BONUS ROUND 1: THROWBACK PROMPTS

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Prompt: Team OC

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Prompt fusion:

Vampires + Western

FILL: TEAM CAITVI

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Fandom: Arcane

Ship: Caitlyn/Vi


This was the third body this week. Sheriff Kiramman heaved a sigh as she watched the local ranger help lift the corpse into the undertaker’s wagon. Same circumstances as usual: a man nobody particularly knew or cared about; body found in the wee hours of the morning behind the saloon or the general store or the bank; eerily white body, with no bloody wounds except at two small openings in the side of their neck.

The Sheriff flipped the holster of her gun open and closed, a nervous tick she still hadn’t been able to get rid of no matter how many times she caught herself. She was biting her lip, watching the undertaker drive away, when Deputy Sheriff Nolen sidled up to her.

“The rangers are blocking off the crime scene till later in the morning,” said Maddie Nolen. The Sheriff nodded. She flicked her holster open and closed again. Lowering her voice, Maddie leaned in. “Sheriff… I can’t help thinkin’... the two marks on the neck…”

Sheriff Kiramman turned to her deputy with a scoff. “Nolen. Don’t be ridiculous.”

Nolen frowned. “I know it doesn’t make sense. But the rangers in the next town over say they’ve been findin’ bodies like this. And, you know, they’re thinkin’ bloodsuckers.”

Snorting a laugh, the Sheriff responded, “Since when have we bothered ourselves with what the rangers in Noxus think?” She took a step back and clapped Nolen on the shoulder. “Trust me. It’s probably just some knucklehead going town to town trying to terrorize everyone.. Undertaker’s been saying they’re probably stab wounds. Now.” Kiramman straightened. “Go ahead and go back to sleep. I’m going to check the perimeter one more time, and we can get to this investigation once the sun is up.”

“Are you sure you don’t need backup?”

“I’m sure.”

Once everyone had cleared the scene, Kiramman lazily walked around the side of the general store, down the little alley between it and the pharmacist’s building next door.

She felt her before she heard her.

“Evening, Sheriff,” said a voice from the darkness.

Kiramman smirked, turning to the back of the building.

“You’re getting messy, Violet,” she said to the darkness.

Vi, bane of Sheriff Kiramman’s existence for the past month and also the star of her most unseemingly dreams for the same amount of time, slinked out from the shadows. Her teeth flashed in the dim light from the back porch of the general store. She tipped her hat at the Sheriff before removing the hat completely.

“Just trying to keep your attention,” said Vi.

The Sheriff folded her arms. “My rangers are getting suspicious. People don’t want to send their kids to the schoolhouse anymore.”

Vi shrugged. “I’ll be gone soon enough.” She stepped even closer to the Sheriff until she could reach out and touch her. Stroking Sheriff Kiramman’s neck so, so lightly, she murmured, “The blood here is just… so good.”

Kiramman knew Vi could feel the way her pulse sped up at their closeness. Could probably hear it, too. Humiliating. But also.

“Be gone where?” she asked, willing her voice not to shake.

“I don’t know.” In a blink, Vi was in the Sheriff’s personal space. As a vampire, Vi did not need to breathe, but she did anyway, letting the cold breath drift over Sheriff Kiramman’s cheek. “Will you come with me, Caitlyn?”

Caitlyn Kiramman swallowed. “I…” Her throat was dry. “I can’t leave my town. They need me.”

Slowly, Vi nudged Caitlyn’s jaw with her nose. “More than I do?”

Legs suddenly weak, Caitlyn gripped Vi’s shoulders.

“Will you let me this time?” Vi whispered. “Is your answer yes yet?”

Caitlyn couldn’t respond.

“Say yes,” said Vi. “Say yes, and stay with me forever.”

It was reckless. Not sensible. Completely out of character for Sheriff Caitlyn Kiramman, who did everything by the book. Who was predictable, safe, never stepping out of line. But, maybe. Maybe.

“Yes,” she said.

“Hm?”

She cleared her throat. “I said yes. I’m ready to join you.”

Caitlyn felt Vi’s mouth stretch into a smile against her skin, before sharp canines sunk into her neck.