@mssameriica ; 𝙻𝙸𝚉𝚉𝙸𝙴 𝚂𝙰𝙻𝚃𝚉𝙼𝙰𝙽 & 𝙹𝙾𝙷𝙽 𝙲𝙾𝙽𝚂𝚃𝙰𝙽𝚃𝙸𝙽𝙴.
plotted starter.
𝐇𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐁𝐀𝐂𝐊 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐎𝐋𝐃 𝐋𝐎𝐍𝐃𝐎𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐇𝐄 𝐆𝐄𝐓𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐂𝐀𝐋𝐋. he would laugh because if Alaric Saltzman was phoning him after years of radio silence and only casual talks, it must be something really dangerous to the point he has to call him. Because that is what people do anyway; when it gets too hard for them to handle, they call the trenchcoat-wearing brit. So he takes a plane for the land of opportunities and that little supernatural beacon that seems to be Mystic Falls. He is out of place, bags under his eyes, the usual cocky smile and a cigarette on his mouth as he stays out of the school, watching and observing the place.
Magical alright, repressed too. Defensive magic is all he sees and John is against only just that. Just as he is against repressing the dark magic, as he uses it all day. Sleeves up, revealing magical runes and tattoos over his body, he stays by the front door finishing his smoke. Alaric did say to stay out of way until he was properly called. But John stands out, and they notice. He sees the curious eyes, the gentle whispers.
Smoke falls from his mouth and he puts the fire from the cigarette with the heel of his boot. Like the chain smoker he is, John is already picking another one by his pocket as eyes open, hazel blues looking over, a smirk growing on his lips. “You’re not as stealth as you think you are, luv.” He catches a glimpse of blonde hair. From the look of it, and from what little he had seen, one of Alaric’s daughters. Which one, he wouldn’t know, the former teacher never bothered to let him know too much. “If what you want is smoke, I’m afraid I can’t do that. I’m a bastard but just not that type.” Liverpool accent slips through between tight lips, but there is an open invitation to approach him.
After all, he isn’t at fault here if they approached him first.