Morbid Doodles

Knave of Hearts (7388 words) by dorothy_notgale and Tromperie
Chapters: 1/4
Fandom: Vampire Chronicles - Anne Rice
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Lestat de Lioncourt/Louis de Pointe du Lac, Louis de Pointe du Lac/Benedict, Lestat de Lioncourt/Marius de Romanus
Characters: Amel
Additional Tags: Bad Decisions, violence and sadism in later chapters, Infidelity, Not polyamory, Possession, Anxiety, Loss of Control, who is running this court, not that it needs to be run anyway, the court is dumb okay, Masochism, Rating subject to change, Ghosts, Selfishness
Series: Part 7 of Grim Tales
Summary: As Lestat settles into his new role, stress and conflict arise unspoken between the members of the Vampire Court's golden couple. Each of them independently seeks aid from what seems like a kindred spirit, but extant tensions merely build, especially due to the continuing question of just what Amel is and how far his powers extend.
And, of course, the seat of power is haunted by the ghosts of every mistake made in the past several centuries, be they tangible or just memory.
[Rating and gore level will go up in subsequent chapters.]

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Hi all! I haven't used my Dreamwidth much in a very long time, but I thought maybe 2019 would be a good time to start. This is the next fic in my ongoing Prince Lestat-era series. Please be gentle, since I haven't posted any fic anywhere in over 6 months!

My Granddad is a great guy with a fascinating life story. He also likes to read, as do I, naturally. We swap books.

So when I learned that he'd never read any Gaiman (fave author!), I decided to lend him something. I couldn't find my copy of Good Omens, so I plucked a book from my Gaiman section basically at random and took it over the next time I visited. The book? American Gods.

That's right. I lent my Grandfather a book which features a guy being explicitly devoured by the Queen of Sheba's vagina.

FML, man. I'm never living this one down.