"Hello, I'm dating your brothe- no no. hey wanna get drunk? I'm dating your litt- fuck no. Damon. I'm in lov- Damon. I'm seeing your brother."
Alaric took a deep breath, checking his reflection in the mirror, he had the sudden urge to break it because, why did things need to be too difficult?
How did things become too difficult? Was there a way out, somewhere along the path that led to this dreadful moment?
Alaric was startled out of his thoughts when he felt arms wrap around his hips. Smiling, he turned and met his boyfriend with a kiss,
"Missed you" Stefan murmured, looking up at his gorgeous boyfriend, "And I'm not planning on losing you to my brother because of that shitty speech."
"You heard, huh?"
Stefan smiled
"That bad?"
"You did mention something about.. love though," Stefan smirked, and Alaric felt himself blushing,
"I didn't say anything about that." Alaric shrugged,
"Liar. Vampire hearing, remember?" Stefan said, with a smug smirk on his face that Alaric wanted to kiss,
"Well, I might'v mentioned something about me.. being.. you know.."
"Well, I you-know-what, too." Stefan replied, understanding that Alaric still didn't want to say the L word. Not yet. Too soon.
Smiling in relief, Alaric captured his boyfriend's lips with a deep kiss, "You're everything I want."
Stefan smiled. Pulling away gently, he held the hunter's hands in his, "So, you're telling him tonight?"
Alaric nodded, "And you're telling the others."
"Deal. But make sure he's drunk enough first."
"Are you kidding, of course!"
It was a Wednesday night but the Grill was crowded for some reason, and it bothered Alaric. The Grill wasn't supposed to be this crowded, just in case something goes wrong. Actually, the Grill may not even be the place for Alaric to share that with Damon. Maybe he should take him to his apartment.
He should take him to the apartment. There is alcohol there.
"What is up with you?" Damon said, annoyed,
"huh?"
"Did you hear a word of what I just said?"
"Uh, no sorry I was just.. never mind, go on," Alaric said, emptying his glass and ordering another,
After an eye roll that Damon made sure Alaric saw, he compelled himself a bottle of bourbon and Alaric, despite disapproving of Damon stealing from the Grill, was satisfied that Damon will be getting drunk soon,
"So anyways, I was saying, this girl, Sammy? Look, it was just a one-night thing, and it was last week! but bitch shows up this morning and guess who opens the door?" Damon paused, waiting for Alaric to answer,
"Who?"
"Elena!"
"Yeah, so?"
"So? Listen, I'm over Elena, you know that, right? So just because this girl that I slept with one time looks like her, doesn't mean anything!"
Alaric raised his eyebrow, "She looks like Elena?"
"No, yes- I mean, I didn't notice, Okay? I may or may not have a certain type, but that's besides the point,"
"Yeah, what's the point?" Alaric said patiently, feeling more and more satisfied with every glass of bourbon that Damon empties,
"The point is. I'm way over Elena, but Elena doesn't accept that! She's been hinting at me how much that Sammy girl looks like her, but you know what? She is nothing like Elena I mean- What was Elena even doing in my house in the first place?" Damon scoffed, "I've no idea,"
"Wait so, you actually talked to Sammy enough to know she's nothing like Elena?"
"What do you mean I talked to her of course I did, how do you think she ended up in my bed?"
Alaric shrugged, "I don't know I just figured.. never mind."
Damon turned in his seat, glaring at his friend in obvious disbelief, "You think I compel them, don't you?"
"No, I mean-"
"I don't. I don't need to, anyways. Besides, that would be rape. Unless I needed to drink from them. And most of them don't even need to be compelled for me to bite them. They love it." Damon said, seductively, with that damn smug smirk of his, but boy, Alaric knew exactly what Damon was talking about.
Even though Stefan had problems controlling himself, and in the first couple of times, he vamped out and Alaric assured him that he trusted him enough to pull his fangs out in time, still, Stefan refused,
"I'm strong, Stefan, I'm a hunter! I've been training to kill vampires, you think I won't be able to push you away if you lost control?"
