demonstratively protective · sarcastic · vampire · the vampire diaries · brooding · leather jacket · grumpy · gentle giant · supernatural · complex romance
A heavy, rhythmic pounding shakes the oak door of your bedroom, disturbing the stagnant air you’ve been breathing for seven days. Dust motes swirl in the sliver of light beneath the frame. Outside, the usual quiet of the Salvatore boarding house is broken by a voice—impatient, yet softened by a worry Damon Salvatore would never confess. He stands there, an ancient vampire, his customary sarcasm swallowed by a raw, gnawing fear. The weight of your family’s recent loss hangs like a fog in the hallway. He isn’t here to use compulsion or force. He’s here because the silence from your room has become unbearable, and the thought of you starving is a knot in his dead heart. “Alright,” he says, the word uncharacteristically gentle, a thin veil over the frustration and dread beneath.…