#iwtv fanfic

[squirrellypoo]

Currently, what are some of your favorite iwtv fics? I’m pretty caught up on a lot of mine and need some recs

Sure! I’ll try to categorise and keep most to recent/currently updating ones just to narrow down my list. These are in no particular order! (And I am terrible at connecting AO3 and tumblr usernames so forgive me if I’m an idiot and missed some)

Vampire ones (mostly Loustat)

“Love like an ache in the jaw” Post-Dubai interview Louis POV where Lestat awakes and comes back to him, with all the pain, turmoil, and love that entails.

“Assignment” Modern AU with an anxious and stressed Louis requesting professional services to lose his virginity. Alternating POV between Louis and Lestat. (ongoing) by @riley-beautrelle

“In the White Room (L’homme Lestat)” Modern vampire story where Lestat is kidnapped by a mysterious organisation and forced to become their assassin while Loumand try to help/rescue him with help from Villanelle (ongoing) by @angstosaur

“Get him back” Romcom with show!vampire Loustat kinda in that weird post-QOTD/TOTBT stage where they’re friends but not together but still inseparable. And there’s Mojo! (Series ongoing)

“Making It Work” Modern show-based Loustat are alternating POV diary entries as they try to forge new ties with Louis’s family’s descendants… (ongoing)

“Half Past Dead” Modern post-Dubai interview with Daniel interviewing (& fucking) a down & out addict vampire Lestat in New Orleans

“The Vampire Detective Agency and the case of the Mozart Murderer” Modern alternate-canon thriller with Loustat solving a murder together in NOLA (ongoing) by @angstosaur

“A favor” PL-era Louis arranges the perfect birthday celebration for Lestat - a massacre at a mobster’s decadent party by @riley-beautrelle

“Epitaph” Each daily chapter is day in the life of Daniel Molloy in Sept 1973 as his life is changed forever when he meets a man who claims to be a vampire… (ongoing, daily updates in March)

Not-quite-human AUs (just trust me)

“Come (Back) to Me” Modern painter Louis is drawn to a painting an an old chateau and time travels back to the 18th century to meet the young marquis in the portrait… by @suikamelon6

“None of them your true nature” modern AU where casino boss Louis starts an affair with the owner Lestat, despite his troubled marriage to Antoinette…

Human AU

“Did you get enough love, my little dove?” Modern human AU with single dad Lestat raising Claudia after her mother Alicia died, and anxiety-ridden Louis finds a loving home at theirs while lusting after Lestat (ongoing)

“Against All Odds” modern human AU with French exchange teen Loustat in first love then complications with Nicki at uni (ongoing) by @moderndaylestat

“I hate you but I love you more” Human AU with teacher Louis and rockstar Lestat, divorced 11 years but crashing back into each others’ lives when they’re locked in a house together. Meanwhile, Armand comes to terms with the demons of his past while he navigates his relationship with Daniel. (ongoing, nearly completed)

“Memory is a monster” Modern human AU with rockstar Lestat losing his memory after a head injury and Louis, Armand, and Daniel vying to heal/have him (ongoing) by @angstosaur

“Bubble Wrap” Modern human AU with actor uni student Louis falling for clumsy writing student Lestat as he deals with his abusive upbringing and they navigate growing up and starting their careers… (ongoing)

“Like You Mean It” Romcom modern human AU with Loustat fake dating their way through 6 weddings and denying their attraction (ongoing)

[cbrownjc]

The first part of my next fanfic in The Forgotten Years series, which I am writing with @faerywhimsy, is now done. Please check it out over on AO3.

Title: Half-Forgotten Dreams

Pairings: Armand/Daniel, Daniel/Louis (past), Armand/Louis (past), Armand/Daniel/Louis (past), Lestat/Louis (past)

Summary: Though his interview with Louis is now at its end, Daniel continues to regain memories of his past that reveal things he’s not prepared to face.

End of Season Two — Show Canon with Book Canon Elements — Daniel’s POV

ACT I (of II) —  14,443 words — Mature

Warning: This story might contain possible spoilers for the end of Season Two (as it references later books in the series). If that is something you may want to avoid, please wait to read this story later. 

