Sink My Teeth Into This Nightmare

Part 3

I swear to God if we walk past one more door where we can HEAR the vampires fucking inside, I'm going to punch something," Andy huffed.

Ashley laughed. "Come on. Come, baby. Over here to the bar." The vampire was practically dragging his boyfriend into a brightly lit room. "Sit down. Let me explain some things to you." Ashley pushed the singer into a bar stool and motioned for his cousin to pass over two beers.

"Ash..." Andy protested at being shoved around.

"Shut up, drink, and listen. I know this is all new to you. You probably feel extremely out of place. I understand. But I need you to adjust, fast, before one of the older high lines decides to be personally offended by your confusion."

"I- okay."

"Now, I know I keep saying this, but it's important. Vampires are extremely sexual creatures. Sex isn't just for getting off. For a bonded pair, sex is used to create, strengthen, and re-establish their bond. It's also used for safety purposes. No one wants to mess with a vampire's mate, especially not a Deviant's mate. It's almost like marking our territory. Having sex is the quickest, easiest, most efficient way to put a big red flag up that says 'if you hurt this person, you die.' Then, of course, as you discovered earlier, sex - specifically orgasm - is a quick way of flushing out toxins that build up in a vampire's body from high stress or dangerous situations. This is a family reunion, Andy. You know how stressful family can be. Add in the fact that half the people here legitimately want to kill each other, and you can see why regular purging is necessary. Then there's the couples around my age who've been mated for several years. They're just now beginning to form, and a huge part of forming is sex. The more sex a couple has, the more time they spend together, the more they do for each other, the stronger their child will be. Of course, the other side of that is if a couple is separated for long periods of time during the forming process, or fight a lot, their child is weaker. Sex is sort of necessary for Vampires. It's a part of our culture. Believe me, you'll understand after tonight."

Andy was silent, slowly sipping his beer. "Ash, are we really gonna be like that?"

The bassist burst into giggles. "Baby, we already are. I mean come on. The way we are on tour, blow jobs after shows, fucking in the dressing room between sound check and a concert. How many times have the guys caught us fucking around between the busses? We already fuck constantly, but we'll have more reason and meaning behind it."

"Sure..." Andy said, trailing off.

"Look, there's only another hour to this madness before the council opens. Let's enjoy the company of those around us."

Andy gave his boyfriend a sideways look. "Enjoy. Company."

"Come on, they're not all bad. They're also not all vampires. In fact, most of my generation has actually mated humans."

"Right, because what I need is to be surrounded by humans who look like they're my age but could actually be my grandmother," Andy snarked as he stood and started to walk away.

Ashley grabbed his boyfriend by the hips from behind, pulling him tight between his legs and nipping playfully at his ear. "You sass me, you pay," the vampire teased, hands trailing down Andy's thighs.

"Mmh, fine. Let's just go." Andy was struggling to keep his head on straight, reminding himself constantly that he had to wait just one more hour.

So Andy had to admit it; Ashley's cousins were honestly not that bad. There were a few couples who couldn't go for several seconds without physically touching each other in some way. The human couldn't help but point it out.

"They're forming," Ashley responded with a shrug.

"Oh."

"Some of them will start excusing themselves to go fuck here in a few minutes. And, yes, we'll be like that when we start forming."