#okay back to making stefan icons

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S9 Vol 3 thoughts: everyone's so hot and I'm so upset it's still ex talk

I do like you get the option to tell all the girls "oh I'm picking a guy to come back for yall, don't worry" and then afterwards Chen comes out with all the guys and his "I've got this" thing. And then he has the audacity to be like "Nooo I wish I was on a date with you" and MC can say "Oh don't worry.. I've got this 😘" Like the dialogue certainly has its moments this season, like no wonder why MC is such an iconic all star

Just like everyone else, I would in fact like the Kat and Finn drama to hurry up and come to a close, but they're so obsessed with each other. I need Kat to actually couple up with a new guy please.

GRACE my beloved 🫶🫶

No it's such a shame though she's just a host because first of all, why have a host for dates?? like make her a host of a challenge if anything and then we can see her banter with Hamish and make him nervous. But also, like come on she didn't stay with Ozzy/Marshall of course, let her back on as another islander. And like I'm okay if she's again the token straight girl in the villa, like we need a friend out here.

I've already made my post about Jude, but the date was cute too. Lyle also very attractive AND a musician 😍. They make it so hard, and after one date I'm kind of sad we have to see one of them go. Waste of a sprite. I'm hoping the one you don't pick comes back at the end for Kat, since she does say the other guy is her type later on in the dressing room. And also I just need better for Kat than her to be stuck where she was after S5 with Finn.

I picked Jude because tbh they were about even for me but for the sake of my MC's story I just imagine she doesn't wanna settle down in Paris, so that's why she picked Jude. but ohhh the sad eyes 😞

Then in comes Kelly and she's still such a stunner dear goddd help me

This is why she was the face of the app after being in the villa one episode

"you and Finn are enough exes for this villa" yeah, hard agree. This is like when that theory came up before double trouble that everyone was gonna be a twin that season but it's real and it's not twins it's exes 💀

There was a chat with Finn, and I'm glad they made it clear early on he was interested so it wasn't dragged out until the very end like in S5 (although I will say I was pleasantly surprised when it happened in S5) and it was a cute chat. A lot of exposition though for MC's season lol? Like thanks for letting me know actually, I didn't know that I kissed someone in Casa, thanks for bringing that up sooo organically in this conversation. ig at least it's in character for him to be stuck in the past 🫠

I'm a little upset that we got Chen's ex instead of MC's, especially after he did already make it clear like nothing was really happening with his ex versus MC and Stefan clearly have some history to resolve. And I just wanted the ex talk to stop, but I'm thinking probably not until Casa (or around when Casa usually happens) that he's gonna show up. Hopefully by then, Kat and Finn will be resolved so we don't deal with all the exes at once. And also so for people on a Finn route, then this is fun because the roles will be reversed with Stefan is around taking MC's attention.

But even the letter thing got dragged on for soooo long even though it was only mentioned for two episodes. But again, means nothing considering it was just some girl Chen had dated. I don't know if it hits differently if you're with Henri, because his whole thing was he got serious really fast and then his ex jumped ship, so that sounds like the letter would be more impactful if she's apologizing. But I have a feeling they made it interchangeable. Which is why it's so weird everyone treated it so serious, when even Natasha named two other possible exes for Chen before the girl it actually was (which, admittedly, thats a hilarious bit).

it annoyed me they're trying to shame me into paying for chen's backstory now?? like this is the vibes of early seasons when you didn't have a gem outfit and the girls would be like you look like trash, girl.

Back to Kelly though, I have mixed feelings about her and Finn drama. My first thought is that it's interesting. I like that they're friends but she has caught feelings for him and doesn't know how he'll react and she's afraid of blowing up their friendship. Now with the added bonus of him still not being over Kat, but (barely) trying to move on in Love Island. That's a fun dynamic and I get the sense that Finn doesn't feel the same, and it's gonna be a real rough time comforting Kelly when he breaks her heart. But I also think it doesn't make sense. Like I kind of wish they weren't friends and just that she'd seen him at a few Love Island related events and they catered for a few parties together since they're both in Dublin and run in similar circles, so they're like not close friends, but definitely acquainted. That way it's more believable that they didn't know the other was coming back to Love Island and give Kelly more of an excuse for why she wouldn't reveal her feelings to Finn before coming back on the show. and also just make the stakes less dramatic because Kelly is also an LI, but she kinda treats MC like a second choice to Finn, and I think making them less close would help a little. Like she's attracted to him and they have a little prior friendship, but she's also very into MC versus Kelly has been pining over her friend Finn for quite some time.

On a similar note, I don't understand why Kat is so obsessed with Finn if she says she's over him and she ended things. Like you'd think despite them being coupled up, she'd just go for Hamish or Henri or any other guy after making snarky comments about him all day long. But she ALSO has to actively be upset at anyone making moves on him, and that's where they lose me. And they try to fix it by saying Kat is looking out for the girls, but if she was, then why not mention the cheating earlier? Once again, it's S5 vibes in the worst way 😑

also Finn? a cheater??? Finn from the shower scene in S5?? a cheater?? noooo no way 🙄

but back to actual gameplay: we go to truth or dare and it's a mess, I feel like they don't know the rules

Yet another banger line from Hamish though, like this is exactly the type of shitty joke I'd make

Getting to elbow Kat and kiss Finn may be the highlight of the whole volume for me ngl, even though he continues to admit he's still hung up on her (I guess a reasonable response to getting ghosted but still)

Fuck I forgot about Henri and his triangle with Chen and MC from last volume wasn't even fully resolved really. His plot was lost to the new guys again, go join Hari on the bench. So him showing up mid truth or dare was very funny to me, like I thought he WAS taking asleep lmao

I love a gem choice as much as the next person (which is not at all) but I am okay with the gem choice during truth or dare solely because I'm so indecisive I was like I can't pick which of them is the most attractive. Like actually they all are.

And here we got again with Melissa antagonizing MC for no reason. Then she brings up that it's Natasha's fault for some reason and that's supposed to be dramatic even though Natasha has BEEN saying that Stefan is MC's one that got away.

And I'm not a fan of pitting women against each other, especially the two WOC, but I do like that they had some beef briefly and it's not about a guy. Like it's nice to have characters that don't get along like that, and then they do come back and say they've resolved their differences but clearly aren't friends and that's okay.

this line made me laugh a little though especially after Melissa's very cheery we're all good now!! thing

and it's a recoupling next volume so we know what that means (goodbye to individuality for Henri, Chen, and Jude/Lyle, their routes are merging 🥲)

but yeah overall the volumes so far are not bad but just kinda meh. I think droning on about ex talk is draining the fun bits and the romance parts of the episodes. 9r maybe there was just way too high expectations coming from me idk. I enjoy the drama between other characters but it feels very removed from MC and she doesn't get a chance really to involve herself like S2 MC. And like MC has some drama herself, but it feels like we the player have less agency in causing it or even fixing it, so that's maybe been the problem recently.

still gonna play the season lmaooo I gotta know what Stefan and Cassius look like 🤣

I'm just a little less excited each week tha I was for s8 lol

[theinkedfoxsl]

was that questions post like an oc ask game but for you instead? i bet other people have asked questions but i want ALL OF THEM. bc i think u are so cool. please :3 n for 36: what is your very favorite time of day and why?

HHHHHHH

What is your nickname?

Len :3

When is your birthday?

I don't celebrate it! But I celebrate my name day on October 29th

What was your longest relationship?

5 years this June with Henrik :D

What is your favorite book?

Ripper by Stefan Petrucha. I was obsessed with it as a child

What is something you're insecure about?

Rn? My voice cracks. They're pretty bad with where I'm at on T and they embarrass me

5 Male celebrity crushes

Pedro Pascal, Joaquin Phoenix, Nic Cage, Ryan Gosling, and Hugh Jackman

5 Female celebrity crushes

Can I put Natalie Dormer for all of them? But her, Salma Hayek, Nicole Kidman, Jessica Alba, and Kesha!

What is your dream job?

I wanted to be a writer for a game company.

What do you consider your biggest accomplishment?

Landing Henrik- uhm but no, finishing the Ambros Twins. It meant a lot to me, and I put in a lot of work for it. Even if I don't go there anymore.

What is a fact about you that nobody would believe?

ALL OF MY WEIRD FACTS PEOPLE GO "that makes sense" SO IDK?? I'm afraid of the ocean?

What were your highs and lows for this last month?

Eugh,, the lady at the blood clinic has been really transphobic and ableist to me the last two times I've went and its really sucked. Today was particularly bad cause the barista and some random girls were also quite rude. But! I ordered my cane and I'm so so excited to get it! I also got a skin I wanted in Outlast Trials!

Where is somewhere you'd like to visit?

I wanna go back to Germany, it was so nice. But I want to visit Munich next time!

How do you de-stress?

Stressful video games :3

What are your favorite apps besides tumblr?

Discord! All my friends are in there.

Describe yourself in one sentence.

Exhausted and blunt but kind

What do you think makes you attractive?

My fierce determination to make things work even when I'm on a wire. The people I love, I love dearly. And they know that. I think its an attractive quality to have, to care so deeply about others.

What is something you're really good at?

Writing! I'm also really good at listening.

What is something you're really bad at?

ADVICE- I can listen but not give advice. I'm also fucking awful at soulslike games we've discovered (nobody is surprised)

A time that you told a lie.

Pretty much every day. I'm a compulsive liar, I'm working on it.

What's a totally random and useless fact that you know?

Some ladybugs can have no spots!

Who knows you the best?

Rowan or Henrik I think

What is your most prized possession?

My engagement ring.

What is your longest friendship?

MAX! I've known him since I was 16! Almost ten years yeesh

When did you first feel like an adult?

I still don't sometimes. But I'd just moved into my apartment on the lake to be closer to my job and I was sitting on this empty living room floor and I realised that I was well and truly alone. I wasn't a child at home anymore. I was alone and I was an adult.

Do you/ Have you played any sports?

I played volleyball, baseball, and I did track.

How are you feeling right now?

Like I said bad day, so I'm a bit sad. But I'm watching Max play Lies of P and I'm hanging with friends so hopefully better soon.

Are you an early bird or a night owl?

Night owl

Do you believe in love at first sight?

Chemical reaction at first sight lol

Favorite song lyrics right now?

"I'm blinded, how am I to find a path that's righteous?"

What does self care look like for you?

iced coffee and nap

Describe yourself with 3 singers.

Tonight Alive, Icon for Hire, Hollywood Undead

What makes you nervous?

everything

What’s a pet peeve you have?

CUTTING ME OFF CAUSE I WALK WEIRD GO AWAY

What will always make you cry?

Tadashi ):

What kind of first impression do you think you make on people?

Unpleasant. A lot of people don't like me. That's okay

what is your very favorite time of day and why?

3am! When I'm hanging out and its dark and things are quiet and I can just breathe

[kmze]

Your top 3 tvd scenes?

Okay I am so glad you asked me this after I completed a rewatch because stuff is fresher in my mind and makes it easier to answer.

Katherine's entrance in 1x22: The absolute best entrance for a character on this show no question it was never topped despite some good entrances over the years. The way Katherine played EVERYONE she encountered was magnificent between letting Damon give her all the details she needed and letting him kiss her, acting like a moody teenager after getting Jenna to invite her in and of course the reveal that she's actually Katherine and chopping John's fingers off "Hello John, Goodbye John" an icon.

Damon giving Rose the vision in 2x11: Still my favorite Damon moment because it's one of the few and only times he did something genuine without an ulterior motive. The way the vision took her pain away and gave her peace before she passed was really touching, I loved their relationship even if it was short lived. The moment where she's going to count to three and he stakes her on three really broke my heart in the best way.

Caroline turns her humanity on 6x19: One of the most heartbreaking moments ever and the absolute devastation that Caroline would never get to read the letter made it so impactful. The way Stefan was willing to die to give her that vision and that he used it to tell her why he didn't tell her how he really felt at her Mom's funeral was perfect. What really got me though was Caroline getting the door shut on her with the curtains as her Mom walked away crying that she wants to read her letter.

Honorable mentions: That Klaus knew Stefan back in the '20s and that deep down Stefan was the more sadistic evil brother in 3x03 and why Klaus was so interested in him. As well as Bonnie and her ancestors controlling hellfire in 8x16 because even if it will forever annoy me it took until the finale to make her super powerful that moment felt earned.

[mentalpolaroids]

Almost got it

[gif creds @sam-reids ]

Steve Harrington x female!Reader

Summary: She's a barista at a coffee shop and always screws up Steve's name on purpose

Warnings: one or two curse words

This one had to be the best one yet, Steve thought as he studied the unfamiliar name written on his coffee cup. Stephen. He looked back at the barista standing behind the coffee shop’s counter, who waved at him wearing a smile on her face, one that gave away that she knew exactly what she did. 

Steve chuckled and walked back to the spot where he picked up his cup noticing how (y/n) pretended to not know what to expect from his return.

“Can I help you?” she asked innocently.

“You know, you were closer this time.” 

“To what?”

“Getting my name right.” 

“You don’t say?” she faked surprise, earning another chuckle from Steve, “I really thought I had it today.” 

“Not yet.” 

“Well, sorry about that Stephen.” 

“It’s Steve.” he tried to explain, for the sixth time, but somehow he remained patient. 

Both had been playing this back and forth game for the last month, and both were having more fun with it than they cared to admit. Steve wasn’t sure what the purpose of it was, but after the third time he realized she was messing up his name on purpose. And he loved it. He loved that the barista was giving him a chance to speak to her, because contrary to his usual behavior around women, this one felt out of his league and he wouldn’t dare try his luck. He dreaded the possibility of embarrassing himself and having Robin touching the subject every minute. But turns out, luck was on his side after all because there he was, in a flirtatious banter with a girl he could only dream of crossing paths with. And she was the one to start it all.

“Right, I think I got it.”

“I guess we’ll see tomorrow.” he smiled.

(y/n) agreed, “Can’t wait.”  

At Family Video, Robin was already awaiting her coworker’s arrival and what new name he had been assigned that day.

“Stephen? Not bad, but Stefan was iconic.” Robin commented after taking a look at Steve’s cup. 

“Definitely better than Stefon.” 

Robin bursted out laughing.

“Oh God, if (y/n) wasn’t hitting on you I would so shoot my shot. She’s hilarious.” 

Steve looked at her, confused.

“Wait, you know her?”

“Yeah, I actually tried to shoot my shot when she started working there but she turned me down so nicely I couldn’t even feel disappointed and then, somehow, we became friends.”

Steve was, you could say, shocked. All this time Robin had been making fun of him and the whole situation and instead of helping him out, considering that apparently his best friend was friends with his crush, she was indirectly joining (y/n)’s side. 

“So you’re telling me that you could’ve been helping me all this time, you know, making my life less miserable for chasing after a girl I still can’t believe is flirting with me, but you decided not to.”