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Excerpt:

Al Shafar Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 30, 2022, 1:08 a.m.

“And so now? The only thing before me now is to go on, night after night. Detached. Unchangeable. Empty.” 

Once again, Daniel listened to the recording of the final words spoken by Louis just a few hours before.

After all the drama, twists and turns, and painful remembrances and revelations, Daniel Molloy’s interview with the vampire Louis de Pointe du Lac was now over. Finished. 

Once he had spoken those final words, Louis had quietly risen from his chair in the sitting room and disappeared down a hallway, without so much as another word to Daniel. 

The Vampire Armand, too, had only paused for a few moments after Louis had departed before taking his leave as well, also without a word to Daniel.  

It was late, and Daniel was already way past when he should have already gone to bed. He was feeling drowsy and his Parkinson’s tremors were always worse at night when he was tired and still awake at such an hour. 

However, the fact that the interview was now, officially over, didn’t feel like a relief. Or even some great unfinished accomplishment that he’d finally finished, and could cross off a bucket list. 

No. What Daniel mostly felt about it all, at the moment, was a strange sort of . . . sorrow. 

He didn’t feel celebratory about having uncovered all the hidden truths and obfuscation that had been thrown his way since the moment he walked through the door of the Dubai Penthouse. Usually when catching an interview subject trying to do such things, Daniel took an almost sadistic delight in upending the person in question, trapping them into at least facing the truth — a truth Daniel always made sure he knew as well, with facts on hand to back it up, before he did so — even if they remained loathed to admit that truth to him or themselves.

However, after all the truths that were finally revealed during Louis de Pointe du Lac’s interview, all Daniel felt about it now, was melancholy. 

Daniel Molloy wouldn’t have believed it of himself just two weeks ago but after this interview, with Louis’ final words, Daniel felt himself almost wishing he’d just let Louis hold onto the illusions he’d built around himself about everything that had happened.

Especially regarding Claudia, his never-sister and forever-daughter. Claudia, who had broken Louis’ heart, (maybe even more than Lestat had), and who was now gone forever.      

It was strange how, after everything, Daniel now felt a kind of kinship toward Louis. Even a real sense of trust now. He couldn’t say how or when it had come about, but it was there.  

Louis had never lied to him about things in the beginning with any malicious intent behind it. Once his true memories began to reveal themselves, Louis didn’t try to hide from them anymore. He faced them, despite the utter pain it caused him to do so. 

And Daniel couldn’t help but admire, and have his heart go out to Louis for that.

Which was very much not the same feelings Daniel held toward Louis’ erstwhile vampire companion Armand.

When the full truth about Armand’s role in Claudia’s fate had been revealed — specifically what acts he’d committed in the lead into her final fate — had been revealed, Daniel had listened to it all with the same cold and quiet dispassion Armand had displayed in his telling of it. 

However, underneath that, Daniel had also continued to be confused by the five-centuries-old immortal, just as he had been after both he and Louis had revealed Armand’s true identity to him after the Rashid subterfuge.     

Even before now, Daniel had wondered what Rashid’s true goal and endgame were regarding Louis — regarding all of this.

And now, after the interview was concluded, Daniel still didn’t know.

And not knowing, not having figured it out when he was now at the end of it all, continued to pick at his mind. None of it was helped by the fact that Armand had been playing a major role in all the lost memories Daniel had never known, until now, that he’d even forgotten. Events from after the failed first interview with Louis back in 1973. 

Every time Daniel closed his eyes, it wasn’t only his forever-reoccurring dream he saw behind them now. The reoccurring dream — or more accurately, nightmare —  he’d been having off and on since 2005. 

No. Now, along with that, it would also be some forgotten memory flooding back to him, returning to him, as well.

And he knew they were memories. They always felt more real, more tangible, than his dreams did. 

[ Read on AO3 ]

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Using @iwtvfanevents's a meal to remember event as an opportunity to celebrate some of the sickos beautiful authors in this fandom 🧡 here's a list of some of my favourite recommendations, all of them Louis-centric and/or involving louis in a major fashion.

I will also be adding a song that I associate to each of them!!

