Aftermath Part 1 With lauronica_mars

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Centuries of being a vampire on top years of the years trapped in a coffin and left with nothing but her own thoughts, had hardened Camilla. She had perfected the ability to hide her emotions. Well, all but anger when she was pushed to past her quick wit and sarcasm. Yet, none of this had prepared her for the emotional rollercoaster she had been on since meeting Laura. Everything had changed. It wasn’t easy but the more walls she placed up the more Laura found a way to knock them down. It was becoming a habit.

The both of them had been through so much together.

After Laura had been brought back to life, Carmilla suggested heading back to her mother’s old place and resting until they figured out what their next move would be. La Fontaine had also asked for them to at least stay there at least a few days so they could keep a close eye on Laura and check she was okay and hopefully not possessed by an evil spirit or harboring any psycho tendencies.

While Laura slept on the couch in the front room, Carmilla opened the fridge door hoping her blood stash would still be there. She flicked the lights on low and as she poured herself a drink, noticing it was nearly 3am in the morning. No wonder she was wide awake.

“Great.” She muttered to herself and headed back to the front room where she started looking through all the books left behind by her mother. Clearly they were all hers now right? So why not go through them? Sticking the TV on would just wake Laura up anyway.

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[lauronica_mars]

Laura held slightly harder than she normally did onto Carmilla; she knew her girlfriend well enough to know she was worried - but that she liked being the strong one and could always keep it together when she was needed. And pain was one of those things that not thinking about could help; she'd not give her girlfriend away even to their friends. And she let Carmilla interrogate her.

"My heart?" Laura frowned. "We know how big my heart is? It was ripped out of my chest, remember." She swallowed. "That was a normal sized heart, wasn't it? I mean I haven't seen many human hearts." Unlike, of course, both Carmilla and LaFontaine.

"And I've more energy than I had yesterday. You've seen! But I thought that was because of ... everything." Laura's gesture lacked her normal levels of manic energy, or even those she'd displayed in the library when she'd given up, but was still expansive. "I mean that sort of thing takes it out of you?"

Suddenly she smiled, her mood almost mercurial. "So you're a cyborg now, LaF? What's that like?"

OOC: Happy Christmas.

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Carmilla felt her girlfriends grip as she briefly searched her eyes for any symptoms of anything that might give what is happening away. It was hard to narrow this down, even with LaF’s comment about her heart being small.

“Okay so I have no idea how this is even working right now but I’m telling you I can see your whole nervous system. Everything. It’s like that game Mortal Kombat, you know where you have that ability to see x-ray vision mode and…”

“This is hardly the moment to talk about such things”, Perry interjected. She was clearly showing signs of stress and an urge to clean was rising. “How any of us are staying sane right now I don’t know. Laura just stuck her blood in LaF’s eye and now LaF is some sort of robot eye? Carmilla is breaking the furniture in her mother’s old house and Laura now, apparently has a small heart? What’s next?”

There was a moment of silence as Carm looked around the kitchen. LaF and Laura looking at one another and Perry clearly in distress. All of them had been through so much. The odd behaviour from Laura and now the concern over the size of her heart? Suddenly the Carm needed to get out of the small kitchen.

“I’m telling you your heart is super small. It’s beating and everything but small. Like a walnut. I think it’s also glowing? I’m not sure on that but it almost looks magical.” LaF kept staring and at that moment Carm walked out the kitchen. Stumbling over the pillows Perry and LaF had left in the living room she went to catch herself on the door frame and her grip cracked the wood clean in half. “What the…?”, the wood crumbled like dust in her hand. It was almost effortless. Strength she had never experienced before.

“Where are you going?” Perry gasped when she saw the crack in the frame.

“Upstairs.” Carm blew the dust off her hand. There was no waiting for a sarcastic comment from Perry. Instead she headed up to the main bedroom and closed the door behind her. “Where is it, where is it, where is it…” the door wasn’t looked but Carm knew LaF and Perry would never come in here which means she had free reign to tear apart all the bookshelves did she found what she was looking for. Book after book as thrown onto the bed. Anything that would be considered useful or could help Laura.