“What can I say, you’re a dingus and I like watching you suffer.” she replied, but then continued after receiving a mean look, “But let’s be real here, Steve, you are being an idiot. The girl you insist is so out of your league is literally throwing herself at you and you’re still not doing anything about it. I mean, ask her out, we both know she’s going to say yes.” 

Steve looked unsure still, thought it was comforting to have someone tell him he had a chance. 

“And what if I’m reading it all wrong, huh? I would just make a fool out of myself.”

“You fought beings of another dimension and you’re scared of being rejected? Yeah you really make a fool of yourself on a daily basis, but hey, I’m sure (y/n) will accept that part of you anyway.”

“Okay, you know what, forget it.” the boy drank the last sips of his coffee and turned his back to Robin to start his tasks at the store, 

“Steve!” she called him, “Like I said, (y/n) and I are friends. Trust me when I say you should ask her out.” 

He sighed, defeated, but didn’t totally dismiss Robin’s suggestion. 

..

Steven. So damn close. Steve smiled at the pretty handwriting on his cup. 

“What’s so funny?” his favorite voice asked from behind the counter. 

Instead of answering, he showed her the name she once again didn’t get right. 

They had created a habit, an inside joke, and everyday (y/n) wondered if that would be the day the boy would get the hint and ask her out, because she was running out of variations of his actual name to keep their thing going. 

“You almost got it today.” 

“Almost?”

“Yeah, almost.” 

(y/n) smiled and shook her head slowly, in an amused disbelief at how this game had been going for so long and had gotten her nowhere still. If it wasn’t for Robin constantly convincing her that Steve did like her, she would’ve given up already and gotten his name right, because it was hard to believe the ex King of Hawkins High who could get any girl he wanted was so clueless and slow when it came to her flirting. Was she not trying hard enough? Did the coffee shop’s uniform make her look unattractive? Was messing up his name actually annoying to him? But Robin’s reminder of how Steve’s visit to (y/n)’s workplace made him go to his own workplace with a smile permanently painted on his lips eased her overthinking. And it also left her confused, because if he liked her like Robin insisted he did, why wasn’t he doing anything about it? 

“Tomorrow is the day, I’m telling you.” (y/n) finally answered, determined to end the game, even if she had to cheat a little bit to win it, “Tomorrow I’ll get it right.”

Steve’s smile widened, excited to see what else she had in mind, and, of course, to see her again. 

“I’m looking forward to it.” 

..

The next day, Steve woke up determined to put an end to all his doubts and fears and finally ask (y/n) out. For once in his life, he was going to listen to Robin. Stepping into the coffee shop, the upwards curve on his lips dissipated when he didn’t see the usual barista behind the counter. 

Steve frowned, disappointed that he wouldn’t be getting a weird name that day nor the intriguing jokes from the girl that filled his days with warm smiles and dreamy thoughts. He walked closer to the spot where he usually picked his coffee up and waited for the guy replacing (y/n) to be free from the other clients.

“Hey, what can I get you?” the man asked.

“Hi, uh, actually I was just wondering if (y/n)’s here today?” 

“Oh, no, it’s her day off today.”

Steve’s disappointment grew and he tried hard not to ask too many questions, not wanting to sound desperate or creepy. He wasn’t sure who he wanted to prove that to though, the guy or himself. 

“Oh, okay, thanks anyway. Have a good day.”

“Thanks, you too man.”

The boy made his way to Family Video in a mood that wasn’t very recognizable to him after leaving the coffee shop. The source of his usual giddy mood wasn’t present today and it was immediately clear, especially to Robin. 

“What’s the long face, Harrington?” she joked, but quickly noticed his empty hands. No coffee, and she feared the worst, “Please don’t tell me you got rejected. I’m so sorry, Steve, I was super sure she was into you, I don’t get it, I-”

“I didn’t get rejected, Robin. Not yet anyway. She wasn’t working today.”

“Oh.” she sighed in relief, she really didn’t want to confront her friend about breaking her other friend’s heart. That would be awkward. 

“So,” he tried to change the subject, “did the new movies arrive yet?” 

And just when Robin was about to answer, the door to the store opened and a certain missing barista made herself seen, two cups of coffee in her hands. 

“Hey (y/n), we were just talking about you.”

If Steve wasn’t so surprised with seeing (y/n) there he would for sure have rolled his eyes at Robin. 

“Hey Robs!” she then turned to the boy next to her friend, “And…” she trailed her voice while taking a concentrated look at one of the cups, “Steve, right?” 

The smile that was missing from earlier finally showed up to his lips accompanied with a chuckle and a shake of his head. 

“That’s right. You finally got it.”

“Yeah, I finally got it.” 

Robin was looking between her two friends like she was watching a movie, anxious for the grand moment. (y/n) noticed it and slid one of the cups over the counter in her direction.

“For you.” (y/n) said to her while giving her a knowing look. 

It took a while for Robin to realize what it meant but she eventually caught up to it.

“Right, thank you! I’m going to, uh, check if the movies had arrived yet.” 

Steve nodded, his lips in a tight, close-mouthed forced smile, mentally facepalming himself at the girl’s capacity of turning every situation into an awkward one. (y/n) bit her lip to contain a laugh at the clumsy walk Robin made to the back of the store. 

“So,” Steve started, smiling at his well written name on the coffee cup, for a moment getting distracted by how pretty his actual name looked in her handwriting, “I went by the coffee shop today, a guy said it was your day off.”

“Yeah, I kinda forgot to mention that yesterday. I mean, to be honest, I didn’t think you would care.”

“Of course I care, my day doesn't start properly until I have a coffee made by you and know what name I’ll be using for the rest of the day.” 

“Wait, you actually do that?”

Steve laughed.

“No, no way I would let people call me Steffen.”

It was (y/n)’s turn to laugh. 

“That was a good one.” Steve agreed with a shy laugh, “You do know I’ve always known your name was Steve, right?”

“Yeah, I knew.”

“Okay. Good.” (y/n) smiled and fiddled with the strap of her bag, “I like Steve.”

They weren’t sure how long they stayed looking at each other. It felt like time had stopped but it was just five seconds, enough time for (y/n) to chicken out and give up on her plans of being the one to ask the boy out. She was so confident walking into the store, flirt a little more and finally get the guy, but his hypnotizing stare reminded her of who he was and that she would probably be just another girl to tell the same story of a date she scored with Steve Harrington. She sighed, defeated, and cleared her throat. 

“Well, I should go, don’t wanna bother you while you work.” 

“You’re not bothering me.” he assured her, “You can stay if you want. I mean, I’m sure you have better things to do on your day off, but, you know, you’re not bothering or anything.” 

His nervous banter made her smile. 

“Well, thanks.”

“Yeah.”

Another five seconds of staring, this time a bit of tension in the air, but then (y/n) nodded and said her goodbyes to Steve. 

“Thanks for the coffee by the way!” he said before she could turn her back to walk to the door. 

“Don’t mention it!”

And out the door she went. 

Steve then realized she was, once again, gone, and no one asked out anyone. He groaned, annoyed with himself, and smacked the counter.

“You fucking dingus!” Robin yelled from the back of the store, “Go after her!”

The boy was going to yell something back, but then his brain finally processed the gesture of (y/n) bringing him coffee. She purposely took time off of her day to bring him coffee, and not screw up his name. That had to mean something, right? 

“Shit.” and with that, he jumped over the counter and ran to the door. He opened it only to meet (y/n) again, who looked like she was about to go into the store again. 

They stared at each other in surprise, but this time the silence was broken quickly when both spoke at the same time. 

“You wanna go out sometime?”

Both bursted out laughing and (y/n) immediately answered. 

“Yes.”

“Cool.” 

“Idiots’” Robin added from behind Steve, but she went unnoticed by the two said idiots staring at each other again. 

“I’ll swing by the coffee shop tomorrow, as usual.” 

“Okay.” (y/n) agreed and then added before turning around again, “Oh, I wrote my number on the bottom of your cup. Call me, Harrington.” 

“I sure will.” 

And with a last exchange of not so shy smiles and lingering looks, (y/n) walked away and Steve looked at her go, feeling accomplished and proud of himself for being one step closer to getting the girl he thought he couldn’t get.

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author's note: not my best but hope you liked it anyway

[salvatoraes-moved]

i wasn’t gonna say anything about this cause i don’t feel like i owe any explanations but it keeps coming back to my lil brain so… yes, i do indeed have an “ eye candy ” tag. & just because i have one, doesn’t mean i’m “ face chasing ” or only following people for their face claims. it’s literally 2023, who still follows people because of faceclaims ?

now, of course i have my favorites, who doesn’t ? if you say you don’t, you’re a liar who lies. but i literally don’t care who your face claim is. actually, a majority of people i write with don’t use icons / gifs at all, so it’s not like i’d even be seeing them most of the time. also, a lot of people use aesthetic dash icons that don’t have their faceclaim even in it, so you literally can’t tell unless you look on their blog. & personally, i follow people who i can see myself writing with and most of the time i follow people before i can even see who their faceclaim is.

my “ eye candy ” tag is me reblogging people who stefan or myself find attractive as well as faces / muses i don’t have a specific tag for. i want to keep track in case i forget a face i may want to use in the future or if someone wants suggestions for a muse i can say oh here’s a tag you can browse or whatever. honestly, who’s gonna sit there & tag every single face they come across that they like / want to write / write against ? or every single ship partners faceclaim ? let me know,. also, what’s wrong with having a tag of desired faceclaims or wanted opposites ? victoria justice voice : we ALL have preferences. ( and that’s okay ) & it does NOT mean i or anyone else who has said tags won’t write with someone just because they you don’t use a faceclaim we have a preference for.

it’s not a huge deal & i’m not going to stop using my tag. however, if you for real have a problem with it, let me know & i can always make tag you can block list or you can soft block. while i think it’s a silly thing to stop writing with people over, everyone does deserve to feel comfortable. i just had to get my own two cents in on this because someone recently vauged about this and it was specially directed at me so i wanted to say my side. sorry if this is messy, or repetitive, it’s 1:30 am.

[tellmeourstoryy]

I think it’s time for another post that no one asked for but I’m giving anyways so here are my favorite characters from some of my favorite shows

Chuck: Sarah Walker. Seriously love everyone in that cast but being a spy was always my dream as a kid so I love to see her living my childhood dreams. No I don’t know why that was my dream lol

Pretty Little Liars: Spencer Hastings. Okay I’ll be honest I’m a terrible fan and am not completely sure why she’s my fav but she is and I love her so much. A true icon. Maybe time for a rewatch to remember why she’s the best

Gilmore Girls: Lorelai Gilmore. Homegirl has sacrificed so much and truly became her own person and didn’t just be who her parents wanted her to be. So giving and loving and I will defend her all day long. My heart broke every time hers did

The Walking Dead: Glenn Rhee. My precious boy has my whole heart. Purest little bean and loved Maggie so well. Forever heartbroken over that ending

The Vampire Diaries: Stefan Salvatore. My baby!!! Truly loved everyone around him so selflessly. He deserved so much better

Friends: Rachel Green. I know this one is throwing y’all for a loop because I don’t think I’ve ever met anyone else who says this. I just think she’s so funny and I also love Jennifer Aniston

Psych: Shawn Spencer. Star of the show and star of my heart. Just so goofy and funny and has the type of character that makes you love tv

Bones: Angela Montenegro. She always brought life back to things and was the easiest to relate to personally

Once Upon A Time: Emma Swan. Love the hero she is and all of the character development. Definitely one of the best

This is Us: Beth Pearson. I’ll be honest I’m so behind on this show but still I love her so much. The way she’s so real and relatable and loves Randall and her kids so well I-

White Collar: Neal Caffrey. Let’s be real we all know he’s the best because 1: He’s very pleasant to look at and 2: is super smart but also mischievous which makes him so much fun

The Office: Jim Halpert. Always so much fun and never fails to make me laugh. The way he loves Pam is nothing short of the sweetest thing in the world

That’s all for now but there’s lots more. I also realized I have a pretty hard time picking favorite characters because I love them all so much

[theeoriginals]

okay so since you ranked tvd characters in the show, rank tvd characters in your book athena. idk if that makes sense i hope it does

oooo i like this one. also, i guess, spoilers for athena below lmao don’t read if you’re not caught up

12. elena — obviously in last place lmao she is a big bitch! die already whore!

11. matt/tyler — i keep ranking them together solely because neither of them matter enough to me for them to get separate ranks and i think that says enough

10. alaric — he’s not being helpful bc he’s getting p*ssy from jenna but haven’t u ever heard bros before hoes ??? gains points back bc he’s played by jensen ackles in my stories

9. elijah — he’s also not being helpful but that’s because he’s busy… doing something…. that will eventually be revealed

8. katherine — she’s not been Great in athena but i feel a redemption arc brewing so buckle up folks

7. rebekah — solely because she’s not been super involved but her and athena are well on their way to being besties so im excited about that

6. klaus — he and athena are dangerous and i can’t wait to write him being an absolute nuisance around her. ik she’s immortal but he’s gonna give her grey hair

5. bonnie — love me some bon bon, and the bamon content is only up from here y’all, but idk where else to put her on this list so she gets a steady place here

4. caroline — exes to enemies to besties, they’re iconic methinks

3. damon — not to toot my own horn but beep fucking beep, every version of damon i write is better than the actual version on the show and i stand by that

2. stefan — peak simp. i warned y’all in the beginning but i don’t think of any of y’all were truly ready for how much he loves athena, i wasn’t even ready for it

1. athena — ok she’s not in the TVD universe technically but i can’t make a whole list and not include her. she’s easily one of the best characters i’ve ever created and if i could, i would be her, like. who wouldn’t ?? she’s hot & funny & im a mere mortal so 🛐

[ilovetheaffection]

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@dickishsassmaster + other blog bc im bad with urls. I'll never forget this one because it's stuck in my head until the end of time and reminds me of when Elias had dick in his url. Let's not talk about that. Anyway, we go way back and I had a nickname they gave me years ago. I kid you not. When I type my name irl sometimes, I make a typo, and it's always that one even now. I've been slow to get back to things since we got back into contact. But, like I love the writing sm and I always did. We were both taking a trip down memory lane and it was so funny bc we were wild. Maybe we are less wild now. *thinking emoji* Stefan and Eli have changed over the years bc of the rpc mostly. But, they are still really damn cute and I love that for us. If I was going to dive headfirst into that fandom again it would because of Stefan and a few other really rad blogs I follow here in the fandom.

@kit-just-kit another person I owe on dis.cord. *shakes brody* WAKE UP BRODY. Okay, but like I've seen Kit around before like a lot over the years. And I don't know if we had really written before anywhere before this blog. But I know I'd seen the muse before. FC is to die for, mun is super nice and like conversation was really fun when we had it, it was all over the place. I live for chaotic conversations. Brody and Kit are gonna be a handful. I know it. But I'm down. I love me some chaotic ships. Let me at them.