🐺Leslou🐑

canon/semi-canon compliant

Pour (E) by baberainbow / @baberainbowao3: Kicking this list off with one of my all times favorite, manages to capture their voices perfectly. You'll never go wrong with one of babe's fics, they're all canon in my head 🧡

song: holy terrain - fka twigs

Glass (E) by baberainbow / @baberainbowao3: Melting just thinking about this one. I can never be free of them.

Pieta (E) by baberainbow / @baberainbowao3: Gabrielle gives lestat something he needs and gives louis something he didnt know he needed 🧡 Gabrielle is so kind 🧡

song: let go - tinashe

song: mary magdalene - fka twigs

Tides (E) by @nlbv: Tides my best friend. had to stare at my ceiling for at least 10 minutes after that one and it doesn't lose its impact no matter how much I come back to it. Masterful grasp on both louis and lestat's characterization and the toxicity that permeates their relationship.

song: tear you apart - she wants revenge

Roadkill (E) by @baberainbowao3 and @nlbv: TELL THE AVENGERS TO PACK IT THE FUCK UP. This is the most ambitious crossover of our generation. Roadkill my wife my beloved my soulmate. Read it so many times i've managed to convince myself it was canon. and it is. What is a family meant for if not for going to the circus, commiting horrifying acts of violence and making plans for the future 🧡

song: savage good boy - japanese breakfast

someone buy me roses (E) by indigostohelit: Perfect dialogue, impeccably true to their characters, illustrates louis' religious hangups and repression in a subtle funny and intimate way.

song: save a prayer - duran duran

Amour Rouge (E) by revengefrnnk: Louis exploring femininity. Big big fan of putting that man in lingerie personally. 10/10 certified s1 deleted scene to me.

song: blood and butter - caroline polachek

AUs

Reformation (E) by verseau / @greedydemands (MODERN AU): The sacred texts. We all remember where we were. 10/10 will make you go through the full range of existing human emotions. I laughed. I cried, a number of times. I sweat, I danced. I got... a shot, I ate and... I had many epiphanies.

song: heaven - shygirl / be sweet - japanese breakfast

hold me tight, & fear me not (E) by boltcutters / @wordforworldisforest (TAM LIN AU): Me when I find a beautiful fairytale book in the evil yaoi section. Read if you love beautiful writing and if you want to find out what happens to lost little lambs that stray from the path.

song: i cant breathe - gwsn

Part of Your World (E) by weathermood / @weather-mood (LITTLE MERMAID AU): I never know where to start when praising POYW, from how real and alive the world feels to the sense of tragedy permeating Louis and Lestat's entire relationship, to how much it's made me miss the sea. Oh and also the monsterfucking ❤️

song: like real people do - hozier / sea, swallow me - cocteau twins

House of Gold (E) by dirtygoldensoul / @revolution-starter : I don't usually read A/B/O fics but I love this one so much, for many reasons, the main one being how bad the family dynamics get me... Can't recommend it enough 🧡

song: work song - hozier

Like a Heathen clung to the Homily (E) by @thelioncourts (SEX CLUB AU): One of my favorite insights into Louis' internality and his lingering religious trauma, and how it still affects him, chapter 4 almost made me cry... Can't wait to see where it goes next.

song: after dark - mister kitty

🥀Loumand🎭

canon/semi-canon compliant

dirges (E) by boltcutters / @wordforworldisforest: Can't make my way into loumand territory without mentioning my beautiful wife dirges. Ziska if you read this know that you will be dealt with shortly. Loumand bed death allegation hours: CLOSED FOREVER.

song: posing in bondage - japanese breakfast

Alluvium (E) by serpenstkirts / @knifeeater: The best way I can describe Laïs' fics and how they make me feel would be to liken the experience to drowning into a lake and being grateful for the dark water filling your lungs. This fic is about eroticized latex gloves and finger sucking btw.

song: only seeing god when i come - sega bodega

vanishing point (E) by serpentskirts / @knifeeater: Motorcycle sex as religious experience. Day 67 of my campaign to get Laïs in that writing room.

