tooth and claw

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crscntalpha‌:

          “ it seems you’ve gotten the wrong idea, ” atlas stepped forward, burying his hand in tyler’s chest without a second thought, he wouldn’t tolerate his wife being touched, even if she wasn’t hurt, he couldn’t have klaus’ little hybrids running around like they owned this town. for amara, he was willing to risk everything. he flexed his fingers around tyler’s pumping organ, it only worked that bit harder with his intrusion, “ it’s this easy for me to kill you, for any of us. being a hybrid doesn’t make you indestructible, you’re still just some dumbass kid who’s playing a game far too old, and far too strong for him to keep up with. ” @lockwccd​

Tyler hadn’t seen it coming. One minute, he came-face-to-face with an unfamiliar man and the next, the same excruciating jolt of infuriating agony gripped his heart tightly. He felt like one of those rag dolls stuffed with cotton in an awkward and highly uncomfortable way. At least Tyler knew where Amara stole the move from. “Then why haven’t you?” Tyler ignored the moan fighting its way past his lips, spitting out the statement boldly and honestly. He didn’t want to die, that was never truthfully the case, but if the original werewolves had a real problem with the hybrids, why not eliminate the threat? “I’m not going to explain my reasons. Won’t even lie to you that maybe I was being a little selfish.” His heart hammered, feeling the organ pulse against Atlas’ hand. “If this is about your girl, I was hungry. I was cranky and dealing with, I don’t know, higher emotions.”

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crescenthcwl‌:

          this guy really liked manhandling amara and it appeared that he hadn’t learned his lesson. at this point, amara didn’t care who he was, who he belonged to, or who cared about him. she didn’t care if he was hybrid. she was older, stronger, and faster than he was. a growl erupted from the wolf, a hand gripped his shoulder, a clawed hand digging into his chest. “ pretty sure my guy wouldn’t put me in that position, “ she almost growled up. “ back off or i’ll rip your heart out. “

The punch sent a white hot pain blasting through his veins and igniting the hybrid’s nerves, forcing Tyler to drop his grip from Amara’s shoulders and instead cling to the wrist protruding from the hole within his chest. “Don’t.” Tyler could feel the fangs sliding back into their sheaths, knowing if he made one wrong move he would be dead. “I didn’t want to fight you, alright, but you know better than anyone when someone goes on the attack, you protect yourself. I didn’t-” He stifled a groan, “I didn’t have a choice. I mean, I did, but it was for somebody else. She obviously didn’t really appreciate it.”

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scarfslayhec‌:

     isaac was well aware that curiosity killed the cat and in a town like beacon falls, that was probably a true statement and yet, he allowed his senses to take him down an alleyway. what he wasn’t expecting to see was tyler lockwood of all people. he couldn’t help his initial reaction, the small growl that rumbled in his chest, the glowing of his eyes. “ no? “ isaac asked, “ what is it supposed to look like? “

Tyler looked like a deer caught in the headlights for a moment before he whispered something to the girl softly, watching as she slowly walked past Isaac with caution and exited the alley. It wasn’t his intention to kill her, just to have a light snack. What he remembered the vampires calling snatch eat erase. “Okay, it’s exactly what it looks like. What, you going to try ripping out my heart too?” Tyler lifted his shoulders in a careless shrug, “I really don’t want to get into another fight, so how about we didn’t see what happened here and go our separate ways?”

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seesgocd‌:

        caroline barely flinched at tyler’s reaction and apart of her wondered if she cared at all for her actions. “ are you looking for an explanation? because i don’t have one, tyler. “ she took in a deep breath as she ran a hand down her face. “ i told her to stop. she didn’t. and i killed her. “ that was pretty much how it went down. caroline told elena that if they tried to save her, she would become their worst nightmare. it was the same thing she had told tyler. “ i half expected that you would have at least given everyone a heads up but you were too busy becoming klaus’ bitch. “ maybe that was harsh of her to say but it was the truth. tyler took off on his own mission and left everyone else that hadn’t run into caroline already clueless as to what was going on – clueless as to what exactly they were walking into. 