It wasn’t until every shelf was stripped clean that Carm cleared a patch on the crimson silk sheets and started with the first tattered old book about how it is possible to exchange one life for another.

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“So…we didn’t get the hot chocolate which is okay and all but…” LaF looked up. “Carmilla is upstairs. She’s moving a lot. I think she’s angry but I can’t see a heartbeat or detect emotion so I can’t tell.”

[OOC: Happy Christmas to you too! Loving our muses.]

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"A walnut?" Laura frowned. "I'm pretty sure hearts are bigger than that! My heart was when it was out of my chest!" And there was Laura's fire showing itself. "So if it's a walnut now then how does it work at all? That's not enough even for a single working chamber?"

She winced as Carmilla broke the doorframe. "What? Sorry about that." Laura poured the pan of hot milk into the three cups that already had cocoa in them before stirring them. "And I should see what Carm's up to?" She handed the two redheads their cocoa and took hers upstairs, panting slightly just from climbing the stairs.

"Carm?" Laura looked at the book explosion. "What are you looking for?"

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Carmilla didn’t expect Laura to follow her. If anything she thought LaF and Perry would distract her or at least look after her a little longer while Carm tried to sort through the piles of books thrown across their bed.

When Laura came in she folded the corner of the page she was on and ran her fingers through her jet black hair. “I’m looking for something, anything that could help. Mother kept the darkest of books in this room and I’m not giving up till I at least have a failsafe or something.” Carm sighed and tried to collect herself. “Laura, I just got you back. I’m not letting this happen again.”

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"And right now I'm more worried about you, Carm!" Laura's tone was exasperated. "I'm not letting you do anything silly. If I'd had a transplant I'd barely be able to get out of bed. But you?" She advanced towards her girlfriend. "You broke that marble countertop and shattered the door! You're the one who something weird's happening to!" And Laura reached out to hug Carmilla tightly.

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The hug broke Carm’s serious face and she instantly smiled. Her hand coming up to get lost in the back of her girlfriends hair. “I’m not letting anything happen to either of us okay? We’ll figure this out.”

She tumbled Laura down to lay on the bed with her, books scattered in and between them. “After everything we’ve been through we will work this out. I promise.”

Resting her head against Laura’s, Carm gave her nose a little kiss. “Between my super strength and your heart, we have to work this out.”

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Laura smiled, allowing her girlfriend to guide her onto the bed. "We'll work it out. And I know it doesn't sound like me, but I think that I am getting stronger. Which means that time might be all I need?" And she nipped the vampire's throat teasingly as a reply to having her nose kissed, and to deflect her from worrying too much.

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“Stronger? As in you’re starting to feel better or you might break furniture when you touch it?” Carm took at dig at herself there. She had no idea what was going on with the waves of strength that kept washing over her. “I hate to say it but maybe we need your friends to run more tests.”

Any further thought was distracted by Laura’s nip. A soft moan escaped Carm’s lips causing her to close her eyes and smile. “Are you trying to distract me?”

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Downstairs LaF and Perry had moved from the kitchen and back into the living room. They had both pulled a load of sheets and pillows down from the various rooms and made some sort of nest all in the living room. Books in one pile, LaF on the a laptop across the other side.
“You don’t think they are having a fight do you? Not after everything…”
“I’m pretty sure nothing can separate them to. It’s like so cosmic, universe destiny stuff so I wouldn’t worry about it. Focus on research”, LaF’s didn’t even look up at Perry who was clearly stressing about anything and everything.
“Maybe I should check on them. Laura has a small heart and Carmilla is wrecking the place..”
“Perry!”
“What?”
LaF used their new eye to look through the floors of the house to see Laura and Carmilla laying down next to one another. “They are both fine. Trust me, I can see them.” LaF then stopped looking and stared at Perry. “That’s also kinda creepy. Remind me not to do that again just in case…you know!”

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"Who? Me?" Laura nipped Carmilla again, her hand sliding along the vampire's back. "Yes, we both need more tests. But right now you need to relax. Especially if I am getting stronger even if not you-strong."

OOC: Assuming Carmilla isn't going to say no do you want to write the sex scene or fade to black? I'm happy either way - and there's a potential other bit of weirdness with Carmilla accidentally giving Laura bruises and them fading in front of both their eyes.

