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freddieslater · 2 years

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Hey! How are you? I was just wondering if you could write a forwood au drabble where they’re both married and have twins just like in the books. (With some stelena bamon endgames but I don’t wanna be too demanding)

I am so much better after having received this request. You are truly after my heart, this is the au that I LIVE for. So, I only did the drabble, no moodboard but if you DO want a moodboard for this au, feel free to just ask and I will be more than happy to make one because, again, this au is EVERYTHING to me. And now, for some domestic Forwood with some mentions of Stelena and Bamon:

“Are you absolutely sure you want to do this?” Tyler asks sceptically. He sets the plate down on the table and then rests his hands on the back of the chair in front of him. “Don’t you think it’ll be… weird?”

Caroline breathes out a laugh, saying, “No,” then stops, whips around, and stares at him with wide-eyed alarm and a plate still in her hand. “Why? Do you think it’ll be weird? Oh god, it’s weird, isn’t it? This is insane! What was I thinking?”

Like a switch flipped, she dove right into the deepest end of the pool and sunk right to the bottom. Tyler’s gotten used to it over the years, but truth be told, he hasn’t quite adjusted to just how heightened she’s been since having the twins.

“No, Care, that’s not what I said,” Tyler quickly soothes, moving over to stand in front of her. He reaches out and gently strokes her forearms. “You’re not insane. I was just thinking about you. You know, what with everything that’s gone down with Stefan and… with Damon. Are you going to be okay in a room with both of them?”

She looks him dead in the eyes like a startled little chipmunk for a good second or two. Then, with a sigh, she deflates like someone’s popped open the little seal on the back of her neck and let out all of the air that was filling her to bursting point.

To his surprise, she flings her arms around his neck and hugs him tightly. The forks in her hand jab a little uncomfortably into his right shoulderblade but he chooses to ignore it for the moment. He instead chuckles lightly into her hair as she takes a deep breath into his shoulder.

“Hey, you okay?” he asks softly, stroking a hand up and down her back. He wonders if he should go and get the twins for her to focus her attention on; it calms her emotions right down to have them in her sights and be looking after them.

“I just…” She pulls back to look at him with startlingly crystal-clear eyes, full of clarity and sincerity as she holds him at arms-length and smiles at him like he’s the only other person in the world. “God. I just love you so much. You know that, don’t you?”

“Yeah, of course I do,” Tyler says with a twinge in his chest. He knows it, and he hears it often enough that it shouldn’t still make him feel like the romantic interest in a cheesy teen movie, but here he is anyway. “And I love you, Care.”

Her smile stretches until her eyes crinkle like a joyful kitten, then she continues, “And I love that you care so much about me, and how I feel, if I’m okay. I really do. I promise you that I am going to be okay tonight. It’s all in the past now, and we are moving forward with our new life. We have the twins, we have our home. We have each other, and I could not be happier about that.”

Tyler’s cheeks positively ache from trying to bite back the full extent of his smile. “Yeah?”

“Yes, you dummy! This is everything I’ve always wanted.” She rolls her eyes. “I know it may have seemed like I wasn’t really one for the domestic, settling down… white picket fence life when we were at school, but… deep down, I wanted it. I hoped that I could have it, that I could actually do it and be good at it. Being a mother and… a partner.”

There’s some emphasis on the last word, Tyler notices. He’s not stupid. But he’ll let her continue to think he is for another hour or so, just until they have the appropriate audience and dessert is about to be served with a particular piece of silver included.

“You are amazing,” Tyler tells her fiercely, sliding his hands up the side of her neck. She leans into his touch, her bottom lip pushing out a little. “And, I totally believe you when you say that you’re all good about this dinner party idea. But be totally honest with me: how do you actually feel it?”

“Oh, I’m a nervous wreck,” Caroline says without missing a beat, confirming what he’s been observing for the last twenty-four hours. “Mainly just because I’m worried about a fight breaking out between either Stefan and Damon or you and them, but also because both Elena an Bonnie have confided some news in me that they’re planning on sharing tonight with each other and I’m not totally sure how they’re both going to react.”

