When Walter awoke, exited the bed and went about his daily tasks, Alucard merely spread out like an amorphous vampire blob to steal into Walter's lingering warmth on the sheets and doze once more. The dozing lasted all afternoon, though he was surely awake by early evening. Awake, ravenous, but rather unwilling to leave the bed.

The sheets had cooled to his own nonexistent body temperature, he was not tired- there was no reason to linger between the covers, and yet he had no reason to emerge. Darkness monsters? Been there, done that.

A strong desire for blood warred with the newfound laziness, but could not overcome it. Perhaps Walter would feed him here. It was all the same difference, really. And he wanted.