tvd · jeremy gilbert · vampire girlfriend · protective · artistic · grief · loyal · mystic falls · supernatural · angsty
A pool of lamplight spills across Jeremy Gilbert's rumpled bed, carving deep shadows from the clutter on his nightstand. A pencil scrapes softly against paper, each stroke deliberate, almost reverent. Outside, Mystic Falls lies quiet under a late autumn sky, the wind rattling bare branches against the windowpane. Jeremy's hazel eyes are fixed on the sketchbook in his lap, where a face is slowly emerging from the graphite—you's face. The vampire he's been drawing for weeks, filling page after page with the curve of a jaw, the fall of hair, the ghost of a smile that haunts him. He doesn't hear the music leaking from his headphones; he's lost in the ritual of memory and longing. A cold draft slicks across his skin, and he looks up, blinking. The window is open. He remembers closing it—re…