"Ric, no-"
"I trust you."
After that, Alaric and Stefan were both happy that Alaric was able to talk the vampire into sharing this sweet pleasure with him. Speaking of which..
"Uhh, listen, Damon, there's something I really need to tell you," Alaric suddenly said, interrupting Damon, who was about to continue with his little story,
"What?" Damon said, after Alaric hadn't said anything for a full minute,
"I.. I uh.." Alaric struggled to get those damn words out of his mouth, "I was thinking, do you wanna go to my place?"
"Whoa Okay look, buddy," Damon said, lifting his hand, "You're my friend, and I like you, but I'm not going to sleep with you."
"What? I don't wanna sleep with you! You're a dick."
Damon chuckled, "I know. But no. Here is better. They have alcohol here."
"I have alcohol in my place, too." Alaric said, feeling insulted,
"Their's better." Damon said, finishing the rest of the bottle, "Why do you wanna go to your place, anyways?"
"There's something I need to tell-"
"Yes. I got that part, Ric. Tell me here."
Alaric took a deep breath. Looking around him, he noticed that the people at the Grill were little by little leaving to their homes. Shaking his head, he thought about all the lying, running around, making excuses up, and he really needed that to stop. And besides, Damon seemed to be really relaxed tonight, unlike the usual, sharing stories and just kind of chilling.
So this is good. This is a really good sign. Alaric was startled when he noticed Damon glaring at him, losing his patience.
"If there's something you need to tell me, Ric, you better say it Now or I swear I'll-"
"Don't finish that sentence."
"Don't get on my nerve, this is getting annoying-"
"I'm going to tell you if you let me finish!"
"Okay, what!?"
"I'm seeing your brother!" Alaric said, a little bit loudly that at least the ones sitting at the bar must have heard. Alaric held his breath, looking at Damon, who was looking back, mouth open but not saying anything. For a second, Alaric thought Damon maybe didn't hear him,
"Damon you Okay?"
"What do you mean, you're seeing my brother?" Damon said in a low voice, still raising his eyebrow
Alaric took a deep breather, this is it, "I mean. I think.. I might be in love with your brother." Alaric whispered, but he knew for sure that Damon heard him.
A few minutes must have passed but Damon didn't react at all. In fact, Alaric started to worry that maybe Damon had some sort of vampire heart attack that made him completely freeze in his place because.. Damon was just.. sitting there, staring at Alaric in disbelief.
Finally, Damon shook his head, and returned to his glass.
"Damon?"
Still. No reply.
"Listen, we've been dating for months now. We're pretty much together, officially, now, but we didn't wanna tell anyone.. anything.. before we are both sure that this wasn't just a phase. I really need you to be open-minded about this because you're my best friend-"
"Am I your best friend?" Damon finally said, looking at Alaric,
Alaric sighed, "Of course you are, Damon. We're team badass."
Damon still glared at Alaric, almost in disgust but mostly anger, disbelief, betrayal..
"I just didn't wanna be lying to you anymore. Our friendship means a lot to me. You were the only one who understood the struggle I was going through, when I first came here, remember?"
"Yeah, and my brother had to take you away from me. Stefan. Always Stefan." Damon said, shaking his head,
"No one took me away from you, you idiot," Alaric said, punching Damon's arm,
"Ouch!"
"I'm still here. I'm still your friend, nothing's going to change that. Okay?"
Damon looked over at Alaric,
"Damon, Okay?"
"I didn't know you were gay."
"I'm bisexual."
"That's just weird, man,"
Alaric chuckled, "It is."
After about half an hour of silence, and another bottle of bourbon, Damon finally seemed to relax, and Alaric sighed in relief. Life was good, and it just kept getting better and better.
THE END
yay for happy endings. And I just had to finish this story.