#bhakta

[prabhupadadasi]

tatrānvahaṁ kṛṣṇa-kathāḥ pragāyatām

anugraheṇāśṛṇavaṁ mano-harāḥ

tāḥ śraddhayā me ’nupadaṁ viśṛṇvataḥ

priyaśravasy aṅga mamābhavad ruciḥ

Synonyms

tatra — thereupon; anu — every day; aham — I; kṛṣṇa-kathāḥ — narration of Lord Kṛṣṇa’s activities; pragāyatām — describing; anugraheṇa — by causeless mercy; aśṛṇavam — giving aural reception; manaḥ-harāḥ — attractive; tāḥ — those;śraddhayā — respectfully; me — unto me; anupadam — every step;viśṛṇvataḥ — hearing attentively;priyaśravasi — of the Personality of Godhead; aṅga — O Vyāsadeva;mama — mine; abhavat — it so became; ruciḥ — taste.

Translation

O Vyāsadeva, in that association and by the mercy of those great Vedāntists, I could hear them describe the attractive activities of Lord Kṛṣṇa. And thus listening attentively, my taste for hearing of the Personality of Godhead increased at every step.

Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 1.5.26

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[bhalare-vichitram]

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Sikku: what do you look like when you bite your lip?

Naidu: *bites his lip*

Sikku:... Have you considered biting your bottom lip instead?

[someotherdog]

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weightlessness. in his sleep, vikram had felt the unmistakable sensation of floating. he had thought it was part of his dream, though vikram never remembered his and thought he likely wasn't capable of it, but the feeling of cold steel against his nose betrayed that notion. his eyes snapping open, he was a kiss away from colliding with the ceiling. “ah, goddamn it!” vikram groaned, pushing away from the tiling with both hands. he floated backwards, almost touching the floor with his back parallel to it, when he heard the familiar din of the gravity processor turning back on. only a few feet from the ground, his body hadn't collided too hard when the gravity kicked in again, but he still groaned in pain once the pressure pushed him fully down onto the floor. lying still for a moment, vikram eventually peeled himself off of the ground and groaned once more as his knees straightened out. with a renewed sense of irritation, vikram pulled his company-issued jumpsuit on and opened the hatch to the crew's sleeping quarters. stalking through the labyrinthine halls of the ship, he finally found a fellow human in the mess hall. “i cannot fucking stand these company mandated gravity breaks. if i wake up on the ceiling one more time, i'm commandeering the bridge and sailing us into a fucking black hole.”

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[someotherdog]

vikram gave a little laugh and a slight shrug. “well, that’s good to know.” though he doubted it was completely true. even before she found out the truth about his mendacity, there had to have been little things he did to piss her off, especially since they moved in together. vikram had never actually lived with a girlfriend before, either living by himself or with roommates from time to time, so there had been an adjustment period.

“yeah, well, maybe not a lot of damage, but it would still hurt a little.” she was right, though, that his reflexes had improved since he was turned. “it does change you, the curse. i’m stronger, faster than ever before. the bhaktas are not a sporty family, but now i can run up a wall like spiderman. that’s kind of the only good thing about it all.” he never liked physical activity growing up and didn’t like working on a team. it was another reason why the pack lifestyle annoyed him so greatly; if he wanted to be part of some community in his adult life, he would’ve joined a dungeons and dragons club or something. now they were all bound together by the moon.

“oh, you don’t like the rugged wild man look?” vikram smiled, shaking his hair. the curls tumbled over his face in one big clump, and he already knew his body was streaked with dirt underneath the clothes he pulled on after the change. once they finished their conversation, he’d hop in the shower and painstakingly comb the knots from his hair. then he’d probably fall back into bed and sleep for the rest of the day.

he nodded, shrugging one shoulder. “trust me, it’s a big point of contention in the wolf community. some people are annoyed by it because there’s a lot of heritage and tradition in our culture, so they think it’s insulting to have our species reduced to weak dogs. other people like it because it makes humans underestimate us, if they think we’re real and out there somewhere. it keeps our secret.” in his opinion, it was probably better if the general public thought his kind were like they were in twilight or some other show. “vamps don’t get along with us because we’re on top and there’s more of us than there are of them. they’re more animal than we are.” vikram was being prejudiced, but he was only following in the tradition of his pack. the feud between vampires and werewolves had been raging long before his great grandparents were born.

