#holmestheheart

[stoic-royalty]

Closed starter for @holmestheheart

Elijah hesitated for a moment outside the door to Lizzy's bedroom. It had been a long rough morning on top of a long rough week, on top of a long and tragic month. His adopted daughter wasn't handling the change very well - she was too young, too volatile, there was too much baggage here at home to even begin to start working through in a healthy manner.

In some ways this was fated, as with Marcel, it was nearly impossible to be adopted into his little family without eventually being turned into a vampire. It was a part of forever and always...but sixteen? That was never a part of the plan. Being that age forever would come with enough complications, but the choice itself had been what was stolen from her. At sixteen life was overwhelming enough as it was, trying to handle a turning? Tragedy on top of tragedy.

It was clear now that letting her go back to school was a mistake - Lizzy swore she could handle it, vehemently arguing that she should be allowed to continue to live her life as normal as possible. They were all very lucky that when she fed and killed it was able to be contained from the greater authorities. She'd called him in a panic to come help her with the body. Once he got her home safe, Elijah spent the rest of the morning cleaning up the mess and covering her tracks.

Finally, he let out a sigh and knocked softly on her pink painted door, "Elizabeth, do you have a moment to talk?"

[retconned-royalty]

@holmestheheart

"Hey move over, my show's almost on." Damon attempted to shoo her out of the way, reaching for the remote to change the channel. Things were a little weird still between them, but he had succeeded in causing the most chaos when she'd brought him home. Then again by not leaving.

[gothams-black-rabbit]

[TXT] Miss Perry? It's Jack. The guy who bought you Gyros a week ago? I wanted to apologise if I did wrong and I wanted to extend an invitation to my club tonight. VIP and no charge. I want to make sure you are okay.

@holmestheheart

[little-elenaarchive]

"Funny. Hilarious. A real knee slapper."

[the-11-doctor]

"I’m trying to be pure again."

"I always took you for a puritan, Elizabet."

[hybrid-royalty]

stretches out in the living room sunspot with her tummy in the air for a nice lil napp

"Ah the life of a house pet. Not a single care in the world. What must that be like..?"

[little-miss-buffy]

if Katherine calls you a good girl you BE GRATEFUL YOU GOT HER PRAISE SOME OF US GREW UP WITHOUT PRAISE FROM KATHERINE PIERCE

and are also fighting every day for it as her malka zvezda <3

"Do you need a hug?"

[malka-lisitsa]

How do Kat and Lizzy bond? :)

Lizzy bakes with Katherine (katherine isnt that good at it)

Lizzy asks Katherine to watch all of Katherine's favourite movies

They sing together

Lizzy asks Katherine about home and her childhood a lot, trying to avoid touchy subjects so she doesnt make mama sad. (doesnt always work)

the biggest and BESTEST ONE They watch vine compilations all the time and then quote them at each other

Once Katherine couldn't get the microwave door to stay closed and she wasnt even aware Lizzy was listening. She just said "What the FUCK RICHARD?" And Lizzy lost her shit because her mother organically quoted a vine in her distress.

@holmestheheart

[dimxndsareforever]

🔪

Marsha rarely killed these days but when she did... She loved when it got bloody.

She was having so much fun that she didn't notice Lizzie enter.

"Lizzie Darling. Are you hungry? This man doesn't need his blood anymore. Join me~"

[multi-royalty-arc]

@holmestheheart liked this for a one liner (from Rebekah)

“i’m supposed to be the one who protects you from monsters. i’m not supposed to be one.”

[retconned-royalty]

"Why? because I'm not K a t h e r i n e."

That's such a dangerous statement, PLEASE clear this up, Lizzy.

"As much as the world like to look at me, and expect me to do what she does, I don't h a v e five hundred years of reasons to be anything else. As far as I'm concerned, this early into my life? My ONLY birth given right, is to love you. And I'll do that as hard as I c a n, because it doesn't look like anybody else is stepping u p!"

"I am your flesh and blood. Why wouldn't I love you? What would that say about m e?"

