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[kersen]

Kersen sometimes did this thing where when he was feeling his worst, he tried to look his best. Elaborate drag when he was the most down, for example. Like maybe he could force cheerfulness with sequins and lipstick.

This time, he couldn't seem to muster up the energy for drag, though. What "look" said 'I just found out a lover is a serial killer'? Particularly coupled with 'what does this say about my taste in men'? Finally, he'd just gone with the forced cheerfulness: dark purple leather pants and a shirt (gifted to him by an employee years ago) that read OF COURSE I'M PRO-GAY, DO YOU THINK I WORK THIS HARD TO BE AN AMATEUR GAY in bright rainbow colors.

... also he'd started smoking again. Which was a little ironic since he was pretty sure that any effect they had on him was purely psychosomatic.

However, at the moment he was having a smoke break outside his bar. It was fairly early yet, just past 9pm. The streets were still full, lively with people leaving restaurants and shops, heading into bars and theaters. He liked this time of night, where the world was still alive. Wished he could experience more of it.

Some asshole walking by threw a homophobic slur at him, and he was briefly, stupidly tempted to flash his fangs as a threat. Instead he said, "The most fabulous you'll ever see, honey," and flicked the cigarette to the ground. Luckily it was the cowardly sort of asshole, and he just stuck up his middle finger and kept walking.

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[winter_wisp]

"That's like asking if you want ice cream or cotton candy, it's an impossible choice," Winter sighed, before pausing a beat and then wrinkling his nose. "Actually, not that hard I suppose, the answer's always going to be ice cream. Ice cream's lovely. ...I'll have a white Russian."

[kersen]

"Done," Kersen said, and brought him to the bar.

"A white russian for my friend please," he said with a smile at Tabitha. "And white wine for myself." White, so she definitely knew not to put blood in it. He didn't know how Winter might react to that.

[winter_wisp]

"You drink wine?" Winter asked, looking surprised. "I thought vampires only drank blood."

[kersen]

"There are different breeds of vampires," Kersen said. "Eric and I are different. I can drink alcohol, it'll even get me drunk. Small mercies, hmm?"

[winter_wisp]

"I get drunk on cream," the pixie whispered, grinning impishly. "Booze too, but cream is best. ...If you are different then Eric though, are you not kin? I am not like my brother, fae willy, but we are still kin, even though I am pixie and he is Daoine Sidhe."

[kersen]

"You get drunk on cream?" Kersen laughed. "Well. I guess the white russian makes a lot of sense, but not too many of them, hmm?"

Tabitha pushed both drinks across the bar to them, and Kersen added, "We're not exactly kin, no. Vampires are connected to their makers and progeny. Eric and I come from very different lines."

[winter_wisp]

Winter didn't fully understand, but he nodded anyway, not wanting to appear dim.

[kersen]

Kersen picked up the wine glass and tipped it towards Winter. "Cheers."

[winter_wisp]

"Cheers!" the pixie peeped, clinking their glasses and then drinking deep. "Mmm, it's good. Very good."

[kersen]

"I'm glad," Kersen said, and took a sip of wine. "So you and Will are family?"

[winter_wisp]

"Mmm, Willy saved me. I was held captive for so long- Many years. Most of my life, I think. But Willy set me free, gave me a home, gave me food, and now we are kin. We're family," Winter nodded.

[kersen]

"Ah," said Kersen, and took another drink of wine. "Good to hear something nice about him."

[winter_wisp]

"He has been good to me," Winter said quietly, well aware of the bad things Will had done. "His heart is a good heart, despite the wicked things in his past."

[kersen]

"He did a wicked thing to me once," Kersen admitted. "And because he had no remorse, it was hard to forgive. But I know that there are those who love him." Like Fin.

[winter_wisp]

Winter wilted a little, nodding.

"I love him. He is my brother, and he is working to be better."

[kersen]

"I am glad to hear that," said Kersen, and actually meant it.