@enduringlystoic I don't really rp with them. I did a little once. But I've just been a mess all over my blogs. But I see Elijah on my dash all the time and the replies are *chef's kiss*. btw who made up chef's kiss? I gotta google that. Okay anyway, I love their Elijah characterization and the icons are so cute. Tbh I think you should follow and just put more on my dash *eyes*

[doyelikehaggis]

for the wip game: 2, 17, & 35?

Ahh, good choices!! So, “Sex Education Goes Camping” is... kind of exactly what it sounds like. The students of Moordale High are going on one last school trip before their school is closed down for good. Organized and supervised by Colin and Emily, of course. But there’s more than just the tension of the inevitable goodbye they’ll all have to say at the end of it; Adam and Eric haven’t talked since they broke up. Ruby is completely avoiding Otis, who feels terrible about hurting her. Maeve is leaving for America the moment they get back, and doesn’t want to make the goodbye any harder by letting Otis try and convince her to stay. Aimee and Steve have just broken up, but they’re working on being friends. 

Jackson's eyebrows furrow. Maeve frowns. Otis and Eric share another confused look, as do a lot of others.

Spreading his arms, Mr Hendricks loudly says, "You are all utterly fucked! As am I, and so is Miss Sands! Well, I mean we can obviously find other teaching jobs, but it's not exactly easy, so, technically speaking, we are all very much fucked, you're right, Jackson."

Jackson just raises an eyebrow, then looks away. Miss Sands quickly joins Mr Hendricks on the stage as the students chattering gets louder around the room.

"What Mr Hendricks means to say--" Miss Sands shoots him a quick glare as she leans into the microphone, making him take a few steps back from it (and her) "--is that it doesn't have to be all bad!"

"No offence, Miss," Ruby interrupts, "but you're not the one about to have your entire future turned to shit without your consent." 

Miss Sands nods, and says, "No, you're right. I'm only losing a job, but you are all losing the chance to finish your education comfortably -- or maybe at all. And I am... so incredibly sorry about that. I truly wish this wasn't happening to any of us. But it is. And we have to deal with that."

"We have to make the most of the time we have left together," Mr Hendricks chimes back in, taking a cautious step towards the podium. "Which is why us teachers and some of your parents/guardians have banded together to give you lot one last Moordale High experience!" 

More murmuring. Eric and Maeve are already groaning, while Otis looks cautiously hopeful. Many more of them are apprehensive, including the likes of Adam and Ola, but they're sitting up a bit straighter in their seats, waiting to find out the rest. 

They've all experienced many things at Moordale High, not all of them good, but not all of them awful, either. Some of them have been the best time of their lives, like the performance they put on just a few weeks ago to rid themselves of Hope. And some have an utter disaster like their trip to France.

Most of them are assuming it's going to be leaning more towards the latter. And it feels as though their fears are confirmed when Mr Hendricks excitedly, and dramatically, yells, "We're going camping!" 

I completely forgot I hastily named it “Uncle Shawn the Icon” for this asjkdhajksh okay so. Auggie starts experimenting with feminine clothes, something that Cory, Topanga, and Riley are more than supportive of. But, unfortunately, people at his school aren’t as supportive. When he starts acting different (like Riley in that one episode where she was being bullied), they know something is up, and Cory happens to mention it to Shawn. Uncle Shawn who, after spending that week as “Veronica” realized he actually liked presenting as a girl sometimes, and came out as genderfluid. He comes over to have a proper talk with Auggie, and let him see that it doesn’t matter what other people say about them. Bonus: Riley mentions it to her friends because she’s worried about Auggie, and most of them jump to Auggie’s defence. 

"Auggie's being bullied."

Maya blinks. Farkle sits back in his seat. Stunned into silence. Lucas is shaking his head, and Zay and Smackle share a confused glance at each other.

Then comes the eruption.

"Give me names and addresses," Maya demands, voice like sharp ice and scalding lava at the same time, retracting her hand from Riley's arm. Ready to storm out right now to track them down.

That's exactly why Riley doesn't answer her, but she does look at her like she's crazy, and she says, "Maya! They're kids!"

"I'm going to kill them, what do I care if they're twelve?"

Riley's about to tell her she should very much care, because when they were twelve, they benefited much more from being talked to rather than killed. At the same time, they never did anything even remotely like the kids bullying Auggie.

"Did he tell you why they're bullying him?" Lucas asks, sounding like he can't think of a reason why anyone would want to.

"We already had an idea, and Ava told us this morning. He wants to wear skirts. Not just that, but more feminine clothing in general." She drops her head back onto her arms. "He was so excited to wear one of my old skirts on the first day of school yesterday, and now he won't even come out of his room. I don't know how to help him because he won't talk to any of us."

"Those little b--"

"Language," Riley says flatly, not even having the heart to really care if she finishes her sentence or not. Honestly, she feels like doing it for her. "I know, Maya, I'm mad too. I just don't know what to do about it."

"Say something," Farkle says.

Riley lifts her head and turns in her seat to look at him curiously.

"Your parents could say something to the school," he suggests. "I can't guarantee it would stop them, but if we were vocal enough about it--"

"We?" Riley asks, eyebrows raising.

Farkle looks at her seriously, and says, "My dad could make the loudest noise, and I know he would do it if I asked him to. It's Auggie, Riley. Of course I'm not just going to stand by."

"Yeah, and besides, no one should be bullied for what they wear," Maya adds, throwing Farkle a small smile that he gratefully returns. Then she turns back to Riley. "Seriously, Riles, your parents should say something to the school."

Riley agrees with them. It had crossed her mind this morning, and she's sure her parents are already thinking the same thing. She looks to Lucas, Zay, and Smackle.

Without a question asked, Smackle is nodding immediately, and firmly, a look similar to Farkle's on her face.

"They're right," she says matter-of-factly. Then, with a softer note, adds, "It's unfair for them to get away with trying to stop him from expressing himself. People don't like different and it's..."

"It's wrong," Zay finishes for her. "Auggie doesn't deserve that. Going to the school about it might not help but at least it'll make some noise, right? That would do something good, make people aware that it's unfair the way he's getting treated."

Riley's heart is ready to burst from how apparant their support for Auggie is, and just how serious they are about wanting to help. She smiles at Zay, and he smiles back, reaching forward to pat her hand on the top of her chair.

Her eyes slide to Lucas. He hasn't said anything yet.

I really need to hurry up and finish “Clash of the European Boyfriends”, I feel like I’ve been writing it for years. I feel like I’ve summarised it before, but I’ll give another quick one just in case -- There’s a dinner party being hosted at the Salvatore household, set up by Stefan, Elijah, and Lexi. It was more a way of forcing Damon, Enzo, Klaus, and Stefan to get along, but also a good way to get Hope more familiar with the house for the longterm future. Some awkwardness and tension ensures because you just can’t have those four in a house together and not expect something to go wrong. I would love to be able to give a snippet for this but I’ve been rewriting it so much that I can’t decide on anything that might actually make it into the finished fic, so I’m going to skip this one if that’s okay. Hopefully I’ll actually decide where it’s going and what I’m doing with it soon. 

Thank you for sending these, I’m really having so much fun with it!! 

[tvdoriginal]

loving the vampire diaries is an adrenaline rush

that's it. that's the post.

except i'm also adding that the series always has good songs like wtf??? hits upon hits. specifically what brought me to make this was the struts "kiss this". gah, hearing a song that was used in the show takes me back to the scene that it's in and i can reminisce about how good it all was. of course, this happens with anything that feelings are attached to, but.

and also it was brought to my attention by myself that i already made 171 posts??? like omg. while i wish i had known before now, i would have made a stefan tribute post but, it was josie icons that took the spot. not a bad person to take the spot ;).

okay okay, you guys! be happy, breathe fresh, and love the mess out of the series that launched two spin-offs! for my legacies viewers, i'll see you on friday <3

[imagineofallkindsxxx]

Eternal Flame- 9/? Kol Mikaelson

Vampires... They're Real

WC: 1675

We all fell asleep in Sams room the following night while watching his favourite comfort movie in his bed. That's the twelfth time I've seen Top Gun now. We were or at least I was woken up by a loud cough coming from the doorway, I opened my eyes to reveal that I fell asleep on the floor last night with the three boys on the bed, and they say chivalry is dead. I looked at the digital clock on Sams bedside cabinet which read 11.03 which made me sit up abruptly looking at the doorway to see Meredith, she must have stayed over as well. I got up searching for my phone to reveal i had 12 texts from Elena, 5 from Ric and a voicemail from the least likely person, Damon Salvatore. I shoved it into my back pocket before heading to the door leaving the trio sleeping peacefully. I walked down the stairs to see Meredith, Harry, and Lucy. Sams parents.

"I am so sorry for your loss Mr. and Mrs. Fell. You too Meredith." I told them sincerely upset about the death of Tobias Fell. "Do they know the cause of death?" I asked the trio which Lucy replied.

"Animal attack." Strained voice probably from crying and comforting her husband.

Animal attack.

Vampires.

"That's terrible." I said still feeling bad for them especially Meredith and Harry but still genuinely hoping that it was a tomb vampire and not Stefan. "Again, I'm sorry for your loss." This created a weak smile from Lucy and a nod from Meredith, Harry staring into space. I heard a honk from outside that sounded like a certain Salvatores vintage car. "That's my ride."

"I'll show you out," Meredith got out standing up heading towards the door I've been going in and out since freshman year.

"Can you tell Sam to text me whenever he wants. I'll be free for him." She nodded confirming she'll pass on the message to my best friend. I walked out and saw the blue vehicle with a raven-haired vampire driver making me nearly turn back and go back to Sam. I walked towards him and got into the car. I put the seatbelt on then he sped away.

"Do you not answer your texts?" He questioned in that classic Damon tone. I rolled my eyes.

"When a family member of my best friends has been killed via 'animal attack' I tend to stick by him" I replied snarkily making him roll his eyes. "Well, what's with the texts and calls?" It was his time to show off his 'iconic' smirk.

"Well, I assume you're aware of the little ghost problem we had last night." I hummed in agreement my mind going back to the conversation i had with my deceased aunt "Well the ghost of Mason Lockwood gave me a visit and showed me something very interesting in the Lockwood cellar" he told me stretching the very before stopping not giving me any hints of what it may be.

"Well? What is it?" I asked annoyed at the vampire already, two minutes must be a record.

"Patience is a virtue, middle Gilbert" making me roll my eyes for what seems to be the tenth time in three minutes. We sat in silence on the way to the Lockwood cellar before getting out the car and walking a good five minutes "Could you be any slower?" Damon asked annoyed by my speed making me contemplate going slower just to annoy him.

"I can try." He turned back and glared at me we walked into the cellar seeing my sister and Ric who must have gotten here not long before us as they were walking down the hidden tunnel in the cellar. Damon put a finger to his month as if be quiet, i narrowed my eyes but nevertheless I went behind him quiet to see where this is going. I overheard Ric saying to Elena.

"Careful where you shine that thing. Bats hate the light."

"Wait, what?" Elena replied making me keep a laugh in when Damon comes down the tunnel standing behind her whispers.

"Elena!" Which she turns around to see the blue-eyed vampire "Boo!" scaring the petit brunette as I see he jump with fright.

"Ah, god Damon!" She yelled making me smile before pushing past him to stand next to Ric.

"Scaredy-cat!" He goads.

"Just ignore him. That's what I do." Ric advises Elena and me rolling his eyes.

"To be fair Ric," he looked at me while I was looking at the floor expecting me to actually defend a Salvatore "it is quite hard at times, his voice is just that annoying. Its impossible" making the doppelganger and hunter smirk at the scowl on the vampires' face.

"Your real brave when your somewhere I can't reach you" I gave him a smirk in retaliation to the statement.

"So, you really can't get in?" my twin asks the annoyed creature.

"No. Seems like even the ancient Lockwoods were anti-vampire." Damon told the elder Gilbert.

"Wonder why?" I sarcastically muttered making him give me a glare which I ignored too busy trying not to fall in the dark and rough terrain.

"What do you mean ancient?" Elena questions oblivious to the comment made towards the Salvatore and his species. His eyes go back to my sister, he gestured in a way to carry on walking.

"See for yourself." The four of us carrying on the walk with two flashlights being our only source of light. "Well, this is as far as I go" Damon states letting the two gilbert sisters and their hunter guardian carry on walking. Elena shines her flashlight on the wall in front of us to show drawings of all kinds seemingly to be Viking runic.

"What is all this?" my sister asks from beside me while I somehow read some of the writing.

"Well as far as I can tell, it's a story." Ric begins "In simple, archaeological terms, it's a really, really old story" he points at a drawing of what is the moon cycle, I think? "That right there, is the moon cycle" after this he points at another drawing on the wall "a man, a wolf." How did I know that was moon cycle?

"A werewolf" Elena says looking mesmerized by the drawings.

"Yeah, it's the 'Lockwood Diaries: Pictionary-Style'" Damon pitches in with an attempt at humor of the possibly huge discovery in front of us.

"But the Lockwoods didn't settle here until the 1860's with the rest of the founders. Who drew these? When were they drawn?" I asked the historian in which he shared a look with the vampire.

"A long time ago" Ric vaguely told me.

"How long?" My sister said backing me up by questioning the hunter as well.

"Long. It gets better. Show them, Ric." Damon once again butted in.

"Names. They're not native. They're written in-"

"Runic, a Viking script" I cut him off making his look at me with eyebrows raised, I shrugged my shoulders.

"Vikings?" my sister said not understand that Vikings were in Mystic Falls.

"This name here, I translated it and it reads Niklaus" Ric tells us.

"Klaus"

"And Elijah... and Rebekah" pointing towards the names on the wall flashing at a group of names one catching my eye that I'm barely hearing anything, it was only three letters. it was next to Rebekahs making me think that maybe it was another Mikaelson. I was in a weird kind of daze, the only thing breaking me out of the trance I was in while looking at the name was.

"Mikael." That makes me snap my head towards the teacher.

"Mikael? Their dad?" I questioned with a nod of confirmation from Ric.

"Mikael, as in, the vampire hunter who knows how to kill Klaus?" My sister asked all of us.

"Yep. I now like to call him 'Papa Original'" Damon says humor filling his voice while Ric takes pictures of the cave wall.

To break the tension my phone rang to see Sam was texting me,

'Meet me at our place in ten mins?'

I furrow my eyebrows wondering what could be so important that couldn't be said over the phone but sent back a little.

'Sure'.

"Hate to break this lovely revelation short but I have somewhere to be, friend to console. You know the drill." indicating I'm going to speak to Sam which Elena nods in reassurance.

