#monsters in kembleford au

[sidneycarter]

vampire!sullivan hcs because my mind went wild

he’s a relatively new vampire. baby vampire. maybe late victorian/early edwardian? perhaps even a ww1 soldier saved on the battlefield. idk. but he’s new, so they passage of time hasn’t affected him too much for the time being.

he’s adapted relatively well to vampire life. he misses a few things about being human, but he wasn’t exactly happy with his human life so he moved past it pretty easily.

but he is still a bit repressed/with feelings of self-hatred. has a passive acceptance of his new life, but sometimes lies awake at night grappling with the ‘am i a monster? am i deserving of love?’ thing

he is very jealous of the ancient, old-blood born vampires who just seem to ooze charm and self-assuredness (*cough* flambeau)

his fangs ache when he gets sad or anxious. mrs mccarthy sews patches of thick linen fabric together so he can chew on them bc the texture feels nice. 

known local witch bunty windermere brews potions for him that get rid of most of the bloodlust. he only has to go to the local butchers every now and then when the cravings get really bad. 

lowkey a bit of a foodie. he LOVES italian food. he’s just waiting for the misconception about garlic to DIE OUT so he doesn’t get weird looks at the grocers for buying it.

again, the sunlight thing is a myth, it just hurts his eyes a little after a while. flambeau tries to get him to wear sunglasses but sullivan doesn’t think he’s cool enough

however, the crucifix thing is not a myth, those things sting, so father brown always ensures he keeps a napkin beside every one in the presbytery so that his visitors can always feel comfortable. he doesn’t believe that the undead are evil or undeserving of God’s love, and also gets into heated theological arguments when he gets into one of his grumpy ‘im a monster’ moods.

absolutely does not sleep in a coffin, but does prefer a firm mattress (”this bleedin’ thing is like a plank of wood!” weak and feeble human sid carter once commented) 

can sleep, but doesn’t need as much as humans. this still causes concern from goodfellow when he finds that sullivan has been awake all night solving a case.

does have super human strength, but it makes him very anxious that he doesn’t break/hurt things so he’s exceptionally gentle with everything. most people are too scared to let him near their best china/children/etc 

but once felicia invited him to the montague estate to see the new born baby bunnies on the lawn. she’s a siren, so she sang beautifully and attracted them all to her and placed one in his outstretched hand. it was so cute and curled up and fell asleep and sullivan cried. 

#father brown #inspector sullivan #vampire!sullivan #monsters in kembleford au #i tried not to make this hugely shippy bc i wanted everyone to be able to enjoy it #but lowkey #sid x sullivan

[sidneycarter]

OK HOLD UP

what if Sullivan is a vampire right

and in this au the thing about vampires being allergic to garlic is just a commonly held myth

But Sid is dating Sullivan and he doesn’t realise it’s a myth

So one day he turns up at Sullivan’s house, finds him eating spag bol and yeets himself across the kitchen to smack the bowl from Sullivan’s hand

cue very confused and mad Sullivan bc now his dinner is on the floor and his boyfriend is screaming

#father brown #Sid x Sullivan #PLEASE #monsters in kembleford au