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“Oh I have no problem relaxing cupcake.” Carm’s fingers slowly traced up Laura’s leg and lightly found their way under her top. As soon as she felt her girlfriend’s fingertips along her back she let her nails playfully scratch Laura, bringing her closer. Closer. Until Carm flipped herself on top, which also happened to knock a pile of books to the floor. She didn’t care, it freed up more space on the bed. “Never liked those ones anyway.” She muttered, lips against her neck.

She playfully nipped back, this time a little harder than the nip Laura had placed on her. Although completely aware what side she bit Laura on earlier, Carm this time targeted the other side of Laura’s neck. She didn’t notice that Laura’s bite wounds from earlier had already healed. It was the last thing on her mind.

For Carm the best part of them was knowing she never had to hide who or what she was from Laura. There weren’t any secrets. Everything clicked. “Mine.” She whispered letting her fangs slide down and gently pierce Laura’s neck. It was only a small taste. When she was finished those kisses found their way along her jawline and teasingly into passionately deep kiss.

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“I’m still not finding anything.” Perry had moved from reading the books to trying to clean and remove odd dust and stains from the front of the covers. It was at that point both her and LaF jumped as they hurt a loud thud from upstairs. “What was that? Should we go check? They could be in danger.”

LaF’s expression changed when they looked upstairs and faster than lightening turned their head back to the laptop screen. “I never thought I’d say this but I wish there was an unsee button with this eye.”

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As things got heated Carm pulled her top up over her head and threw it to one side. It was hard to take clothes off between the intensity of the kisses. It was only at that point Carm stopped, half naked and stared at Laura’s neck. “Laura…your neck…it’s healed? Even the bite from earlier.”

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Laura shivered and her breath caught at Carmilla's wandering hands and scratching nails, and she gasped as the vampire flipped them. Not that it was unexpected, but Carmilla being Carmilla was a turn-on. And Laura arched her neck, letting out a light moan to provoke her lover as things were whispering against her neck.

And Carmilla getting possessive was almost always hot, and Laura gasped out "Yes!" before moaning again as she was bitten and fed from, and returning the slightly bloody kiss with just as much passion.

Normally when Carmilla kissed her and plundered her mouth with her tongue their tongues danced a little before Carmilla claimed her mouth, but this time Carmilla's tongue just felt a lot more powerful than normal and that it was claiming Laura effortlesslessly. Laura moaned again into the kiss, wrapping her legs round her girlfriend's waist and grinding.

And when Carmilla broke the kiss and spoke, Laura looked up with blown eyes and panting. "Healed?" It took her a second to understand what Carmilla was talking about and her eyes widened. "We should tell LaF. But later." And she twisted her hand in Carmilla's hair, trying to draw Carmilla's head back down towards hers.

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Was it something to worry about? Was it something that mattered at this moment in time? No. Nothing mattered and the world seemed to melt away as their bodies grinded against one another. Effortlessly in sync.

There was a beautiful innocence in Laura that drew Carmilla from the first time they met. It was young, pure, so full of light and enough shine through Carmilla’s dark. After everything they had been though the confidence Laura had gained with her was intoxicating and as her hand ran through the vampire’s hair Carmilla didn’t give a second of resistance. She wanted her, more than that…needed.

As their lips locked, tongues dancing as the passion intensified, Carm became painfully aware how clothed they both were. There were moments between the kisses where she pulled back and broke the intensity just tease. Carmilla didn’t need to hide her fangs. She simply smirked against her girls’ lips and teased a kiss before pulling away. “Off…now.” Carmilla who was still on top of her, shifted back and went to pull Laura’s top up off but without realizing her strength, ripped the like it was nothing. The next few seconds followed piece by piece of clothing hitting either side of the bedroom floor until both of them had nothing left.

Carmilla pulled Laura’s legs around her waist making her girlfriend taller than her but the right height for Carm to get what she wanted. She started by kissing along Laura’s collarbone, down her chest and to the swell of her breast. Her hands on Laura’s waist slid up her back as she let her tongue flick over her nipple. She waited, playing for a few seconds and then when the moment was too much to resist, Carmilla dug her nails in Laura’s back at the same time as she used her fangs to bite just above her nipple. Her tongue slowly teasing as she fed. Carmilla let out a moan of pure ecstasy.

