nealbekah verse } { guess who's coming to dinner

[alias_savant]

When searching an entire city for one daggered Original vampire, it's best to split up to cover more ground. Neal and Rebekah agreed to this strategy early on, and Neal kept to the shadows. He's still recently dead and is trying to keep a low profile, and in being recently dead, is not exactly the strongest vampire on the block. The longer he kept off Marcel's radar the better. Personally, from what Rebekah had told him, he doesn't want to be on it at all. Klaus is unavoidable, especially if they're living at the plantation house. But Marcel he can at least stay out of the way of.

After another day of coming up empty, he kills a little time by stopping at a market on the way home and bringing some fresh food back to the house. Living with vampires meant a very sparse kitchen, which is bad for a soon-to-be mother. Neal intends to make sure Hayley has an actual meal, even if he has to cook it himself.

(It's something he should be doing for Elizabeth - making sure she eats right while Peter is pulling a late night at the office. But the Burkes believe he's dead and for now that's for the best. Peter will figure it out eventually, and when he does, he can go back to being the old Neal Caffrey again.)

He manages to snare a werewolf once the food actually starts cooking, and she decides to stay and chat with him a bit while he finishes. By the time he hears Rebekah come in the door, he and Hayley are sitting down to a delicious smelling dinner, with wine (for him) and a third plate for Rebekah if she'd like to sit. He looks up when he sees her, and flashes her a bright smile.

"You're just in time. Hungry?"