Eyebrows raised, Tyler takes a step back, going back to setting the table as he prompts her with a simple, “Oh? Why? What’s their news?”

She groans loudly, head thrown back, hands out at her sides. “Okay, so, technically I’m not supposed to say anything because I promised both of them that I wouldn’t, but you don’t count. I know for a fact that Elena tells Stefan everything, and the same for Bonnie with Damon, which, frankly, I think is even more insane than this dinner party because I wouldn’t trust him to keep a surprise party a secret, never mind anything of any importance.

“But anyway. Get this, would you believe, Elena and Stefan eloped.”

Tyler’s eyebrows are practically off his forehead. “Wait, seriously? Wow.”

“I know! I mean, they’re married now! Which is totally crazy, right?”

Biting hard on his cheek to keep a straight face, he nods with furrowed brows, and swallows hard before speaking. “Yeah, no, it’s crazy.”

He catches Caroline side-eyeing him, but he makes sure to give nothing away as he adjusts the last plate and she sets out the last of the cutlery.

“And Bonnie’s news?” he asks, steering her back on track.

It’s successful, too. Her eyes immediately widen and she’s talking a mile a minute, saying, “Oh god, that’s even crazier. I don’t think it’s even fully sunk in for me yet, I mean, I just can’t even picture it – I don’t want to, either, to be frank. Right, yeah. So… Bonnie’s pregnant.”

Tyler whistles through his teeth. “What? And it’s–”

“Definitely Damon’s, she says,” Caroline confirms, nodding.

“I can see why you’re nervous,” he says faintly, to her passionate agreement.

He’s still processing that piece of information when the baby monitor crackles – not that they really need it when they both have hearing better than anything that requires a battery.

Caroline’s head perks up like a dog’s ears. “Oh, is it five already? I need to feed them again.” She rubs her temples. “Do you think it’s worrying that Brianna is drinking more than Lucas is? Maybe it’s me. Maybe my milk is making him sick or something, do you think that’s possible?”

“I think that they’re both perfectly fine,” Tyler says calmly, “but if you’re really worried, we can check in with the midwife again with any questions. I’m sure it’s just because Cas was a bit later than Bri. There’s always the formula stuff, see if it makes a difference for him.”

“True. I might try it,” she muses, biting her lip.

There’s another groggy cry from upstairs. Seeing Caroline’s obvious need for a minute to go over her thoughts, he kisses her cheek and says, “I’ll get them.”

“Thank you, you’re the best, I love you!” she calls after him.

“I know!”

#bonniesdamons #ask away earthlings!#the vampire diaries #forwood #caroline forbes #tyler lockwood #stelena #bamon #tvd #tvd au #no I will not go into detail about how they are all alive nor how any of them conceived without any cure involved #this is the way it is and you will all LIKE it #also I couldn't resist using the names of their twins from the books #I love that their boy was actually called 'lucas' because that was the name I gave to parkwood's son in my twin au for them #and 'brianna' is such a pretty name I love them for that #I imagine that their full named in this au are 'brianna carol lockwood-forbes' and 'lucas william mason lockwood-forbes'#because you can never have too many middles names right? especially when you have so many deceased relatives #I almost wish that their canonical book son's name WASN'T lucas because it almost feels weird considering everything with luke #but hey it is what it is even if I do think that forwood in tvd would have named their kids #'elizabeth carol lockwood-forbes' and 'william mason lockwood-forbes'#so we would then have lizzie and will #OR it could be 'carol elizabeth lockwood-forbes' and then we would have carrie and will #just to you know not have the same name as lizzie from actual tvd canon #I may need to make some forwood twins gifsets like I did for stefanie and for parkwood's twins #BUT ANYWAY #I hope this was okay and if you ever want more from this au just let me know I will be more than happy to oblige #I JUST HAD ANOTHER THOUGHT their kids nicknames if they had been elizabeth and william could have been lizzie and billy #or carrie and billy I'm not fussy #or even ‘thomas mason’ which could be shortened to ‘tommy’ because I feel like caroline remembers tom #suggestions for what any of you think they would name their twins are welcome!

