AU → btvs/ringer/bones crossover 

“Night came on, and a full moon rose high over the trees, lighting the land till it lay bathed in ghostly day. And the strain of the primitive remained alive and active. Faithfulness and devotion, things born of fire and roof were his…yet he retained his wildness and wiliness. And from the depths of the forest, a call still sounded.”

( Beauty and the Beasts, 3x4 )

“Passion… it lies in all of us. Sleeping, waiting, and though unwanted, unbidden, it will stir, open its jaws, and howl. It speaks to us, guides us… passion rules us all. And we obey. What other choice do we have? Passion is the source of our finest moments; the joy of love, the clarity of hatred, and the ecstasy of grief. It hurts sometimes more than we can bear. If we could live without passion, maybe we’d know some kind of peace. But we would be hollow. Empty rooms, shuttered and dank… without passion, we’d be truly dead.”

Angelus, Buffy the Vampire Slayer

so let in the light, turn me to dust.
if it don’t end in bloodshed, dear,
it’s probably not love.
here we are, in the darkest place.
my reflection shows only your face.

( My Vampire Heart, Tom McRae )