“you’re not crazy, you’re smart and perceptive.” vikram declared lovingly. “i don’t know much about ghosts, but from what i’ve heard, they’re very bored, spending eternity on earth and watching humans get to enjoy life. i think they fuck with people just to amuse themselves, or get back at them because they're jealous.” that would probably be what he would do if he ever died and became a ghost, but only humans could linger on after death. thanks to that trip he took with his college buddies a few years ago, he wasn’t one anymore—but charlotte was. she’d remain a human even if he had to die to maintain that.

he frowned, placing charlotte’s hands in his. “i know, and i’m so sorry that i put you in this position.” perhaps she had made a mistake in following him to the forest last night, but it was all his fault. if he hadn’t fallen in love with a human, then she’d never have been in danger in the first place. “i know that you love me, but i can understand if you can’t be with me anymore. or if you want to go visit your brother or something, get out of town for a while. i’d find some way to deal with audrina, or i’ll go before the pack and deal with the consequences.” his grip on her hands tightened. “but i promise you, lola, i will not let anything bad happen to you. i love you.”

she releases the breath she didn't even realize she had been holding. "oh, no, no, no. you have nothing to worry about. when i think about you, it's always good things." the nervous laughter is a dead giveaway that she's lying, but charlotte doesn't feel bad, considering what he had kept from her (and she no doubt could get on his nerves at times - she knew how she was.)

"even if i would want to throw something at you, i'm sure it wouldn't do any damage. i'm also assuming your reflexes are like, crazy good? since you're not exactly human." not that she wanted to hurt him. she may have been upset with him, but charlotte would never resort to violence. it wasn't in her nature. she and her brother couldn't be more opposite from each other.

her brother. she didn't like keeping secrets from jacob, but it looked like she'd be keeping one now. she lets out a small sigh. "you need to shower." she observes, nose scrunching up at the dirt matted in his hair. "and since you're already on the bed, you'll be cleaning the sheets tomorrow, yes?" brow raises.

charlotte didn't really know what to think about this whole thing. she loved vikram, but was struggling to wrap her head around the fact that she had been right - that he was a supernatural being, and wasn't who he had said he was. their relationship meant everything to her, but technically, it had been built on lies. for her sake, but ...

she shakes the negative thoughts from her head. the last thing she needed to do was dwell on them. the love was still real between the two of them. vikram was still vikram - just...not on full moon nights.

"that's interesting, because no offense, you guys are always portrayed as the scum of the supernatural in the media. books, movies, tv shows - the vampires are the ones that are always on top. maybe some of them went into production and did that on purpose to make themselves feel better." a weak attempt at a joke.

"and people thought i was crazy, saying ghosts were real. they aren't exactly subtle at times about their existence. only when nonbelievers are around. suppose they probably do that on purpose." lola chuckles. "vik, there are so many questions forming in my head right now. you know me. once i find out about something, i feel the need to know everything." the brunette sighs. "i will say, i am a bit um, i am a bit nervous. knowing that someone out there knows that i know. and that they might come...after us. after me."

[someotherdog]

@waywordhearts / vikram & your choice of muse! (f/nb, 28+) / based off of this post, bullet point three, but vikram was just a patron instead of an employee / made in beta.

okay, so maybe he kept up with her more than he'd like to admit. vikram may have periodically looked up her up on instagram or facebook, scrolled through her feed with a joint in the other hand, and frequently thought her fiancé looked like a tool. maybe, sometimes, vikram would ask old college friends what his ex was up to, if maybe she asked around about him. it could've been possible. maybe, if he was at a bar at around midnight on a random thursday, he would've recognized his ex's current partner with their hand on someone else's ass.

it had been an innocent thing to start out with. in no way did vikram intend on spying, or even running into the fiancé in question, at that bar on a random thursday night. once he did see them, however... at first it was a questioning look, all 'hey, isn't that...?' and 'shit, i think that's...', but it quickly devolved into creepy staring. the way the affair partners were rubbing against each other and kissing as if there was buried treasure in their throats, his friends began to give vikram weird looks when they noticed that his attention had been stolen from them.

'you really that hard up, man?' gideon asked. vikram rolled his eyes, then explained what exactly he was looking at. his friend just laughed. 'maybe you should take a pic and send it to her. maybe you'll have a shot at getting her back.'

vikram had grimaced, as if that thought hadn't already occurred to him. he knew, even if her fiancé was betraying her, she'd never want to hear from him again. not after he had betrayed her, all those years ago. he wanted to be able to blame on it being young and stupid, but the truth was that he was old and stupid now, too. he had cheated on her because he was easily distracted. because he was high at a party. because he had been horny. because, ultimately, vikram wasn't a good person. and that he was stupid.

old and stupid.

he had enough of the show. excusing himself from his friends, he slipped outside and dug his phone out of his pocket. bringing up his phone contacts, he scrolled until he found her name. vikram had hoped she didn't still have his number blocked, then pressed the call button:

"uhhh. oh. hi. maybe you don't remember me? it's me, vikram, from college. anyway, i was at mcswishey's on center street and i'm pretty sure i saw your fiancé making out with someone who was obviously not you. um, i took a photo. i could send it to you, if you wanted. so, i mean i don't know. i guess i just wanted you to know? so... i'm sorry."