#//i keep tagging stuff with sal and the kids as taking place in that verse b/c that's where it started

[troublewithvampires]

Salvatore realizes right away that his attempt to brush Craig off hasn't worked, because the kid just smiles up at him, completely unaffected. He narrows his eyes in distaste, knowing he's fighting a losing battle by trying to make the kid realize he's being stupid and yet unwilling to back down. Craig may think Salvatore is cool, but that doesn't change the fact that he's talking to a dangerous monster.

Finally, he sighs, shaking his head as he looks away, upper lip curling back in a sneer.

"Yeah, the sparkling shit's stupid," he agrees, "but I don't really give a shit. The whole thing's fuckin' stupid. It's all trash, every last stupid fuckin' bit of it." Is he talking about Twilight still, or just vampirism in general? Even he isn't sure. The point stands regardless.

A burst of fiery indignation rushes through Salvatore as he remembers how cool Craig thinks this all is. That's why the kid approached him for the first time--because this is all so fucking cool.

He isn't mad at the kid, not really, but it makes him distinctly uncomfortable to have the worst of himself admired so openly. Craig clearly doesn't understand Salvatore's discomfort, but how could he? He's a kid. Salvatore can't find it in himself to fault someone who couldn't understand his situation in the first place.

He sighs sharply, pinching the bridge of his nose between two fingers as he glares at Craig, though the heat is mostly gone from his expression now, if there was any to begin with. It's replaced now by a tired sort of exasperation.

"The point is," Salvatore says, "you're a fuckin' dumbass, kid." There. Plain and simple, straight to the point.

▸   @troublewithvampires   ⟶   ❛  "Unpopular opinion?" Salvatore rolls his eyes. "... That Twilight shit ain't trash because the vampires fuckin' sparkle or anything. It's trash because anyone who willingly hangs around a bloodsucker is insane." //said giving craig a pointed look  ❜   ╱   (  do care + did ask , accepting .  )

Craig does not miss Salvatore’s attempt to put him on blast with that remark and smiles knowingly, utterly unaffected by it. The guy is sick as hell, whether or not he likes it, and he is going to have to come to terms with that at some point. Craig will not be told he is in the wrong for being enthused about something so metal and hardcore.

“Yeah, well, nobody said Bella wasn’t insane,” he points out, showing that he intends to take the insult in stride and wear it like a badge of honor. “Edward breaks up with her, and she tries to kill herself so she can hallucinate him still being there with her.” He has never read Twilight or seen the movies, but he knows enough through osmosis, and based on what he has seen and heard, they seem totally faggy, not his thing at all.

“You’ve gotta admit that the sparkling stuff’s pretty gay, too, though.”