Crackfic-style AU: Claudia gets a Sibling

[angrybubbles]

AU where Claudia, after being caught with the police in the house, and the body in her wardrobe, is distracted by Louis for long enough for Lestat to go out and find a young, desperate boy to be the equal companion she longed for. A twin brother of the blood, and one that takes after him since Claudia takes so much after Louis.

A mail-order bride husband.

Claudia, sensing a new bar on her cage, can't help but be resentful of him as well. This boy who is now expected to keep her happy. Like gifting a puppy to a lonely girl for Christmas so she won't tear the curtains down anymore. This boy who is expected to share her coffin until they find time and a more delicate approach to procuring one. She doesn't want him here, and he knows it, but he was hungry before and he's hungry now and Claudia seems to know how to eat, right?

A young boy Lestat grows even more jealous of as time passes, and he worries he'll be replaced in Louis's heart, because Louis dotes on the boy just as much as he doted upon the young Claudia. And they get along so well, too, both more mild-mannered and more interested in human business than Lestat thinks is wise. This boy helps Louis decorate for Christmas, the boy finds music to be exhausting and is much more interested in strolling the town and plucking stories from people's minds.

The boy is not a fix to the family, he just adds more chaos to them. They are the kind of siblings who hate each other, but can't seem to be apart from each other for more than a night. The kind of siblings that throw knives at each other, lock each other in closets, and dig ditches for bodies then push each other in, and fight wickedly until they have a united target.

The kind of siblings who learn how to speak and turn in unison because they like the smell of fear in the air when the move in sync. The boy that Claudia is irritated that she falls for, but eventually glad because when she tries to leave for college (delayed by the introduction of the boy), he chases after her and keeps her company.

AU where Daniel is chosen to be Claudia's young husband when he was selling newspapers on a street corner and so hungry he would have done anything for a bit of food.