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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[thisismybar]

Ric put the donuts down on one of the chairs they'd used the night before, and grabbed the coffee. "I was thinking more sadistic than stupid...."

[littlewolf_girl]

Damon shook his head. "I know better."

He looked up when Hayley emerged and gave her a wry smile. "I brought a peace offering?"

She gave him an embarrassed looks she moved to take the coffee. "I think that should be my job."

[thisismybar]

"I don't think it needs to be anyone's job." He moved the donuts so he could sit down and drink his coffee. "Shit happened. None of it had lasting consequences, beyond being a decent lesson and kind of cute."

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley gave him a grateful smile and settled in the other seat, taking her coffee and sipping it. "Thank you for bringing the coffee," she told Damon. "I think we packed some, but it's nice to have it already made..." She reached for the donuts with a happy sigh. "And this is perfect..."

'Cause, god, she's hungry, and Ric brought food, but instant gratification is win to hold it off.

"No problem," Damon said, looking around, and hauling a log over to sit on.

[thisismybar]

"Give me five minutes to get caffeinated, and I'll start cooking." And getting the fire together. In the meanwhile, he watched Damon pulling his log around and settling. "You ever call Elijah and set up your date?"

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley was happy enough with a donut for the moment. Though she was eyeing a second as she nearly swallowed the first whole.

Damon gave her an amused look, then shot Ric a pained look. "Yes. We're having drinks at the Grill later this week." Nice, safe, on fucking display. But neither of them likely to try and kill the other, at least.

[thisismybar]

Ric was pretty amused, too, but he wasn't commenting. Any comment he would have made would have been... um, inappropriate, in Damon's presence.

Damon, on the other hand, he could and did comment on. "Are you nervous?"

[littlewolf_girl]

She wouldn't so much care, honestly. Appropriateness had flown out the window likely the night they'd all ended up in Damon's bed. But right now, she was focused on her donuts, though curious about the answer.

Damon shrugged. "No. I mean, why would I be nervous?"

He was fucking terrified.

[thisismybar]

"Because he's an original vampire who can turn your brain inside out, or tear your heart out of your chest, and wants to fuck you? Alternatively, because you've had some shitty relationship luck, and this is scary shit?"

Don't ask Ric questions you don't want answered, Damon.

[littlewolf_girl]

"Oh, is that all," Damon muttered.

Hayley smiled a little and reached over to pat his knee. "I think Elijah seems nice. He's always polite and tips well..."

[thisismybar]

Ric shot her a bit of a glance, but didn't comment. Of course working there meant seeing pretty much everyone in Mystic Falls. "He'd be less scary, if he were less polite." Not a doubt in his mind about that, at least to him. "There's only so much reserve and control one guy can project before he tips over into psycho territory."

Then he remembered the start of this conversation, and smiled at Damon. "I'm sure you'll be fine. Call in check in with me, though. Just so I know you're okay."

[littlewolf_girl]

"Well, I mean, his reputation is pretty terrifying in the supernatural community," she agreed. "I was worried the first time he walked in, but...he's been really nice." She shrugged, and she was still not used to people being nice to her, honestly. Not like that. "Whatever the scary in the reputation, though, he doesn't have one for fucking around with people's heads or hearts. If anything, the opposite. He plays it straight with people. If he says he's interested, it probably means he genuinely interested and likes you."

Damon gave her a little bit of a look, as if dying to ask whatever she'd heard out there in the community that those of them here seemed to be so out of the loop.

[thisismybar]

"I'm pretty sure fucking around with someone's heart's only likely if it's to tear it out. I'm not buying total honesty yet, though. Call me paranoid, but I still want a call back before morning, or I'm coming after you."

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley couldn't really blame him for that, so she fell silent with a bit of a shrug.

Damon rolled his eyes a bit, but gave him a smile. "Yes, dad."

[thisismybar]

"As long as you don't start asking me for the car keys and an allowance.... I'll take it." He liked Damon alive, god dammit, and protective didn't begin to cover it. He might kill Damon, but no one else was allowed to. "Thanks for the reassurance on that front too, Hayley."

[littlewolf_girl]

"Like you'd ever give up the car keys," Damon retorted with a roll of his eyes. Really--he was touched and warm and fuzzy Ric cared, but he wasn't going to say it.

"No problem." Another little shrug, then a question. "Is there more food?"

Her body had just gone through hell and repaired itself--she was starving.

[thisismybar]

"I might, under the right circumstances. To you... maybe not." He leaned over and kissed Hayley lightly before he stood. "There's more food. Damon, can you drag that fire back to life while I get bacon and eggs?"

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley returned the kiss, cradling her coffee again. Damon glanced a the for doubtfully, but then moved and snagged more wood and set to coaxing it back to merrily crackling.

"There's bacon?" Hayley's eyes had lit up a bit at that--the eggs were FAR less interesting...

[thisismybar]

"There's a lot of bacon. There's also ham. I'll try to remember steak, next time." Because, yeah, he got the meat that. He was at least starting to learn.

He rummaged around the cooler, then bag, and came back with a pan, a spider to set in the fire, and a bag full of cold, but not frozen, groceries and paper plates and plastic forks. Spatula. Minimum requirements, really.

[littlewolf_girl]

Hayley's eyes lit up and she grinned. "Then you'll be spoiling me..."

Damon looked amused. "So the carnivore thing...not just when furry?"

Hayley gave him a look, mostly at being called furry when she almost killed him. "Not just then, no."

[thisismybar]

Ric paused setting the cooking stuff up, to give Damon a bit of a bemused look. "As long as you keep calling her the furry...."

[littlewolf_girl]

Damon gave him an innocent look. "I didn't call her a furry," he pointed out.

"However you phrase it, could we maybe stop talking about fur?"

[thisismybar]

Ric gave her a sheepish, apologetic look and made an honest, but bad, effort to change the subject. "If we keep this up, we're going to end up painting hearts on trees or something...." This being awkward conversations. He didn't think there was enough alcohol here to totally save them. Though he could use a drink (of course).

[littlewolf_girl]

She gave a little snort. "They'll send the sheriff after us one day if we keep that up..."

Damon smirked. "No worries--she likes me."

[thisismybar]

"I'm not sure anyone would notice tagged trees, anyway.... This town's got bigger problems." He started the bacon, putting it into a hot pan. "And she really does like Damon."