Daemon removed the towel once he was back in his own room and let it drop to the floor. He looked over at Vladimir and nodded. "Then I suppose it is good. You're more emotionally stable too... You seem to be a rock compared to the... i guess squish that I am."

Vladimir came over to wrap his arms around Daemon's form and he kissed his lover's cheek. "I love your squishy side, though. It's what tells me you're a good nurturer for him. He needs that while he's still young." he replied softly.

Daemon nodded and hugged Vladimir, resting his head on the man's chest. "While he's young... But... I don't know how he'll be when he grows up. that's all that bothers me right now."

Vladimir ran his hand up and down Daemon's back slowly as he listened to his lover and even started rocking the black-haired male side-to-side in his arms. "I know...I know, my dear. But, we'll get through those tough teenage years...won't we? We're a team, right?" he prompted as he ran a hand through Daemon's long locks.

Daemon nuzzled his face into the vampire's chest. He felt so secure and even the dreaded teenage years of his son were no longer a worry. He wrapped his arms around the man's waist, loose enough so Vladimir could breath but tight enough that there was a pressure to let the other know he was there. He nodded and closed his eyes as he was rocked. It was soothing, much like when Vladimir would run his fingers through his hair. His troubles seemed so small now. "yeah... we're a team.. I'm just really worried about it... I know what I was like when I was a teenage... But.. Some of my friends were so bad as teenagers. Sneaking out, smoking, drinking, having sex all the time... I fear for what our little Nathaniel may become.. We can try all we want but he's gonna rebel against us at some point. I don't want that to happen..."

"Mm...well, we'll just see what happens. We can't always predict the future and we can't always say what's going to happen before it does. But, no matter what happens, you will always have me right there next to you and I will never leave you to face whatever comes alone." Vladimir said as he continued to rock his lover back and forth in his arms.

Daemon hugged Vladimir tighter. He was actually rather scared of what may come when their child grew up. The fact that he grew faster than a normal child was not helping Daemon either. The boy spent probably 3/4 of the time as one age before moving on to the next. He nuzzled Vladimir. "Right... I hope so my love. I don't think I can handle a teenaged vampire... If they're anything like human teenagers...." He shuddered.

(should we time skip to another part of Nathaniel's life? Age wise I mean.)

(Yeah we can time skip ^^)

Months passed and Nathaniel continues to grow, the boy growing much faster than a human. Though some of his aspects didn't change after a certain age. His hair stayed black with silver streaks and his eyes kept their dual color. The boy's height had stopped growing at a rapid rate. He would not grow in centimeters rather than inches. His attitude changed more than Daemon had hoped they would. He had grown into his teenage years and at this point, was trying to basically escape his parent's rules and such that he followed since he was a baby. Daemon didn't know the extent of the boy's defiance, but perhaps it would just be a quick phase? At least, Daemon hoped so.

The young vampire had also become a handful and Daemon prayed to the gods that he would stop being so... opposed to his parents. Daemon was sitting in the living room, tuning the violin, trying to distract himself from anything around him. The past antics of Nathaniel left him on edge half the time now. It had been a while since he had gotten intimate with Vladimir and even longer since he was relaxed enough to allow the older vampire near him for a simple kiss. He plucked a string before picking up the bow and dragging it lightly across the string he had been tuning.

Vladimir busied himself in washing the dishes from lunch between the three. Daemon was so stressed that Vladimir offered to do them, like most things in the house that Daemon used to do with ease. Now, Daemon's nerves were so shot with Nathaniel's recent behavior that a little chore could become a strainer on his lover. He watched the man that he loved and the boy that was their pride and joy change in the months that Nathaniel grew into his adolescence. At first, it was subtle. Nathaniel would forget to do a chore and instead would want to play with his toys or finish a book he was interested in, seeing as video games were something Daemon was always hesitant about giving to Nathaniel after the boy began either forgetting or refusing his chores. Before that, there was the temper tantrums and the locking of the bedroom door, which didn't do much with Daemon's strength being the way it is as Daemon has actually knocked the door down a few times until Vladimir removed the lock all together.

