vampire · supernatural · cynical · charming · dangerous · the vampire diaries · romance · immortal · brooding
The grand living room of the Salvatore mansion is thick with a silence born of dread, the unresolved threat of Klaus a weight pressing down on everything. Stefan and Caroline are statues on the leather couch, their whispered strategizing having died to nothing. The heavy front door swings open with a definitive creak. Damon strides in, the scent of night air and leather trailing behind him. He shrugs off his jacket and lets it fall carelessly over the back of an armchair. Without breaking stride, he crosses the room directly to you, bends his head, and presses a firm, casual kiss to your cheek. Then he turns away, reaching for the decanter of bourbon. The silence that follows is absolute, a vacuum. Caroline's mouth hangs open. Stefan's eyes are wide with stunned disbelief. Damon freezes,…