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Laura gasped and arched as Carmilla tore her top from belly to neckline. She might object later, but for now it was hot - and she knew perfectly well Carmilla could replace her top at some point. And her hips tightened round Carmilla and she let out a loud moan as her skirt and underwear were shredded, leaving it exposed how wet she was.

And she knew exactly where Carmilla was going as she was pulled in by her girlfriend; fortunately she loved attention to her breasts as much as Carmilla loved giving it. But the hand on her back was implacable, pulling her up as her hand twisted in Carmilla's hair. A soft whimper escaped her throat as Carmilla teased her nipple, followed by a soft "Yes..." just before Carmilla's fangs bit home.

And she cried out and arched into Carmilla's mouth as her hips tried to grind on Carmilla's waist, panting with arousal and eyes fluttering closed. Wanting, needing, and needing very little more for Carmilla to drive her over the edge.

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The way Laura moved, arching, reacting to her every touch. Carmilla ravished in it. Every sense felt as though it was on fire and was something only Laura was ever able to do to her. With a hand twisting into her hair Carm let a moan that briefly sounded like a cats’ purr, a slip that sometimes happened when Laura hit the right spot and Carm lost control. Of course losing control happened much faster with how tight she could feel her girlfriend’s thighs grip around her waist at the same time. The harder Laura gripped the more Carm let her tongue tease until that lust almost became unbearable.

Tumbling forward, painfully aware she was still clothed. Carm broke away just for a second top take her top off and cast it aside. She leant over Laura who was now pinned beneath her, hips grinding as their naked bodies pushed against each other. Theirs lips parting and while their tongues danced with unquestionable passion. Carm let her hand slip between them, discovering just how wet Laura was for her. It caused her to smirk against her girlfriends’ lips in between, a little moan of pleasure when her fingers discovered just how much she hadn’t lost her touch.

While letting her hand push Laura closer to the edge, Carm worked a trail of well-placed kisses, lower and lower. Sometimes flashing her dark eyes up Laura in her all to claiming way. She didn’t notice that the bite mark she had placed on one of Laura’s breasts had already healed and this time much faster. It was the furthest thought from her mind.

Letting her nails scratch down the side of Laura’s legs, Carm pushed apart her legs and tongue claim what was hers. Only her eyes were visible as the vampire took turns between teasing, sucking and biting. Every motion, every move poured into pushing Laura over the edge.

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And Laura was getting overwhelmed by Carmilla. Carmilla was normally fairly overwhelming and Laura was normally extremely responsive. But she wasn't normally this overwhelmed with Carmilla's extra strength, and her ability to heal made all her nerves fresh, no calluses, scar tissue, or otherwise damaged nerves, and as if every touch was a new one.

She whimpered and writhed as Carmilla teased her, grinding against Carmilla's hand and moaning into her mouth as their tongues danced and Laura had her mouth claimed again. And as Carmilla kissed her way down Laura whimpered at each kiss, letting out a soft "Please" as Carm spread her legs effortlessly, leaving her wide open and even more vulnerable, hips grinding and seeking contact.

And she came with a loud moan at Carmilla's first bite, whole body arching as her eyes rolled back in her head and her hand finally slipped out of her girlfriend's hair.

OOC: So that side effect of healing may come back to bite Laura - it means that if she's hurt it will also be more painful for her than anyone else.

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It didn’t help that Laura’s blood was pushing Carmilla’s senses into overdrive. She nipped, teased, sucked, every second reacting to what Laura needed and craved. In turn, Carmilla claiming she was hers and hers alone. Like a key to a lock she waited for Laura’s moan and pushed harder, deeper until her girl was riding wave after wave of pleasure. Just as one wave would nearly come to an end Carm broke her mouth away to replaced it with her hand, fingers all too well knowing what spots Laura not only loved but needed.

When she moaned, that sound Carmilla knew was only because of her. For her. The vampire moved back up. Their bodies naked pressed against one another’s, Carm eventually took her hand away, swearing she was still able to feel Laura twitching through ecstasy in her fingertips.

