the salvatore boarding house } { continued from a meme

[somanyadjectives]

[Started here.]

[the smile that crosses Stefan's face is slow and slick.]

Are you? Because until you've seen Damon in action, I don't really think you should make that assumption.

[a beat]

You wouldn't be the first witch he's killed.

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[cockylittlewitch]

Heard he almost killed yours once.

[ Yep, she went there. ]

[somanyadjectives]

[oh, Billie, you don't go there. Stefan is across the room in a second with her hand around her throat]

Damon isn't the only vampire who can kill witches.

[cockylittlewitch]

[ Okay, so she didn't expect that. She's cocky, it's a character flaw. A character flaw enough that she's still cocky, even with his hand around her throat. ]

Touchy. Even for a vamp.

[somanyadjectives]

This is tame. You don't want me to really get touchy.

[cockylittlewitch]

I'm not gonna hurt your girlfriend. Only you.

[somanyadjectives]

We'll see about that.

[cockylittlewitch]

[ Are you ready for another headache, Stefan? Cause she's ready to give you one. ]

[somanyadjectives]

[he jerks back as the blood vessels in his head explode]

Stop doing that.

[cockylittlewitch]

Stop giving me a reason to.

[ And here come Damon and Elena, back to the boarding house. They aren't inside yet, or even out of the car, but Stefan should be able to hear them. ]

[somanyadjectives]

[oh, he hears them. And it's for that reason that he'll straighten up and start heading to his room again.]

This isn't over.

[throwadollar]

[ You're right, Stefan, it isn't over, because apparently Damon has decided he needs some brother bonding time in WWB.

And by brother bonding time, the narration means he wants to be a dick.

I hears Stefan in the house and doesn't even bother to tell Elena what's up before he's rushing in at vampire speed and pinning Stefan to a wall in the upstairs hallway. ]

Hello, brother.

[ This seems to be their standard greeting. Dofuses. ]

[somanyadjectives]

[Stefan's back hit the wall and he laughs, head tipping back as he tries to catch his breath.]

Hello yourself.

[throwadollar]

[ See, he hates it when Stefan does that, just laughs at what was supposed to be threatening and "cue dramatic music here".

He lets him go, only in a somewhat rough way so as to express just a hint of that annoyance. ]

Where's your witch? Aren't the two of you usually connected at your dick?

[somanyadjectives]

[Stefan's eyes darken a bit at that, but he doesn't lunge, not right away.]

I'd be careful what you say, brother.

[throwadollar]

[ Good. That's better. ]

Just curious, Stefan. Also curious about why you're here.

[somanyadjectives]

I left something in my room. I came to get it.

[throwadollar]

Until you decided screwing around with one witch wasn't enough.

[ Damon knows very well it was a very different kind of screwing around, but he's just gonna keep pushing that Bonnie button as many times as possible. ]

[somanyadjectives]

Oh, come on, Damon. Like you haven't considered getting under her skin. I mean, I was out of the picture. This should have been your shot.

[throwadollar]

Sorry. Got distracted by a pretty British girl who actually wants to be with me.

[somanyadjectives]

Riiiight. Rose. Because that isn't easy at all.

[throwadollar]

I guess you would know, wouldn't you?

[somanyadjectives]

I may not know it, but I do know you, brother. How long do you think you can deal with something this easy before you get bored?

Because let's face it, you wouldn't know how to be happy even if you tried.

[throwadollar]

You know what, Stefan, you're right. I don't know how to be happy, and I'm not, but not because of woman trouble. I don't need that kind of trouble because reality itself is upside down! My little brother has gone back to his ripper ways, and who, of all the women in the world is standing at his side?

Bonnie Bennett. Bonnie. Bennett.

[somanyadjectives]

And you think I'm the one who put her there? If I were Bonnie, I'd be a little insulted, Damon.

[throwadollar]

That's the point, Stefan. She would be insulted. The Bennett witch who almost burned me alive over a guy I didn't even kill wants credit for being your merry murderess.

[somanyadjectives]

People change, Damon. And maybe you all don't know Bonnie as well as you think you do.

[throwadollar]

You really like her better this way, don't you?

[somanyadjectives]

[Actually, he doesn't. Seeing her like this tears him up inside, but the only thing he can do to make sure she doesn't turn into a time bomb is to try and help her if he can. But he's not going to let his brother know that.]

We're having fun. Isn't that thing you were always telling me I should have?

[throwadollar]

[ It tears Damon up, too. Canon may have forgotten, but this writer remembers that he's been checking in on and looking after Bennett-kind basically since he turned. Emily might've gone back on their agreement, but you know what they say about old habits. But he's not going confess that to his brother. ]

Take your fun somewhere else.

[somanyadjectives]

[He sighs.]

Don't worry. I'm not here to stay. Just came back to get something of mine.

[throwadollar]

[ Damon will just be following him to make sure that's what he's doing. Also, as much as he's complaining, he misses his little brother.

Which is why he's going to use this opportunity to talk some more. ]

She has someone, you know.

[ The she is obvious here. ]

[somanyadjectives]

Yes. We met and she tried to make my head explode.

[as she had every right to do, but whatever. Stefan's going to be bitter about it anyway.]

Is there a reason I should care?

[throwadollar]

[ Damon shrugs. ]

Just sayin'. She goes off to college on the other side of the country, brings back a pretty blonde witch...don't think I have anything she's looking for.

[somanyadjectives]

Some people do swing both ways, Damon.

[throwadollar]

[ Eyeroll. Wow, Stefan, he never would have guessed. He's not exactly a hundred percent faithful to the ladies himself. ]

But not many do so at the same time. Not in a relational sense, anyway. Humans like monogamy, Stefan. That's just the way it is.

[ A pause.

And then something really stupid. ]

I can't imagine Bonnie would like sharing you. She seems like the possessive type.

[ He should know better than to say that without the undercurrent of suggestiveness. Apparently he does it without even trying. ]

[somanyadjectives]

[Yeah, Stefan is just going to give his brother a long hard look, almost as though he's giving him a chance to reconsider it before he punches him in the face.]

It's never come up.

[throwadollar]

[ Yes, he sees that. ]

Did I say something to upset you, brother?

[ Shut up, Damon. You know what you did. ]

[somanyadjectives]

[Stefan won't justify that with a response, just continues grabbing the items he came for.]

[throwadollar]

Why didn't you bring her with you, anyway?

[ Now that? That is an honest question. He's not even going to pretend it isn't. ]

[somanyadjectives]

I wasn't supposed to take this long.

[he flashes his brother a look.]

And she didn't want to.

[throwadollar]

[ That hurts. He'd give up one of his arms to be able to see her, try to talk her out of all this, even though he knows it'd probably end with him bloody on the floor, and she doesn't even want the opportunity?

Of course the way he copes with pain is to pile more stupid on top of it. ]

Smart girl. She knows how it goes with us. You find a girl you're crazy about, next thing you know, she's in bed with me.

[somanyadjectives]

[Stefan's response is swift and immediate. He charges forward, his hands grabbing the side of his head, and twisting. There's the satisfying snap! of his brother's neck, and he lets his brother drop the ground.

Once that's done, he strides out of the house.]

Thank you, Damon. I think I've found what I'm looking for.