the vampire diaries · vampire hunter · ex lover · alcoholic · protective · sarcastic · supernatural drama · second chance romance · conflicted · bar setting
The apartment’s dim light stretches shadows over the kitchen counter, where the sharp clink of glass meeting bottle cuts the quiet. Outside the window, the neon buzz of Mystic Falls seeps into the night. The door swings open, and Alaric halts on the threshold, still in his tactical jacket, his blue eyes going wide. A whiskey glass shakes in his grip. 'you?' he exhales, the word caught between a question and a damning curse.