Seven Days of Self-Promotion: Day Five
So, up until I recently started writing for The Walking Dead, I feel like my fandoms of interest are small, though with Damon and Elena from The Vampire Diaries they are the big fish of that fandom, so it's a no-brainer to choose something I wrote about them. But at the same time, I've written SO MUCH stuff about them, the majority of which was just a lot of words and plots to get them into bed together, because I am predictable like that.
This fic had a similar conclusion, but it wasn't really the point of the fic, so that's why I'm choosing it for this day. I would say this is my true *ensemble* piece for TVD, though many of my fics incorporate other characters. They for the most part are always told from Damon and Elena's perspective, and this piece was different. I did still utilize Damon's POV, because Damon's POV is literally THE BEST, but I also did Jeremy's POV and Ghost!Alaric's POV. Yep, I told one-third of the story from the POV of a dead person's. If you watched TVD, you'd see how that is a completely viable POV. And at the time, it was my way of coping with dead!Alaric, because GOD I LOVE HIM. And I'm so glad he'll be back for S6.
With no further ado, may I present:
Gravity Hurts: LJ Version or @AO3 | Fandom: TVD | Damon/Elena, Stefan/Elena, Jeremy/Bonnie | Post S3 | 22K words
The next day, Jeremy comes downstairs to find Damon channel surfing. He's got a cocktail glass in his hand, but there aren't any underage girls nearby. He leans his arms on the back of the sofa and says, "Did I tell you that Ric visits me sometimes?"
Damon jerks around to look at him, and one side of his mouth quirks up. "Huh. No, you didn't, but that's nice for you, I suppose." He's sober and quiet, and Jeremy wonders what he's thinking about. It's like the stuff from the day before hadn't even happened.
"It's nice to see him sometimes," he says conversationally. What he wants is to lay it all out, demand that Damon help Elena and not be his normal jackassy self, but he and Ric have a plan. "He suggested you teach me how to drive."
Damon looks a little dumbfounded by this pronouncement and his eyes narrow as he watches Jeremy. "He what?"
"Nobody's bothered to teach me to drive, what with all the mayhem and stuff. I thought it would be cool to learn in a classic Mustang."
This is a total lie; he learned to drive over a year ago because Jenna had forced him to so she could call it "quality time" with him. He got his license right after he turned sixteen, and that was nearly nine months ago. But he's banking on the fact that Damon doesn't know that and has never seen him drive a car. It was the only thing he and Ric could think of that Damon might be willing to do that wasn't a completely inappropriate activity. Someday, Jeremy totally plans on getting Damon to show him how to pick up chicks, but that can wait until after his sister is a fully functioning vampire.
Damon takes a swallow from his glass and stares hard at Jeremy. "I'm sure it would be cool to learn in a classic Mustang; unfortunately, my car is a Camaro."
The best summation of this story is that's the bromance I've always wanted to see between Damon and Jeremy with a little romance on the side. I still chortle at most of their scenes, and Ric's meddling influence is priceless. PRICELESS. Oh, these characters. I love them so much.