"Yeah go, be with him. Do you need a ride to his place?" She asks me but I shook my head.

"I can walk it but thanks Lena" walking out of the cave missing the look of borderline shock on her face at the nickname I've barely called her since the accident. I walk out of the old Lockwood cellar northwest for a few minutes before reaching a little lake that is usually used for parties but when quiet a peaceful place where Sam and I come to regularly when we need to get away from everything. When I'm there I already see the brunette sitting on a rock.

"Hey, Sam." He turns around while sitting to see me, he turns back around facing the lake with a serious expression on his pale face. "Are you okay? Stupid question. What can I do to help?" I asked reprimanding myself for asking such a stupid question at the beginning. I sat down next to him on the same rock. He gave me a small smile.

"You can keep a secret right?" He asked in all serious.

"Of course," I told him offhandedly.

"No Alexandra. I'm being deadly serious, what I'm about to tell you... I'm not supposed to tell anyone. You can't tell anyone." he told me turning around looking me in dead in the eye. I turned around facing him curious yet worried about my grieving friend.

"Sam, you can tell me anything. I swear on my parents grave I won't tell anyone." I sincerely swore to him.

"It's about" he stopped himself breathing in before sharing

"Vampires... They're real."

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A/N: Sorry for the lack of content episode wise in this but I thought I'd give you an idea of how Sam is going to be a recurring maybe even main character and the rest of the episode plus a bit of Sam drama is part two of the episode.

As usual let me know of any grammar, spelling mistakes or British slang/spelling.

Please comment or vote to let me know I'm doing a decent job. I need validation haha.

Thank you for reading lovelies xxx

[devourer--of--books]

Some time ago (and by “some time” I mean a long ass time, oops) Kate (@pumpkinpaperweight) posted an analysis of gold rush by Taylor Swift tracing parallels to Agatha, which this post is clearly inspired by. 

(Go check that one out after you finish reading this post, it’s really good.)

Ever since, I’ve had an entire tagatha x taylor playlist/unfinished post that I don’t think will ever see the light because I’m too lazy to actually finish it. But now I have some spare time and I noticed that,,,, invisible string wasn’t on it.

And that's cause, well, despite the obvious gold fingerglow motif which is very tagatha … you already read the title of the post. It’s more like my own version of of what I would have had happen post-otk (will my epilogue version ever see the light, I wonder) than anything else, but this is my account, in which I am correct all the time and accept no criticism so,,,,

Green was the color of the grass where I used to read at Centennial Park

I used to think I would meet somebody there

Basically, these first two lines are about how Sophie’s egocentrism isolated her and kept her from making genuine connections with people from very early on, until she becomes friends with Agatha and even after that.

Okay, so have you guys ever seen those tiktoks that are like ‘13-year-old me, in black jeans and sneakers, at the beach, reading a book mYstERioUsLy so that when Harry Styles showed up he’d know I’m dIfFeRenT'?

This is the energy I get here. 

Like, Sophie in the start of book one doing all those ‘good deeds’ so set herself apart in the eyes of the school master hoping that he’d bring her to the school where she would meet *drumroll* The One. 

Most of us have, at some point (I hope, otherwise it was just me and that would be so embarassing), tried and failed to channel that main-character-energy to manifest ourselves into a story much more interesting than whatever is going on in your life at the moment. I feel like at the very core, that’s sort of what Sophie was trying to do? It’s a very juvenile feeling and shows just how little Sophie knew about love overall. Love as it is in fairytale books, as opposed to as it actually is.

She thought herself as above everyone else and thought she was entitled to true, unconditional love, which ended up holding her back and isolating her from everyone in the town, save for Agatha, give or take. 

This mindset is what really keeps her from seeing Tedros (and Agatha, and everyone else) as people, rather than characters in her story, and actually connecting with them on a non-superficial level. 

Teal was the color of your shirt when you were 16 at the yogurt shop

You used to work at to make a little money

I don’t think this part needs much explaining? 

On surface level, Nicola canonically started working at her father’s pub at a very young age to help with family expenses.

If you think about it a little more and contrast it with the previous line, though, it highlights the differences between Sophie and Nicola:

Nic works to help her family, learning responsibility and duty, while Sophie barely ever did anything for her father, both out of vanity (and a superiority complex) and out of spite (which is honestly undeserved all the way up to book 3, when Stefan let Callis die and fucking tried to blame Agatha for returning without Sophie and then guilt-tripped her into going to save her, after which he was dead to me lol). Sophie grew with a princess-like mindset, despite being just slightly better off than Nic, given all the villagers save from Callis and Agatha (due to them being outcasts) seem to have a similar income (with the exception of the beggar which I don’t understand and am probably overthinking about, but honestly, it’s a impossible to leave town and people die on the mill all the time, there's no college or whatever, did none of these assholes offer the beggar a job- I’m getting carried away), while Nicola has to shoulder most of the responsibilities due to her dad being sick.

Also, given the *misogyny* I’d be surprised if Nic didn’t have to do all the housework, as the only girl in her house.  

I doubt that the uniform of the pub was teal and given the book timeline she wouldn’t have been 16 in any instances in which Sophie and her met in Gavaldon, but I digress.

Time

Curious time

Gave me no compasses

Gave me no signs

Were there clues I didn't see?

Also kinda self-explanatory in a way?

On one interpretation, it takes Sophie an awful long time to mature and grow into an okay person. She lashed out after Tedros’ rejection because her desire was, when you get down to it, to be loved, even though she didn't understand what love was or how to go about it. She was already loved both by Agatha and by her father but she couldn't see it because the idea of love (romantic, loud, grand-gesture) was so embedded into her, but the clues to it were there all along.

On another, you could argue that Nicola also did not see this coming at all, specially if you consider canon!Nicola rather than fanon!Nicola (why would you, but okay, ignore my Hunter post, go on, stomp on my feelings). Nicola, whose purpose in TCY was to be the new hort-love-interest no one asked for, ending up with her *gag* love-rival? Unexpected, iconic, never done before (never actually done in canon), amazing, mind-blowin-

Bad was the blood of the song in the cab on your first trip to LA

You ate at my favorite spot for dinner

Bad Blood was a smash hit on Taylor’s career, playing on the radio  non-stop during the 1989 era, arguably her peak in terms of mainstream pop and radio plays.

The Tale of Sophie and Agatha was the equivalent in this context, as it was all the rage in Gavaldon after book 3; Sophie’s persona as the Dean Of Evil is solidified and everyone in The Woods knows who she is and read her tale, including Nicola (who already knew who she was, but now had a another version of her to compare to the version she already knew, which hm, did not favour Sophie either way).

I think it’s kind of fascinating how parasocial relationships work in the context of SGE because like, the storian is there as an omniscient narrator, but it doesn’t write everything. Like, does it just expose what the people in the tale feel and think only if it suits the plot or do the tales look just like the SGE books, in some sort of fourth wall break or is it like an actual children’s fairytale, where you just get told actions and have to sort of assume motivations? How does that affect public opinion? I don’t think most people would be too keen on stanning Sophie after reading The Tale Of Sophie and Agatha (cause damn, Sophie does a lot of questionable shit there) but canonically, they do, despite her being the villain, which is something I have opinions on (do I ever not have opinions on things?).

Like, sure there would be Nevers stanning her, but honestly, if they read the tale, wouldn't they be more likely to stan Hester or even Agatha? Cause Sophie almost got both Evers and Nevers killed, doomed everyone in The Woods for a guy, and was overall a horrible person with no regard for actual Good or Evil as balanced things? Isn’t this why The Coven sided with Agatha, like, I don’t get it- Is it stanning out of fear? Cause that’s the only sort of explanation I have, specially for people in Gavaldon, but that’s something I’ll go deeper into in another time.

Anyway, I wouldn’t be surprised if Nic’s first class at SGE was about The Tale Of Sophie and Agatha, given she was originally placed in Evil, due to Dovey and Sophie’s bet, and Evil’s school curriculum was under Sophie’s control, so if you think those classes were anything other than the Sophie-Show, you are wrong.

Now, on to headcanon territory, wouldn’t it be poetic if during her first lunch Nic sat at that tree in the middle of the clearing where Agatha and Sophie used to sit? Not only for ship reasons, but the tree is right in the center, which could relate to how Nic was supposed to be half/half?

Bold was the waitress on our three-year trip getting lunch down by the Lakes

She said I looked like an American singer

It’s a real shame that I don’t remember most of TCY. (But is it really?)

This is kinda of my own personal interpretation of what the OTK epilogue should have been like (and so, it's kind of a spoiler for my ever unfinished rewrite sksnsksn).

Imagine if, instead of that horrid school wedding (kill me now, please), they actually held the respective funerals for all the people lost in the Camelot power-struggle (I’ll take a school funeral, but don’t come at me with school weddings or I’ll lose my shit).

Tedros and Agatha, poor traumatized children, are on their way back to Camelot to try and get stuff back under control and do royal things. Sophie is pretty much on her own, with the remaining faculty of the school, as well as the new kids (yeah, Hort’s staying dead, boo hoo, I’m not sorry sbfhbsdb). Nicola will be returning home to Gavaldon soon, since the school schedule is already messed up beyond repair and everyone is taking some time off anyway. She was only staying there until christmas originally, so might as well.

Public opinion on the main trio is kinda weird at the moment:

Tagatha suffered a coup, then a while laterTedros killed the brother of his usurper, whom had been more popular than him, and well, they do tell people that Japeth killed Rhian, but it’s not like they have receipts? Like, there’s no way to fact check that. They could very well have killed Rhian, we, as bystanders, wouldn’t know? You can bet rumors like these don’t just go away.

And Sophie?

Well, I think public opinion on Sophie was already fear-based rather than coming from a place of admiration for her acts. People aren’t sure of her alliances anymore, and don’t really know how to behave around her so they mainly avoid her. Now that Dovey and Hort are dead and everyone else is resuming their quests, she’ll be pretty much on her own to deal with the aftermatch, which is not only sad, but also probably not healthy. She considers staying with Agatha, but she doesn’t want to add more scandal to the Camelot situation.

So she decides to go back to Gavaldon. Not permanently tho. Just to visit her father and take some time off to decide who could balance her well enough to be appointed as Dean Of Good. 

She'd choose Agatha, but you know, Agatha is kinda busy. Plus, it'd be good to see her father. Watching most of your parental figures drop like flies really puts things into perspective and maybe (just maybe) there's still something to salvage there.

Not many people know she's at Gavaldon, and that's on purpose. For once, Sophie just wants to be left the fuck alone, so she just tries to lay low and not bring unnecessary attention to heself. It's so unlike her to do so that when she walks in to have lunch at Nicola's pub, no one but Nicola even recognizes her.

And if Nicola keeps her company and accompany her on walks, well, it’s no one’s business. Bonding time? Bonding time.

Time

Mystical time

Cutting me open, then healing me fine

Were there clues I didn't see?

You know what these kids need after this Camelot shitstorm? Therapy, that’s what.

There’s no therapy in The Woods, so friendship will simply have to do. Please sir, let these kids heal.

Nicola was dragged to SGE while her father was sick and knew no one there personally, then got dragged again, now into a power struggle where she almost died multiple times, dated a guy, broke up with a guy and I can’t even remember what else but that sounds like a stressful time considering how close together the events from TCY are compared to TSY. What does she want to do now? Will she become a knight? Will she remain in Gavaldon? Does she have to finish school? How have Hunter and her dad been? Whatever went down with her brothers? Why was she important in the first place? Lots to reflect and self-search.

And Sophie. Oh Sophie.

Sophie fell once again for a ‘get-love-’quick’ scheme, not once, but twice! That is not something easy to look in the face and forgive yourself for.

With Rhian, it backfired by hurting everyone she loved, and after the shit Rafal pulled on her, she should have known better. But can you blame her? It’s not like the Rafal thing left her unscratched: you try being in an abusive relationship with a predator, see if you don’t get some trauma. And instead of doing the hard thing and keeping up the work she had been doing on herself she threw her progress out the window the moment Rhian said what she wanted to hear!

After that went belly-up, she at least managed to help her friends, but then later that backfired and she got brain-washed (are we gonna talk about this? disturbing much?). Then, she got fragile enough for her to attempt to find purpose in her life within Hort’s feelings for her, even if she didn’t actually reciprocate those feelings, simply because she was sure of them and they were familiar.

And later, even Hort was taken away from her. 

(Probably for the best, given their attachment had been… precarious, to say the least.)

Therapy, I’m telling you.

A string that pulled me

Out of all the wrong arms right into that dive bar

Something wrapped all of my past mistakes in barbed wire

Chains around my demons

Wool to brave the seasons

One single thread of gold tied me to you

These two would be so good for one another.

I think that being alone when you’re going through something is literally the worst you can do, but when you have someone who just…. gets it, you know? They were there too. They understand. It forms a connection.

After OTK, both of them (Sophie mostly) have enough on their plates for them to go down a dark path to a horrible place. But they don’t. Cause they are here for each other and have their support system to help them.

Does that translate into late nights drinking together after the pub shuts down? Maybe.  Keeping tabs on each other to make sure they’re sleeping and eating right? Yes. Keeping secrets and confessions? You got it.

And then my friends, begins the pining.

Cause, you know, they’re just gals being pals, gals being gay- wait what.

Nicola probably comes to terms with it first, but thinks Sophie is not interested in her like that (she also suspects that Sophie only sees her as Agatha’s stand-in and will drop her eventually once Agatha is no longer in such high demand.) Sophie is, in classic Sophie-fashion, neck-deep in denial, she’s not a lesbian right? she’s boy crazy, she’s not a lesbian-

Except she never felt like this with any of those boys. The only comparison she has is what she feels for Agatha, this feeling of being heard and seen and understood, but-

But Sophie doesn’t want to kiss Agatha.

And in retrospect, she never wanted to kiss anyone like this either.  Tedros who, Rafal who, Rhian who, Hort who, these bitches could never.

Eventually they attend the official tagatha wedding, HELD AT THE CASTLE, as each other’s plus-ones, and well, maybe consider checking my eventual OTK-epilogue for more on this, once it eventually comes out.

Cold was the steel of my axe to grind for the boys who broke my heart

Now I send their babies presents

Very self-explanatory, Tedros may be Sophie’s favorite ex, but he’s still an ex and they will be killing each other if left unchecked for two long unsupervised.

Nicphie as the tagatha baby godparents. Please, YES.

I’m not gonna go into detail because children make me uncomfortable,  I wish this was a joke, haha, but yes, Sophie and Nic pic the presents together and they attend the baby shower together. Are they dating, are they just married but don’t know it yet? I wonder. They're just together and no one really knows what's going on.

Gold was the color of the leaves when I showed you around Centennial Park

Hell was the journey but it brought me heaven

You know what’s funny? I didn’t tell you anything between the wedding and the baby shower. Remember how there was an opening for Dean of Good?