Tyler hadn’t known what to say in that moment, which is rare when he’s the type of person who needed to put the last word in. Maybe it was better had he told Elena and the others what to expect steering clear from Caroline’s path of destruction before taking action with his own plan. He thought he could fix everything without outside help for once, but really, Tyler only screwed himself over in the end. “You don’t give a crap, do you?” He expected remorse over murdering Elena, clearly, that was warranted if you wind up killing your best friend without the humanity switch. But Caroline? She still had no remorse. “Open your eyes and see the irony in becoming Klaus’ bitch. Face it, Forbes, we both are now.” Tyler took a step forward, “I don’t even know who you are anymore.”

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crescenthcwl‌:

      what tyler said was almost comical at that point. her eyes shifted to the girl before deciding that dealing with tyler was much more important. “ should have thought about that before. “ did he really think that she could just let this go? walk away as if she didn’t see anything? that wasn’t amara’s way and it seemed much better to get rid of the threat now.

“You know what, screw the explanation.” Tyler closed his eyes tightly, feeling the cosmic adrenaline rush pulsing throughout his entire body as his pupils turned a bright golden glow. Revealing the sharp fangs and protruding veins underneath his eyelids, the hybrid instantly lunged at her, grabbing a hold of Amara’s shirt and flinging her to the ground. “Didn’t you ever do something stupid for someone you cared about?”

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crescenthcwl‌:

    amara had been on her way to stiles’ in the attempt to check up on him especially with the news of scott coming back. it was the smell of blood, however, that had her taking a detour even if amara knew that it probably wouldn’t lead her anywhere good and in reality – it didn’t. she stopped a few feet away from the other, eyes almost narrowing. he felt familiar and yet he didn’t and it eventually clicked exactly what was going on here. amara couldn’t help her initial reaction. wasn’t this the one thing they were concerned about? klaus being able to make his hybrids. amara’s eyes glowed a deep red, sharp teeth extended.

He knew her, the wolf at the bar, one of the Originals who dropped the bomb to him of their existence. Tyler really hadn’t made the best impression on her due to his lack of trust with someone as old as Amara was, but he had no good explanation why he hadn’t with the company of a certain hybrid he now kept. Dragging his attention from the girl to the werewolf, teeth bared and ready for the attack, Tyler turned his body completely to face her. A sharp sting from his fingertips pulled his gaze away for a pause, realizing then his claws slid from their sheaths in the presence of a perceived threat. “Listen, I don’t want to start a fight with you, okay?”

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Tyler learned very quickly that while becoming a werewolf whenever he chose turned into one of the greatest perks, he didn’t take in account when he made the deal with Klaus the biggest downside. Bloodthirst. Controlling his anger issues is one thing, but adding constant hunger on top of everything else wasn’t the easiest balancing act that could’ve landed in his lap either. It wasn’t like he was expected to grab a hang of this in one day, right? He knew it took practice and subtlety he wasn’t even sure he had. 

Tyler was at least smart enough to lead his snack into an alleyway dark enough to conceal the two from anyone none the wiser strolling the sidewalks and driving past. He figured out compulsion pretty easily, finding it useful to stop the girl he was feeding on from squirming as he pressed her against the wall. Footsteps at the alley’s entrance reached the hybrid’s ears and caused him to release his hold, a hand reaching up to try and wipe the blood staining the edges of his mouth. “It really isn’t what it looks like, I swear.”

@rotwstarters​

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seesgocd‌:

     “ there’s a possibility of war, you know that, right? “ she could understand why any wolf would want to go to klaus. caroline wasn’t naive to that fact but she also couldn’t push past the fact that there were original wolves that didn’t exactly play so nice with the mikaelsons in the past. she found herself stopping again when tyler said her name. “ i don’t know what was going on with him, okay? but it wasn’t alaric. it wasn’t the alaric that we know. “ maybe he finally snapped – caroline didn’t know but at this point, it was best that the two were kept away from each other. 

