One-shot: Bad Choices
Fandom: Twilight
Pairing: Jasper/Seth, Embry/Luka
Prompt: Fight
Luka winced as he felt the blood capsule pop between his teeth as he ate his breakfast of waffles. The tiny amount of blood that was in each capsule didn’t really change the taste of his food, especially when he used as much syrup as he liked. But it was still a little weird knowing there was blood in his food. Both of his parents insisted that he needed the blood because of his Papa but Luka wasn’t so sure.
“Everything taste good baby?” Seth questioned as he filled up his cup of juice.
Luka made a face. “Dad, I’m fourteen, don’t call me baby.”
Seth smiled. “Sorry ba-Luka. It’s a habit.”
Luka gave him a smile in return. “I know, just make an effort okay? And make sure not to do it in front of my friends.”
“Of course,” Seth answered.
“Of course what?” Jasper questioned coming into the kitchen.
“Luka is too old to be called baby anymore, especially in front of friends,” Seth replied leaning against the counter.
“To old?” Jasper questioned incredulously messing up Luka’s hair. “He’s got a good hundred years before he’s too old!”
“Papa!” Luka whined. Jasper just grinned at him before he moved over to Seth, greeting him with a kiss. Luka watched his parents quietly. He was always in awe of how they acted around each other, like they were magnets…or dancing. He wondered if he and Embry would ever be like that.
“Luka.”
“Hm?”
“Here’s your lunch for today and the rest of the week in in the fridge. Your Papa will take care of breakfast and supper, Embry will help him. Be good for them okay? Do you have anything you want to send to your Aunt Leah, Uncle Emmett or Lilli?”
Luka blinked. “Oh right, you’re going to visit them this weekend aren’t you?”
“That’s right.” Seth narrowed his eyes at Luka. “And I want you to listen to your Papa and Embry. Don’t do anything that’ll you’ll regret later.”
“Yes Sir.”
“Are you ready? I have to be at the airport within the next couple of hours,” Seth said finishing his juice.
“I’m done and ready,” Luka answered.
It was Wednesday so he would basically be without his Dad for a week. It made Luka slightly uneasy, not because he didn’t get along with his Papa but he had just always been closer to his Dad. He picked up this backpack and lunch bag. Luka made up his mind right then, he wouldn’t eat his lunch that day… or the next. He wanted to see how he did without the blood capsules. Maybe he didn’t even need them. As long as he got rid of his food at school his Papa would never know… not eating the capsules at breakfast and supper would be the hard part.
-x-
Jasper knocked on Luka’s door. “Luka, time to get up.”
Luka groaned and blinked quickly. The room spun and he rubbed his eyes. He threw back the covers, sat up and set his feet on the floor. The room continued to spin and he buried his head in his hands.
“Luka, are you up?”
“Yeah, I’m up,” he replied trying not to sound like he was sick.
“Breakfast will be ready in ten.”
“Okay Papa.” Luka made himself get to his feet and get dressed. It was a good thing he had taken his shower the night before because as dizzy as he was now… Luka was sure he would have slipped and fell. This was the first morning since he had stopped eating the blood capsules that he had felt dizzy or anything of the sort. “I’ll feel better later,” Luka told himself.
-x-
By lunch Luka didn’t feel any better. His stomach was cramping and he was even dizzier. The worst part was the urges… being around so many people in school… he was looking at them all like they should be his next meal. Luka pushed away from his lunch table, ignoring his friends’ worried questions, and headed out the side door.
Sometimes students would come out here to eat but it was starting to turn too cold for that so he was the only one out here. Once out of sight of the windows Luka went to his knees panting. He only had one thing on his mind… fishing out his cell phone from his pocket he called Embry.
“Luka? You should be in school, why are you calling?” Embry questioned.
“Blood,” Luka gasped. “I need blood Em. I’m gonna bite someone if I don’t get it soon.”
Embry barely paused before he replied. “Stay where you are. I’m coming.”
Luka let his phone drop to the ground and he curled up in a fetal position… anything to keep him from running back into the school and attacking someone. So much blood… it wouldn’t take much.
Moments later… or maybe it was hours, Luka had no idea how much time had passed, Embry was there. Luka groaned as Embry propped him up in his arms. He wanted to ask what Embry was doing, but he couldn’t get the words out. Something dripped against his lips and Luka’s eyes snapped open.
“Drink Luka, slowly,” Embry cautioned holding his bleeding wrist to Luka’s lips. He knew his healing would take over before Luka could drink too much but there was nothing to keep Luka from biting him when his cut healed. Luka stared at him for a moment but then took hold of Embry’s wrist and started to drink.