Yeah, too late to send in your resumes, position is already filled.

Sophie shows Nic the ropes of being Dean, or at least that’s how she’ll present it, but they’re still sort of figuring it out together. And that's okay.

They spend summers traveling around, christmas in Gavaldon, new years in Camelot and all is well. Their fingerglow colors now match. But it’s, unfortunately not gold.

Time

Wondrous time

Gave me the blues and then purple pink skies

And it's cool

Baby, with me

Yeah, it’s fucking purple.

I can’t remember if Nic has a canon fingerglow color, but I don’t really care much for canon, do I? I just really like the imagery of it, so it’s blue and pink mixed together. Because, you know I’m a symbolic bitch.

And isn't it just so pretty to think

All along there was some

Invisible string

Tying you to me?

Anyway, I am correct, this is the post.

[bamon4bamily]

TVD 9x16 - What happens in Vegas... (part 1 of part 1) Enjoy!

Cut to - The Salvatore mansion family room, present day. Damon is watching Bonnie sleep. She wakes up slowly…

BONNIE: Ian?

DAMON: Ian? Who the heck is Ian? And tell me where he is, so I can kick his ass!

BONNIE: (Smiles) Sorry, had the craziest dream… And your name was Ian, for some screwed up reason…

DAMON: Oh, okay… then Ian is cool in my book! (Smirks and gives her a kiss).

BONNIE: What time is it?

DAMON: Almost 3pm…

BONNIE: What! Oh my god! I had to be at the airport an hour ago to meet Elena! Shit! Shit!

DAMON: Uhm… Bon… don’t you remember?

BONNIE: Remember what?

DAMON: About Elena…

BONNIE: What about Elena?

DAMON: Her flight got canceled; she got another one straight to Vegas. You don’t remember?

BONNIE: I do, I do… Told you, strange dream… I’m still a bit drowsy.

DAMON: Well, she won’t be able to help you bring all that “bachelorette” stuff. But the bachelor boys are heading the same way; I’m sure we can fit some of it; just promise me there’s nothing illegal in those bags.

BONNIE: (Mischievous smile) I can’t promise you that…

Cut to – Two days later, somewhere in the middle of the Mojave desert. Damon, who looks like hell, is dialing on his cell. Behind him, a crashed police car with Alaric, Iker, and Kai inside; also looking like crap. They are wearing nothing but their underwear.

 DAMON: Care, it’s Damon… Listen ...The bachelor party got a little crazy and, well...we lost Stefan.

BONNIE: Uhm…think we might have a problem of our own…

DAMON: Bon?

BONNIE: It’s me, I think… Anyway; the bachelorette got a little crazy too, and, well… we lost Caroline.

Cut to – A couple of hours earlier. A Sky Villa at the Palms Casino Resort. 

Damon wakes up confused, he is lying on the bathroom floor, drool coming out of his mouth, brain drilling headache. His vision is blurry, but he manages to recognize a familiar face, lying inside an empty bathtub, completely passed out. The familiar face is Kai, dressed in what seems to be a ballerina tutu. 

He stares at him for a minute, wondering why he is there… not in the bathtub, but in Vegas; he hadn’t been invited. Oh well, he’ll figure it out later. For now, he needs to do an overall casualty assessment. He gets up slowly, holding on to whatever is at hand. He eventually gains the balance to find his way out of the bathroom, and into the living room. The place is a war zone, the hotel bill won’t be cheap! Amongst the debris of the previous night, he searches for other survivors… 

Soon enough he finds Alaric, also passed out, half of his body hanging over the piano, which, to Damon’s surprise, a monkey seems to be playing.

DAMON: What the…  (shushes the monkey away from the piano, shakes Alaric to wake him up, no response… He hears a sound coming from a mount of sofa cushions and clothes; someone is under there… it’s Iker, who slowly fights his way out).

IKER: (Looking messed up and disoriented) Hey, man… (looks around, grabs his head) What the hell happened last night?

DAMON: Beats me… I can barely remember my own name… 

(Alaric wakes up suddenly, holding his hands up in a cheer).

ALARIC: Jackpot, bitches!!!!!!!!!!! (He realizes he has no idea where he is, or making any sense). Hey, guys… where am I? What are we doing here?  

DAMON: (Sarcastic) Oh, boy… I have a feeling this is gonna be fun!

(Kai walks out of the bathroom, passes them by, but apparently doesn’t notice they are there, and goes into the master bedroom, throws himself on the bed. Just as he gets comfy, he realizes something is very wrong… 

There is an elephant in the room; literally. Jumps up, screams like a little girl, runs out of the room and shuts the door).

KAI: Holy shit! There’s an elephant in the room!

DAMON: I’d say you’re right, stalker boy. What the hell are you doing here?

KAI: … I have no idea, but I swear, there is an elephant in that room!

DAMON: Are you sure it isn’t Stefan? He can look pretty scary in the morning…

(Goes to check it out, vamps back about a second later) Nop, that ain’t Stefan… and there is definitely an elephant in the room... (takes a drink).

ALARIC: So, where is Stefan? And, why the hell is he (referring to Kai) here!

DAMON: Ric, I think we have more important things to focus on right now… Like, for example, there is a freakin elephant in the room! It’s a baby elephant, yes, but still, a freaking elephant! Those things are dangerous! Oh, and I’m pretty sure there’s also a loose monkey somewhere around here! What the hell did we do last night? Rob a zoo?!

IKER: The only thing I have a vague memory of, is a steakhouse, a casino… a strip joint?

KAI: That pretty much describes all of Las Vegas, so, not a lot to go on.

DAMON: Okay, okay, I’m sure we can figure this out.

ALARIC: Let’s just find Stefan and get the hell out of here, before they put us in jail.

DAMON: Fine. Shouldn’t take too long. Ric and I will check every corner of the villa. Iker, you and psycho boy check around the hotel… restaurant, pool area, casino, etc.

IKER: (To Kai) Think you can keep up, princess?

KAI: (He hadn’t noticed he was wearing a tutu until this moment; he looks at Damon) This was definitely your doing! (Takes the tutu off).

DAMON: (Sarcastic smirk) Probably… Okay, let’s move.

 (They search everywhere, Stefan is nowhere to be found. They teamback at the villa).

 ALARIC: Well, we’ve searched everywhere, he’s not here. (Sarcastic) This is great! The wedding is tomorrow, our plane leaves in a couple of hours, and we are missing the groom... 

We should call Caroline, maybe he ditched us and joined the girl’s party.

DAMON: And if he didn’t?

ALARIC: They can help us find him.

DAMON: Did you get brain damage last night?! 

No way we are calling Caroline! I’d like to live a long and happy life with my Bon-Bon, so, not an option!  Just chill, we’ll find him. He couldn’t have gone that far… it’s Stefan, he’s probably hunting bunnies. All we have to do is retrace our steps from last night, and we’ll find him.

ALARIC: The main issue being… none of us seem to remember anything about last night!

KAI: (Coming from another part of the room) Okay, I just called reception, they assure there is no Stefan Salvatore at any of the area hospitals, morgues, or police stations…

DAMON: No shit, Sherlock, he is a vampire! Of course he wouldn’t be in any of those places…

IKER: Wait… a police car… I remember we were in a police car!

DAMON: Ooh, that can’t be good…

KAI: Oh, oh, oh, no, no, no… (looks at his hand) This can’t be good either (shows them a very tacky ring).

DAMON: Come on, that’s just your daylight ring.

KAI: No, no… I don’t need a ring for that… which means this is … (takes the ring off, sees it’s engraved) most definitely a wedding ring!  

ALARIC: Who the hell would be crazy enough to marry you?!!

IKER: (Cracking up) Shit, this too funny…

DAMON: (Takes the ring from Kai, reads the inscription) “To my knight in shining armour, from your damsel in distress” - Cupid’s Wedding Chapel. Well, boys, I believe we have a lead… 

We need to go to this chapel, ask them if they remember us; and if Stefan was with us.

KAI: And who the hell I married!

DAMON: (Sarcastically) Oh, I’m sure she’s a lovely gal.

ALARIC: I’ll get us an uber…

Cut to – Cupid’s Wedding Chapel. 

As soon as they walk in, the receptionist recognizes them.

RECEPTIONIST: Oh, shit! You guys are back!? Please, just no stealing the “King’s” costume this time!

DAMON: You remember us?

RECEPTIONIST: Of course I remember you! You guys are crazy! Specially you, damsel (winks at Kai). Where are the other three?

ALARIC: What other three? We are only missing one…

RECEPTIONIST: Uhm, no you aren’t; there were seven of you. You four… the wolf man, the cop, and the handsome hero hair guy.

DAMON: So Stefan was here with us, that’s a start!

ALARIC: And, apparently, Matt and Tyler too… So, not only did we lose the groom, we managed to loose two members of the wedding party. (Sarcastic) Fantastic!

KAI: Listen, I really need you to tell me who I married last night...

RECEPTIONIST: Sure, you married Whitney Houston; you lucky bastard!

KAI: What!? I mean, I love me some Whitney, but, really? She married me?

RECEPTIONIST: (Looking confused, and a bit sorry for him) 

Well, an impersonator, obviously. The real Whitney has been dead for a while. Boy, your hang-over must really be screwing with you.

IKER: Don’t these places usually offer packages? Like photo albums and stuff…

RECEPTIONIST: We sure do.

IKER: Did we, or he (referring to Kai), buy any?

RECEPTIONIST: The whole nine yards. I thought that’s why you guys came back. (Takes out a box of wedding souvenirs and a photo album) Look… mugs, crystal balls, pins, key chains…

DAMON: Let’s go straight for the album… (They go through the photos. Some are “somewhat” normal...

Others, go along these lines…  Kai, dressed as a ballerina, and the bride dressed as a noble knight. Stefan, wearing an Elvis outfit, mastering every single one of his iconic poses. Iker and Damon playing catch with the bride’s bouquet. Alaric, sneaking about, in full Indiana Jones mission. Matt, riding an inflatable unicorn, role-playing to be the Lone Ranger. Tyler, on all fours, howling).

DAMON: (Terrified at the pics they just saw) Oh god… I don’t even want to know...

ALARIC: (Sharing the sentiment) Oh, fuck no... apparently, I was the one to walk Kai down the aisle… Those pictures really need to be destroyed….

RECEPTIONIST: I’m telling you… you guys are totally insane!

ALARIC: You don’t happen to know where we were heading when we left here, do you?

RECEPTIONIST: No. But you did mention something about settling a debt; getting Britney Spears back for something…

ALARIC: Britney Spears?

RECEPTIONIST: Yep; the hero hair guy kept going on and on, about her owing him big time; and that he was going to collect… And you (referring to Damon) kept saying “It’s Britney, bitch!” That’s all I got, hope it helps. (Alaric looks at Damon to see if he remembers anything from hearing that …)

DAMON: Sorry, man, I’m at a blank…

IKER: Wait… I think I’m getting a flashback… of you (referring to Damon), strip dancing to “Gimme More”?

DAMON: No… I’d never strip dance to that! Britney Spears? Nice try, but nop.

KAI: Oh, come on, everyone loves Britney!  

ALARIC: I think I remember that… God, please, take that image out of my head! Of all things, that’s what you chose for me to remember?! Have some mercy!  

DAMON: If I did… I probably rocked it (winks and smirks).

IKER: Okay, I’m definitely gonna need therapy after this trip.

ALARIC: Well, we got all the information we are going to get from this place; and I don’t think I want to find out more. So, what’s next?

DAMON: I say we pay Miss Spears a visit…

ALARIC: First, no one would ever let us be less than 300 feet from her. Second, that’s ridiculous; she is obviously not involved, aside from you stripping to her songs. What we need to find is that strip joint we apparently went to after, or before, this place.

IKER: (Who has stumbled upon a box of matches in his pocket) Maybe this can help… (shows them a very tacky match box, which reads: Mystic Divas.

Cut to – Mystic Divas strip joint. The place, given the hour, is obviously closed. Just as they are about to leave, a woman, wearing Whitney’s “Queen of the Night” outfit, spots them as they are about to leave.

 LADY: My princess! (Runs to hug Kai and kisses him) Why you bail on me last night?! Thought we were having fun!

KAI: Uhm… I’m guessing you are, my knight in shining armour?  

LADY: Sure am! Till death do us part… (Sees Kai’s terrified face and laughs) Don’t worry, it was only pretend, honey, nothing permanent. We were both really drunk and thought it would be fun.

DAMON: (Sarcastic) Aw…what a love story! (To the lady) Sweetheart, you think you can help us put some dots together?

LADY: I can, but there is no way I’m letting you on my stage again. And, don’t call me sweetheart.

ALARIC: So, we were here last night?

LADY: Physically, yes. But I’m not sure any other part came along. Y’all were completely wasted.

IKER: All, meaning us four; or were there more?

LADY: Shit! You really don’t remember anything?

DAMON: (Trying to avoid the whole Britney strip thing) Nop!

LADY: Well… you were all here; plus the other three dudes.

ALARIC: I’m assuming that was before “the wedding”?

LADY: Yes. This is where (looks at Kai) we fell in love. But we came back here after the reception. Well, only me, my hubby; you fine looking thang (referring to Iker), and you, the ultimate party pooper (referring to Alaric). Don’t know where the rest of you went. All I know, is that my princess here, pulled a runaway bride after he got a call, and you two (referring to Iker and Alaric), left along with him.

ALARIC: Do you know around what time that was?

LADY: I’d say three-ish? Anyway, I have to go (kisses Kai on the cheek) It was lovely being your wife for the night. Good luck boys! (Leaves).

IKER: Not bad, psycho boy, she’s hot!

KAI: (Proud smirk) Totally hot!

ALARIC: Kinda reminded me of…

DAMON: (Before Ric says the name, he knows he’s going to say, he changes the conversation) Kai, check your phone…

KAI: (Rubbing it in his face) What... she remind oyu of someone, Damon?

DAMON: Please, you wish! 

Now, check your freaking phone!

KAI: Fine, fine… (looks at his received calls; sure enough he has an inbound call, from an unknown number, at 3:13 am) Well… Yep; I received a call, clueless about the caller, but seems like we had a lot to talk about, call lasted 20 minutes…

DAMON: (Sarcastic) Gee, I wonder how we can find out who the mystery caller is?

KAI: We could try to hack into the local police system, they have a huge database. Except, we’ll need a computer, preferably a stolen one so it’s untraceable…

IKER: (Also sarcastic) Or, maybe just call the number?

KAI: Of course I was gonna do that first! I was just thinking ahead, in case we get no answer. Amateurs! 

(Calls the number…) What a surprise… no answer! Oh, wait… (someone answers: Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital, how can I help you? Hangs-up immediately).