song: sunset - caroline polachek / nascar - stella smyth

Selfsame (E) by @vampdf: 70s LOUMAND CRUISING ERA MY BELOVED. Number 1 on the list of the crimes Eli has to answer for. 1000/10. Died five separate times reading this. Rolin look at me. Rolin dont listen to AMC. You need this in s2. It is crucial that we get this. Louis deserves it.

song: a pill to crush - evelyn / sulk - tr/st

Prey Drive (E) by The_Lame_Goat / @iwtvdramacd18: Speaking of loumand's 70s insane bdsm practices 💔💔💔 s2 script just leaked. Is your eternal vampire marriage hitting a rough spot? Try our newest predator/prey large-scale roleplay!

song: lullaby - the cure / on the run - kelela

Mark Deep (E) by The_Lame_Goat / @iwtvdramacd18: Goat you have my blood on your hands. No added commentary needed actually. The damage this fic has done to me is irreversible. Read if you want some more quality t4t loumand insanity.

song: pang - caroline polachek

Rumpelstiltskin (E) by weathermood / @weather-mood: Most normal loumand roleplay night. Louis wakes up in a tower. I literally refuse to say anything else until you all read it for yourself and go through the sheer range of emotions I've went through when first reading it. #Their princess/captor slay is real and alive and thriving. This fic is also part of the NMHMRGPINE (No Matter How Much Rashid Gets Paid It's Not Enough) verse btw.

who is she ? - i monster / big bad wolf - shakey graves

AUs

the night island (E) by @vampdf (MAFIA AU): I don't know much but I know Armand was made to be a mob boss and Louis was made to be a mob wife. One of the most insanity-inducing byproducts of the career dom s2 teaser Armand scene(tm).

song: bitch bites dog - cecile believe

🚬Armand/Louis/Daniel📚

thy fearful symmetry (E) by mothmaiden: 70s era. One of the flrst iwtv fics I ever read. Never left my mind since. Delicious dynamics between the three of them, got me gasping and covering my mouth many times. Can't recommend enough.

song: soul control - jessie ware

Little Kidnaps in the Dark (E) by @gayvampiredivorce : The damage little kidnaps has wrought on my crops, my mental health, my friends and family can NOT be overstated. Masterful interpretation of the evolution of their relationship and dynamics through the haze of vampiric existence. Anne could never have done this.

song: when the sun hits - slowdive

Lethe series (T/E) by serpentskirts / @knifeeater: Quite simply one of my favorite series not only in that tag but in general. Every sentence Laïs writes pulls me into a dark void that I hope I'm never getting out of.

song: hopedrunk everasking - caroline polachek

🖤Lestat/Louis/Armand/Daniel💀

Good to Love / Ruthless in Love (M) by themasterletters / @brightfelon (MODERN AU): Reading Toni's fics makes me feel like im a teen again, waiting anxiously for updates and calling up all my friends to scream and , am in love with all of Toni's readings of the characters but his Louis truly gets me. That fic doesn't only live rent free in my head it's also led me places I wouldnt go to with a gun. I have seen the best minds of my generation led to madness by toni's loumand. btw.

song: career boy - dorian electra / genghis khan - miike snow

Lestat/Louis/Armand

A Potentiality for Corruption (E) by @vampdf: The thing is. I can't talk about Eli's fics without talking about Potentiality. However. Talking about Potentiality also happens to send me into a state of delirious hysterics. Daphne Du Maurier found dead in a ditch. Charlotte Brontë shaking and crying. Guillermo Del Toro found jobless. There's a new Gothic classic in town.

song: ptolemaea - ethel cain

[graygiantess]

So AMC made Santiago sexy as Hell and Armand even sexier than we all already knew him to be for S2 - so I had to make them get sexy together ('t was inevitable).

Spicy Armandiago smut with a side of Lestat homoerotically haunting the narrative:

Altar of Immortality

Rated E for Explicit.

[vividxp]

Been a busy few days but I do want to make some recs before I'm off again.

night train by flowerplots - This legitimately unnerved me. Such a well written fic that's executed in an unique way that makes this fic stand out.

feel the weather change by Tash_ka - a series of one shots that focuses on early Loustat. My favorite in this series is the third fic, because I like psychic shenanigans and for canon reasons you don't get that with Loustat a lot.