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icefrye19 · 9 months

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Chapter Four: The Next Morning

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Co-writer @bellarkeselection

The Next Morning

Lizzie woke up to the sounds of loud birds chirping outside, stretching her arms. She pushed the covers off her and was about to get out of bed when a soft hand grabbed her from behind.

Thinking it was MG, she smiled and turned around to see who it truly was before her, Ken. Then she recalled what happened last night.

The young Saltzman turned around, starting to feel guilty about what happened last night. She had cheated on MG, a boy who she loved dearly.

“ Going somewhere, darling,” Ken said, wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her against him.

“ I wish to take a shower and clean off these stains on my thighs,” Lizzie said. With your permission, my king, may I take a shower, please?

Ken smirked at her. "Want me to join you?"

"I think it's better if we take a break after last night." She suggested. " I'm still kind of sore."

Ken put his hands behind his head eyeing her. "Fine, fine. That just means I was better than that vampire boy."

She scoffed at his words. “ No offense, your grace… My boyfriend knows my body more than you."

"Hmm, are you so sure about that?" He teased her tugging her against his bare chest and immediately kissing her sweet spot, getting a moan from her.

“ Yes.” Lizzie whimpered, closing her eyes.

Ken pressed on further running his hands over her until he felt her lean into him. "You are a terrible liar, Elizabeth. I've had years of practice to remember."

She turned around to face him. “ Why don't you ever just want to settle down, like take a wife? I mean I'm sure you could find someone to satisfy and make you happy."

"I did once…and then I cheated on her. I've never been able to live it down." He replied. "She got crazy and turned into someone that I didn't know anymore ... .NevermindNevermind that. Would you want me to assist you?"

“ No, I don't need any help..” She said pulling away from his touch, getting up from the bed. She wrapped the sheets around her. "Where's the bathroom?" She asked, glancing back at him.

Ken waved his hand laying back down on the pillows. "Down the hall to the right." He watched the blonde witch leave the room with one of the blankets wrapped around her. He paused briefly until he couldn't help but follow after her.

Lizzie made her way into the bathroom more like bathing chambers, looking around she saw a huge tub filled with water. Bending down, she touched the water to see if it was the right temperature, it was warm.

She threw the blanket on the counter and stepped into the tub, leaning her back against the wall and closing her eyes. She began to get lost in her thoughts until she felt a large arm around her waist. "What the hell. I told you no!"

"For future reference just know I don't listen. I'm the most powerful being on the planet. I can do whatever I wish." He explained to the witch.

Lizzie glared. "Just because you are doesn't mean you should have a say in people’s life."

"Well, I'm a King, Elizabeth." He tilted his head, changing his smirk to a half smile. "I'm not going to hurt you if that’s what you think. I am just here offering my help."

Lizzie rolls her eyes. "So you have a soft side?"

Ken nodded. "Yes."

She avoided his gaze. " I hardly believe that.”

She grabbed one of the sponges at the end of the tub and began filling it with soap from the side table. She started rubbing it all over her body, savoring the smell.

“ May I help wash you?” The god whispered.

The heretic shook her head. “ I should be serving you, not the other way already, your grace.

She took another sponge nearby and poured some soap on it before turning around and carefully rubbing the sponge over God's body, dropping her sight to the water so she wouldn't meet his eyes.

A few moments of silence went by until God cleared his throat and spoke. “ You’re disgusted by me, aren't you?” He asked. I can imagine you think me to be a monster, as everyone does.

"I don't know you at all, so I can't make a judgment, your grace." She said,

Ken glanced deeply at the witch. “ Why did you sacrifice yourself for your friends? Don’t you know how stupid that was of you, giving your freedom up to me?"

Lizzie shook her head. “ They’re my friends. I love them. I would do anything to keep them safe, even if it means being your whore."

"You're not a whore. You're my queen behind closed doors as you requested." He rolled his eyes at the witch.

