@pradakat oh good. I was worried about how people would react to the direction their relationship went. But this is good Hal, it's the advice he gave Tom. 

@pradakat what does NSFW mean?

@domino I know the feeling about wanting to read things like a book  I've put off reading some other fanfic for that reason!  ummm.... by my estimates this could take another 3-4 months.  I do have lots of scenes written, it's a matter of joining them to the story coherently.  And then also Hal and Sylvie keep talking to me and adding to their story...

Part of me wants to hurry up and write faster (but RL keeps happening) but the other part of me is scared to have it end. 

Always forget to update here.

Ch 12: Monsters

Kat, this one is ok for work.  Just don't go back to Ch. 11 (A Good Rough and Tumble) 

domino wrote:

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whimsy, I really wanted to read your story when it was finished but could not hold out any longer....and dedicated this evening to your fanfic...all the way from the beginning. It is captivating....your exploration of what is the very essence of Hal truly resonates with my own feelings on his character...the weightiness if his burden is felt throughout and as Kat says there is a sense of foreboding (beyond the knowing of how this story ends..unless you are to depart from that ending) the poignancy of a tragic love story beautifully told. Sylvie is just as I imagined her and more besides. and there are some hot... very hot moments...not sure i will ever see some of the BH scenes the same way again! thank you for being another talented writer of the Hal fandom, we are blessed!

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domino, I'm so thrilled you read and liked it!  Thank you for the lovely comments.  It still surprises me people aren't saying I'm taking it too far in any particular direction and people like my imaginings... 

I do feel this weightiness in Hal, more than any other vampire, when watching Damien's performance.  Every move so precise, controlled.  It's a manifestation of his inner torture, the burden of both the incessant craving and the guilt from the times he's been unleashed... I feel that weight down to my bones whenever I write him.  That's not to say it doesn't lift, and based on his description of Sylvie I truly feel she eased the burden for him, if only at times.  She was special, otherwise she wouldn't be the one he thought about to keep himself from killing.  After all he visited Lady Mary every year for 250 and she didn't have the same effect.  In my interpretation there are some things he's carried over subconsciously from his time with Sylvie.  I feel she was, for back of a better word, his soul mate.  Of course, she still has that mischievous, opinionated spirit Hal seems to be attracted to. He gets irritated of course, but I don't think Hal would be happy with someone who is mild mannered.  He needs some spark.  And there are tests to their love, this wasn't just a little fling but a love that built up through the bad as well as the good.  Yes very tragic.

Ummm... I think I might have gotten a bit carried away with the hot scenes.  But can you blame me?  It's Hal.  I was...um... inspired... ahem...  

Which BH scenes will you never see the same way again? 

The ending is in canon.  In fact, no surprise, it was the first scene I wrote out the day after his description of it aired.  I keep adding to it little by little.  I hope it goes over well.  

Thank you all for letting me ramble and indulge in my little fantasy of Hal and Sylvie. 

Ch. 15: Screams and Tremors

Ending of the story arc for past few chapters.  

Thank you domino for reading and giving me feedback.  Chapters 14 and 15 are my absolute favorites I've written.  I felt all the emotions when writing them, it was very real to me.  I'm glad you liked it.  

As for pressups, well... a lot more than any human could.  Alot more than any other vampire as well, I imagine.  But, even his body gives out eventually.  It's a good thing there are other ways to help resist the temptation.  Love is a very powerful thing.

Had a bit of a writer's block, but Hal and Sylvie woke me the other morning with the right words.  So working on chapter 17 now. Wont be too much longer I should think, depending also on beta availability.

xx