#//i mainly wrote this as an exercise in how casual bruno's transphobia is

[troublewithvampires]

//excerpt from some dialogue ideas i wrote in my partner's dms the other night, feat pre-vampirism salvatore, his ex boyfriend bruno, and my partner's oc jaz, which i might impulsively make a comic of (cw: misgendering)

bruno: yeah, sally and i, we've been talking about going out and getting a little house in the country, settling down, maybe having some kids someday...

jaz: [snorting] oh, yeah? [nudges sal] never thought you'd be that kind of guy. you're just full of surprises, aren't you?

sal: well, i gotta keep you on your toes, don't i? [takes a long sip of his drink] ... truthfully, i don't know if i'd be cut out for that shit either. this jackass is just real fuckin' persuasive. [nudges bruno, smiling] so i guess i'll try it, see how long i can handle it.

bruno: hey, that's not true--i think it'd be good for you to get out of all of this. a nice, quiet life.

sal: [shrugs, thin smile] we'll see, i guess.

jaz: [gentle smile] i think it'd be nice for you, sal. [more teasing grin] and i'm sure you'd have a great time in a shitty little suburb terrorizing your neighbors. you could teach all the neighbors' kids how to cuss and shoot guns.

sal: oh, yeah, i'd be a fuckin' fantastic addition to the neighborhood. they'd be lucky to have me.

[sal and jaz both laugh, bruno puts a hand on sal's knee]

bruno: [said as though comforting an insecure salvatore] c'mon, you'd make a great wife. [kisses sal on the cheek] and i know i'd be honored to be your husband.

sal: [very visibly tenses slightly, taking a second before speaking again] .... yeah, well, i-if you're just hopin' i'd clean your stupid fuckin' house for ya' all the time, you've got another thing comin', freckles. i'd marry you, but you're a grown-ass man. you can do that shit yourself.