When the cut had healed, Luka kept trying to drink but Embry pulled away. “Enough,” he growled softly. “Let’s get you home.” Embry shifted and nudged Luka onto his back. He had sent both Jasper and Carlise texts before coming after Luka; they would be waiting when he got Luka home.
-x-
Jasper was pacing in front of the house when Embry appeared out of the forest around it. He ran to Embry’s side and pulled Luka off his back and into his arms. He ran into the house to Carlisle while Embry phased and got dressed. By the time Embry got into the house Jasper had Luka laying on the couch and Carlisle was taking readings of Luka’s blood.
“He said he needed blood when he called,” Embry supplied. “I gave him a little but it probably wasn’t enough.”
“Why would he need blood? He’s been eating the capsules like always…” Jasper stated.
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that,” Carlisle said. “His counts are much too low for that.”
“Why would he stop taking them?” Jasper questioned.
“We’ll have to ask Luka when he wakes up. Embry, please get one of the full packets from the freezer and start warming it up using your body heat,” Carlisle told him.
“Yes sir.”
Twenty minutes later Luka had finished off a whole packet of blood and was starting to come to. He blinked slowly. “Wha-What happened?”
Before either Carlisle or Embry could answer Jasper growled and grabbed the front of Luka’s shirt, jerking him up. “What were you thinking?!” He roared.
Luka’s eyes widened in fear. He had rarely seen his Papa angry and never this angry. “I-I didn’t think I really needed it!”
“So you nearly kill yourself! You could have hurt any number of people at your school! What if you had lost control while in the building?! What if you had been worse off? What if you had died? Did you even think of what that would do to your Dad and myself?!”
“Jasper,” Carlisle murmured.
“No! Did you even think?” Jasper demanded.
Tears rolled down Luka’s cheeks. No, he hadn’t thought about any of that. He had just wanted to eat food without having to taste blood. He started shaking his head.
“Did you?!”
“No!” Luka cried.
Suddenly he was jerked forward and embraced in Jasper’s arms tightly. “Don’t ever do anything like that again,” Jasper whispered harshly, his voice shaking.
Luka held onto Jasper’s shirt tightly. “I’m sorry Papa…”
“I love you Luka. Please don’t scare me like that again.”
A/N: This needs a proper one-shot heading... but I'll do that later. I'm feeling lazy right now.
Pairing: Jasper/Seth, Embry/Luka
Prompt: Fight
Luka winced as he felt the blood capsule pop between his teeth as he ate his breakfast of waffles. The tiny amount of blood that was in each capsule didn’t really change the taste of his food, especially when he used as much syrup as he liked. But it was still a little weird knowing there was blood in his food. Both of his parents insisted that he needed the blood because of his Papa but Luka wasn’t so sure.
“Everything taste good baby?” Seth questioned as he filled up his cup of juice.
Luka made a face. “Dad, I’m fourteen, don’t call me baby.”
Seth smiled. “Sorry ba-Luka. It’s a habit.”
Luka gave him a smile in return. “I know, just make an effort okay? And make sure not to do it in front of my friends.”
“Of course,” Seth answered.
“Of course what?” Jasper questioned coming into the kitchen.
“Luka is too old to be called baby anymore, especially in front of friends,” Seth replied leaning against the counter.
“To old?” Jasper questioned incredulously messing up Luka’s hair. “He’s got a good hundred years before he’s too old!”
“Papa!” Luka whined. Jasper just grinned at him before he moved over to Seth, greeting him with a kiss. Luka watched his parents quietly. He was always in awe of how they acted around each other, like they were magnets…or dancing. He wondered if he and Embry would ever be like that.
“Luka.”
“Hm?”
“Here’s your lunch for today and the rest of the week in in the fridge. Your Papa will take care of breakfast and supper, Embry will help him. Be good for them okay? Do you have anything you want to send to your Aunt Leah, Uncle Emmett or Lilli?”
Luka blinked. “Oh right, you’re going to visit them this weekend aren’t you?”
“That’s right.” Seth narrowed his eyes at Luka. “And I want you to listen to your Papa and Embry. Don’t do anything that’ll you’ll regret later.”
“Yes Sir.”
“Are you ready? I have to be at the airport within the next couple of hours,” Seth said finishing his juice.
“I’m done and ready,” Luka answered.
It was Wednesday so he would basically be without his Dad for a week. It made Luka slightly uneasy, not because he didn’t get along with his Papa but he had just always been closer to his Dad. He picked up this backpack and lunch bag. Luka made up his mind right then, he wouldn’t eat his lunch that day… or the next. He wanted to see how he did without the blood capsules. Maybe he didn’t even need them. As long as he got rid of his food at school his Papa would never know… not eating the capsules at breakfast and supper would be the hard part.
