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Characters: Vex & you
Summary: Vex has been in what he dubbed "this hellhole" for four months and he's more than a little furious with everything and everyone. This is a catch-all for various activities. Ping thefacelessevil if you want a special starter.
Date(s): September.
Warnings/Notes: language, smut, Vex being Vex


Hunting trip with his vamp (mordacita)

Vex didn't say much, just a quick text that said something along the lines of 'hey, short dark and vampy, let's go kill shite' with the location of where he'd be. It was the forest near his home, and Vex was decked out in his snug leather pants, tight sleeveless leather shirt and heavy boots despite the stifling hot weather.

He had a wicked dagger strapped to his belt, paired with a compound bow in his hands and arrows in a quiver on his back (had someone been taking lessons with Alec, or did he always know how to shoot?), all of it was black of course, because if there was one thing Vex knew how to do it was to not blend with his surroundings. Everything was ridiculously green and nature-y, the scowl on his face was deep as he sat on a mossy rock and waited for Rafa to show.

Winning the ex back? (pillz)

It was three in the morning and started as a harmless 'plink plink' noise against Kavinsky's window- something that could be easily mistaken as a branch swaying in the breeze or maybe the start of some hail. After a few of those the next sound was distinctly unsubtle: a rock came crashing through the glass, followed by a loud drunken howl from the fae outside.

"VINNY! GET YOUR HOT BITCH ARSE BACK TO ME BEFORE I WRING YOUR GORGEOUS NECK, YA BASTARD! DO YOU HEAR ME?! I LOVE YA, YOU STUPID LITTLE SHIT!"

That's amore.

Threeway with demigods (deathkid and healingdork)

One day, around midnight, a sleepless Vex shows up at Nico and Will's door. Slightly tipsy, but not enough to call him inebriated, he pounds on the door until one of them answers. There, shirtless, clad in nothing but his leather pants and flip-flops, he leans against the door frame and stares at whomever was in front of him- regardless of who it was, his words were the same.

"Can both of ya screw me already?"

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"Yeah, well, make sure they're completely abandoned, take it from one who took in a kid only to have the mum keep popping up," he said with a bitter sort of sneer. It'd been awhile since he spoke about Massimo, even in the passing sense, so he wasn't quite expecting the way his chest tightened. It was frustrating, as if his life had turned into a minefield of depressing subjects.

He began to put together another s'more to keep his mind away from it. "Well, whatever you do, don't make a rock troll one of your pets. I hate those blighters." He preferred small and fuzzy, thank you very much. "Funny, I haven't seen any kids 'round, have you?"

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Oh. Yikes. Even a second given to that thought made Alec's heart pang unpleasantly. He couldn't imagine taking in a child and loving him as his own only for a parent to swoop in and lay claim. He thought, as long as the parent wasn't horrible and unfit, he would just give the child back. He shut down the thought immediately, since it was not relevant yet, nothing to get upset about when they were not close to adopting kids.

But it did help put a bit of Vex and Massimo's relationship in context.

"Thanks for the tip," he said, and meant it genuinely. "I haven't either, actually. Don't know that I'd be happy to."

It was not exactly a place for children, was it? Although the city had been looking better and better.

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While Alec's thoughts about the matter weren't accurate, Vex appreciated the fact that he didn't pry into the subject. Leaving things vague were better than digging into him, or so he (un)healthily thought at the moment.

"Yeah, I suppose they shouldn't have to deal with the end of the world and whatnot. I cry enough for all of the snot-nosed little brats in the world." Not that Vex actually ever cried, and soon he filled his mouth with another serving of his crunchy, gooey confection.

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"Yeah. Not really the place for them," Alec said, clearly done with the s'mores for now, but letting Vex have himself a feast if he'd like. He brought the supplies for a reason, and if Vex is going to have the whole bag to himself, at least Alec will know he'll have enjoyed the treat.

There was a pause, the sounds of the fire, the forest around them filling it for a beat. It was not a sound Alec had been accustomed to before otherworldly travels, being from the city, but one he now liked. Alec looked up sharply, as if remembering something.

"Hey, I meant to ask... What's up with you and the Kavinsky guy?"

