happilyeverbeginning | Pass the test, t-taste the flesh (scrooge x magica)

It was a tough decision for many reasons - one of them being that he'd stay one hundred and fifty. Once you were turned, you were that age forever. One of Magica's few blessings was that she'd been taken when she was young and beautiful.

"I regret not finding you sooner." She laid down with him.

He was rather spry for being over a century old, but he did have quite a few drawbacks of a long life of hard living. That and these past several years had not been kind to him.

"I probably would've taken you up on it right away back then," Scrooge mused.

Death had been a terrifying possibility back then. Now...now some days he was looking forward to it.

"We could have been happier sooner." Which was the real point, wasn't it? She drew his hand back to her, kissing his fingers and palm.

Would they have been happier? He had to wonder. As they were now, both had decades of experience and growth to draw from.

Not to mention he'd been rather wild and reckless even into his hundreds.

"I think I would've driven you crazy back then," he said softly.

"I wasn't a very good girl," she pointed out, tracing the lines on his hands. "Maybe I would've liked it."

Scrooge shook his head. "I was reckless. I played games with my life that I didn't have to. 'The higher the risk, the higher the reward' might be a good rule of thumb but a lot of the risks I took were just for the cheap thrill of it."

He gave a self-depreciating chuckle.

"I like to think I've mostly grown out of that at least."

"Some would argue sleeping with a vampire is a pretty high risk." She teased with a Cheshire grin, coming in to snuggle.

"Aye, but it's actually on the lower end of the spectrum in my case," Scrooge told her with a chuckle, idly running his fingers through her hair. "I spent a few years trapped in ice and another few years surviving in a timeless demon dimension."

"I'm almost insulted." Another light joke, nuzzling into his neck. "Here I am, thinking I'm a dark horror of the night, and I'm barely a blip on your radar."

"Awww...I'm sorry you're not the big bad, hideous monster you always wanted to be," he teased.

"I'll try to live with it somehow." She finished it with a kiss.

He kissed her back, sighing with pleasure. However, the clock in his head was reminding him that he had to get back to the real world. He pulled away relunctantly.

"Are you sure you don't need any more for the next two weeks?" he asked, almost pleading with her to tell him otherwise.

"I have to be careful with how much I take from you." She didn't want him to leave either, but if he wanted both worlds, he had to leave hers.

"Taking too much... it can really hurt you."

Would that really be so bad? He'd deserve it.

Still, he didn't want her to feel guilty.

So he nodded his head reluctantly as he went to get up. He didn't want to leave, but he had to. There were too many people depending on him, and the night shift wasn't going to work.

She watched him get up and get dressed, hugging her knees as she sat on the bed.

Why did he care so much about a world that had abandoned him? If he just stayed here with her, forever, he'd be happier... wouldn't he?

"I'll be waiting for you."

He looked over his shoulder before turning around and moving closer to kiss her on the neck. "I'm looking forward to the next time we meet."

If he didn't have so many people's livelihoods riding on him, he would've just given up and died not long after his family abandoned him. In that scenario, he never would've met Magica.

He had to keep going for the people who would be financially devastated if he stayed in her world forever.

Not that Magica cared about these people. No, the only people she cared about were in this room. The rest could burn.

Maybe she could help him see that...?

She smiled a bit, stroking his cheek, letting her fingers dangle there before pulling away. "As am I, darling. As am I."

He took up her hand to kiss the back of it again before he headed out. He squinted in the sunlight, hating the sun for interrupting what had been such a pleasant night.

Then he started on his way, back to a life that was more of a prison.

Another two, long, agonizing weeks. But perhaps she could put it to good use.

She stocked up on actual mortal food and drink - more than just wine! - and going through the library's books to find whatever the thought Scrooge might enjoy, as well as ordering any new ones that were under his label. She ordered speakers for a music player, as well as a piano, albeit a small one.

It used up a lot of enchantment - as if she'd ever use real money for anything - which left her exhausted, but she felt it was worth it.

Scrooge had a productive two weeks as well...just not happy ones. He got up, went to work, went home, and went to bed, day-in and day-out.

Everyone was getting worried about this biweekly disappearing act. However, he was a grown man who could take care of himself as he kept telling them. He pushed them away as best he could.

When the day came around, he texted her:

didnt have time 4 movie search

anythin else i shud bring?

No problem, I have plenty here.

I've been trying to think of other options for you, so you don't get bored.

Just come along~

All she needed was him.

never bored w u

He shut his cellphone and headed towards her home. Well, he supposed it was her lair, but it was where she lived, so "home" it would be until she corrected him.

It was an hour later when he knocked on her door.

After a moment, she opened it and welcomed him in - soft music was playing in the back.

"Good evening, darling."

"Good evening," he told her, stepping inside and giving her a peck on the cheek. "How have you been?"

"Can't say much has changed." She closed the door behind him. "Yourself?"

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