She then used this opportunity to cause a distraction. At first it was it was a nip. Her fangs stealing Laura’s bottom lip. That broke to slow, soft and passionate kiss. As Carm let their lips part and their tongues connect she slowly brought her hands up Laura’s sides. Gentle, feeling every curve and getting higher until they reached her breasts. A groan of pleasure escaped her throat as Carm let her thumbs brush over Laura’s nipples. She played there for a moment, smirking against her lips but eventually took her hands higher.

When the time was right Carmilla pinned Laura’s wrists above her head and broke their kiss. There was a brief moment she took in Laura beneath her. Looking down into her girlfriend’s eyes and feeling more alive completely breathless than she had done in centuries.

Laura was beyond beautiful. Still holding the air of innocence from when they first met, Carmilla couldn’t believe how strong of a woman she had become.

She leant down enough to whisper in Laura’s ear as her black hair tumbled down one side. She could feel Laura becoming stronger. “I wonder how much more you can take.”

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Downstairs LaF and Perry were no longer alone but now sharing a room with Kirsch and Callis. LaF decided the more people the merrier but in hindsight it probably would have been a good idea to invite them after the noises form up stairs.

“Well this isn’t awkward.”, Callis looked up. Thankful she wasn’t like LaF who could literally see through walls. “I hope that’s screams of we’ve found a book that could help.”

Perry came back in from the kitchen now with cups of coco for all of them while they were in full research mode. Kirsch wasn’t about reading but was happy to eat a sandwich and keep them company. After all, with all the weird stuff happening he’s just thankful not to be left alone, and he gets food so that’s always a bonus. He didn’t even notice the noises.

“Okay so.” LaF took a cup of coco. “We’ve got three weird things. Laura’s heart being small. Carmilla becoming super strong, maybe experiencing blood lust with the way she looked at Laura’s neck. Oh and the fact that Laura’s blood not only helped grow my eye but seemed to kick my cyber implant into overdrive.

We know that this has to be a curse or something but how we break it we don’t know and unless we find out we might lose Laura. Again.

Anyone else feeling a sense of panic right now?”


[OOC: Poor Laura haha. You know I'm happy to roll with that. I'm thinking that Carmilla could feed from Laura and it temp cures her. Could be interesting with Laf having a new eye and Carm being human for a while until they sort it. The small heart thing is worrying Carm :/ haha

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Laura panted for breath under Carmilla, having been nursed to one mind-blowing orgasm, almost floppy with a smile on her face as she recovered from Carmilla ravishing her, her return kiss half-dazed and with eyes closed. And a few moans being drawn from her throat into the kiss.

And then Carmilla crossed Laura's wrists over her head. Laura knew what that meant and her breath caught and blown eyes snapped open. And she writhed and struggled a little, knowing Carmilla would take it exactly the right way; as she'd explained to Carmilla after the vampire had worried she'd scared Laura. "Even your thumb joint isn't stronger than my bicep. But even you can't push your arm through my hand. If I'm not pushing against the tip of your thumb I'm playing." And Laura's wrists were very definitely pushing against Carmilla's fingers and the heel of her hand as she struggled.

And then Carmilla lent down to whisper into her ear. Laura shuddered and almost without realising whispered "Oh God." But Laura didn't back down from much, and dark eyes turned to Carmilla. "Until I beg?" Then she tasted her lips and shuddered with arousal. "No. If I beg you can keep going." After all, that's what safe words were for. And mentioning The Dean would stop either of them cold.

OOC: The other thing that might be bad for Laura is she has little energy but it might be impossible to wear her out. I'm sure Carm's going to have fun.

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Carmilla didn’t know if she was becoming weaker or Laura was becoming stronger. Perhaps it was the other way around. Having fed on Laura, her blood was still sending waves of fire through her veins. Thankfully the amount of lust and arousal counteracted any part of Carmilla caring at this moment in time. She broke that predatory dark gaze into Laura’s eyes and leant down. Heading purposefully for Laura’s neck. Of course it was one of Carm’s favoured spots among many many others.