She lifted her gaze slightly pausing her other actions. "But to everyone else, I'm just like all the others. And besides I'm in love with MG. No matter how many times you sleep with me."

Ken grabbed her wrist tightly. “ Do you think he’ll love you still when he finds out about us?”

The heretic glared at him. “ He will understand that I’m only doing this to protect him and the rest of our friends and not for pleasure.

"I see." He responded dryly, staring down at her eyes.

Lizzie turned around. “ Could you please get out of the tub, so I can bathe in peace?”

He tilted his head to the side. "You know I can read your mind and I can show you into mine."

"And what of it?" She asked him snarky.

Ken leans forward whispering in her ear. "I can show you what you looked like in my mind last night. To show you that you're not as broken as you think you are."

Lizzie scoffed. “ If you think I was born yesterday, then you’re wrong. I am not like Aurora who you can easily manipulate to your will.

“ I don’t know how she fell for a guy like you.” She added.

“ Easy, I used my charms to seduce her off her feet to get what I want from her.” He replied. She was more than willing to help me kill your friend and almost did until changing her mind.

“ She betrayed me, got in my way.” He added. She was weak.

The young Saltzman turned around and looked him in the eyes. "No, she wasn't." She was just someone trying to find their way in the world, someone who had suffered too much grief. In the end, I guess my word affected her; she let go of the past and altered her ways.

He scoffed at her words. “ She was weak and foolish to betray me.” She could’ve been by my side still, I would’ve made her my queen and maybe one day marries her. But, Aurora showed her true colors that day on the field.

“ Oh please, you would’ve cast her aside once you got what you wanted for her.” Lizzie hissed. Like you have done to many women in the past.”

Ken grabbed her hands in his making her drop the sponge into the water forcing her to finally look him in the eye. “You said earlier that we don’t know each other. So you don’t know me and yet you judge my actions without even giving me a chance.”

“I’m stunned that you are offended by this.” She crossed her arms over her naked chest grabbing another sponge where she started washing her body. Her back was turned to him and he let silence fill the room to her surprise.

Ken watched her closely before he got out of the tub grabbed some clothes and went to find someone to help him with the frustrating witch he had in his home. If anything, maybe his daughter could aid him with some advice.

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Speaking of Jen, she was in her warehouse preparing breakfast for her beau Levon. A few weeks had passed since her father and siblings had left. She couldn’t be happier to finally have them out of her life for good and move on.

She wanted to build a life with Levon, explore the world, and become an artist.

Jen was flipping pancakes on a skit enjoying the moment until someone spoke behind her. "Hello, daughter."

“ Dude, What are you doing here? I thought you went home." She gasped, spinning around on her feet.

Jen glanced at her father deeply. “ What do you want, I did everything you asked of me.

“ I came here for some advice,” Ken said.

The She-God crossed her arms over her chest. “ Can’t you ask your other children for yourself? Last time, I checked you said you didn’t want to see my disgraceful face anymore.

The god glared at his daughter. “ You betrayed me, daughter.

“If you came to threaten me then I am not in the mood to hear.” Jen hissed. "And, besides you’re the one who betrayed me first by exiling me all because you couldn’t accept I was."

Ken shook his head. “ You refuse to stand by our family, you choose to be weak. I don’t tolerate weakness."

Jen glared at her father having enough of his cruel words. “Get out. You will not come into my home and insult me."

"I'm not here to insult you. I am here seeking your advice. You once spent time with Elizabeth, did you not?” The god asked his daughter.

She shrugs her shoulders. “I guess so before I figured out she was really after Ben instead of wanting to be my friend. Why do you care about that?”

“Because I want Elizabeth to see the truth,” Ken responded, sighing heavily.

Jen glanced at her father confused. “ What are you talking about?” She suddenly began to put the pieces together and glanced at her father in disbelief. “ You’re sleeping with her aren’t you?”

He scoffed, raising his voice at her. “That isn’t important, daughter.”

“So you kidnapped her and now you magically want me to believe that you care about her.” She raised a brow.

