TVD Drabble: "Is This Guy Bothering You?"
Author: that_treason
Rating: PG
Characters: Damon/Alaric/Katherine
Timeline: no specific episode, but likely early season 3
Prompt: "Is This Guy Bothering You?" for tvd_ot3 weekly drabble challenge
It takes a lot to throw Damon off his game, but watching Ric slide an arm around Katherine and dig his face into her hair is certainly enough. He doesn't even know that he heard the words coming from Ric's mouth -- he's too busy following the lines of contact between the two bodies in front of him. Bodies that should not be in contact, ever, ever, in this way.
Katherine doesn’t give Ric the chance to repeat the question that started this.
“He’s not bothering me -- My Damon hasn’t "bothered" me in too long really. So when I heard that the two of you have been bothering each other let’s say my interest was peaked. Figured it was only a matter of time till he wormed you off the vervain - so the rest was just waiting.” She addresses her words to Ric, who’s moved from her hair to kiss his way down to her neck, but her eyes are on Damon the whole time.
Damon knows two things in the span of a heartbeat.
One: His plan to lick his wounds in this dive with bourbon and a bartender is scotched. (An angst-filled fight with Elena, followed immediately by moralizing from Ric had driven him out of town looking for comforting distractions.)
Two: Ric has either had a complete mental breakdown or Katherine’s compelled him into this... whatever this is.
Damon assumes the latter, as Ric’s hands start to wander around her chest.
“I’ll bite. What’s the angle?”
“Does there always have to be an angle? I can’t just be bored and curious?” She pouts at him, mock offense in her dark eyes and on her lips.
“There’s always a plan, which is worse than an angle.” He throws back his drink, pours another. “And one behind that and one behind that...” his voice trails off as he stares down at the glass, before he nods to himself and swallows that one down too. Tonight will be interesting, one way or another.
Rating: PG
Characters: Damon/Alaric/Katherine
Timeline: no specific episode, but likely early season 3
Prompt: "Is This Guy Bothering You?" for tvd_ot3 weekly drabble challenge
It takes a lot to throw Damon off his game, but watching Ric slide an arm around Katherine and dig his face into her hair is certainly enough. He doesn't even know that he heard the words coming from Ric's mouth -- he's too busy following the lines of contact between the two bodies in front of him. Bodies that should not be in contact, ever, ever, in this way.
Katherine doesn’t give Ric the chance to repeat the question that started this.
“He’s not bothering me -- My Damon hasn’t "bothered" me in too long really. So when I heard that the two of you have been bothering each other let’s say my interest was peaked. Figured it was only a matter of time till he wormed you off the vervain - so the rest was just waiting.” She addresses her words to Ric, who’s moved from her hair to kiss his way down to her neck, but her eyes are on Damon the whole time.
Damon knows two things in the span of a heartbeat.
One: His plan to lick his wounds in this dive with bourbon and a bartender is scotched. (An angst-filled fight with Elena, followed immediately by moralizing from Ric had driven him out of town looking for comforting distractions.)
Two: Ric has either had a complete mental breakdown or Katherine’s compelled him into this... whatever this is.
Damon assumes the latter, as Ric’s hands start to wander around her chest.
“I’ll bite. What’s the angle?”
“Does there always have to be an angle? I can’t just be bored and curious?” She pouts at him, mock offense in her dark eyes and on her lips.
“There’s always a plan, which is worse than an angle.” He throws back his drink, pours another. “And one behind that and one behind that...” his voice trails off as he stares down at the glass, before he nods to himself and swallows that one down too. Tonight will be interesting, one way or another.