#which is ahem. a bad idea. as far as the local human population is concerned

[dayurno]

hey! so i read your fic casket fresh and i love it!!! i was just wondering if you could explain the vampire drop and transition thing? it happens multiple times? is it like a monthly thing is kevin basically on his period

BASICALLY ON HIS PERIOD GHNSDFJGSKDF nooo noo ok let me tell you. please bear with me for a second a lot of casket fresh was written from a hospital bed. suspend your disbelief with me ok

the transition is basically just the vampire venom spreading through his body and quite literally killing him a little more every time, with the drops being times where it is circulating at peak capacity. the transition should last at most half a year (it's longer for vampires than for werewolves, and more painful too; there's a reason they're such a small population and kevin is the only vampire in palmetto at the moment of the fic) (though you can guess yourself who is the other vampire still kicking post-riko's death) (it's jean) and it's a very vulnerable time physically and emotionally, which is why it's court-mandated that the vampire's sire stays with them and nurses them through the transition lest they become a danger to humans

andrew stepping in as kevin's sire after riko dies is akin to voluntary work for his community, and actually a really big responsibility. i can't for the life of me remember if i included this, but kevin *was* assigned other handlers before andrew, and it didn't end well because his position of vulnerability made him feel threatened and caged in. kevin actually attacked his last assigned handler, which is why the court allowed him to stay without a sire before andrew stepped in