He glared at her. “I didn’t kidnap her. She gave herself up to me so she could save her friends.”

“You’re unbelievable if you think that I believe that.” She shook her head about to walk away from him.

Ken was about to say something when he heard footsteps coming from upstairs. He tilted his head up and saw a naked man strolling downstairs walking towards his daughter.

The man pulled his daughter in for a kiss passionately grabbing her by the waist.

Jen pulled away from her boyfriend blushing. “ Levon put some clothes on, please. Levon nodded, rushing back upstairs. Jen followed her father to another room, once they were in the room The god exploded on his daughter.

“What in the gods are you thinking, Jen,” Ken yelled. “Letting a man have his hands all over you like that.”

“First off, he’s not some man I don’t know,” Jen answered. “He’s my boyfriend. I've been dating him for 2 years and living together with him for a few weeks.”

Ken shook his head wanting to laugh at his daughter’s foolishness. “He’s going to break your heart, you know. And when he does, you will know I was right years ago to keep you away from men.”

The She-God scoffed at her father’s words. “ You don’t know anything about our relationship. He’s a good guy who I love very much. Anyway, on to Lizzie if you’re trying to win her trust over, you should try to get to know her and not be too hard on her. Show her that you can change your ways. Most importantly don’t cheat on her with another woman, like you did with your mother. Overall, just try to be there for her and worship her like some princess.”

“Fine but if you’re wrong you know the boy's fate, daughter.” Ken finished the argument.

“ You’re not going to do a damn thing to him.” Jen hissed. "I won’t let you take him away from me, as you did mother."

He shook his head. “Your mother betrayed our family. Put you and your siblings in danger. I protect you all, you remember that.

With that, Ken walked out of the room leaving the warehouse and leaving his daughter to her thoughts.

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darlingmurdock · 2 years

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my gif for my books & some for fun ❤️

(please don’t steal! if use then by credit)

#caroline forbes #lizzie saltzman #josie saltzman #peter parker #michelle jones #mj #luke alvez #natahsa romanoff #yelena belova #mcu #the avengers #criminal minds #tvdu #my graphics

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centuriespast · 17 days

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The Honourable Ethel Louise Forbes-Leith (1872–1930), Lady Forbes Leith Luke Fildes (1843–1927) National Trust for Scotland, Fyvie Castle

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ryrywrites · 8 months

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captainsophiestark · 6 days

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I Made You Breakfast

Kai Parker x Reader

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Written for my personal fic writing challenge for 2024, Sophie's Year of Fic! Featuring a new fic being posted every Friday, all year long :)

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries

Summary: Kai's on his apology tour, and Y/N is his next stop after things didn't go too well with Damon or Bonnie

Word Count: 2,000

Category: Fluff, Humor, a little bit of Angst

Putting work into an AI program without permission is illegal. You do not have my permission. Do not do it.

I sighed to myself as I headed downstairs in my favorite pair of sweats, mentally making a list of everything I had to do today. It was an unfortunately long list, compounded by the latest supernatural drama, which my friends insisted on dragging me into. Bonnie had finally made it home from the prison world, thankfully, but that didn't mean any of the drama in our lives had gone away. In fact, it had almost doubled, with news of Damon's mother floating around in another prison world somewhere. I got halfway through an eyeroll at the memory of everything going on lately when I stopped dead in my tracks.

I could smell bacon, eggs, and toast wafting up towards me from the kitchen. Someone was here, in my house, cooking breakfast. And with everything going on lately, I knew for a fact it wasn't one of my friends.

I glanced around, grabbing a stake off the nearest end table. No vampire should have been able to get into my house unless they were a friend I'd already let in, but I'd had enough near-death experiences despite that fact that I was constantly prepared.

I crept towards the kitchen, trying to listen for any signs of trap or trouble. All I could hear was a faint clinking of plates. If someone had seriously broken into my house, why the hell were they just hanging out in my kitchen making breakfast?

I got my answer a second later when I burst through the door, going for the element of surprise, and found none other than Kai Parker standing before me.

