It had been a long few day - William had left the city and headed east as he did at this time every year. The grave of his Susanna had been covered over decades ago, but he still went every year. Even Indiana, who knew more about him than most (and that still wasn’t all that much) hadn’t been told where the blonde was headed. And he hadn’t been told last year either.
Will had simply up and left, riding his motorbike and taking only a rucksack with a few things he would need. He had stayed at a vampire friendly hotel which he’d stayed at the past few years and was now on his way home. As he came closer to the city though, William began to feel a strange itch inside. It was one he hadn’t felt for years, decades, more than a hundred and fifty years. In fact, William made it to the house he shared with Indiana and the sun had risen before he managed to put his finger on what it was he was feeling.
Something familiar, someone familiar. But it had been so long it felt like a stranger touching his soul.
William had only sired three fledglings in his time as a vampire. One was dead, but the others… they were out there somewhere. He hadn’t felt the gut wrenching feelings of losing a fledging since he was young himself though, so he assumed they were both alive. Or perhaps he’d lost touch with them for so long that he wouldn’t even know if they were gone - William didn’t really know how it worked and hadn’t given any thought to his fledglings for decades.
But now William knew one of them was alive and as he recognised the blood bond he could barely remember why he had wanted to get away from her.
Frustrated by the sun forcing him to stay inside William paced the living room alone, then spent a couple of minutes pounding on Indiana’s door, hoping the redhead might change his habits of the past couple of years and actually be awake, but to no avail. He didn’t actually intrude on his housemate’s sleep though and retired to the living room once again - starting a movie, then stopping it when it didn’t manage to distract him. His mind was wandering back to his fledgling, feeling her peaceful slumber, wondering if she had known he had arrived in the city before she had gone to sleep. He wondered if he would know if she had sired anyone - if they were with her. That had been her intention, the reason why he had left her. Two was perfect, three was the start of a crowd which William hadn’t wanted.
William spent the last couple of hours of the daytime showering, getting ready to go out and see her. He had to. He knew he would be able to find her easily and after so long was it any wonder he spent a while preparing?
The blonde didn’t think he had ever mentioned Anna to Indiana - perhaps he would be surprised to find out his fledgling was female for a start. But everyone was entitled to a change of taste and William had always been a fickle creature. He had been lonely when he found Anna and she had been a breath of fresh air. He’d had no choice but to save her from the fate which had awaited her family. William wasn’t prepared to step in and try to save the rest of them, but he couldn’t let that happen to her. Leaving her had been difficult, but it was something he’d felt he had to do. It was all getting too serious, too intense.
And she had been threatening to disobey him. That had been what had really pushed him over. The thought of that still made him furious. He had said no and she had just been getting at him and wouldn’t let up and so William had left her.
When the sun rose William was poised by the front door and he was out as soon as he could be. Not sleeping had its perks and this was one of them. No doubt Indiana would know he had been home. For a start his bike was in its place in the garage once again and there were signs around the house that the blonde had come home.
But he didn’t hang around to see Indiana and let him know what was going on. The blood bond was faint and William didn’t want to risk her waking and leaving before he could find her. There was little chance of that though. He’d found where she was within half an hour, running instead of driving because he didn’t want anything getting in his way. He had been wrong though, she wasn’t in the city, she was just on the outskirts. Of course she was. She may have been drawn here like he had been, but the idea of seeing Anna in a city, surrounded by huge buildings, maybe living in a modern apartment. Well that simply wasn’t an image Will could picture. She was a creature of nature. People adapted, but she was so stubborn, he could imagine her easily being caught in the past. She may try out new phases, but she would go back to her own ways.
When he felt her stirring, waking up, ready to rise for the night, William was sat on the porch swing, gently swinging back and forth, his grey eyes searching the forests surrounding the dark woods surrounding the cabin. He was wearing black slacks and a simple grey shirt, open at the neck, showing off the silver cross he always wore. His blonde hair was much shorter than when she had last seen him, with a bit of wax in it to give some texture, but other than that his appearance had changed little. He wore simple black shoes and a little aftershave and before he’d left the house he’d changed his outfit five times to pass the time.
William had never focused much on mental abilities, but communication with a fledging was as easy as breathing. Or as easy as it had been when he was human.
Ahinawake, it’s rude to leave a guest waiting outside too long, he said with a firm note to his mental voice as he played with his necklace. It wasn’t long after sunset, she may still be sleepy, but William had little patience.
