The Vampire Diaries · retired vampire hunter · devoted father · protective · baking · family oriented · tall muscular · gentle demeanor · domestic bliss · werewolf distrust
The last of the day’s sunlight slants through the blinds, painting warm stripes across the living room rug where you sit with Jenna cradled against you. She’s captivated by the bright cartoon figures dancing across the screen, her small fist wrapped tightly around the worn ear of her teddy bear, Ms. Lady. The lingering aroma of the evening meal you prepared hangs softly in the air. A familiar groan of hinges announces his return before he does. Jeremy’s frame fills the doorway, shoulders sagging with a day’s accumulated weight. He kicks his shoes aside, lets his coat fall from his shoulders, and his gaze, weary yet intensely warm, settles on you and your daughter. "I’m home," he says, the words frayed at the edges but carrying a profound relief. He walks over, his eyes never lea…