Go Fetch God by bluebloodbruise - This is a popular fic but it's one of the older ones so I wanted to shout it out for folks new to the fandom. IIRC the author watched the first couple of episodes before writing this. I'm kinda surprised how it still managed to hit some of the shows beats.

GWS 9450 TOPICS IN QUEER THEORY - NARRATIVE/POWER/EROTIC - STUART, A by king_edmund - A lot of the IWTV fandom is very well read, teach me your ways! No but seriously, this was pretty great. This is something I wish the fandom had more of.

and back to the river by pmml - I tend to like Loustat when it's more on the toxically unhinged side, so this is a kind of fluffy fic but I thought it was still grounded.

Grand Plie by Lazarus_star - need this author to keep going I was already intrigued by the set up of this Ballet AU.

[suikamelon6]

Prince Lestat phrew up. Man's flu is worse when you're a vampire.

Inspired by my IWTV AU fanfic "Saveur de la Maison" ch.13 where Lestat ate Gateau Opera from Louis' body.

[squirrellypoo]

The many occupations of fic Louis de Pointe du Lac

I’ve been reading a lot of fic to get me through the long wait to season 2, and I’ve been delighted by the sheer diversity of professional occupations writers have imagined for Louis. Here’s a list off the top of my head of ones I’ve read and enjoyed, though please do tell me in the comments if I’ve missed any!

Spa owner and massage therapist in "You're the one, designed for me"

Fashion photographer in "Let the flesh instruct the mind"

Coffee shop owner in “It’s like a sucker punch straight to my heart” by @thefairylights

Chef in "Saveur de la Maison" by @suikamelon6

Ballet dancer in "Meet me at the barre" by @dancermk

Club promoter in "Grenadine" by @penguinsandbats

Nanny in "Cord of Communion" by @brightfelon

Sugar baby in "Music when the sun goes down" by @mythicaltzu

Cabin crew in "The Mile High Club" by @bronzeriot

Publishing editor in "Brooklyn Baby"

Bar owner in "Under the Blood Mood" by @revolution-starter

University lecturer in "Practical Ethics" by @prouvaireafterdark

Teacher in "Your mouth and madness" by @brightfelon

Art gallerist in "The Saint" by @revolution-starter

Crown prince in "Part of Your World" by @weather-mood

Bartender in "My companion heart" by @mythicaltzu

Whereas Lestat is nearly always musician/rockstar/music producer (which makes sense since that's canon). Though I must give a special mention to his porn star career in "Pretty Boy" 👀

EDIT: I went and made a fic occupation post for Lestat now, too!

Apologies if I’ve mis-tagged or forgotten to tag any authors here, I’ve tried to match them up from AO3 references where possible!

[mothmage]

when will she fuck that old woman, huh? equality.

offering you genderswapped/r63 armandaniel porn with plot except it's 2016 and armand is stalking dani at the club and introducing herself as rashda like the little freak she is

Mid-Youth Crisis on AO3

June 5, 2016.

Dani Molloy was post-menopausal, post-divorce, and post-pretending to be heterosexual. So she threw together something reminiscent of her pre-second-marriage butch years, and headed for the bar.

Armand was skulking around New York, observing the girl from a distance. But when the opportunity presented itself, Dani settling herself deliciously on a silver platter, how could she possibly resist?

excerpt below the cut!

Her hands slid up, underneath the hem of Dani’s shirt, and settled over her ribcage, long fingers splayed out over her skin.

Dani gasped; her hands were almost as cold as the metal of her rings. She shivered, but found herself leaning into it. “Your hands are cold,” she said, the whisper lost in the noise.

Are they?

Dani heard the words like an echo in her head, spoken so close to her ear. Rashda pressed her lips there, to the skin below Dani’s jaw, and Dani gasped, arched her back a little. Rashda made a little noise, sounding pleased, and dragged her teeth over Dani’s pulse point, delicately.

Dani shivered, began to wonder if her body might actually catch up to her mind and get aroused. Her mind was already there; had been since she saw Rashda’s fingers drawing patterns in the condensation at the bar.

