Vampire AU Prequel

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Logan didn't do bars, not often any way. Too many people, too much going on... too many girls sniffing for money rather than love. Usually he hated it, but tonight...

Tonight he just needed to get out, to have a few drinks and enjoy the city of LA for what it was. Mindless, soulless, and empty. Really, the more he dwelled on it the more Logan was sure those were exactly the sort of qualities he'd been looking for in home, and he grinned as he polished off his drink and left enough cash on the bar for tip and his tab.

Ignoring the many writhing and twisting bodies on the dance floor, Logan made his way to the exit, ready to head home for the night. Passing the pool table, he pushed open the door and stepped into the night. The streets were busy, but he didn't mind, he'd cut through the alleyway and take a shortcut home.

The lamp light flickered as he stepped into the darkened ally, blinking out just as he headed into the shadows. It was alright though, he wasn't scared, he wasn't some sweet sixteen princess with her virtue to worry about... Logan was tough. He was eighteen now, and he had no fear.

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Logan glanced sideways at Joe, and then turned his attention to Marc, looking him over with mild interest. He was attractive enough, lean like himself but maybe slightly less toned. It was hard to tell really with what the other man was wearing. He could see the attraction though, and it was obvious Joe was attracted to the guy.

It made Logan strangely envious.

"Hey," he greeted, giving the guy a nod.

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"Hey," Marc said in return, giving Logan a once over, obviously appraising him before he turned his attention back to Joe. "New?"

Rolling his eyes a little, Joe said, "He's right fucking here, man, you could ask him yourself."

So Marc smirked a little and looked at Logan. "You new?"

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"Maybe," Logan replied, straightening a little so he was at his full hight. "What's it to you?"

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"Just asking a question," Marc said with an amused laugh, looking at Joe again. There was a question there, too, something he was asking without saying it, but Joe just shrugged in response.

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Logan watched the exchange, feeling a little out of the loop and annoyed that he was being treated like some child, ignored and left out of a conversation they seemed to be secretly having.

Growling low in his throat, he calmed himself and then spoke up again. "I am new. I'm Joe's," he said, perhaps with a little pride in his voice.

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"Good thing to be," Marc answered, his smile softening slightly at that and Joe snorted, rolling his eyes a little. But it wasn't directed at Logan, it was directed at Marc.

"He's jealous of you now," Joe told Logan. "Always wanted to be mine."

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Logan's lips curled up a little at that, but it was hard to tell if he was smiling. He leaned against Joe a little more though, his body language making it clear that in that moment Joe was his, and he wasn't keen on sharing unless Joe told him he had to.

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Joe smirked a little, draping his arm over Logan's shoulders as he looked at Marc. "That's right, isn't it?" he asked.

Marc stiffened a little and just rolled his eyes in response.

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Resting his chin on Joe's shoulder, wondering just how far he could push things, Logan pressed a kiss to the older man's jaw before slowly pulling away.

"I'm going to the bathroom, I'll be right back," he grinned, roughly brushing shoulders with Marc on his way past.

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Marc waited until Logan was gone, then looked at Joe with amusement. "You always did like the assholes."

Joe shrugged and said, "Yeah, I guess. Liked you, after all, didn't I?" He wasn't looking for a fight that day, he was mostly just there for Logan in the first place.

He let the conversation hang, waited for Logan to get back.

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Logan returned after being gone longer than he'd intended to be, having found plenty of distractions on his way back. He wandered back over to Joe quickly though, looking a little fidgety. Sort of like a kid who'd found something he wanted but was too afraid to ask for.

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"What's up?" Joe asked when Logan returned, noticing the look on his face. He didn't know what the fuck it meant, but he figured it had to mean something. "You find anything interesting?"

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"There's a back room, I tried to get in and they said no. What's back there?" Logan asked, noticing Marc was still there and looking at him with a little more interest than before, now that he seemed to have moved closer.

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"Some drugs, some bodies, a lot of feeding," Joe answered with a bit of a shrug. "Not something they're gonna let you in on when this is your first time here. Just protecting the place."

Marc said nothing, just nodded his agreement and flashed Logan a smile.

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"Drugs?" Logan asked, looking interested. He didn't push it though, instead sneering a little at Marc's smile. "You go back there ever, Marc?"

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"Sometimes," Marc answered simply as Joe rolled his eyes. It was like a fucking pissing contest, it seemed. Not that Logan really had anything to worry about, but Joe kind of liked seeing him try to mark Joe as his own.

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"Hmm," Logan replied, looking bored again and turning back to Joe. "This is boring," he said obnoxiously.

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"You wanna leave?" Joe asked, sounding amused by Logan's reaction. "I mean, you wanted to meet people in the first place, but if you wanna leave..."

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"Maybe I just want to be somewhere a little more- private," Logan replied, running his hands down Joe's chest and smirking a little as he stepped away and wandered over to Marc.

He ran his finger tips lightly over the new man's chest, tracing over the thin fabric of his shirt as he sniffed him curiously. "What about you, Marc? Don't you have things you'd rather be doing?" he asked, stepping into the other man's space in an attempt to appear dominant. It was as if he was looking for trouble.

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"Joe and I were just talking about getting together," Marc answered simply, not looking all that impressed. They hadn't been speaking about getting together at all and Joe rolled his eyes again.

"You two both like starting fights?" he asked, giving a soft snort.

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Logan visibly bristled at that, and he took a step back. "Maybe you two should do that then," he said, shooting Joe a glare over his shoulder before turning to walk away.

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Joe snorted with laughter again and reached out to grab Logan by the back of his neck. "You're just gonna believe the shit he says?" he asked.

Marc just looked amused and victorious, like he'd won something.

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Logan stilled at the hand on his neck, growling a little, but not pulling away. "Why shouldn't I?" he asked. "He smells like you."

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"So do you," Joe pointed out with a smirk. "You smell just like him and you smell like that guy you brushed up against going to the back room. You smell like every fucking person you've come within a foot of tonight."

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"Not like that, not like how he smells," Logan insisted, still tense under Joe's hand but refusing to turn back around yet.