Vladimir had also noticed that Nathaniel's behavior affected the intimacy in the relationship between him and Daemon. With every tantrum or rebellious behavior from their son, Daemon would at times rather be alone and not be touched. As much as it pained Vladimir to see his lover in such a state and to not be able to comfort Daemon like he used to, Vladimir never pushed Daemon. It's even gotten to the point where Daemon would always sleep with his back to Vladimir and would just lay there of Vladimir put an arm around him. He begged Nathaniel a few times to at least try to behave, for the sake of Daemon, but the teen would just shrug it off or would say one thing and do something opposite that would once again have Daemon upset. The castle used to be filled with love, warmth, and laughter...now, it's quiet and there's a sense of disharmony.

Daemon placed the violin back into the case and stood up from where he had been sitting. He placed the instrument back near the piano and sighed heavily. The house was so quiet now. Almost too quiet for Daemon's tastes. He had wanted to be alone but now the loneliness was driving him towards depression. Why did Nathaniel have to be so difficult? Why couldn't he just go back to being the sweet little boy from before. He had just become a teenager and his attitude did a 180. He sighed again and caught the sound of Vladimir doing the dishes. Poor man. Daemon had been neglecting him in favor of basically bottling up his emotion and anguish.

He walked to the kitchen and stood in the doorway, watching Vladimir wash dishes for a bit. The vampire was so sweet and all Daemon had done is push his away. He walked over to the other man and wrapped his arms around him from behind, burying his face in the man's shoulder blades. He gripped Vladimir's shirt tightly and nuzzled the man's back.

"I-I'm so sorry my love..."

Vladimir blinked feeling a familiar pair of arms wrap around him and he placed his hands over Daemon's as his lover gripped his shirt. He purred softly as well feeling Daemon nuzzle into his shoulder blades. "Honey, it's okay...you don't need to apologize. I'm feeling as strained as you are. I understand you need your space." he said softly as he rubbed one of Daemon's hands.

"I know but I've been neglecting you because of the way Nathaniel is behaving... You... You're so patient and all I have done is push you away. It drives me mad with want for you yet the depression caused by Nathaniel's recent behavior is causing me to push you away..."

Daemon sighed against the man's back and dropped his hands, walking to get between Vladimir and the sink. He wrapped his arms around the man's neck and looked up at the taller vampire. So much patience and love. Yet all Daemon had ever done was yell at him when certain memories came back up or throw things when he had been carrying the man's child. But Vladimir never once harmed him or raised his voice. The older man would be stern when he had to be, but never raised his voice. Daemon smiled up at the man and got on his toes to place a loving kiss on the vampire's lips.

Vladimir returned the kiss whole-heartedly after placing his hands on Daemon's waist after feeling those slender arms wrap around his neck. Most people would consider him insane, or even a fool, for welcoming this man into his arms after all the tantrums, all of the breakdowns, and all of the times Daemon called him names only to turn around and apologize after calming down. However, that was part of the reason why Daemon made Vladimir crazy for him. Daemon was broken, even still now that their son was acting up, and Vladimir was the only one who could deal with these emotional displays and still have the patience to stand there and take whatever Daemon wanted to do to him without raising his voice or even frown at what was being said or done to him. Most times, he just stood there with a blank expression and let Daemon get his frustrations out. With the distance, Vladimir pretended that he didn't mind and would instead not even push Daemon into being intimate. Recently, he wouldn't even sit on the sofa with Daemon unless Daemon told him he didn't mind. That's how patient he was and how much he wanted to show Daemon that, no matter how bizarre or extreme, Vladimir would never do anything Daemon didn't want or anything to intentially upset his lover. He was stern when he needed to be, but he never yelled or threatened Daemon with anything. He still refused to even grab Daemon's arms to try and get Daemon back to his senses.

"What kind of lover would I be if I wasn't patient with you? This is stressing me as much as it is you, but I don't want to make it worse by putting pressure on you to be intimate or have chores ontop of dealing with a teenager." Vladimir said softly.

Daemon smiled against Vladimir's lips and almost frowned when they pulled away. He blinked, actually surprised with how close he was to the man right now. Recently he would barely come within arm's length of the older vampire, mostly out of shame for pushing him away and out of fear of Vladimir attempting to get intimate. His mental state was terrible yet, Vladimir took everything he had ever said, done, thrown, threatened, and turned around to place kisses on Daemon's lips. He placed another kiss on Vladimir's neck and brought his hands to the vampire's cheeks, lightly stroking them with his thumbs.

