#doeeyedgilbert

[jayje]

@doeeyedgilbert continued from here

It won’t hurt to just take one. That’s what JJ told himself, but one candy had quickly turned into two candies, and then two turned into three, and—he’d lost count of how many he’d stolen from the stash by now, honestly. His forearms were rested on the table while he intently observed Elena attempting (and soon failing) to glue the pieces of gingerbread together, the dimples in his cheeks becoming prominent while his smile widened and laughter punctuated the air. A hand flying out to snatch the remaining candies from his palm distracted him from any cheeky comments he might’ve made, the brunette’s words scolding yet playful in tone all the same.

❝ If you ask me—❞ he started to say, speaking around the candy in his mouth and pausing only because Elena’s fingers unexpectedly squeezed either side of his chin, gently yet forcibly popping the small candies out from between his lips. Whether she planned on reusing them, spit and all, or she just wanted to take them from him to get her point across, he wasn’t quite sure. Before speaking, he wiped the back of his hand across his mouth. ❝ I’m gonna let you off the hook this time, but that was robbery. Now hear me out. ❞

Still leaned forward, JJ pointed towards the house and moved his finger in small circles for emphasis. ❝ If I was part of this here family, I’d be less worried about decorations and more worried about my damn roof cavin’ in. I mean, I dunno about you, but I’d have some choice words for the person responsible for puttin’ my house together. ❞ His gaze darted over to her, a playful and sly grin painted across his features. Was he roasting her for her failed attempts at gluing the roof while he did nothing to help? Yes. Yes he was. ❝ I’ve seen cardboard boxes with better support. ❞

[4lexnilsen]

pretend you’re my boyfriend. || lmao shes dodging matt or some other leechy guy that’s her ex bf 10/10 😂

“pretend i’m your what?”   a confused smile unfurls from one corner of his mouth,  never quite making it to the other.   it’s a sunday morning and alexander nilsen,  a diehard fan of routine,  is spending it at the local bakery.   as always.   sitting in his usual spot as warm sun rays filter in through the nearby window,  casting golden patches of light across the worn wooden table and the keyboard of his laptop.   a half-finished chapter of a book he’s been working on staring back at him.   there’s something about the smell of freshly baked pastries combined with the scent of brewing coffee that always inspires him.   but as elena storms in,  sending the little bell above the door into a frantic jiggle,  throwing the most unexpected request straight in his face,  there’s no room for inspiration.   instead,  confusion overtakes his visage.   

“and hello to you,  too.”   he chuckles,  shaking his head and wondering if this is some kind of a prank.   it’s only when he catches a glimpse of matt donovan standing outside,  clearly about to walk in,  that her words begin to make a little more sense.   “umm…   sure.”   he’s quick to stand up,  left hand subtly closing his laptop,  keeping his little extracurricular project a secret for now,  the right one dusting off crumbs from his white t-shirt.   “you should probably…”   he blushes and begins to gesture awkwardly,  silently asking for a more affectionate hello.   couples don’t just stand awkwardly gazing at one another,  do they?   “hug me?   or something?   to make it more believable?”   he suggests,  opening his arms but leaving it up to her whether she wants to fling herself at him.   “and explain why we’re doing this?   isn’t that guy,  out there,  your actual boyfriend?” 

[roguexpogue]

cont @doeeyedgilbert

The rest of the pogues had to split. It was just him. With extra marshmallows and a hot cocoa that was suppose to be for Kie. He was over flowing the hot drink with the little sugary white squares. Finding toothpicks nearby. He grabbed a few of the mini marshmallows, and stuck them on the toothpick. Lighting the flick of his lighter underneath them. "You can take mine. I got plenty." JJ said, while watching his mini marshmallow finally start to roast. "Do you want one? It take awhile. It works."

[flappervcmp]

@doeeyedgilbert cont. from here

Annie had known she was a doppelgänger for years now, or at least as long as she'd been a vampire. But this was the first time she'd met the human look-a-like version. Her head cocked to the side as her eyes scanned up and down the girl, looking for any small difference but seeing not a single thing out of place. The same down the barely visible freckles on her nose.

"If it makes you feel any better, I'm not doing it on purpose. Your heart is just... loud."