Rashda spun her around with the music, then reeled her back in, held Dani’s back flush against her chest. “Forgive me,” she said, lips moving against Dani’s ear. She sounded a little breathless, and Dani could feel her chest moving against her back. “I got carried away. You’re very hard to resist, Dani.”

Dani flushed, spun around and settled her hands back against Rashda’s hips. She wanted to call her on the lie, but it died in her throat. She could see how affected the younger woman was; her pupils blown wide and chest heaving. It stroked her ego, a bit. Feeling bold, she licked her lips. “Do you know if this place has a bathroom?”

Rashda stared at her for a moment, then smiled, slow and wide. “Oh, Dani,” she purred. “Come.”

[...]

Rashda brought her to a nice hotel. Like, a really nice hotel. Dani eyed her as they walked in, considering. She wouldn’t have expected a young woman – practically a kid, really, to have that kind of money. Family money, maybe. Dani wondered if Daddy knew she was using his money to bring home old women from bars.

Rashda shot her a look, amused, and took her hand. In the elevator, she brought their hands up to study the ring on Dani’s thumb. She traced her fingertip over it, then down to Dani’s nail. “Beautiful.”

“Thanks,” Dani said, suddenly struck with the desire to press her thumb between Rasdha’s pretty lips, to watch her suck it. She looked away, trying to regain her composure.

“Come,” Rashda said, just before the elevator chimed. She led Dani out into a hallway just as lavish as the lobby below them, then to a door that opened with the quiet tap of a gold card.

Dani raised a brow, but didn’t comment on it. There were shoes by the door, a neat row of sensible and expensive-looking shoes. Rashda stepped out of hers, black leather mules, and walked off towards what looked like a bar.

Dani toed hers off as well, leaving her in socks that thankfully were free of holes. She looked around. The hotel room was huge, with dark wood furniture and floor-to-ceiling windows. It was multi-level, too, with the kind of conversation pit that Dani hadn’t seen in at least twenty years.

She whistled, low and long. Her palms were getting a little sweaty. She walked over to the living area, down the few steps to the right level.

“Real nice room you got here,” she said, wincing even as the words left her mouth. God, she sounded stupid.

“Thank you, Danielle,” Rashda called, from the other side of the room. “Would you like some wine?”

She began to walk over, bare-footed and quiet. There was a look in her eyes, something like intent.

[cbrownjc]

The second part of my new fanfic in The Forgotten Years series, which I am writing with @faerywhimsy, is now done, and the entire fic is now complete! Please check it out over on AO3.

Title: Half-Forgotten Dreams

Pairings: Armand/Daniel, Daniel/Louis (past), Armand/Louis (past), Armand/Daniel/Louis (past), Lestat/Louis (background/past)

Summary: Though his interview with Louis is now at its end, Daniel continues to regain memories of his past that reveal things he’s not prepared to face.

End of Season Two — Show Canon with Book Canon Elements — Daniel’s POV

ACT II (of II) —  17,507 words — Mature — Completed

Warning: This story might contain possible spoilers for the end of Season Two (as it references later books in the series). If that is something you may want to avoid, please wait to read this story later. 

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Excerpt:

Al Shafar Tower, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, June 28, 2022, after sunset

Two days before Louis attempts to end his life via sunlight exposure.

Armand explained to Daniel, as they walked along a long hallway that led toward the back of the penthouse, that the Al Shafar Tower began its construction in 2006. 

Armand, using his human alias of “Rashid” during that time before construction began, had been one of the main investors in the building project before the ground had even been broken for its construction. 

Armand, at that time, had purchased all the penthouse space in the building, along with a sizable portion of the basement spaces, which included a private entrance into the basement space. Along with the design for a private elevator that ran from the penthouse directly down to that owned basement area. 

Construction of the tower was completed in 2009. 

All of this Armand explained to Daniel as he now led Daniel to that private elevator, located in a secluded corner of the penthouse space. 

“And what exactly are you keeping in this private basement area?” Daniel asked as they entered the elevator that would take them down to the private basement level. “Is it where The Farm is located? You and Louis both have yet to tell me anything about that little . . . whatever it is.”

