WHO: Vlad and Stefan WHEN: Week 14; Friday, early morning. WHAT: Morning afters and all the awkward conversations generally reserved for that sort of thing. WHERE: Stefan's ranch in Virginia, off-island. RATING: TBD STATUS: Closed/Complete
A new year dawned, pale and chill, and when Vlad reached over, intending to pull the covers up over himself more securely he encountered an unexpected obstacle in the shape of the bed's other occupant – naked and sleep-mussed, head pillowed slightly on his chest, Stefan Salvatore is the picture of contentment even as he drooled gently into his shoulder.
Smiling slightly, he ran his fingernails through the short, sandy hair. Then dropped his fingers to trace lightly over the curve of his cheek. He was fairly certain that he had never seen the younger man this peaceful, this unburdened.