“Look at where we are, Care. When hasn’t there been one?” That didn’t mean Tyler would play the loyal foot soldier and fight a war Klaus or the Original werewolves waged on the town. Then again, if the dedicated tug continued pulling and Mikaelson asked for his help. he wouldn’t really have a choice in the matter. “Whoever that was, it wasn’t Ric. I mean, we can’t believe it wasn’t some kind of witchy voodoo that made him do it.”

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xxoftheoriginalkindxx‌:

  Want was certainly a flaky suggestion, but as far as wolves went..there weren’t many circling the confines of town and as much as he’d happily put out an advertisement for any willing participants it appeared as if there wasn’t time. “Don’t let your ego grow mate, I had to start somewhere.” Collateral just in case something went wrong once more; he wasn’t willing to waste all of the blood he would secure for nothing. A bite of the wrist and an offering of the arm. 

“Like hell I’m kissing your boot if you think I should feel honored to be your first.” Tyler heard about the Original’s failed attempts during his three months dragging Stefan around like baggage and knew well enough being the first willing experiment successful now that Klaus was aware he required Elena’s blood should be kind of considered an importance. Without another word, the wolf leaned forward and brought his lips to the wound, refraining from grimacing as blood pooled down his throat. Tyler pushed away the hybrid’s arm forcibly after a long moment and swept his hands in a shrug, “Obviously, I know what happens next. Get it over with.”

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seesgocd‌:

        caroline stopped, almost taking a step back when tyler moved to block the door at a speed she wasn’t expecting. “ i’m sorry but i think if you’re going to throw rocks at me that maybe you should have made a different choice if you didn’t want me to throw something back. “ did tyler not see how hypocritical this was? “ i never asked you to do this for me so if you were thinking this was going to be some big declaration of love and that i would be grateful for it then you’re wrong. “ that might have been harsh but it was the truth. caroline didn’t feel grateful. she felt angry. she was angry that tyler would put something like this on her. “ and you know what? i don’t regret the kiss. i am heartbroken that i lost my cousin over it. that’s why i flipped the switch. it wasn’t because of klaus or stefan or anyone planting anything inside my head. i couldn’t take the pain of losing stiles and i feel horrible that he was right. that if it’s not him or my friends then it doesn’t matter. “ scott was an after thought. even if caroline wanted to argue against it, she knew that it was true. “ but i don’t regret it and i don’t feel guilty for it. “ caroline took in a deep breath as she looked back at tyler. “ my dad died tonight, tyler. alaric murdered him and it all came flooding back so no, i can’t deal with this right now. i can’t deal with you. “

“You didn’t ask for it, but I did it because believe it or not, that’s what friends do.” Tyler couldn’t put them in the friends classification anymore even if that was the only way to describe them right now. They weren’t friends, they weren’t dating, despite Tyler’s small need for something more. “Listen, I don’t need to tell you that you weren’t the only reason I went to him. I’m not being honest with myself if I can’t even admit I was acting a little on the selfish side wanting to turn.” Why wouldn’t he? A werewolf suffering each full moon in indescribable pain offered a way out can’t turn down the upgrade. Tyler stood stock still as Caroline ranted, managing to keep his mouth closed so he wouldn’t interrupt for what seemed like the first time in his life. They already rehashed the subject of the Klaus kiss and arguing over why the blonde turned off her humanity switch, yet, Care’s last bit of news wiped the Klaus subject from the conversation. “Wait, wait, wait, Alaric?” He was out of the loop, but that was least important. “Caroline,” Releasing a small sigh, Tyler’s fingers barely grazed her forearm, “I’m sorry. About your dad.”