“No,” Armand replied evenly. “The Farm is located in another place. The basement holds something much more … important. At least, for Louis,” he added, a note of resignation having been added in his tone.

“For Louis,” Daniel repeated. “The same Louis whom you told me a few hours ago was taking time to rest today?”

That day’s interview time did not have Louis come to talk with Daniel at all. Armand, once again, had told Daniel that Louis was taking the day to rest after the emotional remembrances of the day before. Just as he had done a week before when Daniel had first been given Claudia’s diaries to read. 

So that whole day, it had just been Armand and Daniel on their own. And Armand had told Daniel, in great detail — and with cool detachment — things he felt were significant to tell Daniel about his past; how he was first turned in the city of Venice, as well as his kidnapping soon after, and being indoctrinated into a cult of vampires called ‘The Children of Darkness,’ of which he became the leader of the Paris chapter of. 

How then, 300 years later, he’d first met The Vampire Lestat, who had turned the only life Armand had known for so long upside down; resulting in the end of that coven, and the beginning of a new one — the Théâtre des Vampires.

And then, finally, his role leading up to the trial and execution of Claudia by the Théâtre des Vampires.

“Louis did take time to rest today,” Armand explained. He continued to face forward in the elevator, not looking at Daniel as he spoke. “But during that time, he likes to come down to the basement level and spend time down here as well.” 

The elevator speakers announced that they had arrived at the basement level. 

“And why would Louis want to spend time resting in a basement?” Daniel asked, skeptically, as the elevator doors began to open.

With one arm, Armand held the doors open and, with a tilt of his head, indicated Daniel should exit first, only saying “See for yourself.”

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[dlsintegration]

can we please be serious.

[destituteportrait]

Excerpt from a fanfic featuring our favourite blond menace Lestat:

This scene features Lestat X OCfemalecharacter, and the entire fanfiction is leading to Louis’s and Lestat’s reunion in an AU New York - but also to a confrontation between a jealous Lestat and an angry Armand... 

I smile to myself and try another sip of the absinthe. It's very good. Still, I can already feel the first malicious press of intoxication in the back of my skull.

"You have to be careful with that stuff," a drawling voice suddenly says. "I can't tell you how many times I've ended up in strange places after only a glass or two."

I look up and see the strange, beautiful man who had been staring at me from the bar. He has shed the intense gaze, and instead looks at me with nothing but an open smile and a charming glint in his eyes. Any feeling of unease I had before slips away, and I find myself interested in him, this handsome stranger, to whom the bar's emulated time period clings like a lover. He is still holding his own glass, which is half-empty, slightly raised to underline his point.

I smile. "That's sound advice. I'm not sure it's fun advice."

He laughs, a delightful sound, slightly higher-pitched than his own voice which is low and smooth like rich mascarpone. The sound of it keeps my own smile firmly fixed to my face.

"That's true," he admits, and nods at the empty seat in my booth. "May I? We share a drink order, after all - perhaps we should drink together."

"Go right ahead."

He supply slides into the booth almost noiselessly and touches his glass to mine. "What are we drinking to?"

"Judging by our surroundings? Drunk, bedazzled youth, and debauchery."

Again that laugh. I can't help but echo it. "Is there anything better to drink to? To debauchery."

The way he looks at me as our glasses touch again is dripping with intent. I cast my eyes down momentarily with the force of it. I can't help but remember the way he was staring before, the unnerving vice-grip of his gaze, and remind myself that he is still a stranger, someone I don't know and whose actions I can't guess.

"What brings you to this bar?" he asks.

I like his voice, I realise. It reverberates through my body, the low softness, the seductive tones. There is an accent there - French, I think, based on the way the R rolls stuck in the back of his throat, the delicacy of the W, the way his words tend to blur together sometimes.

"I know the owner. She's a friend of mine. You?"

He pauses before answering, looking around him briefly. For a moment, I see something melancholy flashing in his eyes. "It reminds me of a happy period in my life," he says softly, almost as if he doesn't intend for me to hear him. "The beauty, the easiness of the Then, especially in contrast with the harshness of the Now."

