[Most nights, Natasha wouldn't have noticed Connor. Or, she wouldn't have noticed him any more than she would have noticed any other young, attractive warm body. He might have been anyone out at night—coming home from the grocery store?—something like that anyway.
Tonight, it's not so much him she notices at first either. It's his tail.
The vampire looks about twenty, and even if he plays dress up like he's straight out of the 70s London punk scene, she doesn't think he's much older than he looks. There's no sense of age about him. The appearance is a conscious affectation, not habit. An older vampire would know better. So at best he's young, and at worst, he's young and stupid.
And a young, stupid vampire openly following a young, attractive warm body down the street in the dark? That does get her attention. At this point, Natasha's not looking to pick fights with the local nests. As far as vampires go, her goal was to keep as low of a profile as she could for as long as she could. But now it's her job to protect humans from supernatural depredation—which is as good of a reason as any to explain why she doesn't hesitate to follow along, keeping an eye on both of them.]
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Tonight, it's not so much him she notices at first either. It's his tail.
The vampire looks about twenty, and even if he plays dress up like he's straight out of the 70s London punk scene, she doesn't think he's much older than he looks. There's no sense of age about him. The appearance is a conscious affectation, not habit. An older vampire would know better. So at best he's young, and at worst, he's young and stupid.
And a young, stupid vampire openly following a young, attractive warm body down the street in the dark? That does get her attention. At this point, Natasha's not looking to pick fights with the local nests. As far as vampires go, her goal was to keep as low of a profile as she could for as long as she could. But now it's her job to protect humans from supernatural depredation—which is as good of a reason as any to explain why she doesn't hesitate to follow along, keeping an eye on both of them.]