"Oh, hey!" he said, jumping and spinning to face me with wide eyes. "You're up!"

"...Yup. And... you're here. In my kitchen. Making breakfast."

"Yeah! I hope you like it. Here, let me get your plate. I thought I'd have a few more minutes."

With that, he turned to the stove and starting scooping scrambled eggs and toast onto a plate. I just watched him, not moving an inch.

"Kai?"

"Yeah?"

"What the hell are you doing in my house?"

He turned back around to look at me again, his eyes wide and the plate half-finished in his hand. After a moment, his expression morphed into a sheepish grin. I just blinked at him, my expression unchanging.

"Well, after I merged with Luke, I started getting all these... feelings." He said the word like somebody else might say 'zits' or 'rash'. "And one of those has been guilt, for some of the stuff I put you through. Or I guess, your friends, mostly. I tried apologizing to Bonnie earlier, and... it didn't go well."

His expression darkened, and I frowned. But a moment later, the clouds apparently cleared, and Kai fixed me with a beaming smile again.

"So I thought I'd try again with you. In the Prison World, I saw Damon making Bonnie breakfast all the time, and she seemed to really like that. So I figured you might, too."

I just stared at him for a few long moments without saying anything. I turned my options over and over in my mind, trying to get my still half-asleep brain to make a rational choice. I probably should've been incredibly freaked out that Kai was here at all, but I'd actually had a few positive interactions with him even before the whole merge thing, and had kind of started to like him. Or, at least, started to think he had some ally potential, despite other things he did. We'd even bonded over music taste and his new fascination with social media, and he'd tried to help Sheriff Forbes, although it hadn't necessarily been out of the goodness of his heart. For some reason, I just couldn't muster the fear or anger I probably should've been feeling when I looked at him in my house. Finally, I sighed, my mind made up. No reason to try to force bad feelings when they wouldn't come on their own, right?

"Thanks, Kai," I said, actually meaning it as I moved over to the dining table. "Aside from the fact that you broke into my house to do it... that's actually pretty sweet."

He beamed at me, and I found myself returning his smile. He turned back around to finish making my plate, and I shook my head. This was absolutely ridiculous, but I couldn't say I minded very much.

"Here you go!" he said, setting the plate down in front of me with a big smile. He didn't move away, just standing off to the side and watching me expectantly. I picked up my fork, but didn't take my eyes off Kai.

"...Aren't you gonna join me?"

"Oh! Right. You know, I've been practicing how I was going to do this in my head all morning, and now that I'm actually doing it it's like I completely forgot everything I was planning to do. That's weird, right?"

I shrugged. "I mean, sounds like a normal part of being nervous to me."

He nodded emphatically as he returned to the table and sat across from me with a breakfast plate of his own.

"All these new... emotions from Luke have been, like, super weird. I don't know how you all deal with these all the time."

"Eh, yeah, they can be annoying sometimes. It gets easier with practice though, and I'd say on the whole they're a positive experience."

Kai nodded thoughtfully, taking a bite of his eggs as his gaze wandered around my kitchen. I took a few bites of my own food, and I had to admit, he was a surprisingly good cook.

"So..." I started. "Was this it for the apology? It's a great breakfast, but usually an apology has a little more attached..."

"Oh!" Kai's attention snapped back to me. "No no, this isn't it. I was planning to do the other part of the apology while we ate breakfast."

"Makes sense. Go for it."

He cleared his throat and shifted around in his seat, then met my eyes before hesitating again. I tried to look encouraging as I ate my eggs, and after a moment, he nodded to himself and continued.

"I'm sorry for trying to kill your friend, and testing out my power on her. And that I couldn't save your other friend's mom, even though I really couldn't do anything about that. I still... I still feel bad. And honestly, I'm mostly sorry for everything I've done that hurt you, even if it was indirectly. I... I actually really like you, and so, uh... I don't want you to hate me. I keep getting this stabbing pain in my chest when I think about it... or when I think about that time I saw you crying over Bonnie..."