DAMON: So, who was it?! Why did you hang up!!

KAI: Ooh, I’m getting a bad feeling…

ALARIC: Give me that (takes the phone from his hand, calls the number… Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital, how can I help you? Hangs-up immediately) Shit…

DAMON: So, who the hell was it?!

ALARIC: Not who, but what…

DAMON: Ric, I’m too hung-over to be playing guessing games.

ALARIC: Does anyone remember anything about a psychiatric hospital?

DAMON: Now, that’s definitely a place Stefan could be at…

KAI: Specially if he was found hunting bunnies…

DAMON: Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s go one flew over the cuckoo’s nest…

ALARIC: I’ll get us another uber…

IKER: Wait… 

Uber! Of course! I can’t believe we didn’t think of that! Everyone, check your phones for any trips we took last night.

DAMON: Duh! Man, we are really out of it!  (They check their phones…) Well, I have one at 5:30, from the hotel to the Andiamo Italian Steakhouse, downtown. And another one at 7:40, from the steakhouse to the Bellagio… That’s it.

IKER: I have one, from the Bellagio to Mystic Divas at 1:06am.

KAI: As for me, one, at 3:33am, from Mystic Divas to the Rawson Neal Psychiatric Hospital…

ALARIC: I don’t have any from last night.

DAMON: Okay, so far, our best bet at finding Stefan is at that psych hospital. Let’s move.

 TVD 9x16 (part 2 of part 1) coming very soon! Hope you stop by, read, and enjoy! =)

P.S Had to split it into more parts otherwise it would be too long for one post per part. 

[thebrotherssalvatore321]

Keeping Secrets Ch. 22

Keeping Secrets Masterlist

Pairing: DamonxOc, TylerxOc, ElijahxOc then KlausxOc endgame.

Katie lied in Caroline’s queen bed between Bonnie and Caroline. She was having the best sleep she’d had since she turned thanks to Bonnie casting a one time spell on her to keep her from dreaming. So when Elena’s phone started ringing waking them all up they groaned grumpily. “Go away.” Caroline groaned right before Elena fell out of bed pulling the covers off of Katie and Bonnie. Elena grabbed her phone and answered it. “Elena.” Caroline complained at Elena being loud.

Katie could hear Stefan’s voice on the other end of the line. “Why do the Salvatore brothers have to be such early birds?” she groaned as she grabbed the blanket and pulled it back over her and Bonnie. She was about to drift back off to sleep when she remembered that she would probably dream about Elijah. So she slipped out of the bed, doing her best to not wake the two other girls, then grabbed her phone out of her shorts from the previous day and headed to the kitchen.

She had made a pot of coffee and was pouring a cup when Elena walked in. “Good morning.” Elena greeted her as she grabbed a pack of pop tarts out of the pantry.

“Yeah it was, before someone’s boyfriend called and woke me up.” Katie complained as she sat down at the small table in the room.

“Sorry.” Elena told her as she opened the extremely sweet pastries then threw away the silver wrapper.

“Don’t worry about it.” Katie told her flatly as she stared down at her steaming mug.

“Are you okay?” Elena asked with a worried look at her friend.

“Yeah.” Katie gave Elena a tired smile. “I just haven’t completely woken up yet.”

“If you say so.” Elena told her as if she didn’t believe her. “I’m gonna head out. Tell the girls I said I had fun and see you later.”

“Will do.” Katie told her with a sarcastic salute that Elena didn’t see because her back was already turned as she walked away.

Katie turned her eyes to her phone and unlocked the screen to see two messages, one from Damon and one from Elijah. So she opened the one from Damon first. “Call me when you wake up.” With a heavy sigh she pressed the phone icon next to his name and called him. “Hi.” Damon answered.

“Are you still mad at me?” Katie asked with a cringe, waiting for whatever his answer may be.

“Believe it or not…no.” he answered making Katie cock her head to the side, confused. “Your silence tells me you’re just as surprised as I am.”

“I don’t think surprised is a strong enough word.” Katie replied as she picked up her coffee and took a sip. “You were so pissed when you left.”

“Yeah I was and I wanted to rip his head off, but I stopped and thought about everything you said, not just the part about you kissing him.” he told her, making her eyes water.

“You did?” Katie asked, managing to keep her voice from cracking.

“Let’s just say I’ve lost control and made some mistakes of my own in my lifetime.” He told her and she smiled as she wiped a tear that fell.

“Are you high?” She laughed in confusion. Damon wasn’t usually a rational thinker.

“No. I told you I wouldn’t let him come between us and I meant it.” he told her. She could hear hangers moving around in the background. “So, the Lockwood’s are hosting a high tea for a writer that’s in town writing a book on small town Virginia. Want to come with me?”

“Let me guess, this writer is Elijah and you want to dangle me in front of him like a piece of meat that he can’t have.” She said as she picked up her cup and took a drink.

“Mmhmm.” He hummed making her shake her head at him. “So will you go with me?”

“Nope.” she answered.

“Aww come on.” He begged thinking she wouldn’t be able to say no.

“Do you know what happens to a piece of meat that gets tossed into a lion's den?” Katie asked. “I’ll pass.”

“Fine.” He whined. “How was the sleepover?” he asked, changing the subject.

“Exactly what I needed. Bonnie cast a spell on me so that I could have one night of dreamless sleep.” She answered then frowned and scratched at her brow. “I still need to fill you in on everything that Elijah told me yesterday.”

“Meet me at home after the party.” He told her as Bonnie stuck her head outside to get Katie’s attention.

“Okay.” She told him as she gave Bonnie a smile and held her finger up at her. “The girls are awake. I’ll talk to you later.” Bonnie went back inside.

“I love you.” he answered back.

Katie smiled. “I love you too.”

After hanging up with Damon, Katie opened the message from Elijah. “I apologize for my behavior. I should not have kissed you back. However you should remember that because we are linked I feel every extremity you do. Forgive me?” with a frown down at the text Katie decided not to answer him. Instead she went back inside and filled Bonnie and Caroline in on everything that Elijah had told her the day before.

TVDTVDTVD

“So tell me about this witchy plan you’ve been cooking up.” Caroline prompted Bonnie where the three of them sat at a table in the grill.

“We still don’t know the extent of what Elijah’s up to. I mean, we know that he wants to kill Klaus, but we don’t know how. He purposely didn’t tell Katie that part, right?” Bonnie asked Katie.

“Right.” Katie answered with a nod.

“So I’m gonna ask Luka to tell me what he knows.” Bonnie finished.

“And he’s not gonna tell you anything.” Caroline replied.

“I didn’t say he was gonna have a choice.” Bonnie told them with a smile.

Caroline perked up when she saw Matt and waved at him, but he blew her off. “What was that about?” Bonnie asked.

“I don’t know. I thought we were…” Caroline said then looked down at her hands on the table clearly hurt. “I don’t know.”

“So how are you going to get him to talk?” Katie asked, changing the subject, getting a small thank you smile from Caroline.

“Consider it the witch version of a roofie. I’ll put it in his coffee then when he passes out we'll take him somewhere we won’t be interrupted then I’ll pretty much hypnotize him and make him talk.” Bonnie explained.

“We can use my house.” Katie offered. “I’ve compelled the one nosy neighbor I have to mind her own business.”

“Perfect.” Caroline said with a smile.

Eventually Luka came into the grill and started playing pool. “You’re on Bon.” Katie told her as Bonnie stood from the table.

She ordered two iced coffees and roofied Luka’s. Caroline and Katie were casually watching when Jeremy walked up. “How’s it going?”

“Jeremy, long time no see. What are you doin’ here?” Katie greeted him feeling like she hadn’t seen him in forever.

“Bonnie called. I wanted to help.” He said as he leaned on the table and glanced over at Bonnie and Luka. “How’s it goin’?”

“She’s fishing and he’s biting.” Katie answered.

“She’s giving him the sex smile.” Caroline added.

“Alright, Caroline. I get it.” Jeremy told her with an eye roll.

When Jeremy looked back at Bonnie, Katie and Caroline shared a look. “Does he like her?” Katie mouthed and Caroline arched a brow and shrugged.

When Bonnie looked back at the three of them they headed over to her. Jeremy looped Luka’s arm around his shoulder and started helping him walk to the back exit. “What kind of witch roofie was that?” Jeremy asked with a grunt from Luka’s weight.

“A strong one.” Bonnie answered, sounding a little cocky.

They put him in Katie’s car that she had moved outback and brought him to her house. Katie pushed the coffee table aside and they set Luka in the middle of the area rug. Per Bonnie’s instruction Katie gathered all the candles she could find and placed them around the room. “I’ll go get a lighter.” Katie said as she headed back to the kitchen.

“I got it.” Bonnie stopped her as the candles lit.

“Never gonna get used to that.” Jeremy said as he looked around at the candles.

“Oh, come on. That’s pretty hot and you know it.” Caroline told Jeremy with a smile and Jeremy tilted his head to the side as if to agree.

“I need a bowl of water.” Bonnie told Jeremy who went to the kitchen to get it. As soon as he was out of earshot Bonnie looked at Caroline. “Okay, what was that? It’s hot?” she asked.

“He’s so crushing on you.” Caroline told Bonnie as she moved to sit on the other side of Luka across from Bonnie.

“Yeah I’m with Caroline on this one.” Katie said when Bonnie looked at her.

“So?” Bonnie asked.

“So?” Caroline mimicked. “Would you rather be with a traitor warlock over here?”

“I’m not into Luka.” Bonnie pointed out as Katie sat down on the couch. “It’s just, you know, he understood me, and he was new…and different.”

“And you’ve known Jeremy since forever and you only see him one way, as Elena’s brother. But you’re a witch and Katie and I are vampires. You know it’s not like we’re in any position-” Caroline was interrupted by Bonnie.

“To be picky.” Bonnie finished.

Caroline laughed. “No, to…judge.”

Katie was about to add that now that Jeremy wasn’t doing drugs and wearing black fingernail polish he was kind of hot, but he walked into the room.

Bonnie dipped her fingertips into the bowl of water then placed them on Luka’s head. After a few minutes Caroline asked, “How long is this gonna take?”

“I don’t know, he’s fighting me.” Bonnie answered.

“Please stop. Please.” Luka begged, but Bonnie finally got him to stop fighting her.

“Why are you working with Elijah?” Bonnie asked him.

“Klaus. We both want him dead.” Luka answered quietly.

“You want to kill Klaus too. Why?” Bonnie asked with her eyes closed as she kept her hands on Luka’s head.

“Because he has her and we have to get her away from him.” Luka answered making everyone in the room look at him with confusion.

“Who are you talking about?” Bonnie asked what they were all thinking.

“My sister.” Luka answered.

“Why does he have her?” Bonnie asked.

“He’s searching for a way to undo the curse without the doppelganger. He’s forced generations of witches to help him for centuries.”

“What has Elijah promised you?” Bonnie asked.

“If we help Elijah kill Klaus he’s promised to return her to us.” Luka answered.

“And how do you kill Klaus?” Bonnie asked. “How do you kill an original vampire?”

Luka started fighting Bonnie again as he lifted his head from the floor and shook his head no. “He’ll kill me if I tell you. Don’t make me.” Luka begged.

“I won’t let him.” Katie got down on the floor beside Luka. “Please, tell us and I’ll take full blame for this.”

“It’s okay Bonnie. We can find another way.” Jeremy spoke up disagreeing with Katie.

“No.” Bonnie told him as she closed her eyes and got Luka back under her spell. How will you kill Klaus?”

“After the sacrifice, Klaus will be vulnerable, weak. It’s our only chance.” Luka answered.

“After the sacrifice?” Caroline and Katie asked at the same time.

“What do you mean, after?” Bonnie asked Luka.

“Klaus will be vulnerable.” Luka answered again.

“But Elena will be dead.” Bonnie replied.

“Yes.” Luka confirmed. “Elena has to die.”

Katie and Caroline stared at Luka with a combination of anger and sadness. “No.” Jeremy said as he shook his head.

“Over my dead body.” Katie said as she stood up and grabbed her cell phone, wallet and car keys off the coffee table.

“Where are you going?” Caroline asked with wide eyes.

“To get answers from the man himself.” She answered as she headed for the door. “Lock up when you’re done.” She told them as she walked out the door and shut it behind her.

She dialed Elijah’s number as she got into her car and cranked it. “Hello, Katie.” He answered formally.

“Hi.” She replied snippily.

“To what do I owe the pleasure?” he asked.

“We need to talk. Where are you?” she asked.

“I am in the boarding house, standing right across from your boyfriend. Would you like to meet me here?” he asked.

“Yes.” She answered then hung up and tossed her phone into the passenger seat.

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When she got to the boarding house she found Damon and Elijah in the library. Damon had blood all over his neck and looked a little weak so she ignored Elijah and went straight to him. “What happened?” she asked, pulling his collared shirt aside to look at his neck.

“The wolves found out about the sun and moon curse. They thought we had the moonstone and they’re still pissed at me for killing Mason.” He answered as he put his hands on her hips and looked into her worried eyes. She cupped his cheeks in her hands and looked at him with questioning eyes. “I’m fine.” She kissed him then turned and walked over to Elijah who didn’t look happy to see them canoodling.

“Damon, will you give us a minute?” She asked while staring at Elijah.

“Yep.” He answered, popping the p at the end of the word in true Damon style, then walked out of the study.

“You’re planning on letting Elena get sacrificed…?” she asked as she walked over to stand at the opposite end of the couch, purposely using it to keep them from being too close to each other. “You’re planning on letting Klaus go through with the ritual?” Elijah tapped the back of the couch in thought. “Don’t try to deny it.”

“I was not planning on denying it.” he told her with a little squint of his eyes. “How did you-”

“It doesn’t matter. Just answer the question please.” She told him trying, despite the pull she always felt around him, to stay mad at him.

“Yes. In order for Klaus to be susceptible to anything that could kill him, Elena has to die.” He answered looking at his fingers that still fiddled with the back of the couch.

“I knew you were keeping things from me, but I didn’t think it was as bad as you letting my friend die.” She told him, her disappointment clear in her voice.

“Where did you get your information from?” he asked looking up from his hands on the couch to her.

“If I tell you, you have to promise not to get mad.” She told him and he just looked at her, thinking about if he should promise her or not.

“I promise.” He told her with a nod.

“Luka, we didn’t exactly give him a choice. So it wasn’t his fault he told us that you plan on killing Klaus after the sacrifice because he’ll be weak.” She answered. “I need to know exactly what you’re planning because one way or another we are going to figure it out. We will not…let…Elena…die. It’s not an option.”

“Elena will be fine.” He told her with a smug smirk.

“How will she be fine if Klaus kills her!?” Katie yelled at him.

He whooshed around the couch and cupped her face in his hands. “I know how to save her.” he told her, looking deep in her eyes.