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seesgocd‌:

      “ you what? “ caroline almost growled. she couldn’t believe that tyler would be so stupid. “ i told you i didn’t want to be saved, tyler. i told you this had nothing to do with klaus. “ she couldn’t believe that tyler would go that far. she couldn’t believe that he actually thought that klaus would follow through with that plan. “ and do you even hear yourself, right now? everything that we were fighting against is suddenly okay for you? “ she shook her head as she stepped away from tyler. “ everything you said means nothing now you realize that, right? you are the biggest hypocrite. “

“I didn’t go to Elena, or Bonnie, or Ric, I came up with the plan and I stuck to it.” Well, there wasn’t much to that plan when he dove in without considering the lasting consequences. “Caroline,” Tyler released a deep sigh and shook his head as he chose to take the step towards the blonde. “Look, the guy’s still a sick douchebag, I hate him for what he’s already done, but I can’t explain what the hell is happening to me.” It was more than just becoming half vampire. “I keep feeling this freaky strong pull that I can’t control. Like he’s my,” Don’t say it, Tyler, he thought to himself. “Alpha.”

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seesgocd‌:

       she almost growled when tyler made the move to grab her elbow but she found herself turning back to face him. her brows furrowed at what he said. “ what did you do? “ she had a feeling he wasn’t talking about their last conversation. no, tyler did something and if he wasn’t coming out with it then she knew it was only going to be something that would make her angry. “ what did you do? “

“Use your nose.” The sarcastic comment left his lips before he had the chance to consider how harsh that could sound from her perspective. Tyler took a small step back as the wheels in Caroline’s mind worked out what had happened. There was a pause and then, “After our talk, I tracked down Klaus. I was so pissed at him, Caroline, that I was willing to do whatever it took just to get him to leave you the hell alone. He turned me.” The hybrid’s gaze dropped and he shrugged, “You’d think I’d hate it or hate him. I still do, but I just feel so...freed. Care, he gave me something I always wanted.”

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seesgocd‌:

           caroline seemed to pause when she heard tyler’s voice. she didn’t want to do this with him. she didn’t want him out of all people to find her outside of the hospital crying about her dead father. she quickly covered it up, sniffling a little as she wiped her eyes. she knew that tyler needed to know. what was going on with ric was probably going to impact him too but she wasn’t sure if she wanted the flood of emotions that was going to come with seeing tyler and it seemed best, at the moment, to avoid it altogether.

        “ go away, tyler. “ her voice was quiet as she moved, turning away from him in hopes of disappearing back inside. she hoped that tyler would jus tlet it go and would do what she asked.

“No.” His tone was immediate, determined, and altogether firmly stubborn. “I didn’t leave when you killed that poor bastard and I’m not leaving now.” Tyler didn’t think he wasn’t getting satisfaction watching her basically prove him right from their last conversation as she not only confirmed the humanity switch was flipped on, but her emotions were crashing down on the vampire all at once. Not that he enjoyed seeing her hurt or suffer. “I’d ask what made you turn it back, but I know it had nothing to do with me.” Tyler stepped forward, reaching out to gently grab the vampire’s elbow and immediately pulling away. “Not after what I did.” This wasn’t about him and he wasn’t about to make it about him. Something else was clearly wrong.

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seesgocd‌:

        all those emotions that caroline had shut off came flooding back to her the moment that she saw her father’s body. she didn’t get to deal with them right away. her focus had been on alaric and then calling for help even if she knew that there was nothing that could have been for him even if caroline had so desperately wished that something could have been done. maybe if she hadn’t flipped the switched, maybe if she hadn’t been so out of the loop, then maybe she should have seen this coming. maybe she could have made sure that her father was never in this position to begin with.

         it wasn’t until caroline was alone and stepping out of the hospital into the chilly night did those emotions finally hit her. she should have been doing something. she should have been calling jeremy and elena or hell even stiles just to give him a heads up but in that moment, there was nothing else she could do that drown in her own emotions.

It was just going to be a quick trip. Sneak into the hospital while avoiding anybody remotely resembling a human, steal blood bags, and leave without making any noise. A part of him didn’t want to care about snacking on his meals from a plastic container when he could easily have it fresh by the vein. Did it gross him out? Yes, and any vampire who survived on the stuff he didn’t really understand until that moment. Until his current predicament.