He trailed off, staring at the table instead of me, apparently lost in thought. After a moment though, he shook his head and cleared his throat, looking back up to meet my stare again. His blue eyes were wider than usual, his eyebrows pulling together, and he looked to be in actual distress for maybe the first time I'd ever seen, at least when his life wasn't being threatened.

"I'm sorry, Y/N. I promise not to do anything to hurt you again. Will you give me a second chance?"

The corner of my mouth quirked up in a smile, especially at the rare senserity in his tone. I knew my friends would have quite a few things to say about this decision, but I didn't let myself think about that. At least not right now.

I sighed. "Kai, despite the fact that you broke into my house, I'm going to believe you about this whole 'turning over new leaf' thing. I... I'd be lying if I said I didn't like you too. So, if you really mean what you're saying about not hurting me or the people I care about anymore?"

He nodded so fast I was actually a little worried about him.

"Completely serious. Cross my heart and hope to die. I'm ready to join the Mystic Falls Scooby Doo team for good."

I smiled, laughing a little and shaking my head.

"Well, okay then. I can't promise anybody else on the team will be quite as easy to convince as me, but... I forgive you, Kai. I'm happy to see you like this. And, by the way, you make some very good eggs and toast."

"Thanks. I had to get good at cooking, you know, alone in the Prison World." A shadow passed over his face again, until I reached across the table and lightly rested my hand on top of his. Then, his face lit up like the sun. "And thanks for giving me a second chance. I promise, you won't regret it."

I wasn't totally sure I believed that, but I decided not to say so. Instead, I smiled and gave his hand a little squeeze before pulling back.

After a moment of silence where I could see Kai vibrating with the desire to say whatever he was holding back, he finally blurted out the other thing he'd apparently been planning to ask me this morning.

"So... I might be a little rusty about how all this works, or if it's changed since the eighties, but... would you want to go out with me sometime? Like on a date?"

I smiled, then buried my face in my hands. My friends would kill me if I said yes to this, but despite myself, I really, really wanted to.

"What's wrong?" Kai asked. I shook my head and looked up at him again.

"Nothing, Kai, I just... ugh, my friends are really not going to like this."

He smiled. "Does that mean you're saying yes?"

I took a deep breath and let it out, then shrugged and matched his smile with one of my own.

"Yeah. Yeah, I think it does. What the hell, right?"

"That's great! I was thinking we could go do karaoke? I've always loved karaoke. I got good at it when I was passing time in the Prison World."

"I have to warn you, I am very much not good at karaoke. But I'll still sing my heart out with you anyway, if you want to go!"

"Perfect! We can go tonight." I laughed, and Kai's expression immediately dropped. "Is that okay? Do you not want to go tonight?"

"No, Kai, I do. It's a little fast, honestly, but I don't mind. Why wait?"

"That's exactly what I was thinking. So... should I pick you up? Around seven? We could get dinner first, and then go."

"I think that sounds like a great plan, Kai," I smiled at him, which he immediately returned. A moment later, though, his hand shot up to clutch at his chest.

"Ugh, what is... what is happening to me? Why does my heart feel like it's about to explode?"

"That's probably excitement, Kai, or butterflies, which are like positive nerves. I'm feeling them too. It's because we're looking forward to going out together tonight."

Kai made a face. "This is what people were talking about when they said they got butterflies? This is terrible." I hid a laugh behind my hand, and Kai's eyes snapped up to mine. "Wait. You said you were feeling it too?"

I nodded, and Kai's expression immediately changed to a wide grin.

"So you're excited, too?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I am."

He nodded, the smile staying on his face as he dug in to his eggs again, glancing at me between almost every bite. I just shook my head, a smile on my own face all the same. This was going to be an adventure, going on a date with Kai Parker, and I knew my friends were going to want to murder me for it. But I couldn't totally bring myself to care.

Despite some pretty rocky history, I had a weirdly good feeling about Kai, from the moment he'd started his apology speech this morning. And so far, I'd never been wrong when I trusted my gut for stuff like this, even when it led me into karaoke. I had a good feeling it was going to be right about Kai Parker, too.

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