Part of some sketches from a fun lil Bite Me AU where Aedes changes sizes based on how much he's drank (Definitely planning on writing/drawing some shorts for this AU- I just love the extra dynamic it adds of Aedes being a bit more dangerous the more June lets him feed 👀 )
what if katniss spends months post-mockingjay just pining for peeta in the most chaotic and tragic ways possible, bringing him her catches from the woods as tokens of her love and giving him begrudging affection for taking care of her. and then eventually cuddling him all the time and getting in his way to prevent him from doing literally anything else except cuddle with her. like she’s a huge cat. and eventually it works. and buttercup watches the whole thing approvingly, glad that she’s finally learned how to behave. what then
But further thoughts on it. I was walking home and the line when Katniss says “I make a list in my head of all the good things I’ve seen someone do. Every little thing I can remember,” struck me.
In the edit, the first Good Thing we see is Katniss volunteering for Prim. But I wonder if Katniss still views herself as bad. I wonder in the years that she and Peeta grew back together how long it took her to grow back to the little girl who went to the cabin by the lake with her father? How long did it take before music finally became something permanent in her house again? How long did it take for her to meet that little girl again and feel peace and not the chaos of war and death?
I like to think that Peeta wakes up one night to her whispering this list, and he realizes it’s only things others have done. So he starts to add the Good Things she’s done for others.
i’m very amused by the fact that katniss and peeta (very sensibly imo) had children in their thirties when i know for a fact they probably got married at like. nineteen
so i’ve been thinking about your mini sizechanging Aedes au for a little while. if he grows as he eats, does he shrink when he gets hungry?
would there be a point where June looked at him and decided he was too big to hide, to feed. humans diet all the time, surely he can go a little while without eating. just enough to bring him back down to size.
would aedes mention that vampires don’t work that way or would he just go try to find something else to eat. and once he realizes there’s nothing around that he can feed on but her… would he beg her to let him feed again?
(hi i really like your fics, the dynamics are So good)
Okay so Y E S- (also thank you !!!)
The longer he goes without feeding the smaller he would get. Now he doesn't need to feed on blood as often as people would eat- though he still gets hungry. Blood is more life/size sustaining, so he can eat other things to avoid going hungry but he can't do so permanently (also vampires have a vastly reduced digestive tract so he can't properly digest much other food anyways). Similar to how we need both food and water, you may still be able to eat, but sooner or later you'll need to drink water.
Now aside from the general premise and a few scenarios I think would be fun I haven't put a lot of thought in the au, but here are a few key things.
June doesn't trust him- he clearly needs her for blood and the thought of him slowly getting bigger and her having less control over the situation as he grows is alarming. Theres a sort of mutual pining for trust, where June doesn't want him to be scared of her, and Aedes wants June to trust that she can let him grow without him being a danger to her.
Theres also the ego vs. convenience idea that I'd like to explore, where Aedes wants to be able to be seen as a human (size and actually experience things human life has to offer) but that requires a lot of blood, when he could just remain smaller and have quite a significant amount (relatively speaking).
I do have multiple scenarios in mind where Aedes is *ahem* a little desperate for blood and resorts to begging (among other things).
.... Might wend up writing a short on this cause GOSH I love the premise so much.
Here it is! The drawing I said would kill you all. I have been listening to Gypsy by Fleetwood Mac on a loop, thinking about Katniss and her grief. I saw a post floating around talking about hair being part of the grieving process, as well as my old drawing of Katniss with chopped hair after Prim's death. I just wanted to express a whole lot of pain. Then I saw a really good reference image on Pinterest, and the rest is history! Hope you all enjoy being hurt!
This one was requested by anonymous (as soon as I remember, I can’t check it 🙈):
could i request an everlark bath please 😇
Fun fact: I drew a sketch for this request a year ago but I didn’t like it so I drew the new one instead a couple of days ago. The thing is, I still don’t like it, ugh 😩