“You know I like it when you beg cupcake.” She whispered, feeling Laura’s breath against her neck giving those all too familiar goose bumps. And Laura knew Carm liked that. Sometimes she swore she’d do it on purpose just to wind her up or distract her. Regardless Carm was now incredibly aware of how wet she was.

Keeping her girls hands pinned above the vampire gave one more kiss. This time a lot slower and extremely powerful. She brought her other hand down and gently tilted Laura’s head to the side. Her exposed and completely healed neck calling Carmilla as she let her fangs euphorically pierce her skin once more.

Only this time the bite was a little harder.

As Carm fed she didn’t realize the strength she was gaining. It kept building and building, blood filling her mouth and escaping from the corners of her lips until there was a sound. A horrible sound like a cartridge breaking or a bone snapping. What was worse was Carm felt something shift under hand. Exactly where she had pinned Laura’s wrists.

Carm instantly broke feeding with complete panic in her eyes.

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Laura shuddered at being told Carmilla liked it when she begged, knowing that Carmilla planned to follow through - and that they'd both love every second of it. She opened her mouth to say something to wind her girlfriend up still further, knowing that the feel of leather against her sex might be frustrating for her but it would be even worse for her girlfriend.

And then she was interrupted by one of those kisses. The kisses that Laura could barely deny if she wanted to. The kisses that reminded her that Carmilla had had centuries seducing girls and she was turning that entire skill on Laura. The kisses that claimed every inch of her mouth and not only left her breathless and light headed, they reminded her that Carmilla didn't need to breathe, what she could do with her tongue lower down, and that Carmilla was a superb judge, able to break the kiss while she was still high from oxygen debt and just before it would become painful. Her body knew what to do, grinding helplessly with arousal against Carmilla's hip bone as she moaned into the kiss.

"God..." Laura was utterly breathless and dazed as Carmilla broke the kiss, able to do little more than pant for breath and arch her neck for Carmilla to sink her fangs in. Which brought another moan.

And then she felt something wrong and cried out, not in a good way. Followed by a single word as an agonizing pain radiated from her wrist and her hand felt wrong. "Dean!"

As Carmilla drew back she curled into a ball, cradling the broken wrist. And then started to sit up, knowing her girlfriend would feel even worse about this than she did.

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As soon as the safe word was called Carm jolted back. Blood was still trailing down the sides of her mouth as she backed away. It was one thing to see Laura in pain but it was a whole another to be the person that caused and from the way Laura clutched her wrist it was clear that Carmilla had broken it.

“Laura…I…”. This wasn’t the first time she had accidently hurt someone. There were brief moments, what Mother would call ‘humanity lapses’ where Carmilla tried to help someone or save a situation and the worst thing possible would happen, a reminder that she wasn’t human but a monster. With those thoughts flooding back into her memories Carm, with super speed snapped off the bed. She tumbled slightly on some of the books that had fallen off the side but the lapse in balance was what she needed to see her top laying on the floor.

She grabbed it, nothing bothering to put it on but held it against her front and ran downstairs. Faster than any human could manage. “Help! Now!” Was all she said, not evening realizing that the party she had left downstairs now had two additional members.

LaF jolted upright, laptop to the side and ran to Carm. They had been through a lot together, so much so that LaF knew she wouldn’t do anything to hurt Laura so at least that worry was off the table. “What happened?”

Carmilla froze for a second. Zoned out and suddenly feeling a flood of cold. “I broke..”

This was the point where LaF put their arm around Carm, ignoring the fact her back was exposed and she was clutching a black tee to her chest, and pushed her up the stairs to the master bedroom. Perry and the others flying up and running to see what the fuss was about. Half way up the stairs Callis took one of the ornamental swords off the wall. She didn’t know why but always good to be prepared right?

The whole gang poured into the room. A sea of books across the floor and an extremely naked friend on the bed. Perry went to cover LaF’s eyes and her own but it was too late for that. Callis just stared at Kirsch who went into full on dude mode and forgot how to blink. “Never seen a naked girl before huh?”, Callis baited.