"I wouldn't know. I've heard of partners who are abusive and some who practically live if fear of the other.. You're better than they are.. since they and I have both had tantrums and thrown things... And I just feel terrible because he's also your son.. You deal with him as well and you still find time to make sure my mental state isn't any more broken than before. I'm just really sorry we haven't kissed or even held hands in so long..." Daemon murmured.

Vladimir stood there and closed his eyes as he felt Daemon place a kiss to his neck while stroking his cheeks with his soft thumbs. His eyes opened only when he heard Daemon murmur those words and his hands slid up from Daemon's waist to his back where Vladimir ran his hands up and down Daemon's back merely out of wanting to comfort his lover. "You have no reason to be sorry. We both knew that this might happen. We both knew we might not be able to handle what came our way, but the point is we're still a team no matter what and I will do whatever it takes to keep you as sane as possible."

Daemon nodded and smiled up at the man. They were a team and they would get through their son's rather rebellious stage together. He wasn't going to get the better of them as long as Vladimir was here. He dropped his hands from the man's cheeks and wrapped them around the vampire's chest, resting his forehead against Vladimir's chest. He smiled to himself and reached down to lift the hem of Vladimir's shirt so he could lightly rake his nails against the man's skin. Maybe they could share a couple moments together today. Nathaniel was rather quiet today compared to normal.

Vladimir shivered a little as Daemon raked his nails lightly against his skin after lifting the hem of his shirt. They hadn't been intimate in so long that just the light raking alone was enough to get a shiver. He had noticed Nathaniel was being more quiet than he usually was, not even a hint of loud, blasting music or stomping. He figured Nathaniel was busy reading. They could use this time to their advantage.

Daemon bit his lip and looked up at Vladimir, a light blush forming on his cheeks. He felt like his stomach was in knots and his heart was pounding about a mile a minute. The younger tiptoed again and pressed a needy kiss to the vampire's lips, gently taking the other's bottom lip between his teeth and lightly pulling before releasing. He gently ran his claws up the man's back and down his spine lightly.

"Nathaniel's quiet... the dishes are done.. we haven't had much time to ourselves~"

Vladimir kissed back gently and purred as his bottom lip was taken only for Daemon to take it between his bottom teeth and lightly pull before releasing it. He shivered once again and gave a deep purr as he felt those claws making their way up his back and then down his spine. "No, we haven't~." he replied softly before leaning in to hungrily suck on the side of Daemon's neck as his hands moved down to bring those beautiful legs up so he could have Daemon sit on the counter.

Daemon let out a small noise as the vampire sucked on his neck. The blush darkened and he tilted his head back to give Vladimir full access to his neck. He mewled and let Vladimir pick him up onto the counter. He ran his hands through the man's hair, tugging at the long locks. "Mh~ Come on big boy, give me everything ya got~"

Vladimir growlrd a little in a playful manner as those hands gripped and tugged on his long, silver locks and he pushed Daemon's shirt up so that other male's entire front was exposed. He then kissed his way down so he could start sucking, nibbling, and licking one of Daemon's nipples while he played with the other using his hand.

Daemon mewled and arched into the man's mouth. He hissed a bit but overall, he was feeling so much pleasure. The many weeks of them not getting intimate had his senses on overdrive. He mewled and gripped harder, pulling slightly more on it. "Mh~ V-Vlade~"

Vladimir released the nipple he had been paying attention to so he could nibble down Daemon's abdomen to the hem of Daemon's pants where he nibbled playfully at the button of Daemon's pants while his hands slid down Daemon's sides slowly, admiring how Daemon's body felt.

Daemon mewled and arched his back. The man was driving him crazy with how slow this was going. The younger vampire shivered as Vladimir slid his hands down Daemon's sides. It caused goosebumps to form on Daemon's skin. "Mh, love~ please."

Vladimir looked up after hearing Daemon beg him to cease his teasing and he chuckled softly as he undid Daemon's pants so he could pull them down. "I almost forgot it's been so long that your body is so deep in need." he said softly.

