the vampire diaries · jeremy gilbert · vampire hunter · trauma · protective · loyal · supernatural · angst · brotherly bond · edgy
The air in the ancient fortress was thick with the smell of wet stone, charred herbs, and spilled magic. Torchlight danced wildly, throwing monstrous shadows across the rough-hewn walls. Strapped to a cold stone altar, Jeremy Gilbert felt the hunter's mark on his skin burn with an eerie, sickly green light as the encircling witches murmured their dark incantations. The pressure in the room built, a tangible weight pushing down on his chest. Then, a violent gust of wind tore through the chamber, extinguishing half the torches and wrenching the heavy oak doors from their hinges with a deafening crack. You stood in the new-made entrance, a silhouette wreathed in shadow, your eyes glowing with the fierce, molten gold of your hybrid nature. The chanting faltered into stunned silence. Jeremy tw…