The hug was abrupt but very soft, kind, and warm. Piper couldn’t help the smile that came to her lips at the action and she hugged him back. No longer than she began to feel at ease than the hug ended. Piper hadn’t been prepared to feel at ease in the arms of a stranger but this one was a gentleman, which kind of made up for the whole stranger thing. He brushed her tears away off her wet cheeks and she blinked, coming aware of the moment as it was and sniffling. Her composure returned as he began to talk to her.
He was right about the fact that Dan shouldn’t have brought their problems back to her place of business. This was work and it should have been professional and instead she was crying over him and the spilled milk, as it were, with one of her patrons. “You’re right, or course you’re right.” She wiped her own cheeks off of any remnants of tears and smiled softly as he put his jacket on. When they locked eyes she felt the overwhelming need to go home and do as he bid her, to go home and take care of herself, to get some sleep. She blinked, feeling the compulsion as clearly as she felt the hole in her heart. But she didn’t move or do as he asked. What made her stand her ground?
“I really should…” She hesitated but as he walked away she took two steps toward him and called out. “Wait! I don’t even know your name…?”
He looked back down at her, surprised that she had broken his compulsion it seemed, he raised an eyebrow and smiled down at her. “Oh…Axel.” THe vampire told her with a grin as he waited for a moment before heading out the door, he wasn’t going to stick around too much longer, and not because he didnt want to but because he had to get home. “Maybe we will meet again.” Axel mumbled as he slipped out of hte door and into the night, cursing at himself as he saw the faint glow of the sun rising.
He had to rush home covering himself with his jacket as he reached his front door, pushing it open just as the sun reared its head, he sighed and laughed before closing the door and haning up his jacket. The vampire moved into his kitchen and grabbed a blood bag from out of the fridge, openingit and pouring it into a glass before heading up to his bedroom, he needed a few hours of sleep and a hot shower after his night out.
The vampire groaned and woke a few hours later, surprised to see that is was closer to the evening than he would have liked, but he guessed that he had needed the sleep. A small grin found its way to his face as he remembered the bartender from last night, he wanted to go back again and talk to her but he was a little afraid as she had broken through his compulsion.
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