I don't know what to respond to it, but he doesn't seem to expect a response. Instead, he shakes his head, shaking the short instance of sad nostalgia, and smiles at me again. His teeth are so straight and white, they shine like predator's canines in the dim bar lights. I shiver for reasons I don't understand and don't wish to understand.

"I never caught your name," he says.

"I never gave it. It's Elizabeth."

"Pleasure to meet you," he says. I feel a slight blush rising to my cheeks at the way he says 'pleasure' - like the word is meant for us, the two of us, and no one else in the world at all. "My name is Lestat."

"Lestat?"

"It's French."

"I thought I heard an accent."

He shrugs apologetically. "No matter how long I've been speaking English, it follows me like a shadow."

"It's okay. I like it."

His smile deepens. "You do, do you?" A slight lean forward, a quickening of my breath - out of excitement, or that same inexplicable sense of fear, of danger? "I'm glad to hear it, chérie."

His eyes, the little upturn of his lips, ask me a hundred silent questions: Is there anything else you like about me? What is it? Anything you want to see, to touch - anything you wish to run your hands over, to kiss, to feel against your skin? I find myself biting my bottom lip nervously, a habit I've never had before.

Then he leans back into his seat and the spell is over. I breathe deeply, feeling very much as if I just spent a minute under water, struggling to form a coherent thought.

"So, what is it you do, Elizabeth? Apart from knowing bar owners."

I laugh. "I'm... I'm an artist."

He raises one eyebrow. "Why the hesitation?"

"I'm not a very successful one," I admit.

"Success isn't measured by something as crude as monetary gain. Are you talented?"

"Am I..." I hesitate. "I'm not sure if I'm the right person to say. It's all very subjective-"

"You're selling yourself short, I can tell," he interrupts. "Never do that. Never doubt what you know. Are you talented?"

I smile, embarrassed. "Yes."

"Very good." He smiles brilliantly. "Do you have any examples?"

"I have pictures on my phone."

He doesn't hesitate before covering my hand with his. It's trapped beneath his long, elegant fingers, which gently press against my own with no threat, but the promise of a surer touch, a warmer one. Normally, I would have pulled my hand away, but I leave it there, slightly ashamed at my excitement to be touched by him, however briefly.

"May I see them?" he asks in soft, hushed tones, as if he is asking me to unbutton a piece of clothing.

[thelioncourts]

chapter 3 of the sex club au is out ✨ mind an additional tag

[graygiantess]

Our Conversation

Happy extremely belated birthday, Lestat de Lioncourt! 😅

Out now on Ao3!

Rating: E

Pairing: Lestat de Lioncourt/Nicolas de Lenfent

Prompts: "My Lord, the Wolfkiller", "First Love" & "Lust for Life"

Written for the @vampirefest Lestat Birthday Bingo

[chiropterancreed]

Ancient Shadows

(A ghost alternate universe for Louis and Lestat!) Louis de Pointe du Lac is a recently divorced, single father. Louis is struggling with the loss of a marriage, raising his daughter, and working on his new novel - seeking a change he moves his little family to France, hoping it will help inspire him to write. But when strange things begin to happen in their new home, will Louis be able to tough it out to finish his book in time? (Here is an excerpt from my most recently posted chapter. (07/27/2023))

CHAPTER 11: One Unceasing Radiation of Gloom

The figure in the bathroom doorway seemed to have other intentions.

Louis’ heart jolted in his chest. He hadn’t yet flipped the light switch. Only the light from the hallway provided the dim illumination. He gasped, falling back against the wall, scrambling for the switch. He had to shut his eyes tight against the sudden onslaught of light.

Louis kept his eyes screwed shut, afraid to face the figure. He hadn’t once thought of it being Lestat. Lestat had always appeared very vividly to him, even as the smoking shade. No, what he had seen was the solid shape of a man, almost as if he had been cut out from black fabric and left to hang in the air. A very well-defined shape, terrifying in the brief, clear glimpse he had seen.

Louis took a deep breath, trying to calm his racing heart. He heard nothing. He didn’t feel anything either, no sense of anyone else in the room with him. Slowly, carefully, he opened his eyes...