiping his eyes "No-no no it's not your fault- none of this is-" he gently takes his sisters hand, pulling her into a soft and gentle hug, shushing her softly and stroking her hair "I'm so-SO sorry I couldn't- help you" he whispers.
"Like you said... Not your fault either."
They hugged a while just, enjoying their embrace.
Thoughts rushing through Pietro's head.
Penny pulled away, a confused look on her face "How... How did you find me though?"
"I had a friend- she uh- used to live here-" he glances at Valencia and then back at Penny "She left me a letter saying you were here and an address. I found it in her room because- well- before she could give it to me she-"
"Oh? What is her name?" Valencia uncrosses her arms.
"Ah... It was... Kimlee."
"Kimlee?.. Oh! Her- jesus she hasn't been here in a year? I'm glad she got a job and found a place to settle down."
"... She did have a job."
"Huh?"
"She was killed."
Valencia shuts up, shocked "She's... Dead?!"
"Yeah... She uh... She was killed a few weeks ago."
There's silence again as Valencia rubs her neck.
Pietro sighs shakily, grabbing his sisters hand again "Penny- please let me take you home!" he whispers "Mama will be so happy to see you. She hasn't smiled in days, Penny."
"Pietro..." she takes a deep breath, speaking in Spanish "I can't leave here. I... Don't want to leave this place. Its so comforting and I feel safe."
Pietro looks hurt as he rubs his chest "What about our mama?" he whines.
"Mama will be fine... She's coped long enough without me-" she gently rests a hand on his arm "Pietro... Don't tell her I'm still alive."
"Penny I can't lie-"
"Please. I'm not going back... I have this place. Valencia is my best friend and... It's safe here. Aquarius, Roselake, Willowsdale- there ISN'T a safe village. Anywhere."
A loud roar of thunder is heard as the clouds grow darker, causing Pietro to jump. His eyes darting to the sky, trying not to focus on the loud bangs.
"Mama needs y-"
"No she doesn't..." she sighs, turning back around "Let's go back inside, Valencia." she speaks in English again as she rushes inside, straight into the house.
Valencia rolls her eyes as Pietro yells her name, quickly pulling the gates shut but as they're closing, Pietro rushes in.
The vampire grabs hold of him, throwing him straight down onto the ground, outside the property before the gates slam shut.
He rushes to the bars "PLEASE! MY SISTER NEEDS TO COME HOME- PENNY- PENNY LET ME SPEAK TO YOU PLEASE-" he keeps yelling.
Valencia sighs "Look, kid. I'll look after your sister. All the girls here are protected and looked after by me and two others. No harm will come to her, Ever. Maybe I can convince her to write letters... But maybe I can't."
She ignores Pietros desperate yells as she goes into the house, closing the door behind her.
She walks up to Penny who's being comforted by another girl.
"Mm, thank you Mari" she purrs, gently stroking her hair, turning her attention to Penny.
"Sorry about my brother."
"It's fine. He cares, you know?" she raises an eyebrow, asking to pick her up, which Penny allows, before being scooped up into the taller stronger woman's arms.
She carefully picks Mari up too, carrying them on her hips as she walks into the large living room, sitting them down on the couch. She sits in between them, smiling at them.
"Let's ignore that for now. Let's watch the golden box, Hm?" she mumbles, kissing Penny's head and then the girls head too, putting her arms around them both.
Ultimate lesbian mom - Valencia.
She's a guard at Aquarius during the night everyday
Works at the safe house on a Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday.
Wednesday and Friday she's in Aquarius on her only days off.
She enjoys both her 'jobs' though.
Defending the safe house isn't a job really for her. She enjoys it and she spends all her time making sure the girls are comfortable and happy.
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Pietro lets out a choked sob as he makes his way back to his horse, jumping onto it as he hugs its neck, muffled sobbing as the horse walks, making its way back to Aquarius.
"G-God- Pippi, why can't I just- fucking make people HAPPY?!" he sobs.
Pippi, the horse, neighs, shaking her head.
And she just makes her way to the village in silence, letting Pietro sob on her back, ignoring his amulet that's going off, a call from Jona, Ryar or Pattie probably.
He didn't care.
He just wanted to be alone.
Just leave him alone.