Winter Legacy -4.0-

"Congratulations Q!" Chanel sang, she had watched the ceremony from the door way.

"Thanks Nelly." Cupid gave his cousin a hug. 

"It's official then?" She questioned. Cupid nodded, today began the rest of his life. 

"I'll see you later Nelly, I've gotta go help Unk and them move."

Ice hosted a house warming party on he and his family's first night in their new home and asked his nephew to come over. Cupid was immediately greeted by a woman whose glowing eyes let him know exactly what she was. She grinned showing off her fangs, marveling at this human who knew of their existence. He was nice to look at and she began to feel a pang of jealousy for her sister who was assigned to this particular human, Cupid Winter would certainly be a lot of fun to play with she mused naughtily.

"Cupid Winter," She grinned at him, "My, you are a piece of work."

"And you can't have him Amelia." Ice came up behind the woman after seeing his nephew squirm. Cupid loved women and wasn't intimidated by anyone which is why is his nephew's actions confused him. "Q is going to marry a nice young lady who will bare him lots of children, not your trifling butt." Ice's friend narrowed her eyes at him, he smirked and walked off.

Rudolph's youngest son started to follow in his big brother's footsteps. A teacher scolded him for late homework so he decided to unleash five hundred frogs in the school. His principal was not at all amused by the practical joke and called the police.

"Dude!" Cupid scolded his little brother when he got home from work. "You're supposed to be my go-to guy, you can't be pulling pranks and acting out. Oh, and what the hell is up with your grades? Are you testing me or something Shayne? Because this is not funny, I can't ground you or anything, that's just weird but if you don't improve your grades and pull another stunt like that I'll call Aunt Feliz and let her do it."

Just as he promised he would, Cupid had the entire house redone. The bottom floor held a living room, an office, the dining room, the kitchen and the bathroom. A large deck was also added, the pool and playground were moved to the back of the yard. A garage was added as well. On the second storey, was a nursery, a child and teen bedroom and the master bedroom, a bathroom and another deck. Later a sitting room would be added.

Shayne hated the new house, it wasn't as homey was the one he had grown up in. There was much less space, and he missed his queen sized bed.

Shayne thought the new house looked like a club, his brother's angler obsession with fish was the reason for the two giant aquariums in the house, there was absolutely no privacy in there anymore.

Cupid on the other hand loved the house, it had to reflect his new celebrity status. He would host many parties at the house and it would be crucial for his reputation that his guests enjoyed the parties.

Shayne's favorite part of his brother's new house was the hot tub...and the bar and the giant new pool.

Cupid had an appearance at City Hall, he met his Uncle Navidad and Aunt Latarsha in the park afterward. Latarsha was clearly not herself, Navidad was trying his hardest to comfort his wife. 

"What's up?" He asked, Latarsha wailed even harder.

"We just came from the Community Pool, Jasmin drowned."

Cupid blinked stupidly, he couldn't even find the words to describe what he was feeling. Jasmin's death didn't make any sense, she hated water, what was she doing at the pool anyway? He didn't have time to dwell on the mystery behind Jasmin's death, his agent beckoned to him, there was a party that he was asked to be at...the things he did for his career!

Cupid didn't get wasted but he was more than a little drunk, Jasmin's death was more than he could handle. He stripped out of his clothes and plunged into the icy cold water.

"Having fun Mr. Winter?" A masculine voice said behind him. The man wore an amused look on his face, he waved Cupid out of the pool and tossed his clothes to him.

"My name is Cameron Rudolph, I met your father once." Cameron licked his lips at the thought of how tasty Rudolph's blood was, the tantalizing odor that wafted from Rudolph's son told him that they shared the same tasty blood type. He had messed up with choosing Rudolph Winter, but perhaps he would be able to convince his mate to give him one more chance, one more taste.

The next night was Shayne's birthday, he still hadn't gotten his driver's license so Cupid took him out for some last minute practice, and with both boys being semi famous, they were able to convince the manager of the DMV to give him a late test.

Cupid met his brother's girlfriend Kacey, he couldn't help but wonder where his Mrs. Right was. He was even more thrown when Shayne got to telling him tht they were getting married that weekend. When had he even proposed? Why hadn't Cupid told him about Kacey? He thought that he and his younger brother were pretty close.

"So explain this legacy thing to me?" Kacey asked.

"Well basically it started with Jack Winter, he came from nothing but he wanted his descendants to have everything." Shayne's voice trailed off, their main focus should have been getting rich, but something always happened, every generation a new challenge presented itself, perhaps they were cursed.

"Let me get this straight." Kacey said, "We get married and we don't get to live in this giant house, but your brother does? I don't think that's fair."

"He's the heir and honestly, I'd rather start from scratch than to have what my brother does. I've never told him this, but I don't envy his responsibility. The fate of our entire family rests on his shoulders, one wrong move and he could ruin this."

"But you're so much more mature than your brother, his main focus right now is partying."

"When it comes to this family, my brother has shown a level of maturity that you cannot even imagine. He's a fun-loving person but he has proven that he's the best person for the job and I've accepted that." Shayne put his foot down. "I'm going to support my brother no matter what, there's no jealousy or animosity between us and there isn't going to be any between our children, or our spouses." 

There was a some Rudolph in both of his boys, that was for sure. Despite his history with women, Rudolph had evidently raised his boys right, even though he had to leave them so soon.