“Laura, what happened? What’s wrong?” LaF kept professional, the clothes being the least of their worries while the other three started to move closer. The cyber eye now going into an x-ray and a deep scan of Laura. And while this was going on Carm put her tee back on and instantly growled when they got closer. LaF would have recognized it as the same loud panther like growl that happened when Laura got zapped to another universe. “Laura, I need to look at your wrist?” LaF looked up at the growling vampire in the background. “Um…Carm..it’s okay..we’ll fix this just calm down. Laura tell her to calm down.”

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Laura was sitting up and clutching her wrist to her chest. "It's all right, Carmilla!" But talking at the disappearing back of her girlfriend wasn't going to do much so she stood up, still clutching her wrist and walked towards the door. Only to have Carmilla and LaFontaine come in, followed by everyone else. "It's not broken." She held her hand up, wiggling her fingers.

Only to realise how much of an audience she had and turned scarlet. "This is a bad dream!" She pinched her wrist out of reflex and screwed her face up. "Not a dream!"

And then she took a deep breath. "Girl the hell up, Laura!" She clenched her hand injured hand and winced again before holding it out to LaFontaine, very carefully keeping her eyes on a spot on top of the door so she didn't have to look at anyone in the room. "Carmilla, it's fine! I'm fine! But LaF needs to look at it."

To LaF it would look like an old break, about a week old and starting to heal. But LaF knew perfectly well that Laura's wrist hadn't been broken a week ago. And Laura's heart was now the size of a golf ball - not much bigger than the wallnut size it had been, but bigger enough to be measurable by LaF's bionic eye.

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Carmilla still with blood down the sides of her mouth snapped back into reality the second Laura spoke. Her eyes narrowed at the fact her wrist at healed so fast. It did make sense considering all of Carm’s bites had healed within the space of seconds but the fact it was healing bones was something entirely different and extremely supernatural.

“This is healing. Not just normal healing but super healing. I’m guessing with a few minutes it will be like your wrist was never broken at all.” LaF turned their gaze to look at Laura’s heart but as Laura was completely naked it just looked everyone was staring at her chest. Even Callis who was using the sword to stop Krisch getting closer, was now staring too.

The silence was becoming a little awkward.

LaF continued and looked to Perry who thankfully hit the professional helpful friend zone LaF was waiting for. “As for your heart. It’s growing. I wondering if that means your powers or healing factor will get stronger. Maybe you’re now immortal or something?” LaF got excited. “What about if you’re now like Wolverine and have some SUPER healing? We can start a underground fight club!”

It was a lame attempt to make Laura laugh and sadly a part of LaF wasn’t joking. It was then Perry who rolled her eyes and stepped in front of the rest of them in an attempt block off Laura’s naked body from being checked out. “Laura, I think you should rest.”, Perry went into full mom mode. “Rest while we work out what’s going on with you.”

While this was happening and Laura’s friends were taking care of her. Carmilla slipped from the background. Her plan was to head to the roof and get a breath of fresh air. Not that she needed the air but it was an excuse to clear her head. “Way to go.” She muttered at herself and sat on the edge of the wall. Her legs dangled over the edge without the fear of falling. Of course she would head back inside but right now she needed a time out.

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"But I should be able to help. And I'm naked and people are looking at me." Laura's blush deepened as that part sank in. "I'm naked and people are looking at me! Everyone out, I need to rest." Of course Laura's gesticulation did nothing to prevent anyone looking at her and she retreated for the bedsheet as the best covering in the room.

Fortunately for her Perry was able to usher everyone out and the second they were Laura lay on the bed shivering. Part of her thinking that versions of that scene would appear in her nightmares and a sneaking part of her knew that it wouldn't just be in her nightmares.

But she knew her girlfriend had slipped out to brood on the roof, and a broody Carmilla could get her head into some complete tangles. Which meant she'd better get dressed and join her to show her that everything was fine.

A few minutes later she appeared on the roof having stolen Carmilla's spare leather trousers and a black top with a plunging neckline in. "The stars are nice, but it's cold out here. And I'm afraid you destroyed my clothes so I had to steal some of yours." Her voice turned low at Laura's attempt at sultry; Carmilla would probably have laughed at her when they first met. "You even destroyed my underwear. So I'm not telling you whether I'm wearing any of yours under this."