Yet, the world wasn’t about to get Tyler slack and make it easy on him. He wasn’t even three paces from the door before a head full of unmistakable blonde hair exiting the building suddenly caught the hybrid’s senses on high alert. “Caroline?” It hadn’t been until he moved closer did Tyler realize the look of devastation crossing Caroline’s features. That didn’t match her current emotionless nature nor would he allow his hopes to rise believing she turned them on. “Care.”

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trualphc‌:

      tyler looked up when someone opted to take the seat across from him. he offered a small smile before shaking his head, “ yeah, no. if i don’t remember my best friend i doubt i’m going to remember you – no offense. “ scott still didn’t remember much of anything or anyone for that matter. bits and pieces of being a wolf and what happened but other than that, everything else was pretty much blank.

“Fair enough.” Tyler shifted in his seat uncomfortably, his gaze flickering around with a deep anxiety tied his insides to knots. Not that it had anything to do with the company. “Tyler. Your best friend is my friend’s cousin.” He winced at the wording and even more so at any mention of Caroline. They weren’t technically friends anymore. “How much do you know so far about who you are? I know you’re sick of hearing it, but what do you remember from before?”

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xxoftheoriginalkindxx‌:

  Lies? Of he was almost offended, shed been suffering he merely offered the lovely go to that most vampires seemed to love going to when things became too much and he certainly recalled her denial of such but in the end a choice was a choice and she had clearly made hers. “Truth be told mate, you can blame me as much as you like but you and I both know that any choice she makes is one that she does alone.” He would’ve happily mentioned that he rather liked her with all her emotions intact but he deemed that it would offer a sign of weakness…and he’d certainly hate to have to tear out the Wolves spleen. “Now I suppose I could, can’t say she’ll choose to stay away but i’d certainly be occupied with a few Hybrids on my belt…-perhaps you get the better end of the deal; a will to change whenever you want, strength like nothing else and protection.”

Tyler had no intention knowing what exactly was bound to happen going into this without an anger-free judgement and if he was going to die at Klaus’ hand, it was kind of the ironic twist of fate considering the werewolf shouldn’t be alive had the plans remained the same. Tyler still can’t be one hundred percent certain what changed the man’s mind using Scott and Jenna, something he wasn’t about to ask why about at the moment in his current predicament, but escaping death gave him enough to think over. He wouldn’t argue Caroline wasn’t headstrong either. “You want to turn me.” Tyler remembered his conversation with Care before she shut off her emotions, before the event. Klaus can’t possibly turn down a werewolf served on the platter when he knew how to twist the game in his favor. He had something over the man and he knew if Tyler wanted to protect the person he cared about, he’d be the idiot to refuse. “Do it. If it gets you to stay the hell away from Caroline, do it.”

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trualphc‌:

     it was difficult getting out from underneath the watchful eye of his mother. granted, scott couldn’t really blame her. he remembered bits and pieces, he remembered darkness, and then he remembered waking up in the middle of the woods before someone found him and brought him to the hospital but everything else? everything else was just blank. 

    he managed to get out with the excuse that he was just going out for coffee which wasn’t necessarily a lie. the closest coffee shop was exactly where scott went before heading outside to sit at one of the tables. he wasn’t completely unaware of the stares, the questioning eyes, and he couldn’t deny that it made him uncomfortable. he looked up, gaze meeting with another’s as he offered a tight lipped smile.

Tyler hadn’t realized how bad of an idea it was to be in a hospital with temptation in the form of blood bags and human meat suits walking around smelling enticing every time they passed him. He tried curbing the hunger, almost pretending it wasn’t actually there, but the longer the man went without feeding, the worse it was just going to get and he had to accept it. Tyler chose this and he would never take it back.

It wasn’t long for a small town to hear its one true alpha Scott McCall somehow resurrected from the dead. His scent led him to the hospital and then to one of the nearest coffee joints. It was weird, seeing Scott sitting at a table so casually, and even as the last memory of the kid wasn’t particularly pleasant, he still felt shame knowing Scott died in his place. “Wow, doesn’t look like you came back to life at all.” Tyler shared in the other’s smile, taking the seat opposite him. “I heard you were having trouble with your memory, Scott. Anything about me ring a bell?”