[paralyziingfears]

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[  ....  ]               jeremy  could  tell  that  elena  really  needed  this  moment  of  normalcy.  after  everything  that's  been  happening  within  mystic  falls,  vampires  and  doppelganger  nonsense  and  werewolf  madness,  maybe  jeremy  needed  this  as  much  as  his  sister  did.  it  was  just  more  difficult  for  him  to  allow  himself  to  feel  normal  and  not  under  pressure.  but,  he  was  going  to  try,  for  elena.  she  deserved  that  much.  he  stepped  over  a  couple  of  boxes  as  to  be  careful  not  to  crush  anything,  and  made  his  way  over  to  the  tree  elena  was  attempting  to  decorate.  he  chuckled  lightly,   ❝   yeah,  yeah  it  does.  i  can't  believe  mom  kept  that  this  whole  time   ❞   he  shook  his  head,  taking  the  ornament  and  examining  it  with  nostalgia  filling  his  eyes.  he  opens  another  box  and  rummages  through  the  contents,  taking  out  a  tinsel  made  of  popcorn,   ❝   didn't  you  make  this,  big  sis  ?   ❞   he  teased.

[little-miss-buffy]

Closed starter for @doeeyedgilbert

Buffy heard the front door slam and fast footsteps up the stairs. Someone was home, but it seemed like something was wrong. When she heard a door slam, she knew it was Elena given how close their rooms were. Growing concerned, she stepped into the hallway, Elena's door opened a little and then was slammed shut. What was happening? Buffy sped-walked to the door and was about knock when she heard Stefan Salvatore's voice from the other side.

"I would never hurt you. You're safe with me."

Why was he saying that to her? What was happening? Knowing she should probably kick the door down, Buffy just listened to the two teens talk and her eyes grew wide in shock over what she was hearing. Stefan and Damon were vampires.

Apparently, Damon was behind the "animal attacks," but Stefan only drank animal blood. Buffy felt stupid for not seeing it before. She should've at least known that Damon was a vampire due to the bite marks on Caroline's neck.

Stefan never raised any red flags. Elena was bite free and any time she was in his presence, Stefan looked at her with what her mother used to call "gooey eyes." It was easy to see he was in love with her. How was she supposed to know he was a vampire? But, there was one red flag she should've picked up on; he looked a LOT like Angel. In fact, listening to him talk now, he was almost EXACTLY like Angel.

Now, Stefan was begging Elena not to tell anyone because knowing was dangerous. Yeah, it is, Buffy agreed with Stefan silently. That's why she never told Elena, Jeremy, or Jenna about what she was. "I never wanted this," Buffy heard Stefan say. She felt bad for him, but at the same time she was pissed at him. She didn't want Jeremy and Elena living their own version of her life, but now Elena was living it anyway.

Buffy knew she couldn't keep her double life from her anymore. Maybe she would leave out the being a slayer for the past ten years, living on a hellmouth for seven, stopping apocalypses, her sister being a ball of energy until five years ago, and the fact that she died twice. For now, she would just stick to knowing about vampires and the fact that she dated a vampire that looked more like he could be Stefan's brother more than Damon did. But, most of all, Buffy knew how hard it was finding out that vampires were real. Of course, she'd been taken to a cemetery and thrown into a fight with an ACTUAL vampire, but learning that the supernatural was real was hard to process, regardless of how you found out. She didn't want Elena going through this alone. She'd had enough happening to her as it was.

After a while, Buffy went to knock on the door, but didn't have to because the door swung wide open and she came face-to-face with Elena. "I'm sorry," she stammered, checking over Elena's shoulder for Stefan, but he'd gone. "I just...okay, I just broke the family code, but I heard the door slamming and stuff and I was about to knock on the  door and I heard....I eavesdropped..." Stop rambling, Summers. She sighed and spoke in a calmer voice. "I heard everything, Elena, and I just....finding out this stuff is real is hard and I don't want you going through this alone...like I did...when I found out."

[mikaels0n-elijah-writing]

@doeeyedgilbert cont

The corners of Elijah's mouth lifted for seconds, just a little, not reaching his eyes. “You lose yourself if you're not careful,” he sighed out the words as he eyed Elena. She had been listening to him and hadn't immediately turned away, which was probably a good sign. Elijah leaned against the wooden frame of the door. "When you live forever like this, you keep finding out new sides of yourself and you have to keep them together. Of course, you hardly know anything about that." His voice sounded melancholy. Even though she had already experienced all kinds of emotions and situations, she would not be able to keep up with what Elijah had seen and felt, even if it was mean to outweigh these things.

