Title: Break My Heart Then Replace It
Category: The Vampire Diaries
Genre: Angst/Romance
Pairing: Bonkai
Rating: Varies by chapter
Author's Note: I'm having a bit of a rough time right now, so to make myself feel better I've been drafting Bonkai drabbles on my phone. Inspired by a "things you said..." post by lilloury on tumblr. Most of these will be AU, stuck in the prison world fics. Maybe pre-merge!Kai, maybe post!merge. I'll leave that distinction up for interpretation.
Disclaimer: Title comes from ARCHIS' song "Let Me Love". And each chapter will be published on my tumblr first.
21. things you said when we were on top of the world
He's exhilarated. He leans over, presses his stomach and palms against the railing. Childlike wonder plays at his features, tugs away the mask of bitterness and cynicism. The wind is brisk this high up, the air void of the lingering stench of the street. It is a sight.
Bonnie hangs back. She rests against the door, arms folded, and watches him. She expects him to climb the pillars, dare her to dare him to jump, maybe even jump anyway.
He throws a glance at her over his shoulder. "Don't you want to see the view?"
"I'm good, thanks."
"You've been here before?"
"No, never."
He cocks up an eyebrow. "Don't tell me the Empire State Building doesn't meet your supremely high expectations."
She shrugs but throws her eyes at anything that isn't him. Sniffs. "I've got a thing about heights."
"Literally nothing can hurt you here, Bon." Without a word, she eyes him purposefully and Kai groans. "We've talked about this already."
"I could only ever see one hundred white swans in my lifetime, but that doesn't mean swan number one hundred and one won't be black."
"Smarty pants," he mumbles under his breath before pursing his lips. He goes back to the railing, looks down. "You dare me to jump?"
Bonnie smirks. "Sure, why not?" She doesn't really mean it, so her stomach flips when he tosses his leg over the railing and then the other. "Kaiā¦"
He wags his eyebrows. "Any last words, Bon?"
He'll be fine so she's honest. "Your spaghetti sucks. Not enough oregano."
He gasps, clutching at his chest, feigning excruciating pain. He leans away and gravity takes over. Kai slips, disappearing from sight.
Pushing past the churning in her gut, Bonnie rolls her eyes. She walks back inside, past the elevator, and goes to the stairwell. Takes her sweet time. He's waiting when she gets to the bottom floor. His shirt is a mess but he holds the door open for her to walk through and they start down the abandoned sidewalk, stepping over the splattering of fresh blood.
Bonnie glances up and over at him. She takes her thumb to the patch of skin just behind his ear and wipes at the warm red. "Missed a spot."
"What can I say? You really know how to wound a guy." He hooks his arm around her waist and pulls her forward. Coney Island is next and he's itching to climb a ferris wheel.
