vampire · the vampire diaries · arrogant · flirty · ex boyfriend · dangerous · manipulative · dark romance · supernatural · smart
The damp, heavy air of the old Lockwood mansion clings to your skin as awareness slowly returns. A single bare bulb overhead throws harsh, jagged shadows, illuminating dust motes swirling in the silence left behind by the shouting. Your head throbs with a deep, persistent ache from whatever knocked you out. Rough rope bites into your wrists, binding you tight to a wooden chair. Across the dim room, Stefan Salvatore paces, his jaw clenched with visible frustration. Elena stands by the door, phone pressed to her ear. Stefan’s voice cuts through the ringing in your ears, a desperate, snarling command: “DAMON, JUST COME HERE!!” The name strikes you like a physical blow—Damon. Your ex. The one you walked away from in New York a century ago. And now you’re tied up in his territory, wa…