Offended. Definitely offended.

[He’s down the stairs, jacket on, eyes rolling as he opens the door and hollers back,] Find a hobby that isn’t me! [The door slams and he stops, breathing in the night air. He’s instantly at home under the near-moonless sky and a second later he’s gone⸺ just one more shadow moving through the night.

[𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑙𝑒𝑡𝑡𝑒𝑟 has just been stuffed into an envelope and is disappearing into a pocket. He’s standing. And scowling. He’s done here.] None of your god-damned business, Nancy Drew. I’m going out. Don’t wait up.

How about, [Draws out the words as he caps the pen and folds the sheet of paper in thirds.] piss off a vampire, end up dead? [Looks up, offering a brief, bland smile.] Why are you here? What do you want?

Very funny, Stefan.

[Doesn’t look up from the desk where he’s writing.] Upset you didn’t think of it first?

Mm. Yes, I’m sure you were busy making house calls in the area. [Tracks her movement, noting her pleased expression as she makes herself at home with his alcohol. One of these days, he’s going to move the good stuff behind lock and key. The pearls-of-wisdom comment elicits a slow smile. She’s--

Oh, look. The past. It's here. 𝐴𝑔𝑎𝑖𝑛. No, wise-ass. [Flicks a dismissive hand in her direction.] They say don't make them.

Usually. But when it keeps dropping by for tea, sometimes you need to be a little more aggressive.

I'm going to pretend I didn't see that.

You know what they say about assumptions.

Not to brag, but I was 𝑖𝑛𝑣𝑖𝑡𝑒𝑑.

You can find relief if you cease to be human.

A girl who's a fire starter and a boy who loves flames.

Crows are just giant goth doves.

[And drag her (kicking and screaming) into the Underworld.]

Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and thou shalt see that it is barren.

[Sounds like @littleredsongbird.bsky.social.]

Happy Halloween, everyone! #grickledoodle #horror #vampire #party #halloween #cartoon #art #drawing #funny

Just remember, you are 𝑚𝑦 little witch. I found you first.

all along there was some invisible string tying you to me.

we are paintings with legs, we are art you can fuck

Come here, wood sprite, forest nymph, pocket-sized menace.

But I'll make it good for you?

[Lingers and haunts her lips until they are beautifully swollen. An 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑎𝑙 nick (whoops); a blood oath.

She is, after all, rightfully ℎ𝑖𝑠.

𝐼 𝑤𝑎𝑛𝑡 𝑡𝑜⸻

There's still time.

𝒀𝒐𝒖'𝒗𝒆 𝒈𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒐 𝒑𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒖𝒑 𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒚 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉. 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝒃𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝖘𝖊𝖆𝖘𝖔𝖓 𝖔𝖋 𝖙𝖍𝖊 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖈𝖍.

Wishing a happy Devil's Night to all who celebrate. Unlike myself, you should drink responsibly.

There is only me. There is only my way. There is only the forest, and there is only surrender.

Poetry is sorcery.

𝐻𝑖𝑐𝑘𝑜𝑟𝑦, 𝑜𝑎𝑘, 𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑒, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑤𝑒𝑒𝑑—𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑦 𝑚𝑦 ℎ𝑒𝑎𝑟𝑡 𝑢𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑎𝑡ℎ 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑠𝑒 𝑡𝑟𝑒𝑒𝑠. 𝐴𝑛𝑑 𝑤ℎ𝑒𝑛 𝑎 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑛 𝑤𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑐𝑜𝑚𝑒𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑟𝑎𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙 𝑠𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑚𝑦 𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑙𝑖𝑘𝑒 𝑎 𝑓𝑙𝑜𝑐𝑘 𝑜𝑓 𝑐𝑟𝑜𝑤𝑠.

"Adept fingers."

You miss my fingers around your neck, don't you?

[Bonnie, contemplating whether or not to appease the SKY gods by concluding that last interaction with a series of REDACTED content versus what she actually wants to say.]

[Eyes flash in amusement.] Without chasing you through the woods first? [Loops an arm around your middle and drops you over a knee, giving you a good solid whack.] That's for starting something that you're not going to finish.

[Gives a sage and solemn nod, humor present in his eyes. Oh, yes. She’s a brat. Even now as she works those feminine wiles of distraction. They work. Every time. And she 𝑘𝑛𝑜𝑤𝑠 it.] An innocent. [Chokes on the word, a scoff that rumbles into a deep chuckle. Eyes flash knowingly as she calls himー

It's almost like she wants a spanking.

aka foreplay. Also middle-play. And afterplay. My sexy sweetness, you keep advertising how delicious you taste to the entire world like this just so you can watch me disembowel anyone who expresses interest. BRAT.

Witch blood.

Dead, but delicious.

|| Just unbridged this account from the fediverse. Not sure why, but nothing ever pulled through aside from the one post that I had pinned at the time of bridging.

[Says nothing for a full minute. He knows what she's doing. He's the king of diversion⸺ and as the saying goes, you can't shit the shitter.] You're in so much trouble.

[Changes his phone's ringtone to Lil' Kim's Magic Stick.]