-x-
Jasper knocked on Luka’s door. “Luka, time to get up.”
Luka groaned and blinked quickly. The room spun and he rubbed his eyes. He threw back the covers, sat up and set his feet on the floor. The room continued to spin and he buried his head in his hands.
“Luka, are you up?”
“Yeah, I’m up,” he replied trying not to sound like he was sick.
“Breakfast will be ready in ten.”
“Okay Papa.” Luka made himself get to his feet and get dressed. It was a good thing he had taken his shower the night before because as dizzy as he was now… Luka was sure he would have slipped and fell. This was the first morning since he had stopped eating the blood capsules that he had felt dizzy or anything of the sort. “I’ll feel better later,” Luka told himself.
-x-
By lunch Luka didn’t feel any better. His stomach was cramping and he was even dizzier. The worst part was the urges… being around so many people in school… he was looking at them all like they should be his next meal. Luka pushed away from his lunch table, ignoring his friends’ worried questions, and headed out the side door.
Sometimes students would come out here to eat but it was starting to turn too cold for that so he was the only one out here. Once out of sight of the windows Luka went to his knees panting. He only had one thing on his mind… fishing out his cell phone from his pocket he called Embry.
“Luka? You should be in school, why are you calling?” Embry questioned.
“Blood,” Luka gasped. “I need blood Em. I’m gonna bite someone if I don’t get it soon.”
Embry barely paused before he replied. “Stay where you are. I’m coming.”
Luka let his phone drop to the ground and he curled up in a fetal position… anything to keep him from running back into the school and attacking someone. So much blood… it wouldn’t take much.
Moments later… or maybe it was hours, Luka had no idea how much time had passed, Embry was there. Luka groaned as Embry propped him up in his arms. He wanted to ask what Embry was doing, but he couldn’t get the words out. Something dripped against his lips and Luka’s eyes snapped open.
“Drink Luka, slowly,” Embry cautioned holding his bleeding wrist to Luka’s lips. He knew his healing would take over before Luka could drink too much but there was nothing to keep Luka from biting him when his cut healed. Luka stared at him for a moment but then took hold of Embry’s wrist and started to drink.
When the cut had healed, Luka kept trying to drink but Embry pulled away. “Enough,” he growled softly. “Let’s get you home.” Embry shifted and nudged Luka onto his back. He had sent both Jasper and Carlise texts before coming after Luka; they would be waiting when he got Luka home.
-x-
Jasper was pacing in front of the house when Embry appeared out of the forest around it. He ran to Embry’s side and pulled Luka off his back and into his arms. He ran into the house to Carlisle while Embry phased and got dressed. By the time Embry got into the house Jasper had Luka laying on the couch and Carlisle was taking readings of Luka’s blood.
“He said he needed blood when he called,” Embry supplied. “I gave him a little but it probably wasn’t enough.”
“Why would he need blood? He’s been eating the capsules like always…” Jasper stated.
“I wouldn’t be so sure of that,” Carlisle said. “His counts are much too low for that.”
“Why would he stop taking them?” Jasper questioned.
“We’ll have to ask Luka when he wakes up. Embry, please get one of the full packets from the freezer and start warming it up using your body heat,” Carlisle told him.
“Yes sir.”
Twenty minutes later Luka had finished off a whole packet of blood and was starting to come to. He blinked slowly. “Wha-What happened?”
Before either Carlisle or Embry could answer Jasper growled and grabbed the front of Luka’s shirt, jerking him up. “What were you thinking?!” He roared.
Luka’s eyes widened in fear. He had rarely seen his Papa angry and never this angry. “I-I didn’t think I really needed it!”
“So you nearly kill yourself! You could have hurt any number of people at your school! What if you had lost control while in the building?! What if you had been worse off? What if you had died? Did you even think of what that would do to your Dad and myself?!”
“Jasper,” Carlisle murmured.
“No! Did you even think?” Jasper demanded.
Tears rolled down Luka’s cheeks. No, he hadn’t thought about any of that. He had just wanted to eat food without having to taste blood. He started shaking his head.
“Did you?!”
“No!” Luka cried.
Suddenly he was jerked forward and embraced in Jasper’s arms tightly. “Don’t ever do anything like that again,” Jasper whispered harshly, his voice shaking.
Luka held onto Jasper’s shirt tightly. “I’m sorry Papa…”
“I love you Luka. Please don’t scare me like that again.”
A/N: This needs a proper one-shot heading... but I'll do that later. I'm feeling lazy right now.