paris ♔ tried to save myself but myself keeps slipping away

[necessaryevil]

♬ Facade (reprise) - Jekyll & Hyde

WHO || Faith Lehane, Max Rast, Lissa Dragomir, Helen Magnus
WHAT || The Knights investigate a string of vampire attacks in France
WHERE ||Paris, France
WHEN || April 11th, 2015 [backdated].
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread.

One vampire attack is cause for worry enough, but when bodies are found with telltale puncture wounds and heavy loss of blood become a recurring nightmare across any city, alarm bells are raised.  Such is the case recently in Paris, where Wynn suspects that either a careless clan has moved in, or some lone vamps are stirring up trouble.  With the locations of the bodies marked out in the eight block radius where the deaths have been occurring, the team arrives in the late evening, staring at the rows of apartment blocks, small businesses, and pubs that comprise this section of town.

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[likedillinger]

[ something i need - onerepublic

his gaze, which had dropped again for a moment in his frustrated hesitance, flicks up to hers again, and the tired, utterly grateful smile that touches his lips at her words speaks volumes. his hand tightens around hers, and for a second, he doesn't say anything, like he's waiting for everything to come crashing down around his ears now that the words are out there.

when they don't, he just says: ] Don't know what I did to deserve you. But here's hopin' I can keep doing it.

[littledhampir]

[It's not the first time Rose has heard those words from him and as much as she wishes that everyone could see Dean the way she did? More than anything, she wished that he could.]

You're already doing it. [Squeezing his hand in kind. She didn't love him because of anything he said or did. She loved him because she had no choice in it. Because not loving him seemed as crazy to her as all the other crap they'd seen in their combined lives. Because her life didn't really make sense until they were together.

While she doesn't say any of this, there's still a look in her eyes as she keeps his gaze in hers. Like she wants him to be inside of her head and know what she sees. A man who was brave and loyal and selfless in all the ways that mattered. Who made her laugh and smile and remember what it felt like to be happy again. Who was flawed. Deeply some might say but she didn't love him despite that fact. She loved him more for it.

The only thing he ever had to do to deserve her, was be there.

Rose pulls in a deep breath, shuddering on the exhale and shifts in her seat to lean into him. Her head resting against his shoulder. Cheek brushing against the probably flannel of his shirt and when she speaks again, her voice is pitched low but it's the first time she's said these words without any trace of doubt.]

It's going to be okay. [Because even if it wasn't? They'd find a way to make it so.]

[likedillinger]

[ he lets those words sink in his chest, tries not to fight them for once, even though every instinct in his body screams at him to do just that. to reject the notion that there could ever be a happy ending for him, so that he's not just building himself up for disappointment all over again. It's hard to feel shattered by something new coming along if you never allow yourself to try and put the pieces back together fully in the first place.

Finally, he turns his head to brush a kiss against her hair, his hand squeezing hers as, not without some struggle, he gives himself one moment to believe it.

His voice is as rough as she's ever heard it when he says: ] Yeah.

Maybe it's gonna.