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[#039] Got a Curse I Cannot Lift (The Vampire Diaries)
Theme Prompt: #039 – Celestial Bodies
Title: Got a Curse I Cannot Lift
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 646
Summary: There’s a kind of itch that comes right before the full moon.
There’s a kind of itch that comes right before the full moon.
It’s almost a drag under his skin, the kind of uncomfortableness that makes him want to pull it off and tear it away to expose the raw muscle underneath. It’s a warning of what’s to come, of the pain and the snap of his bones breaking and he doesn’t want to be going through it again. This is the first time in three years that he’s been forced to turn and while Jeremy is supportive, he’s not the support he’s used to having.
His computer dings the day before the night of, when the not quite full moon is hanging in the sky, and when he reaches for it he’s surprised that someone’s trying to call him on Skype. It doesn’t take much for him to click it on, and he’s surprised for the second time to see Caroline’s sunshine smile, leaning into the camera when she sees him.
“Hey, Tyler!”
“Hey,” he says with a small frown. “What’s up?” Then, a small feeling of dread. “Is someone looking for Elena?”
“No! No, no, no,” she shakes her head quickly, a shimmer of blond flying through the air on the camera and for a moment the smell of her shampoo comes back to him, almost as though it was yesterday. It’s those kinds of feelings that he tries not to give into anymore, but he’ll never deny that there’s a part of him that still misses her. There are some things about your first love that you just don’t forget. Then her face is all concern, a look she knows very well. “Tomorrow’s the full moon.”
“Yes,” he says with a slow nod. “It’s not like I’d forget, Care.”
“Of course not.” She smirks a bit. “But I know it’s been a long time since you’ve had to turn, so I made you a –” The computer dings again, this time with an email notification and when he opens it, there’s a detailed list of all the things he used to use on the nights of the full moons to try and make things easier. (Not that turning is ever easy.) “—checklist!”
His eyes widen for a moment, studying the line of neatly typed words carefully, before turning back to face her again. “You remembered all of this?”
“Kind of hard to forget,” she replies, before giving a small shrug in return. “And I don’t want this to be hard for you. I know you’re probably being hard enough on yourself as it is.”
“Thank you,” Tyler says with a small nod. “Really.” Then there’s a hesitant smile on his face before shaking his head. “You know, I was just thinking how I didn’t know how I was going to do this without you.”
Her head tips to the side, and there’s that soft look that comes when she thinks he’s said something ridiculous. “You’re going to do this just fine without me. Who knows? It might not even hurt. You did all that turning with Hayley, right? So maybe it’ll be fine.”
“Maybe,” Tyler nods once. “But when is anything about being what we are actually easy?”
She laughs at that, before nodding. “Fair point. But I’m sure you’ll be just fine.” Nothing in their world is ever really easy, but there is always something about talking to Caroline that is. He hopes that never actually changes.
“I hope you’re right.”
“Tyler, we were over this when we were dating.” She grins. “I am always right.” There’s a beat of silence, before her face brightens again. “Oh! Speaking of not easy things – you have to come to my baby shower!”
There’s a long, long pause as Tyler process that, his vampire ex-girlfriend, telling him that she’s going to be having a baby shower.
“I’m sorry. I have to come to your what?”
Title: Got a Curse I Cannot Lift
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Rating/Warnings: PG
Bonus: Yes.
Word Count: 646
Summary: There’s a kind of itch that comes right before the full moon.
There’s a kind of itch that comes right before the full moon.
It’s almost a drag under his skin, the kind of uncomfortableness that makes him want to pull it off and tear it away to expose the raw muscle underneath. It’s a warning of what’s to come, of the pain and the snap of his bones breaking and he doesn’t want to be going through it again. This is the first time in three years that he’s been forced to turn and while Jeremy is supportive, he’s not the support he’s used to having.
His computer dings the day before the night of, when the not quite full moon is hanging in the sky, and when he reaches for it he’s surprised that someone’s trying to call him on Skype. It doesn’t take much for him to click it on, and he’s surprised for the second time to see Caroline’s sunshine smile, leaning into the camera when she sees him.
“Hey, Tyler!”
“Hey,” he says with a small frown. “What’s up?” Then, a small feeling of dread. “Is someone looking for Elena?”
“No! No, no, no,” she shakes her head quickly, a shimmer of blond flying through the air on the camera and for a moment the smell of her shampoo comes back to him, almost as though it was yesterday. It’s those kinds of feelings that he tries not to give into anymore, but he’ll never deny that there’s a part of him that still misses her. There are some things about your first love that you just don’t forget. Then her face is all concern, a look she knows very well. “Tomorrow’s the full moon.”
“Yes,” he says with a slow nod. “It’s not like I’d forget, Care.”
“Of course not.” She smirks a bit. “But I know it’s been a long time since you’ve had to turn, so I made you a –” The computer dings again, this time with an email notification and when he opens it, there’s a detailed list of all the things he used to use on the nights of the full moons to try and make things easier. (Not that turning is ever easy.) “—checklist!”
His eyes widen for a moment, studying the line of neatly typed words carefully, before turning back to face her again. “You remembered all of this?”
“Kind of hard to forget,” she replies, before giving a small shrug in return. “And I don’t want this to be hard for you. I know you’re probably being hard enough on yourself as it is.”
“Thank you,” Tyler says with a small nod. “Really.” Then there’s a hesitant smile on his face before shaking his head. “You know, I was just thinking how I didn’t know how I was going to do this without you.”
Her head tips to the side, and there’s that soft look that comes when she thinks he’s said something ridiculous. “You’re going to do this just fine without me. Who knows? It might not even hurt. You did all that turning with Hayley, right? So maybe it’ll be fine.”
“Maybe,” Tyler nods once. “But when is anything about being what we are actually easy?”
She laughs at that, before nodding. “Fair point. But I’m sure you’ll be just fine.” Nothing in their world is ever really easy, but there is always something about talking to Caroline that is. He hopes that never actually changes.
“I hope you’re right.”
“Tyler, we were over this when we were dating.” She grins. “I am always right.” There’s a beat of silence, before her face brightens again. “Oh! Speaking of not easy things – you have to come to my baby shower!”
There’s a long, long pause as Tyler process that, his vampire ex-girlfriend, telling him that she’s going to be having a baby shower.
“I’m sorry. I have to come to your what?”
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