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"Up?" He asked with a mouthful of s'more so that wasn't the most coherent of replies, but by the time he swallowed he had a more thoughtful one. "I love him, he hates me, it's one of those kind of things I suppose." He sucked on his sticky thumb, then rolled his eyes a bit. "He gave me a test he knew I'd fail, then threw the shitfit of the century when I did. Like, honestly, say you came here without Mags, but you were lonely and there was someone at your side who you cared a lot about and was willing to give it a go with you. Maybe you'd be perfect and turn that down, but I couldn't, I wanted to stop feeling like shite and seeing visions of Mark everywhere."

His mouth was twisted up into a painful-looking frown as he began to pick apart a marshmallow, tossing the pieces into the fire. "I still see him sometimes, dream of him... any-bloody-way, I was sick of sleeping alone and loved my boy to bits anyway so why not? Except he's threatened by the fae who isn't even here, uses some of his ruddy dream-magic to turn into him, make me think he's Mark, so naturally when I say of course I still love him what does Vin do? Flip out! As if I was going to be over him in a few months? Really? "

The rest of the marshmallow met a fiery fate as Vex threw the remainder in. "I know why he did it, he's just insecure. I get it. I told him let's try again, and he's told me to fuck off, so I don't know. I think I'm done with love."

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"He — made himself look like Mark?" Alec almost sounded disgusted from how awful he thought that was, how weirdly manipulative and hurtful it was.

It was not at all what Alec had expected to hear. From this story it was Kavinsky that was in the wrong entirely, and Vex that was completely reasonable, and while he wasn't about to go talk to Kavinsky for Vex's sake — he was making a mental note to stay away from him and make sure he wasn't going to keep making life for his friend hell when it came to his missing husband.

He might have throttled anyone who tried this with him. He may not ever have been in this situation to begin with, he understands how difficult it must be to lose your husband and then not be able to stand being alone and opening yourself up to someone else. And that person expecting you to have moved on without any sort of closure, holding it against you...

"Someone who's just insecure could ask you directly without messing with your head, you know," he said, breathing out harshly. He was angry, but given it wasn't his business and Vex seemed willing to give Kavinsky another chance, tried to contain it. "That's not right."

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"Yeah," Vex replied with a resigned-sounding voice, as if the anger from that incident had been completely drained away. And that much was true, Vex was never one to hold a grudge.

"It's not right, but honestly, did you expect me to be attracted to someone who does everything right? And if I were in his shoes, at that age? Bloody hell, Alec. At twenty I..." He trailed off, his throat visibly moving as he swallowed. He couldn't even begin to describe the heinous things he did at Kavinsky's age, let alone to Alec.

He was his friend, but that didn't mean he was immune to the crimes of Vex's past.

"Honestly, he's just got troubles. No one's perfect. I care about him, yeah? My son was a lot worse than Vin is. There's still hope for Vin, at least." He thought, but maybe he wasn't the best judge.

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It seemed like a lot more than a twenty year old's immaturity or insecurity to Alec, but he hadn't been there, knew nothing of Vex's relationship to Kavinsky, and did not want to fight with his friend. He didn't need to get involved and tell Vex how he should feel about the situation.

"Maybe if he can understand why that was... fucked up of him to do in the first place," he said, hoping that much was true, but doubting it so far. That didn't mean Kavinsky never could, just that he'd seen no evidence of it yet. Alec wanted better for Vex. At a time like this, hurting as he was, he wanted him to have someone reliable at his side, not... someone who would do something like that to him.

But it wasn't his place. Vex coped differently than Alec did, the two of them polar opposites. There was no rhyme or reason to pushing his own perception of the situation on his friend.

"You still want to help him, even after that?" It wasn't an admonition. It was curious, almost. This was a side of Vex that Alec liked. The one that cared for someone no matter what happened.

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"'course I do, I don't stop loving him just because he can be an arsehole," Vex shrugged it off as if Kavinsky had done something minor and forgivable to him rather than something that most people would deem absolutely unforgivable. In Vex's mind, he's done and experienced worse so it'd be silly of him to be that angry.

"I dunno if he'll ever get it, maybe he will, maybe he won't, or maybe it'll take him awhile. He's a vamp now, he's got forever. Or until the universe ends." Which, in Vex's opinion, will probably happen sooner rather than later but he didn't bring that up right now.

"Isn't that what you do? Help people? Or is it just a protection gig?"