Damon was the son of an abusive father and an emotionally distant, if not outright cold, mother. As far as blood loving blood? Maybe he had that with his brother before they turned, but even then he was a shield for Stefan. After it was a century of hate because they had shared a brother. The man's entire life had been too complicated for unconditional love, he wasn't sure what that looked like.

It sure felt like maybe it was this.

After everything he had been through, most people would be too jaded to feel anything at all. Sure Damon attempted that, but his curse, his downfall, his eternal struggle was how quickly and hard he fell for people. All he wanted was to be loved and the last person he expected was here loving him.

Tears were already leaking down his face when he pulled Lizzy into a hug. Had they hugged yet? Somehow he didn't think so, she was so small, more fragile than her large personality implied. It was seventeen years too late but Damon was holding his daughter for the first time, his shoulders shaking.

You are enough for me

Damon still didn't think it was true, but he would be doing his damnedest to make it true. For both of them.

[multistotyrpasks]

@holmestheheart

[hybrid-royalty]

Klaus had to consider those words, give them the thoughtful weight she deserved even if it wasn't quiet contemplation she desired from him. No doubt her heart sank when he didn't immediately throw empty, but comforting, platitudes towards her. The hybrid was absolutely projecting his own insecurities on the girl, but it wasn't out of conscious maleficence, no it was merely because he saw so much of himself in her. What did he want to be told when he felt the entire world was against him?

"Elizabeth darling, you will be good enough for me when you let your light shine unabashedly." He let the words hang for a moment, savoring the tension they caused. Then, with a smug little smile he finished it with a genuine, "But I will still love you even when you don't."

"It s e e m s as though you-" Throw down with her every time she does. "-know my colours better than anyone." Also true.

There's an overarching s e n s e that Klaus was parroting to HER what he's had reinforced to h i m his entire life. Nobody else seems to experience the suffering and internal turmoil that he does, and suddenly, she's here living it out in front of him.

"Could y o u ever love that person I'd be? That I am-? Do you love h e r? The one that's so sure of herself and accepts her own bloodlust and feels... justified in sating it." Klaus called her a monster. The weight behind that word hadn't been full of condemnation or rejection. But it struck a chord in her heart that made her believe it. Klaus was the voice in her head, it's coming together now.

She''s a monster. She's beyond saving.

"Being a monster isn't so bad." Of course you'd say that Lizzy, they all read you bedtime stories. They kiss you goodnight and keep you s a f e. And occasionally, inhabit your nightmares. "I just want to be good enough for y o u."

[the-11-doctor]

❝ that doesn’t sound like the you i know. ❞ LIZZY GOIN AFTER RIPPAH STEFANOOO girl. 👀

@holmestheheart

"You wouldn't know the real m e."

There's a reason he buried this version of himself, especially around Lizzy. Because it exists inside her just like it does h i m and he knows how easy it is to influence other people to turn it o f f when he, the most caring person in the household, no longer is.

Buried or not, the casket is empty n o w.

It's not, are you hungry? Did you feed today? Do you need a nap? It's:

"What do you want?"

[malka-lisitsa]

@holmestheheart Wants to make a deal with mama the devil

"The plate of strawberries as an offering was a nice touch. I hope you don't expect a freebie because I'm your mother. I'm the devil, not santa claus. Regardless of your symbolic plate of cookies here."

[multi-royalty-arc]

Which Crystal are you?

snowflake obsidian

you are all grit and closed fists. you refuse to let anything in through the cracks of your armor. you would burn the world to protect those you love. the heart of a warrior burns in your chest. and it also weighs your shoulders down. what is the price for being so strong? what have you sacrificed to make yourself feel safe? when was the last time you let someone see your soul? when was the last time you let someone see you and not just the masks you hide behind? not everything must be a fight.

Tagging : @malka-lisitsa @langdhon @ravenskeeper @hybrid-royalty @gunchamber @little-miss-buffy @faiththesinfulslayer @holmestheheart @minimavampiress