[countess_karnstein]

Carm found the odd stone on the wall she was sitting on. Trying to hold back on her strength she threw it far out into the night sky. It went further than any human could have possibly thrown, Carmilla knew that much but where it landed she had no idea. Somewhere far down below in the trees of the campus.

Yes she was beating herself up. If it wasn’t for Laura’s ability to heal she would have broken her wrist and possibly done a lot more damage.

Carm picked up another stone, the second one going further into the night sky. The fair lights Laura had put up we’re still going strong and illumination the roof with a verity of rainbow colours. Carm smiles remembering Laura struggling to put them up last time they were up here.

Vampiric hearing kicking in, Carm could hear someone coming up the stairs and new it was Laura from the sound of her heart beat. She wanted to apologise, to say something and Laura know she would never hurt her on purpose. Even though Laura already knew that.

But when she looked up and went to speak, Carm’s expression dropped and the stone she was holding fell to the floor breaking a second silence. Laura in leather? That comment about her underwear? For someone without a heart beat Carm felt that sensation of hers doing a triple summersault in her chest.

“If you’re trying to break me cupcake.?”, Carm couldn’t afford to let this go. She dropped off the wall and went up to Laura, taking her hand and spinning her around slowly to take in what she was wearing. Typically Carm’s favourite leather pants but she would argue they look much sexier on Laura. Carmilla was one hundred percent hot for this look.

“I’m sorry I hurt you...” when Laura stopped the twirl Carm pulled back to take in how much this outfit was working for her.

[lauronica_mars]

Laura smiled as she was twirled. "You like it? I'll have to steal your clothes more often. Especially as you owe me some new ones. And I wouldn't object to you adding some you wanted to see me in."

And Laura glomped Carmilla with a hug. "Carm. I recovered and I know you didn't do it on purpose, Carm. We may have to practice keeping your strength under control, Carm. But we can do that. Remember you're mine just as much as I'm yours."

[countess_karnstein]

“Letting me pick some of your clothes huh? Now this could get interesting.”, Carmilla smirked. It was the perfect distraction to keep her from brooding about what happened. Although she wouldn’t show it the guilt was sitting heavy in her chest.

When Laura came back around Carm didn’t expect the hug. In the back of her mind she had told herself not to get too close in case she hurts Laura again but that went out the window as soon as she felt the arms around her. “Hey” Carmilla smiled, catching her girlfriend and resting her head against hers. She wanted to say more, to try and explain how hard it was to control her strength with the effects of Laura’s blood in her system but as soon as Carm took a deep breath and that familiar scent of Laura filled her lungs she felt she was home.

“Wearing leather pants? Calling me yours? I got to admit Hollis I’m liking the possessive side.” Carm was unable to wipe that dark smirk off her face. “Next time, you can be on top and we’ll use the chains. I got stronger ones from when you made be break the last set.”

[lauronica_mars]

Laura's smile was wicked, knowing she'd successfully distracted her girlfriend. "Uh-uh. I'm not you, Carm. And I'm a lot gentler and plan a lot more. Which means I know exactly what I'm going to do with you. And we aren't using chains. We're using threads. If you break them we start all over from the top."

[countess_karnstein]

Pulling back to look at Laura, Carmilla raised an eyebrow. It mirrored her smirk. She brushed her hand through Laura’s hair, pushing it away from her face. “What makes you so confident you can get that thread around me?”

[lauronica_mars]

"The only reason you wouldn't let me, Carm, is if you were afraid. Now are you afraid of a simple black cotton thread?" Laura's tone was teasing, further distracting her girlfriend from brooding.

[countess_karnstein]

Carm laughed, looking down at the space between them. The loose curls of her jet black hair tumbled down. “I know what you’re doing.” Standing opposite she took Laura’s hand. The hand she broke the wrist of and started playing with her fingers, loosely linking them in her own. “And it’s working.”

That was her way of saying of course she wasn’t afraid and she knew Laura was stopping her from shutting herself down. She’d become very good at catching Carmilla when she let the darkness creep in. Equally, Carm was just as good at picking Laura up when the occasion called for it. Leaving their fingers linked she started to walk them both back inside and away from the cold.