She knocked his hands off of her face and glared at him. “Why didn’t you tell me that from the beginning? Why all the secrets?”

“Because the more people that know my plan, the higher the risk of Niklaus finding out and stopping me.” He answered. “You will find out everything you need to know in time.” Katie just glared at him. “As long as you are with him I can not trust you.” he told her as she looked into her eyes with a squint. “But you can trust me.”

“No, I can’t.” Katie argued with an aggravated shake of her head. “There are multiple sides to every war. Right now you are on one side and I’m on another.” the more she spoke the more she started talking with her hands. “Until we’re on the same side I can’t trust you either.” She told him, making him frown at her. “I’m starving. You can see yourself out.” She pointed to the front door as she walked away. Elijah watched her disappear through one of the many archways in that house that led to who knows where before he walked away.

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Katie was getting a blood bag out of the basement when her phone started ringing and she pulled it out of her back pocket to see Tyler’s name on the screen. With a confused frown she answered it. “Hey, Katie, can we meet somewhere? We need to talk.”

“Yeah.” She answered, “We can meet at my house.”

“Okay, see you there.” He replied awkwardly.

“Yeah. See you there.” She answered back then hung up.

She drank her blood bag on her way to Damon’s room where she found him in the shower. “You gonna join me?” he asked when he saw her watching him.

“I would love to, but Tyler called. He wants to talk.” She answered and Damon stuck his head out from behind the glass with a curious frown. “So I’m going to meet him at my house.” She told him as she walked over and leaned on the glass.

He growled in aggravation. “Fine, but make it fast because I really need you.” He told her with a pout then stuck his bottom lip out.

Katie laughed. “I’ll make it quick, I promise.” She kissed him on the lips then left.

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Tyler was waiting on her front porch swing, his hands clasped together in front of him where he leaned forward with his elbows on his knees. When he saw her walk up the porch he sat up straight. “Hey.” She said awkwardly as she sat down next to him.

“Hey.” He answered back. “So… I figured there were a few loose ends we should tie up before I leave town.”

“You’re leaving?” Katie asked with a look at him across her shoulder.

“Yeah, I’m going to go with Jules, figure out this whole werewolf thing.” he answered.

She turned in the swing and pulled her feet up beside her. “Tyler, before anything else is said between us there’s something you need to know.” he gave her a look that told her to keep going. “I loved you.” she blinked fast, holding back tears. “You were…everything I wanted. You’re sweet, thoughtful, caring…I had a crush on you since jr. high.” She laughed as a tear slipped and he smiled and turned his eyes down. “But after I turned…after we lost the baby…everything changed.”

“I get it.” he told her with a nod. “We don’t make sense anymore.” He told her and she shrugged. “When you broke up with me…I was mad…when I found out you were a vampire, knew about me being a werewolf and didn’t tell me…I was livid.” He told her and she felt a tear slip down her face. “Then I realized that I was mad…because I loved you too.”

“I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about me. I wanted to be there for you, I did, but I’m not as brave as Caroline. I didn’t want to risk getting bitten. I am… a coward.” She told him as she moved her legs around in front of her and hugged her knees.

“I get it and you’re forgiven.” he told her as he stood up and turned to her so she stood up too. “I just didn’t want to leave with you thinking I’m still mad at you…I’m not.”

“Thank you.” she told him with a small smile. “You didn’t have to talk to me before you left. After how I treated you I would’ve understood if you never spoke to me again, but I’m glad you did. So…friends?” she asked awkwardly as she held her arms open for a hug.

Tyler laughed and hugged her. “Friends.”

They let go of each other and he headed for the jeep that had been parked across the street from Katie’s house. “Good luck.” Katie called as he climbed into the vehicle and he gave her a wave as they drove off.

When she got back to the boarding house she immersed herself in Damon. Being together was the only thing getting them through the hard days without going completely insane. He was always what she needed at the end of the day.

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The next day Katie and Damon slid into a booth at the grill across from Alaric. “So you two are together again?” Alaric asked with a disbelieving look.

“Yep.” Damon answered as he wrapped his arm around Katie’s shoulders.

“This is too weird.” Alaric scoffed causing Katie to smile and shake her head at them.

“So other than a lecture on the history of Mystic Falls did you get anything out of Elijah?” Damon asked Alaric to change the subject. Katie would’ve preferred to talk about anything else.

“No, it was boring.” He said with a sigh. “Of course Jenna thinks he’s charming.”

“You sound a bit jealous.” Damon told Alaric then looked over to see Katie smile and tilted her head to the side as if she agreed with Jenna. “What was that?” Damon asked with a point to her face.

“Elijah is really charming.” Katie pointed out getting a glare from Damon.

“Now who’s jealous?” Alaric pointed out with a laugh.

“I’m sorry. I’m a bit unintentionally biased when it comes to him.” Katie shrugged. “How are we going to get information out of Elijah?”

“I just need the right opportunity.” Damon sighed with a frown. “Ah, there’s Jenna with her new boyfriend.” Damon perked up with a look at the front door that Jenna and Elijah had just walked through. “Hey.” Damon waved at them with a smile.

“Hey guys.” Jenna gave them a smile as she headed over, Elijah trailing behind.

“So I hear you two had quite a meeting of historical minds today.” Damon prompted.

“Yeah, I guess you could say that.” Jenna replied with a look across her shoulder at Elijah who smiled at Damon then Katie who smiled back and she couldn’t tell if she smiled back because of the way Elijah always made her feel or if she was just being polite.

“Well as much as I’d like to continue this, I’ve got papers to grade.” Alaric said as he stood up.

“Have you gotten a chance to grade my make up essay?” Katie asked, stalling to think of a way she could give Damon the opportunity he needed to talk to Elijah.

“I did and if I’m being honest it wasn’t your best work.” He told her and she sank back a bit, now worried that she would never get back to her old self and she’d have to work even harder if she still wanted to remain in the top of her class before the school year was over, summer would be upon them soon. “But given the circumstances I understand why.”

“I have an idea.” Katie said as if a light bulb went off in her head.

“I’m sure it’s brilliant.” Damon told her as he looked across his shoulder at her with a closed lipped smile. “Why don’t we continue this at the boarding house?” she motioned around at the people standing around the table. “I’ll cook.”

“You cook?” Damon, Jenna and Elijah asked at the same time.

“Jeeze, do I come off as someone who would be a crappy cook?” she asked with a look at the three of them.

“Well, if memory serves you tend to burn everything.” Elijah spoke up with a smirk.

“You two know each other?” Jenna asked with a confused smile.

“He was a friend of my fathers.” Katie spoke up with a lie before anyone else could. “So what do you guys say? Tonight, say…six-thirty.”

“I’m free.” Jenna said at the same time Alaric said, “I don’t know if tonight works-”

Knowing that Jenna would get Alaric to come Katie and Damon looked at Elijah. “It would be a pleasure.”

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After they ate lunch Katie headed to the grocery store and bought everything needed to make fresh garden salad, three cheese stuffed shells and mini cheesecakes. After checking out she headed to the boarding house to find it empty. So she started cooking. The main course was in the oven when Damon came in. “Why didn’t you tell me you could cook?” he asked as he wrapped his arms around her from behind where she stood at the counter cutting up cucumbers for the salad.

“Because you never asked and it’s not exactly something I like to do.” She told him as she scooped up the cucumber slices off the cutting board with the knife and deposited them into the bowl with the lettuce.

“It smells good.” He told her then started kissing her neck. “So why don’t you like to cook?” he asked looking around the kitchen at the mess she had made.

“My grandfather forced me to learn how to cook and do everything a proper lady should.” She answered as she started halving the cherry tomatoes.

“Thank you for doing this. You didn’t have to.” He told her as he rested his chin on her shoulder.

“You needed an opportunity to pry info out of Elijah and I gave you one.” She said with a shrug.

“Have I told you lately how amazing you are?” he asked in his cute pouty voice making her smile.

“No.” she answered in a laugh.

“Well you are and I don’t deserve you.” he told her before someone knocked on the door. “Is it Elijah?”

“I can’t feel him, no.” she told him as she dumped the tomatoes into the salad bowl. Damon went and answered the door, letting Jenna and Alaric inside.

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She was setting the table with Jenna’s help when she overheard Damon and Alaric talking in the study. “It’s just a fact finding mission. It’s totally harmless.” She heard Damon.

“Just a fact finding mission?” Alaric asked not believing Damon.

“I’ll be right back.” Katie told Jenna and headed to the study.

“Listen, no sneak attacks, no surprise plans, nothing that’s going to put Jenna in harm's way. Okay?” Alaric told Damon as Katie stepped into the doorway.

“What he said.” She told Damon with a point at Alaric as she walked down the steps and over to Damon. “And I mean it. If you are up to something, tell me about it right now.”

“I’m gonna…go help Jenna with something.” Alaric dismissed himself as Katie crossed her arms and looked at Damon with serious eyes.

“I’m not up to anything.” He told her with an innocent smile and a shrug that only Damon could make look cute.

“I call bullshit.” She told him with a suspicious look.

“I promise you. All I want to do is talk to him.” he told her as he put his hands on her hips and pulled her into him. She kept her arms crossed. “Trust me.”

“Fine.” She said as she dropped her arms and placed her hands over his on her hips. “I have to go check on the desserts.”

“Ooh. What are we having for dessert?” he asked as she pushed his hands off of her.

“It’s a surprise, but I’m sure you can guess it’s nothing chocolate.” She told him as she walked away.

Katie was on her way to the kitchen when someone knocked on the door so she headed over and answered it revealing John Gilbert who let himself in. “What the hell are you doing here?”

“Jenna mentioned she was coming to a dinner party for Elijah. I decided I couldn’t miss out on all the fun and games.” He replied as Alaric and Damon walked up.

“I’m hosting, you’re not invited, leave before I make you leave.” Katie told him, getting an approving look from Damon.

“There are not going to be any games tonight John. It’s just a friendly dinner party.” Alaric told him as Katie shut the door knowing that she couldn’t force him to leave as long as Jenna was around.

“Fine, but you don’t get dessert. I only made enough for the invited guests.” Katie told him as she walked past him purposely hitting his shoulder hard with hers as she did.

Katie was setting the salad in the center of the dining table when she felt Elijah near and a second later they heard the knock on the door. Damon went to answer it and Katie trained her ears on them. “Good evening.” Elijah greeted him.

“Thank you for coming. Please, come in.” Damon told him, sounding overly polite.

“Just one moment.” She got a nervous feeling in the pit of her stomach. “Can I just say that if you have less than honorable intentions about how this evening is going to proceed, I suggest you reconsider.”

“No, nothing dishonorable.” Damon answered as Katie headed their way in hopes of defusing the tension. “Just getting to know you.”

“Hmm. Well, that’s good because, you know, although Elena and I have this deal,” Katie stopped just out of their sight, “if you so much as make a move to cross me, I’ll kill you and I’ll kill everyone in this house besides Katie. Are we clear?”

“If you kill me Katie will never have anything to do with you.” Damon answered not knowing Katie was standing right around the corner.

“I give her back her memories and she will forget all about you.” Elijah threatened.

“Boys.” Katie drawled as she stepped out from around the corner and walked over to them. “Play nice, please.”

“Katie, you look beautiful as always.” Elijah told her, taking in her black sequined spaghetti strap tank top and dark wash jeans as he walked over and placed his hand on her bare shoulder as he kissed her cheek in greeting. Damon didn’t miss the way her eyes fluttered at Elijah’s touch or the aggravated look that followed.

Damon walked up to her and wrapped his arm around her waist as they headed to the dining room.

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The six people sat around the dining table with John at one end and Damon at the other. Jenna and Katie sat on one side with Katie next to Damon while Elijah sat across from her and Alaric sat across from Jenna.

“I hate to break it to you Damon, but according to Elijah, your family is so not a founder of this town.” Jenna said as she grabbed the bottle of wine out of the ice bucket in the center of the table and poured more into her glass.

“Hmm, do tell.” Damon said as if he really wasn’t interested.

“Well as I mentioned to Jenna earlier, a faction of settlers migrated from Salem after the witch trials in the 1690’s.” Elijah informed them and Katie couldn’t help but wonder if it was because of her bond with him or if she really did like it, but she found that she enjoyed listening to him talk. “Over the next hundred years they developed this community where they could feel safe from persecution.”

“Because they were witches.” Jenna whispered mysteriously.

“I’d believe it.” Katie spoke up getting an eye roll from Jenna.

“You would.” Jenna laughed making everyone smile.

“Hey, don’t hate on my open mind.” Katie defended herself then turned her eyes to Elijah. “What else do you know about this town that they don’t teach us in school?” she asked, then took a bite of the pasta on her plate.

“Well the lore says that there was a wave anti-witch hysteria. It broke out in the neighboring settlement. So these witches were rounded up. They were tied to stakes in a field together and, uh, burned. Some say you could hear the screams from miles around as they were consumed by the fire.”

“I wouldn’t repeat this to the historical society.” Jenna laughed with a look at Katie who just smiled, because she wouldn’t be surprised if the historical society already knew.

“It’s starting to sound a little like a ghost story to me.” John spoke up making everyone look at him with a why-are-you-talking look.

“So why do you want to know the location of these alleged massacres?” Damon asked then took a drink of his wine.

“You know…” Elijah shrugged. “A healthy historian’s curiosity, of course.” He answered with a smile at Katie then Damon. Katie found herself liking his smile and she once again pushed the thought aside. As the dinner conversation drug on Katie focused on her food and keeping her mouth shut. She was taking the last bite of her pasta when she felt someone’s foot brush against hers. She thought it was just an accident, but then it happened again and it was clear that it was Elijah, attempting to pay footsie with her. Butterflies stirred in her stomach as he brushed his shoe over the side of her leg. She gave him a glare as she pulled her feet back, tucking them under her chair. He smirked at her then turned his attention back to the conversation.

When everyone was finished with dinner Damon asked, “Would anyone care for some cognac? I have a bottle I’ve been saving for ages.” Damon asked as he stood up.

“None for me thanks. Nine bottles of wine is my limit.” Alaric answered as he stood up.

“Why don’t you gentlemen go have drinks in the study while Jenna and I clear?” Katie asked with a polite smile at the men in the room as she stood from the table.

“I have to say, the food was surprisingly not burnt. It was almost as wonderful as the company.” Elijah told Katie with a smile as everyone else stood up.

Katie laughed getting a look from Damon. “Thank you.”

She started picking up the dishes as Damon and Elijah headed to the study. Alaric hung back and walked around the table to Jenna. “Here, put me to work.” He told Jenna holding his hands out for the dishes.

“Um, I got it.” she blew him off.

“Hey, Jenna, are you okay?” he asked.

“Yeah, I’m fine, Rick.” She told him as she and Katie headed to the kitchen past John.