Daemon shuddered as Vladimir pulled his pants down. He purred and looked at the man. He smiled a bit. "Well, it's mostly my fault.. But still~ mh~ please my love."

Vladimir stood up straight before he started on pushing his own pants and underwear down enough to where his cock was exposed to the air, causing him to hiss a little as his hard-on met the cool air around them. "D-Do you want preparation?" he asked.

Daemon shook his head and wrapped his legs around Vladimir's waist. "C'mon big boy~ It's been far too long."

Vladimir chuckled from the response he received as those slender legs wrapped around his waist. "Mommy's getting a little inpatient, isn't he?" he teased as he rubbed the head of his cock against Daemon's entrance gently.

Daemon groaned as the man teased his entrance with the head of his cock. He looked up at Vladimir with glazed over eyes and reached up to place his hand on the man's shoulders. "Mh~ Daddy needs to stop teasing and fuck me with his big hard cock~"

Vladimir decided he had teased enough. He pushed inside of Daemon with force and let out a gasping moan as Daemon's warmth enveloped him so nicely. He couldn't help the sound that came out of him. It had been so long, and yet Daemon's ass never tightened to what it was their first time. Daemon's entrance still welcomed him with no resistance.

Daemon moaned as the other pushed in. It had been so long, far too long in his opinion and now he craved this feeling more than anything. He hissed and squirmed, wanting this man to take him already. Daemon placed his hands on Vladimir's shoulders and dug his claws into the man's flesh.

Vladimir groaned feeling those claws digging into the flesh of his shoulders. He had missed that feeling, and the feeling of those claws running down his back. He had missed it so much, that and the feeling of the heat and the narrowness of Daemon's entrance wrapping around him like that. He started out his thrusts slow, knowing that it drove Daemon more crazy when he started out gently, and he slowly and gradually picked up speed and strength with his thrusts.

Daemon panted and dug his claws deeper as the man went slow. It drove him insane. He hissed and moved his claws from the man's back, looking at them. There was blood on them and it only drove Daemon closer to the edge. He licked his index finger before placing his hands on Vladimir's bicep. "Mh! Stop teasing me with these slow and controlled thrusts~ C'mon my knight... fuck me like you mean it~"

Vladimir growled a little out of pleasure seeing Daemon lick some blood off of his index finger. It was so sexy the way Daemon did those things, like he couldn't get enough of him. It drove Vladimir crazy with need. He suddenly roughened and quickened his thrusts to the point where he created a rather slap of skin-to-skin between them, giving Daemon all he had to give in his thrusts.

Daemon let out a gasp as Vladimir suddenly got rougher with him. His head falling back against the counter and his legs wrapping a little tighter around the vampire's waist. He dug his claws into Vladimir's bicep, drawing small drops of blood from the other. He was a mess by now and he didn't care he was probably hurting the other. Daemon screwed his eyes shut and arched off the counter. "V-Vlad~ G-Gonna come..." That was all he could say before he released. His seed getting on his stomach and his body clenching down on Vladimir's cock.

Vladimir didn't mind the clawing. He had long ago gotten to the point where he was used to Daemon drawing blood when he was in a fit of ecstasy that it eventually became pleasurable as well as a little painful. He didn't faulter in his movements. He kept pounding away inside Daemon until he brought his lover to an orgasm, immediately coming right after Daemon's ass muscles squeezed down on his cock and he did so with a loud groan after not having releasing inside Daemon in so long.

Daemon groaned and held onto Vladimir's biceps. He finally regisered there was something dripping down his arm. He looked up and noticed the deep claw marks in Vladimir's arms. He gasped and took his hands away, blood on his fingertips and palms. He looked at the blood and even though he was still rather against drinking blood, licked it off his hands.

"sorry..."

He looked up at Vladimir and gave him a smile before reaching up and pulling the other down to kiss his lips. Hopefully their child hadn't heard them or hopefully he was out with friends as it seemed he was quiet recently.

Vladimir panted heavily after he had come so hard and he stared down at Daemon with a heated gaze as he caught his breath. He watched as Daemon licked the blood from his fingers that he had drawn from him. For some reason, it was such an arousing sight and it brought out a purr from him. He didn't have time to give a reply to kiss Daemon back deeply.