vigilante shit,

cataclysm, n. /ˈkadəˌklizəm/ a large-scale and violent event in the natural world ; a sudden violent upheaval, especially in a political or social context.

[violensense]

Was he? He wanted to ask but the moment wasn't necessarily about him. He was just some nobody compared to the President and his wife. He looks up at her last word with an expression that just said that.

" Never. " He answered plainly, fixing his palms, flat on the surface as he met her gaze straight on then. Letting the words land where it may. Heavyhanded. " Don't worry about me. I've always got a good exit strategy somewhere. " He offers, a little more relaxed now than just seconds before. " Your Dad's taught me a few tricks. "

[ctclysm]

Isobel holds his gaze for only a moment and looks away. Things were happening much too quickly and not quickly enough. She wanted to be on the other side of this without having to hammer away at it until she came up with a solution.

She rubs the back of her neck anxiously and chances a glance up at him. "You'll help me? If I want to leave him? I have to leave him."

[daniellecamp]

DANIELLE CAMPBELL photographed by Tyler Chick for Nineteen92 Magazine (2025)

[ctclysm]

i essentially come on here and just go like this at myself then go away

[kaceyrps]

DANIELLE CAMPBELL in THE WATERFRONT

[violensense]

" Yeah. Yeah. Totally ridiculous. " A weak smile. Hardly contemptible. Birttle and hard to really define. " Just...sounds like you're trying to tell me you're not in a cult. And I mean, Morgenstern? Kind of sells it, doesn't it? "

Hand runs through his hair. Looking around them. At all their pictures hanging on the wall. " I guess, the question is -- what's the deal breaker? I've seen people divorce for less. "

[ctclysm]

The what if's had become louder once the truth had come out. What if she had listened to her father. What if she had followed an entirely different path altogether. What if she'd listened to her first shrink and seen the warning signs from the start?

"You're better than this, Isaac. Aren't you tired of my bullshit? I know I am." Isobel had always been selfish, she thought, but especially so when it came to Isaac. She chuckled drily and looked down at the now offensive ring on her finger that seemed to weigh a ton. "I guess I worry about what he might do. Not just to me but to you."

[dirbenaffleck]

DANIELLE CAMPBELL as PEYTON BUCKLEY THE WATERFRONT ‧ 2025

[violensense]

" You know you've never put words like that in my mouth before. " He argued, somewhat stern. A rare instance for him. But the situation in itself was a rare one to find himself in, having aligned himself to the position of being outside and looking in. But the walls are glass and he can see the cracks. And he's not sure whether to come barging in and break it. " It's never been about good. I don't think good people exist. Or live long enough to tell it. " But even then, Camden had his own skeletons in the closets he probably would have never found out otherwise. " I think you've gotten too comfortable with the misery, Izzy."

[ctclysm]

She stared at him in a mildly stunned silence. Her carefully crafted persona had never been for him. He was above it. She gave him the version that she wished she could be. Unburdened by her father's expectations or anyone else's for that matter.

"Right, right, I'm sorry." She said once she had recovered and averted her gaze. "We all do what we can to survive. Jonathan and I.. we've.. we had good moments. Really good moments. And he says he sees me. --I sound ridiculous don't I."

[violensense]

His eyes focus on her. Studying her quietly before his gaze focused again on the interlace of their fingers. 

“ I guess so. “ He murmured, sighing as he groaned and threw his head back as he got up and walked around the table to sit next to her again. “ Is it going to be worth it? What if – “ He pulls his hand back to fiddle with his own. Exhaling a heavy breath and shaking his head. " You know I'm on your side no matter what. "

[ctclysm]

She could feel the weight of his gaze on her. His disappointment. As soon as her hand was free, she wrapped her arms around herself for comfort. "He does the same thing, you know. Sometimes it feels like he'll go along with nearly everything I say just to placate me. Maybe it's time you get out, Isaac. I am not good for you."

[violensense]

His frustration exits with his exhale of breath. His weight slipping into the nearby chair, across from her as he immediately laces their fingers together. Looking down at the difference of a few years can do.

" Are you really? " He asked, quietly, tentatively, unsure himself if that's what he really meant to ask. Of course, she would. He probably should be too. The guy's inauguration is in a few weeks.

