Let Them Bleed, Let Them Wash Away; A Tyler Open Post

[lockwood]

[ooc: Basically, this is free range for people to set up scenes with Tyler. Can be canon, crossover, whatever. There will probably be spoilery things bc I am not dealing well with the events of the last episode, this is the warning for that. Also feel free to comment oocly with an idea, and I can set something up too.]

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[lockwood]

[He kisses her back, returning the promise there.] He did.

[And it's almost funny because Tyler had thought there was no way Klaus could ruin his life more.

But tonight had proven him wrong.]

[coy]

[She shifts, slipping up a little higher so she can kiss him again, better this time because she doesn't want to let it happen anymore, she doesn't want Klaus to ruin Tyler's life or hers or anyone else's anymore.]

[lockwood]

[He kisses her again, pulling her in a little closer now. It feels a little desperate, after everything he's lost today, after everything they've all lost because of Klaus.]

[coy]

[ He pulls her closer and she's happy to let him. And when the kiss turns desperate, she kisses him right back. She doesn't want to lose him, she doesn't want him to lose anyone or anyone else.]

[lockwood]

[He keeps kissing her, trying to just lose himself in the feeling now. He doesn't want to feel the grief in his heart, the anger pumping through his veins, anything but this. Anything else hurts too much right now.]

[coy]

[ She pulls herself closer, shifting so she's more on top of him, giving him what they both really need. She wants to quiet the grief in his heart if only for a moment, to ease the ache he has to be feeling, she knows the ache herself. Her hand combs through his hair.]

[lockwood]

[He lets his hands slip up her body, beneath her slip, just wanting her closer to him. Something tangible to remind him he isn't alone.

At least this time they wouldn't have to worry about his mom giving them a hard time for being too loud or not discreet enough. And then it strikes him quite suddenly that his mother will never give him a hard time for that or anything else and suddenly he feels tears stinging his eyes and he has to break away from the kiss. It feels like he can't breathe.]

[coy]

[ Heat crawls up her body as his fingers wander and the slick fabric of of her slip slides up her body a little. But it's gone as soon as it starts when he pulls back from the kiss.

Her eyes flutter open to look at him, seeing the emotion on his face. A shaky sigh escapes her lips and she has no idea what he's thinking off but she knows it's too much. Shifting above him, she moves to hold him closer, whispering softly.] It's okay. It's okay.

[lockwood]

[He looks up at her, apologetic and sad and unable to hold it back anymore. He hates crying, he can't help but feel weak (his father always told him boys don't cry) when he does, but Caroline's seen him cry before and he just can't hold it back.

When he speaks his voice is broken and sad.]

I'm sorry.

[coy]

Don't be. It's okay. [ She says again softly because it's okay to cry, it's okay to feel. She moves to straddle his waist more so she can sit up and touch his face with both hands, thumbs slipping over his cheeks gently.] You just lost your mom, Tyler. It's okay. [ She leans down to kiss one of the tears away before pressing her forehead to his. ] I'm here. [ And if he'll let her, if he wants to, she'll move to roll them a bit so she can hold him better, hold him against her unless he wants her to stay where they are, she can do that too.]

[lockwood]

No, it's not. [He whispered softly, shifting with her now so he can just her hold him. It's a familiar comfort, like the first time she held him after one of his transformations. He had cried then too.

He remembered when he thought nothing would ever hurt as much as that. This might be worse.]

Nothing about this is okay.

[coy]

[ She shakes her head, moving to hold him close, pressing a kiss to his forehead.] I meant it's okay to feel. [ She'd never mean to say that any of this, what was happening is okay or will be okay.] You're right---[ Her voice cracks a little at that, eyes closing.] It's not okay, none of it, none of what's happening is okay.

[lockwood]

[He nods a little, curling in closer to her touch. He's glad she stayed, that she's here. He can't imagine trying to deal with this alone.]

I just keep thinking of all these things she'll never be able to do again [He laughs weakly but it sounds more like a sob, honestly.]

Even stupid stuff, like her getting on our cases for being so loud when we fool around. I never thought I'd miss that.

[coy]

[ It breaks her heart to hear him talk like that because she knows how he feels, she knows how her father will never get to walk her down the aisle, how her father won't get to see her graduate or maybe go to college or truly believe how even though she's a vampire, she's honestly not a monster.

And she thinks of the things Carol won't get to do with Tyler, some of the same things and she just pulls Tyler in tight for a hug.] It gets a little easier. Sometimes I just... cry when something reminds me of my dad. A song or like, a smell. [ She wants to ask him how they ever expected to keep any of them safe, she tries not to think of her own mother, of how she could be next.]

[lockwood]

It wasn't like this with my dad. I was so angry at him when he died.

[It had been hard to feel the grief beyond that. He and his dad...it wasn't a good relationship. And while he still loves his father in spite of all that, he can't say it's the same.]

This is harder.

[It hurts, hearing when she mentions her dad, because he couldn't be here to help her with it. He couldn't trust himself, or Klaus at the time. It's one of his bigger regrets from that time.]

[coy]

You and your mom were closer. [ And Tyler's way different than he was when his father was alive. Plus his father... well, he was a jerk to Tyler to say the least. She reaches up to touch his face, thumb tracing along his cheekbone.] You're not alone, okay? And it's gonna be hard before it gets any easier.

[lockwood]

Thank you. [He whispers.] For staying with me. [Things have been strained lately, to say the least, but it's comforting to know that he can still count on Caroline. He hasn't lost her yet.]

[coy]

[ Her voice is soft as she stays close.] You say that like I'd rather be anywhere else.

[lockwood]

It's not that I think that. [He doesn't. But considering how focused he'd been on this stupid plan that fell apart anyways -- he hasn't been the best of boyfriends lately.]

I'm just glad. I don't think I could handle this house alone.

[coy]

[ Hanging out with another hot girl and then chaining up your current girlfriend isn't the best thing but then again, he was doing the right thing. And she knows it.] You don't, I promise, okay?

[lockwood]

Your mom's going to eventually want you to come home.

[Eventually, he's going to have to face it, that he's the only one who lives here now.

The giant Lockwood estate is left to one resident.]

[coy]

Yeah, when she's not working all the time. [ Which is never. And now the town doesn't have a mayor? Caroline's not sure who steps in. It may be her mom.]

[lockwood]

Right. [She probably will be working more. He hadn't even thought about that. Who was going to take over as mayor. His mom was supposed to be temporary after his dad died...but with everything else in mystic falls another election never happened.]

[coy]

She'll understand. [ She murmurs softly, stroking the back of his head gently.]

[lockwood]

It must have been hard for her, finding my mom. I know they were friends.[He closes his eyes for a moment, tryng to focus on the soothing feeling of his touch.]