Outsiders (DBH Connor x vampire!OC)

Chapter 7

Connor looks at Faith, LED whirling.
"You lost your temper today. What happened really?"
"Fowler doubted my ability to keep it together on crime scenes. I told him I'd manage. He pushed and I told him he knew me. He tipped me over the edge by saying that was the reason he asked. As if he doesn't know me for so long. It has been literal centuries ago since I attacked someone. Centuries."

Faith's jaw is tense. She gets up from the couch and starts pacing.
"And now the two of you know. It bothers me, because of the potential dangers."
"Potential dangers?"
Slightly red eyes look into brown ones.

"I mentioned a group that wanted me. The group I kept refusing, and me ending up the way I was and Fowler finding me? Well they still want me. They use everything they can to get me with them. Everything."

"You're anxiety level is rising." Connor mentions as he gets up and stops her pacing.
"What if the already found out and Hank is in danger?"
She scrambles to take her phone and calls the lieutenant.
He picks up seconds later.

"Everything okay?" He asks.
"Yeah, erm, sure, I just wanted to be sure you got home safe."
"Yeah, I'm home safe. No need to worry."
"Sorry for calling, good night Hank."
She ends the call before he can say something back.

"Your levels are still high."

She ignores Connor and looks at the board.
Underneath the new victim she write, 'attacker, no scent.'
"What does that mean?" Connor stands closer behind Faith than she expected.
"He or she covers their scent. I don't know how. I could only smell the victim."

"Could it be an android?"
"The chance is extremely small since they have been happening for 9 years."

Connor takes a step back and sits down on the seat again.
"I have a question."
"Shoot."
Connor looks confused for a second.
"I'd rather not shoot you, detect... Faith ."
"It's a saying."
He seems to process it.
"Argh... Yeah okay. My question was how you handle food and drinks when you go out with other colleagues for lunch."
"I eat it, vomit it out as soon as I can because my body doesn't process food and drinks anymore."

"With the research I have done, I get the information that you shouldn't be able to go out in sunlight."
"Yet I can. It's a gift of mine. I have yet to meet another vampire that can come out in the sunlight. You can say I am somewhat privileged."

Silence. Faith looks back at the android on her sofa.
He looks deep in thought.
His LED turning red for a few.

"Are you okay Connor?"
"I ... I seem to have trouble processing my emotions."
Faith smiles softly while sitting down next to him.
"Emotions can be overwhelming. And that is okay. I can only imagine how it is for you to suddenly have this flow of emotions."

The two of them stay silent for a while. Seated next to each other on the sofa.

"We should warn New Jericho of this, now that I think of it." Faith notices as she gets up.
"You want to come along?" She asks Connor.

"Yeah sure."