™ HELL OWNS A FACE / HE THINKS IF YOU WERE TO PEER INTO MECHANICAL SKELETON, YOU WOULD SEE SOMETHING ROTTEN AND GRAY. A MOLD THAT SPREADS, HIS EXPIRY DATE WAS SOMETIME DURING HIS CHILDHOOD. ( he is nothingness, a dirtied shroud of co-existing with a devil. the maliciousness clambers to fit inside his shell, it is always here and always pressuring on the back of his throat. eat this, drink that, swallow whatever vulnerability that was threatening to escape. ) he is not a good man, he’s accepted this. the world still tries to sift through him for something worth salvaging. any gold, any glimmer of hope or residual love is simply cast away - too corrupted to use for anything. THE HEART IS NOT A FRUITFUL LOCATION. YOU CAN SEARCH FOR IT, EVEN FEEL THE EDGES OF IT ALONG YOUR FINGERTIPS, BUT YOU CAN NEVER HOLD IT. IT SITS THERE, QUIET AND UNNATURALLY CALM. NO WRONGNESS SPILLS FROM IT, HE BELIEVES HE IS THE BEST HE CAN BE. BLAMELESS, EVEN AS THE DOE’S NECK IS GRIPPED IN BETWEEN HIS JAWS, JOWLS DRIPPING WITH SALIVA. his death will be just as small as a beetle’s. squashed down after squeaking for too long. he savors this thought, makes body itch for some sheer display of wilderness and violence. the abyss haunts him from the inside, ghosts look like her and she looks like a ghost. rejection bleeds out of him like a murky gunk. is he pretty yet? is his fate? ( your insecurities deprive me of my own will for ignorance. i should be doing something here, shouldn’t i? shedding a tear? shedding my skin? i want to drown in your blood and coat your insides on my teeth. i’d grin too, make sure your brother knows that you still look beautiful and youthful, even in my belly. my hatred qualms, i resist only for the time being. white oak stakes are bitches to get. ) he can sense her annoyingly demanding need for attention from here. why was he on distraction duty anyway, isn’t donovan more her type? the bitterness forms and he gnashes molars together while feigned expression resorts to a disdained smile. the grill isn’t full by any means, but his snort is loud enough to make the few patrons turn around in their seats before continuing their useless chattering. he would need way more alcohol for this mission, an urge to roll is eyes is stifled only as he gestures at the bartender for more shots. the response is snarled out, consequences too far off in the distance to cause him to hesitate or discipline himself. a groan breaks off into a cruel, sardonic laugh.
❝ …. you mean besides the fact that i’m literally the only one in here who isn’t repulsed by that pathetic look on your face ? your brother’s a psycho , get over it - he’s playing joker and the penguin with my brother right now , how do you think that makes me feel ? ❞ a look of disgust isn’t even attempted to hide, shot glass shoved over to her, liquid spilling sloppily all over his hand. ❝ here’s some advice , miss gloom ‘n doom : drink . trust me , everything makes so much more sense with some bourbon and that heavy feeling of avoiding the issues at hand . paradise . ❞
trust it to be her luck to be lumbered with HIM as a distraction, a man so consumed by his love for his brothers girl, that he can’t see RIGHT FROM WRONG, can’t see that instead of fulfilling her wishes and desires, he should be fulfilling his own. he cares too much about what she thinks, what she wants, as if he’s got a shot with her, ironic really, ----- he’d be much more desirable if only he’d stop pining over something he’ll never be able to call his own. alas, she doesn’t care about his LOVE LIFE, merely cares about his LOVE INTEREST ----- the human blood bank, the solution to all of her brothers problems and yet the CAUSE of all of hers.
it’s obvious, damon’s here as a ploy to keep her busy, maybe to keep her away from elena ? no, it’s got to be more than that. a means to get at her brother, ----- as the saying goes: IF YOU DON’T SUCCEED, TRY AND TRY AGAIN. and boy do they TRY. they have to, right ? they’re all wrapped around the little finger of the doppelganger ----- and for what ? she’s not even that pretty, nor is she that special, yet not only does she have the attention of both salvatore brothers but two of her own. WILL THEY EVER LEARN ? the love of a doppelganger surely ends in ruin. they’ve all BEEN THERE, DONE THAT and still, ----- they look for more. IDIOTIC, if you ask her.
“ trust you ? the man so enthralled by his brothers lover ? hm, i think i’ll pass. “ and yet, she takes the glass between index and thumb, downing the contents in one gulp. she might not trust him, but to deal with him and his ever annoying presence ---- she needs alcohol and COPIOUS amounts. with a tilt of her head, piercing sapphires capture the gaze of his own, facial features conveying her EVER GROWING ANNOYANCE of the man sat beside her. “ you’d know ALL about avoiding issues, wouldn’t you, damon ? “ tone is laced with something akin to a challenging tone, which is made more apparent with the wiggle of eyebrows. “ i imagine you’re RELIEVED, maybe even THANKFUL for the fact that our brothers are rekindling their... FRIENDSHIP. presents you with the perfect opportunity to TAKE WHAT YOU WANT... elena. “ tongue swipes over bottom lip, as if to taste the satisfaction of watching damon squirm under her taunts.
he’s so predictable. which is why, she’ll let him distract her ----- let him play his game, just as she’ll play her own. and boy, will she WIN IT. he’s simply moronic if he thinks he has any chance of outsmarting her, she has a thousand years on him... and she’ll make damn sure he never forgets that. “ it’s a real shame that i have EVERY INTENTION of killing her. oh well, i guess you had your chance and you blew it. it’s MY TURN now. “ words are nothing more than an empty threat to rile him, even if she wanted to ( which she does, more than anything ) she couldn’t kill the doppelganger, not without ending up in a box, herself. and she’s only just found her way out of one, she has no intentions of going back in. “ feel free to try and stop me, I DO LOVE A CHALLENGE. “