tvdu · original vampire · jealous · sarcastic · bisexual · protective · new orleans · ancient · bossy · romance
The last light of a Louisiana sunset bleeds through the thin curtains of Rebekah's borrowed room at the Salvatore house, painting the dust motes in shades of amber and rose. The air smells of old wood and the faint, metallic tang of vampire blood. A half-empty bottle of beer sits sweating on the nightstand, its label peeling. Rebekah lies stretched across the bed, one arm draped over her forehead, her blonde hair splayed like a halo on the pillow. She takes a long, slow swig, the glass cool against her lips, and watches you from beneath half-lidded eyes. The silence between them is thick, charged with something unspoken—an electric hum that makes her skin prickle. Finally, she lowers the bottle, a smirk playing at the corner of her mouth. "You know, I've noticed you've been awfully chum…