[ripper46]

"I’m trying not to care."

Stefan looked at Elena. "Oh yeah?" He asked softly. "And how is that working out for you?" He looked down. "I've had those moments. I mean you've seen me at those moments. trying not to care always just seems to end up being pretending not to care." He mused.

"I think our hearts are just too big."

| @doeeyedgilbert |

[crowsalvation]

11. fluff or angst? and 29. list your top two movies

* interview the writer Accepting

11: I prefer to write angst. There’s something about digging into emotional wreckage that just hits right. Give me the pain, the betrayal, the heartbreak. I love that shit. 

But I also can’t write too much of it without it becoming cringy.  Like, how many times can someone spiral into emotional turmoil before it starts feeling less poetic and more like a bad Tumblr post from 2012.

29: twilight and A Simple Favor

[irrcdeemable]

❛ um …. i’m not sure i want to go , thanks anyway .. ❜

The real posing question was that did she just not want to go to the party or did she just not want to go to the party with him? Maybe the old Billy Hargrove would have questioned it, would have had a chip on his shoulder about being declined. But instead he just gave a small but charming smile, leaning against his car.

"No big deal. Party is probably gonna be lame anyway. If you change your mind and wanna go, just let me know." He replied, handing over a small piece of paper with his number.

[4lexnilsen]

𝒉𝒂𝒑𝒑𝒚 𝒃𝒊𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒅𝒂𝒚, 𝒆𝒍𝒆𝒏𝒂 𝒈𝒊𝒍𝒃𝒆𝒓𝒕.ᐟ

@doeeyedgilbert

[taintedbloodlines]

" would you like to talk about it ? " | for bonnie

( the sound of nightmares sentence starters )

The ache was spreading, moving throughout her body in a way that almost numbed her. She had felt this before (more than once). Bonnie's teeth caught her bottom lip as her eyes burned. Then she was glancing over her shoulder to see Elena standing there. " --- probably should," she confessed quietly. "But I am not sure I want to." She was used to bottling things up at this point. It almost felt easier that way.

[flappervcmp]

@doeeyedgilbert cont. from here

After the chaotic event they both went through, having one of, who she assumed, was Klaus's minions come after Elena but finding them both instead, not realizing that there was another doppelganger in town and him trying his best to get at Elena but Annie wasn't having it. She wasn't much of a fighter, but luckily she had speed on her side and he didn't stand too much of a chance before he was staked, down and out for good.

She'd had help though, Elena distracting him with her humanity, using his bloodlust to their advantage. "Always? That's a long time Elena. I think I should be the one saying that. I won't let them take you, not ever."

[youngestgilbert]

@doeeyedgilbert continuing from here X

"No. I wish that was my answer." Maggie sighs truthfully as she walks into her sisters room and moves to sit down on her bed. Maggie also wished that the reason she could not sleep, was because of bad dreams or too much sugar, but alas it was not the case at all. "I miss them... I miss mum and dad... We don't even talk about them anymore."

[roguexpogue]

❛ why is it whenever we see each other, you’re covered in blood? ❜

"It's not mine. A blood bag slipped out of my hands, and POP! It went all over me, and everything around me. These things are slippery mofos. Klaus is here. Dude would've killed me by now if he wasn't mackin' on my cousin every second. I'm just trying to stay alive, and do what I know. Serve Kooks shitty country club food, and vampires blood."

@doeeyedgilbert

[inn0cencestrained]

@doeeyedgilbert continued from x

The blonde shakes her head, feeling her breath hitch as she keeps trying to keep the tears at bay- though they don't listen. And it hurts. All of this just hurts.

"I don't want to be a vampire," Caroline whispers out, a statement she hadn't sobbed out since she'd first been changed into this monster. And she'd done her best to make it okay- to make herself okay. But this life...this life was scary, heartbreaking, and filled with bloodshed.

"I know I have you and Bonnie, and I appreciate it. I really really do, but, but it's so lonely...to feel this- to crave what I crave. I hate it...I hate what it's done to me and I just....I wish things were different."