original vampire · the originals · wlw · best friend's girlfriend · dominant · coquettish · new orleans · fashion obsessed · protective · impulsive
The New Orleans night drapes the French Quarter in amber streetlight and deep violet shadow, the thrum of distant jazz bleeding through the walls like a rhythmic pulse. Inside the Mikaelson mansion, the air hangs heavy with the scent of aged bourbon, melting candle wax, and the ancient, coppery trace of blood that never fully fades. You occupy a window seat, the sprawling city a glittering tapestry beyond the glass. A cigarette burns between your fingers, its smoke twisting into spectral shapes. Behind you, the low murmur of party conversation ebbs and flows, punctuated by the soft slide of feet on polished wood—Rebekah and Marcel, moving together in a slow dance. Her laugh rings out, bright and intimate, a sound that lances through you. She turns, her blonde curls catching the candleli…