Hayley

[thisismybar]

Ric was... happy. Being able to sleep with Hayley -and really just sleep, god knew the sex wasn't lacking- even with Damon acting as a guard dog, had been good for him. No new bodies turning up, not missing chunks of time, those were pretty good, too. They weren't quite enough for him to let his guard completely down, but he didn't think there was going to be a whole lot of sleeping going on tonight, anyway.

And if there was, well, tonight Hayley would be even more equipped to play guard dog and take care of him. Elijah's reassurance helped keep that one metaphorical and mildly amusing.

He dumped the last load of camping gear onto the ground, and looked up at the sky to check the weather. "I don't think we're going to have to worry about being rained on tonight, but we should probably set up the tent." Who knew what tomorrow would bring,and it would be easier to relax somewhere enclosed. And limit bugs.

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[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley laughed a little, managing to wriggle her way off of Ric and out of the car, giving Damon a smirk. "Yeah, you're supposed to be the long-lived, able to wait, patient species, aren't you?"

She was teasing, looking innocent, even as Damon looked over at her. "Have you met many vampires?"

She laughed, moving toward the building. "Clearly not the right ones."

Damon shook his head looking after her, then glanced back at Ric giving him a smirk. "I've been patient for over a year."

In not sinking his teeth into Ric before now. It wasn't like he hadn't bitten other people he cared about--namely Elena--though, to be fair, not actually for dinner or breakfast or whatever.

[thisismybar]

Clearly not Elijah, Ric thought.

He could live with that continuing, though he owed Elijah some kind of debt for his help here.

He frowned at Damon and his steps slowed. "You could've asked."

If Damon had asked, Ric would have freaked and left. Well, maybe not in the last couple of weeks but over most of that year? Yeah.

[littlewolf_girl]

Elijah was pretty much who she'd been thinking of with that, though she didn't know him well or anything--he just came in to the Grill now and then and she kept a wary distance, worried he'd say something to Klaus about her existence. Klaus showed? She got busy in the storeroom.

Damon arched an eyebrow in Ric's direction. "Yeah...I don't see that having gone well, buddy."

[thisismybar]

"Probably not," he admitted, "But you could have." It was just talk for the sake of talk and argument, while they got inside and he got rid of his coat. He was... slightly nervous, but not afraid, curious, and prepared to see what happened and this was about. And, hell, he owed Damon.

[prodigalsavior]

Hayley followed them in silently, glancing between them. Ric trusted Damon. She...mostly did. She couldn't live in his house, be able to sleep there, if she didn't. But trusting him not to kill her in her sleep and trusting him not to get greedy and take too much of Ric's blood were two different things.

But she wasn't second guessing what Ric wanted to do, either. She settled on the sofa, pulling her knees up to her chest, gaze solemn.

Damon gave her a look. "I'm not gonna hurt him." His voice was gentle, for Damon.