[ctclysm]

A breath she hadn't been consciously aware she'd been holding passes her lips when he takes her hand. He had saved her on more than one occasion without even realizing it.

"Probably not as afraid as I should be. I think if he were going to do something particularly nefarious he would've done it by now, you know?" She attempted a reassuring smile to set him at ease. "Besides I only have to stick around for another what? Six months? And then I'll be free. They promised."

[violensense]

“ That’s just – “ He looks around them, trying to find a much nicer word in his arsenal but there is none. Voice trailing off as his gaze fell back to the floor. 

He pushed himself up and off the couch. Pacing lightly and walking towards where she was. “ Get a new bed. “ He suggested. “ Heck, get a couch. That’s literally the dumbest thing I’ve ever heard you say, Izzy. “

[ctclysm]

She can practically see the wheels turning as he probably tried really hard not to call her an idiot. It's mingled in with the disappointment so palpable she can almost feel it.

And.. there it was! She can't stop the borderline hysterical giggle from coming through. "I think.. I may have made the bed.. too powerful." She looked up at him. "I'm a little scared."

[violensense]

It leaves a bad taste on his tongue so much he has to spit it out. But even then the bitterness clings to the roof of his tongue. 

“ You’re really going through with this? “ He asked, trying to hold back the bite. It’s like oil clinging to his teeth. He feels it spilling around the edge but his face is clean. Even as he catches his reflection in one of the mirrors that hung on the wall. Nothing. 

“ After everything you found out about him, @ctclysm? “ 

[ctclysm]

Maybe she was the problem. Instead of making people better she only made them worse. She goes back and forth between anger and sadness. And a third emotion that she's too afraid to even entertain.

"What choice do I have?" Isobel lifts her gaze to him hesitantly like she were ashamed to even look at him. Her one constant. Maybe she had made Isaac worse, too. "I made my bed, I guess I have to lie in it now."

[davinafray]

Danielle Campbell as Dr. Blair London

[daniellecamp]

DANIELLE CAMPBELL via @ marcmena Instagram

[lilyresources]

DANIELLE CAMPBELL  as  kayla powell

in tell me a story  |  1x01

[daniellecamp]

DANIELLE CAMPBELL via Instagram stories

[ctclysm]

bcastful​:

his anger quickly turned to confusion as she touched his cheek, a soft shuddering sigh escaping his lips in response to her touch. it had been several decades since he had been touched with any sort of kindness, but he still hadn’t expected a simple touch to have that effect on him. “werewolf? those exist?” it made sense, but there hadn’t been a time when enzo had seen or even heard of one. granted he hadn’t seen much of anything in his cell. “i’m lorenzo. if i had friends, they’d call me enzo.” the response hadn’t been what she was asking, but it was the response that she was getting. he still didn’t trust that she wasn’t with augustine, but threatening her didn’t seem to be getting him anywhere. 

her heart almost ached for him. she was almost too familiar with that sort of reaction of her own accord. it was rare if she ever let anyone touch her. she had a fear of letting anyone too close lest they realized she was more of a curse than a blessing in their lives. “y-yes. and witches. demons too. even vampires.” sephy did her best to hide her disappointment at him not revealing what he was. “i’m persephone. do you... mind if i get going? i mean you’re not going to tell me what you are so i don’t feel a need to explain myself to you? outside of me not following you because that’d be silly.”

[ctclysm]

bcastful​:

“you’re the only one who would think i’m nice” though it was more his murderous rampage rather than his attitude that people referred to now. despite the fact that kai’s hands twitched with his overwhelming desire to touch isobel again, they returned to his side at her words. the least he could do wasrespect her wishes, even if he had to physically hold himself back. “i’ll do whatever you need me to and if all else fails, you can always tie me up.” he offered, half joking to try and ease the tension and half serious because he had always been more than willing to be tied up by isobel.

isobel stared at him and a soft chuckle escaped her lips much to her surprise moments later. “maybe later.” she shook her head, still smiling, and went to look out the window. “this place feels different.. to me. i think i kind of just woke up here? do you remember what drew you here? and are you still a siphoner or was that just my kai’s thing?” she paused as she mused out loud. “no. you probably were at some point, right? because why else would they kill me. ---I’d like to know what i’m working with.”