Axel had come home to the house a mess even though he had told Terran to make sure that it was spotless by the time he got home. When he saw the clothes and other things still on the floor it was like something snapped in the vampire, as he moved though the house and found the teen sitting int he lounge watching tv. HE reached over and grabbed his shoulder before pulling him over the couch and onto the floor. “What did I tell you to do while I was away boy?!”
Terran had never slept well, even as a child. Forcing his body to adjust to a nocturnal lifestyle hadn’t helped matters. While he tried to be conscientious about completing his tasks perfectly before Axel came home, today he’d made the mistake of taking just a couple moments to sit down and close his eyes. The TV that had served as background noise quickly lulled him to sleep.
So when that cold hand took hold of him and lifted him into the air, he awoke with such a start that he couldn’t catch his breath. Wide-eyed and cringing, he was struck dumb – his mind trying to piece together what exactly had happened while also acutely registering Axel’s indignant fury. A stumbled-out apology wasn’t going to improve matters. Reduced to short, panicked breaths, he merely tried to make himself look small as he cowered against the floor.
Axel frowned and grabbed the back of Terran’s neck as he dragged him into the messiest part of the house he could find and threw him into it. “I look after you, feed you, clothe you, and all I ask is for the house to be clean….And I asking too much of you boy?!” He yelled as he grabbed Terran’s face and forced him to look at him, his fingers digging into his cheek.
“How about I make you go and live in a dump for the rest of your mortal life?!” The vampire wasn’t just mad at the state of the house he had also had a bad day at work and now he was taking it out on the teen.