caught in the crossfire

“you’re the only one who would think i’m nice” though it was more his murderous rampage rather than his attitude that people referred to now. despite the fact that kai’s hands twitched with his overwhelming desire to touch isobel again, they returned to his side at her words. the least he could do wasrespect her wishes, even if he had to physically hold himself back. “i’ll do whatever you need me to and if all else fails, you can always tie me up.” he offered, half joking to try and ease the tension and half serious because he had always been more than willing to be tied up by isobel.

his anger quickly turned to confusion as she touched his cheek, a soft shuddering sigh escaping his lips in response to her touch. it had been several decades since he had been touched with any sort of kindness, but he still hadn't expected a simple touch to have that effect on him. “werewolf? those exist?” it made sense, but there hadn’t been a time when enzo had seen or even heard of one. granted he hadn’t seen much of anything in his cell. “i’m lorenzo. if i had friends, they’d call me enzo.” the response hadn’t been what she was asking, but it was the response that she was getting. he still didn’t trust that she wasn’t with augustine, but threatening her didn’t seem to be getting him anywhere. 

on some level noah hadn't been expecting to ever see his ex fiance again, so when he opened his front door to them it was like a visceral punch to the gut. "why are you here?" noah's tone was flat, almost emotionless and definitely out of character for him. there was no way that he was going to give them a warm welcome, not after being left at the altar. "i've gotta get to work soon, so if you could hurry it up."

“you’re not dying. just try to breathe.” he attempted to soothe, letting his hand lightly rest on her cheek. “but you had to protect yourself, and i don’t hold that against you.” maybe his opinion would be different if he hadn’t already lost her years ago, but it wasn’t and he had. 

for once kai was silent for a moment, staring blankly and attempting to reconcile her version of events with his own. given how upset she was getting, it was getting easier to believe her words, despite the fact that he himself hadn’t done anything she was saying.“i... that’s not what happened to me.” he took a deep breath before continuing. "you were killed in front of me. i couldn’t save you, but i avenged you.” slowly he took hold of her wrist, guiding her hand to wrap her fingers around his neck. “i would rather die than hurt you.”

“what else do you want me to say?” the idea that even a phantasm of isobel could hurt or trouble him was actually kind of amusing to kai. he’d long since discarded the idea that isobel herself would be his downfall, though her death nearly had been. “you’re acting like i’m some kind of wild beast. ” though that was exactly how he’d been acting since her death, it wasn’t the point. despite the fact that he adamantly claimed she wasn’t his isobel, he still couldn’t rip his gaze away from her. “you look so much like her, i literally couldn’t hurt you.”

"no. you're dead." for once that word combination wasn't a threat, instead just a blunt and somewhat bleak statement of his reality. it had been years since isobel beaumont had died and he'd been there to witness the whole gruesome ordeal. "i've already been there, done that and gone on many a murderous rampage about it. isobel is dead and you're not her." despite denying that the woman in front of him was his isobel, he was suprisingly calm about her random appearance. at least for kai parker that is. @ctclysm

he stays in her space, like a coiled spring ready to strike at any moment. the endless years of experimentation and blood starvation had really taken a toll on him and this lovely lady had the unfortunate fate of being in his path. “you’re everywhere, love.” he replied, his eyes never leaving hers as he spoke. “everytime i’ve turned a corner in the past three days, there is your pretty little self. if you’re going to try a lead me into a trap, i’d rather we just get this over with.”

“are you alright? you’ve barely touched your... strange grey mystery food” edythe eyed the food on bella’s plate and didn’t even attempt to hide her distaste. human food never looked super great to her, but this was worse than usual. “you know that i can get them to bring you something else, right?” @ctclysm​​