The girls were putting the dishes in the sink when Alaric came in looking like something bad was about to happen. “Katie, can I talk to you for a minute?” he asked and Katie walked over to him and out of earshot of Jenna. “You need to get Damon away from Elijah, now.”

“Why?” she asked as they headed to the study.

“I can’t tell you right now.” He told her making her roll her eyes at him. “Just do me a favor and get him out of there.”

“Fine.” She sighed, not happy about having to spend alone time with Elijah or the fact that Damon lied to her and clearly had a plan of some kind tonight. Alaric walked into the study while Katie stopped in the doorway. “Dessert is almost ready.” She announced then held her hand out to Elijah and smiled. “Can I steal you away from the guys for a minute?” she asked and he smiled an almost cocky smile as he walked over to her and took her hand giving her a playful twirl before they walked into the hallway. “Footsie, really?” she asked as she held onto his arm as they slowly walked to the dining room. Once again butterflies took over her stomach as she looked across her shoulder at the profile of his face.

He smiled, “I could not resist.” He admitted as he looked over at her with a close lipped smile.

“I didn’t take you for the type to flirt by playing games like footsie.” She told him as they got close to the dining room.

“That is because you do not remember how fun I can be.” He told her with a challenging smirk.

“If that is your way of trying to get me to remember another random memory it’s not working.” She told him with a shake of her head. He was about to say something when the alarm on her phone started going off. “That is the timer for the desert.” She told him as she rushed off to the kitchen eager to get away from him.

She and Jenna were putting the topping on the mini cheesecakes, when a sharp splitting pain shot through her chest causing her to scream out in pain and fall to the floor on her hands and knees at the same time she heard Elijah yell out.

Fortunately Jenna couldn’t hear Elijah over Katie and rushed to her side. “Oh my god, Katie, are you okay?” she asked, placing a hand on Katie’s back.

“Yeah.” Katie panted as the pain faded and she stood up.

Damon came into the room with a worried look on his face. “Did I hear you scream?” he asked.

Katie just glared at him then looked at Jenna. “Will you finish these up? I might have to go home.” she asked and Jenna nodded.

Katie ignored Damon and walked into the dining room to see Elijah slumped in the chair, his skin blue with protruding veins. She turned to Damon with a death glare. “I can explain.” He told her seeing the anger in her eyes.

“Don’t bother.” She told him as she pushed past him. As she headed to her room she heard Alaric telling Damon to get Elijah out of there before Jenna came out of the kitchen and saw him. When she got to her room she grabbed her car keys off of the desk. Damon was standing in the doorway, blocking her way out. “Get out of my way Damon.” She told him flatly not looking him in the eyes.

“Please let me explain.” He told her with pleading eyes.

“No.” she told him, finally looking him in the eyes as she pointed at him. “I can’t talk to you right now and I don’t want to. So please, move.” Damon reluctantly stepped aside and let her leave.

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She had just unlocked her front door when she felt a crippling pain shoot through her head stopping her in her tracks. She sank to her knees as the pain intensified until she eventually passed out.

A/N: Likes and Comments are always appreciated.

[buffysummers]

You bringing up the vampire diaries reawakened something in me. A love triangle you ACTUALLY enjoy? Iconic. Even if you had a preference of one of the Salvatores paired with Elena there were always shipping moments from each that you enjoyed and appreciated. Seasons 1-3 (possibly 4) are the best

dude, that’s EXACTLY how I feel! it is so well done. I think the first 3 seasons are the best, particularly season 3 (bc it was anyone’s game, at that point), but it’s still present in season 4. after my second rewatch, I actually found myself liking stelena, too (I am still team delena and I used to really not like stelena but I kinda caught feelings for them, too?? I was surprised). it’s so entertaining. 

you have this slow burn between delena where you see them go from enemies (which is also complex bc I don’t think elena ever saw him as an enemy, and damon tried to see her that way due to her relationship with stefan since he was at odds w stefan) then they slowly started to trust each other (“you and I, we have something. an understanding”) to friends to lovers! 

but then you also have stelena who fall in love almost immediately (which is why I never particularly felt invested in them bc it happened SO FAST) but were constantly in danger and constantly saving each other and having all of these epic declarations of love. and for the first 2 seasons, it’s all “stefan and elena, love like that never dies” but while that’s happening, there’s these small, quiet moments between elena and damon that keep building and building. 

and then there’s katherine who elena wishes to be nothing like, and elena is fighting being like her but can’t help falling for damon, too. and even katherine sees this. “it’s okay to love them both. i did.” I really like the episode in season 6 where alaric is erasing elena’s memory but he is having issues finding the moment where elena realized she loved damon bc even elena was in denial about it. because she really did love stefan so much and really fought against everything in her to resist damon. and then when caroline was like “well yeah, elena’s in denial and doesn’t want to admit what we all already know: she fell in love with damon when she was still with stefan.” bc elena really is so loyal and didn’t want to hurt stefan :( 

it’s just so fun and fascinating to watch! to see this internal conflict in elena continuously grow larger and larger. I think that’s what makes it work. the fact that the love triangle is ACTUALLY believable, particularly because of how different the two relationships are. you have one that goes from literally zero to 100, but it’s written in this sort of fairytale kind of way. girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, their love is eternal and epic because he’s a vampire and she’s a human and she’s not from his world so he must protect her at all costs. and then there’s a girl who meets a boy and tries with everything in her to resist falling for him because she can’t have him and he can’t have her because she’s his brother’s girl. it also helps that all three of them are ridiculously attractive lol. so, basically the first time I watched the show (which was when it was airing) I wasn’t a fan of the love triangle that much because I was just like oh my god just get with damon already, girl. but I love how it’s slow and it isn’t rushed and you can actually see her slowly fall for someone else while still being in love with the person she’s with. this was so long and I am sorry but I am finishing my rewatch and kinda hyped. anyways first 4 seasons of TVD truly poetic cinema

also sidenote I just thought of something else. I love how self-aware damon is about his relationship with elena. she straight up asks him if he thinks it’s true that the only reason elena is with him is because she becomes a vampire and ‘impure’ and switches to the ‘bad salvatore brother’ and he was just like “yep. human you was on your way to stefan, then you died, and suddenly I was back in the picture.” ofc she asks this when she doesn’t remember like any of their relationship because she couldn’t cope with losing him. I’m not saying that I agree and that her being a vampire is the only reason she chose him, but I do love that damon is honest with her and isn’t sugar-coating anything. when he easily could since she literally doesn’t remember and he’s trying to win her heart all over again. (ps tho I think that entire storyline is soooo dumb like yeah compel her blah bah but her not getting her memories back for like 15 episodes was dumb)

[disaster-bay-leaf]

Ok so these were the cutest~ (ㆁωㆁ)

4, 6, 7, 9, 12, 19, 22, 23, 28, 33, 34, 46, 47, 52, 59, 60, 63, 66, 83, 87, 88, 93, 99

I kno I listed like....all of them lmao but feel free to answer whichever you want and ofc you can ask me in return Baybe ( ◜‿◝ )♡

uHUHUHUHU much content for me to answer, im happy bebe 💜💜💜✨

4 - how do you take your coffee/tea?

hm coffee either Very Black No Sugar (for the sleep deprived me) or iced latte three sugars and theres no in between

and as for tea its All Black Teas That Exist, cinnamon-flavoured especially (but basically all teas that come to mind when u think “autumn”), and rooibos!!! okay basically the only oke i dont like is any type of green tea (which is sad because they look cool but my tastebuds said ✨no✨)

6 - do you keep plants?

honestly id l o v e too because i love plants but,,, im kinda horrible at taking care of them though still way better than the majority of my family (research helps) so the only plant i own is kinda a small-palm-tree-looking thing in a bigass glass jar that i saved from my mother’s plant-destructing hands and its mostly doing well (the ends of its leaves are starting to be yellow tho and im worried:((( )

7 - do you name your plants?

yes!!! though the current one was named by my sister and its called “pickett” after fantastic beasts shsjjsj

9 - do you like singing/humming to yourself?

oh god oh dude you have n o idea

i have absolutely n o singing voice but its something i do constantly to give my brain the right amount of stimuli so basically i listen to music 24/7 and hum to myself 99% of that time

12 - whats your favourite planet?

oh i actually didnt think about this for so long but either pluto (hes a planet screw nasa) or saturn (RINGS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) or venus (girls,,,and libra,,,)

19 - do you keep a journal? what do you write/draw in it?

okay im gonna be completely honest with yall and say that my every single try at keeping a journal failed spectacularly and i lost motivation after like a few months so my only journals rn are my fancy fake-leather-bound calendar to note tests and assessments into, a kinda roughed up notebook that i uses for noting down poems or scribbling or passing notes in class, and a kinda fancy bullet journal notebook that i used as a book of shadows for a while but since my fountain pen died i didnt touch it

22 - are you a morning person?

n o

i am so not a morning person but i wish i could be because honestly dawns are beautiful

but as it is rn im either sleep deprived all the time and loathe every second of being in an awake state or (if i have a few days of schoolbreak) my biological clock moves forward a few hours and i sleep 2am-10am

23 - whats your favourite thing to do on lazy days with zero obligations?

except for the fact that i dont remember the last time it happened, i would probably spend it drawing outside, watching anime with my sister and riding a bike around the forest

28 - sunrise or sunset?

i love sunrises because its so peaceful and everyone is asleep but also i subconsciously immediately correlate them with waiting for a train to take me to school (because thats basically the only time i see them) so its a bittersweet love especially with my fucked up biological clock

but sunsets are really really pretty too and i see them more often so i cant choose

33 - whats your fave pastry?

and isnt that a millior-dollar question dhsjjsjsj

either cinnamon rolls (i absolutely adore them) or that one specific type of cupcake-shaped-thing made out of shortcrust/bread/whatever its called and filled with vanilla pudding

34 - tell us about a stuffed animal you kept as a kid. what is it called? what does it look like? do you still keep it?

awwww this is cute

okay so basically my two favourite stuffed animals (i still have them, they sit in my wardrobe) were two teddy bears (like maybe 20cm high each of them) and one was pure brown and the other was silver-brown and they had stereotypical polish male names “Waldek” (read. Valdek) and Stefan (i think tho im not sure if i remember correctly, my memory is a feeble thing sometimes

46 - tell us the worst pun you can think of

what dog would never bite you? a hot dog *badumtss*

47 - what food do you think should be banned from the universe?

huh a year ago id say pineapple pizza but i guess i dont hate pineapples that much anymore (tho putting them on pizza is still an abomination) but i think that if id ever want to get rid of anything it would be parsley, i hate that freakin herb (does it count as food tho)

52 - what are your favourite memes of the year so far?

the ever given for sure shsjshjsjsjsjjsj

but bullying tramp stamps is gold and pure tumblr energy too

as for fandom memes: im in love with all keeping-up-with-the-todorokis variations and the fact that the entire bsd fandom looked at fukuchi and said “biTCH” and thats one of the only things we’re unanimous about

59 - whats your favourite myth?

i always liked the kora/persephone myth (though demeter is an overbearing parent to the nth power), loki and thor crossdressing at a party to get mjolnir back, atalanta because shes a queen and id politely ask her to kick my ass, and cassandra because she deserved better, and theres a l o t more because alas i was a mythology nerd but this post is long enough for me not to make this section 20 times longer sjjsjsjsjsjks

but there are a lot of slavic myths that are very cool too, though we dont know that much about them as about the greeks for example

60 - do you like poetry? what are some of your faves?

o o o o h yeah i do like poetry because to create such a beautifully sounding thing with only words someone has to be a genius

some of my favs are: some works of nakahara chuuya (thank u bsd for introducing me to this man’s beautiful imagery in his works i swear to god the descriptions do it for me) (also his poem about having hangovers is a mood like i feel you buddy), the raven by ea poe (i know everyone likes it but hOLY DAMN THE INTER/INTRAVERSE RHYMES ARE LIKE,,, BREATHTAKING) (and aso im a slut for gothic horror), and many more but also That One Poem From Welcome To Nightvale about reaching the island in the west,,, only perfect vibes from it

63 - are you fussy about your books and music? do you keep them meticulously organised or kinda leave them be?

okay heres the thing. for anyone else both my playlist library and my bookshelf would be considered pure chaos of a mad man b u t they actually have a highly focused system which means that i sort them based on their vibes, lovability and (in case of books) their age and whether or not theyre a part of a series so i would say my bookshelf is rather organised (when a quarter of it isnt occupying my desk that is) and my music is more organised than not but sometimes it gets out of control and i have to sort it entirely again

66 - what would your ideal flower crown look like?

either entirely constructed of simple white daisies, entirely constructed of only white roses, or something that probably would win a “how many different coloured flowers can one fit in a flower crown” competition

or something purple (maybe not belladonna)

83 - whats some of your favourite album art?

god i dont know if it counts but hozier’s wasteland baby is probably one of my absolute favourites and no one shall beat that

“thrifted youth” (dalynn) and “standard deviation” (danny schmidt) have very aesthetic covers too

also the iconic p!atd too weird to live, too rare to die! album cover,,, its just iconic what can i say

and last but not least matt meason’s pink-and-black album covers (though bank on the funeral is really pretty too but like,,, “who killed matt meason” d o e s it for me and so does the 2017 tribulation single)

87 - what are some movies that you think everyone should watch at least once in their lives?

this is such a hard question because im not a really cinematography-oriented gal but i suppose that (at the risk of not going deep enough into the cinema world):

- the princess bride

- inception

- night at the museum

- SPIRITED AWAY

- forrest gump

- truman show

- E.T. (i cried okay)

- the lord of the rings (because damn me if this isnt one impressive adaptation)

- parasite

and one more personal recommendation: “ready or not” with samara weaving because goddamn i dont usually watch this genre but holy s h i t is it good

93 - whats the hairstyle you wear the most?

honestly just plain hair down (because having curly hair is a menace), split in the middle when i have longer hair and split on one side when its short

also low ponytails or half-up-half-down when im exercising, or double french braids when my hair doesnt cooperate enough to look presentable in any other form

99 - list some songs that resonate with your soul whenever you hear them

this is difficult because my music taste is a goddamn rollercoaster on a good day, but heres some:

- me and the sky from “come from away” musical (this is sort of a test song for my mental stability, if i cry i aint stable)

- dancing after death by matt meason (okay most songs by matt meason except for like,,, hallucinogenics maybe)

- tears and rain by james blunt

- i will follow you into the dark by death cab for cutie

- almost home by mxmtoon

- anything by hozier really but shrike especially

- payphone, the cover by alex g (i cried to this song so many times)

- burning pile by mother mother (can i roast all my problems please)

- long way from home and cleopatra by the lumineers

- autoclave by the mountain goats

oooh that was c o o o o o o o l as fuck thank you sm so much bebe (and sorry for the long post @everyone else)