Derek Hale

“I do not care how, just as long as you never speak those words to me ever again.” Kassandra, as annoyed as she was, wasn’t quite annoyed enough to kick him off a cliff like she would have done by now. “Really, telling me to smile? Have men not changed in the last two thousand years?”

Derek was really amused now, his eyes lighting up. “Do you think men ever really change?” He asked, knowing the answer. They didn’t and he was being the perfect example of one that was set in the past. “You know they tell me to smile all the time, too. Say I’m a grump if I don’t and you looked as about as I normally do.”

Her features showed her surprise as his arms went around her, he thought she was going for a dip? It almost made her giggle, the idea that it had all gotten so bad you would throw yourself in the water. Fortunately, Donna was a pretty good swimmer. “You don’t want to go for a dip?” she challenged with a quirked brow. “No, I didn’t,” she repeated, though he seemed to keep talking. “Maybe, I wouldn’t put it past this place. But if you must know–– I find water peaceful,”

“No,” he said firmly. He didn’t really like swimming and he wasn’t entirely sure where that feeling came from but he knew it was a past experience. He looked into the water, trying to understand he words. “Peaceful. I see.” He said with a small nod. “So you needed to find yourself some peace. Why is that?” The wolf was curious, having his own thoughts on the matter. 

          derek’s  fairly  loose  definition  when  it  came  to  the  term  certain  things  caught  the  hybrid’s  attention.     alright,  he’d  bite,  he  supposed.     he  was  curious  as  to  what  derek  thought  was  important  enough  to  share  that  klaus  obviously  deemed  the  opposite.     ‘  approached  in  the  library,  ’  he  repeated,  as  if  urging  the  other  to  continue,  waiting  for  the  point.     which,  even  after  he  continued,  still  made  little  to  no  sense.     ‘  people  are  going  to  approach  you,  i  fail  to  see  how  i  play  into  the  scenario,  ’  the  hybrid  pointed  out.     ‘  but,  they  were  strange  how,  exactly?  ’

some  one  word  prompts .  

some  one  word  prompts .  

          derek  seemed  very  interested  in  vampirism  and  what  it  had  to  offer,  which  was  understandable.     ‘  that’s  a  simple  way  of  putting  it,  ’  he  shrugged.     ‘  vampires  can’t  compel  other  vampires  —-  that’s  where  my  family  comes  in.      originals  possess  power  no  vampire  has,  it’s  what  makes  us  special.  ’     was  there  a  difference  between  oversharing  and  gloating?     in  this instance,  he  wasn’t  too  sure  himself.     ‘  another  neat  trick,  yes.     it’s  more  of  a  —-  dream  manipulation,  actually.     we  can  modify  dreams,  bestow  nightmares,  lucid  dreaming.     distort  perceptions  of  reality,  trap  someone  in  their  dreams.     that  whole  shebang.  ’

          did  klaus  really  want  to  take  on  the  responsibility  (  in  a  sense  )  of  a  wolf  seemingly  rediscovering  himself?     the  hybrid  could  only  assume  derek  knew  he  was  a  wolf  once  upon  a  time;  could  something  around  here  be  suppressing  his  memories  or  just  messing  with  them?     interesting,  indeed.     ‘  derek,  i  need  you  to  stay  with  me  here,  ’  he  practically  demanded.     ‘  you  get  angry  often  and  easily.     the  rage  of  a  wolf  only  enhances  around  a  full  moon.     and  that  was  you  last  week.  ’     a  pause.     ‘  do  you  honestly  not  remember  what  you  are?     because  the  sooner  you  stop  pushing  it  away,  the  sooner  you  can  start  controlling  it.  ’

She frowned when he settled himself down next to her, looking at his larger frame next to her almost miniature one. If she was honest, she hadn’t expected him to just… join her. Her dark orbs deflected back to the steady water beneath them. Scoffing at his words, “well I didn’t come here to talk to anyone,” she retorted, leaning forward slightly, she fell silent for a moment. Even she was aware she was being an ass, she just had no energy to change that.

Derek wasn’t going to let her jump into the water or be unsafe so joining her was the best possible option for him. When she leaned forward, his arm shot out to stop her, pressing against her in a safe matter. It took him a moment to realize she was just readjusting herself and he only let up after he had made sure that’s all she was doing. “No?” He asked, playing it off as he placed his hands beside himself now. “So you just came here to stare into the water? Do you think a little mermaid will show up or something?”

          ‘  i’m  not  stalking  you,  honey,  i’m  keeping  an  eye  on  you.     trying  to  figure  what  you’re  all  about.  ’     one  could  argue  that  there  was  a  fine  line  between  watching  and  stalking.    ‘  tomato,  tomahto,  ’  she  shrugged.     ‘  i  am  hard  to  read,  so  call  me  what  you  want.  ’     dark  hues  landed  on  the  other  at  the  mention  of  a  wolf.     first,  he  took  her  mention  of  the  game  literally  instead  of  as  a  game,  and  then  only  added  to  her  suspicions.     ‘  i  want,  ’  she  begun,  closing  in  the  space  between  the  two  and  tried  to  tower  over  him  despite  having  a  few  inches  on  her.     ‘  you  to  tell  me  what  you  are,  derek  hale.     and  what  you’re  playing  at.  ’