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[universal_charm]

You've reached Kirk Industries, Inc. 

Just leave a message and I'll get back to you as soon as I can.

If this is personal, well, do the same - except you've called James Kirk. 

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[unforgivably]

You and I might have different ideas of unpleasant.

[ But, whatever. ]

When you're not being shunned for the kidnapping victim you are.

[universal_charm]

I will find your unpleasant place and exploit it - with a sharp object.

_{[ Just so you were clear on the stakes here Damon. He ran a hand through his hair, one of his nervous gestures, steeling himself. ]}

Hmm, I'll just have to be more careful on who I choose to do the work. And you're a kindapee too, remember?

[unforgivably]

Be still my unbeating heart. [ ... ] Because I'm dead inside.

[ All these jokes! ]

Hard to forget.

[universal_charm]

Hmm, no, you'd know if you were.

_{[ Why did he know? Well, Damon would have to ask. He sighed once more, knowing he might come to regret this... ]}

Tiberius. My middle name is Tiberius.

[unforgivably]

[ His lips come together, lower lips raising. ] Very wealthy family pet. And not as bad as I'd hoped.

[universal_charm]

It was my grandfather's apparently. Or so my mom told me the one time I asked. It was supposed to be my first, but thankfully my father's parting gift was to convince her not to do that to me. They'd already burdened one child.

[unforgivably]

As far as parting gifts go, that one's a keeper.

[universal_charm]

Yeah, it could have been worse, all things considered.

[unforgivably]

James Tiberius Kirk.

[universal_charm]

Yup, that's it. Captain James Tiberius Kirk.

[unforgivably]

O Captain, my Captain.

[universal_charm]

Your captain could use another drink.

_{[ He tapped his empty glass with a finger. Talk of Sam might have made him drink a little more than he had meant to. ]}

[unforgivably]

[ He fills both glasses again, whiskey and scotch. ] Do with that what you will.

[universal_charm]

Well, you did promise me a place to crash, so I think I'll drink them.

_{[ He tossed back the shot, shaking his head a little as it went down, then tugged the scotch to him and sipped slower. ]}

So, now you know the terrible secret of my middle name.

[unforgivably]

[ He's about to check on the grilled cheese, but an attractive waitress brings it by from the kitchen, giving Damon a wink. ]

And neither of us died. [ Seriously. Not that big a secret. ]

[universal_charm]

Well, technically, I have - twice. But I get your point.

<sub>[ Whoops. He had said that aloud hadn't he? Looks like the shots and the scotch were finally kicking in. About time too.

He smiled at the waitress and said thank you before taking up his sandwich, biting into it and very pleased with the final product. Cheesy, tomato, even some basil. Classy. ]</sub>

[unforgivably]

Something we have in common.

[ Because, why not. ]

Hitting the spot?

[universal_charm]

_{[ He pauses, giving Damon a narrow-eyed look. ]}

What do you mean we have that in common?

_{[ Nope, not letting that one slide. He wasn't that drunk yet, Damon. ]}

[unforgivably]

I've died twice. [ Nonchalance here. ]

[universal_charm]

_{[ Siiiiiiip. Yeah, a long sip, looking at him over the rim. He wasn't sure how to feel about that. Was he less special now? Not that that was something you wanted to make you feel special... ]}

Care to elaborate?

[unforgivably]

You first.

[universal_charm]

Hmm, first time was because of massive radiation poisoning. I died within minutes.

Second time was because of what amounted to a nuclear bomb on a mission in Luceti. Time or something got re-wound, so it was like it hadn't happened, but we remembered it.

_{[ Short and sweet, there you go Damon. ]}

[unforgivably]

Bet that fueled your therapy bills for weeks.

[ Huh, Kirk? He holds a hand up, sticking one and then two fingers out as he lists his deaths. ]

The first time came when the girl my brother and I both loved turned us into vampires. And the second time came when I got sucked into oblivion and spent four months in the year 1994. Same day, over and over. And then I made it back. [ Oh, did he say that? It really is about time. Kirk doesn't seem like the type to be yelling it to the rafters. Not really. ]

[universal_charm]

<sub>[ Therapy. Right. He hadn't got a single hour in of therapy since those things happened and more. And he wasn't going to consider it any time soon.

The scotch stops on it's way to his lips and he looks at Damon for a long moment. He liked to think he knew when the other was shitting with him, and he didn't think this was one of those times. The subject wasn't exactly one you joked around with, for all he was talking of it lightly. It was understood you didn't lie about things like that. ]</sub>

Huh. I've met a vampire hunter before, but not a vampire. Guess she was telling the truth.

_{[ And really, once you've hung out with gods, super soldiers, and a lizard woman - a vampire is pretty mundane. ]}

[unforgivably]

The truth about hunting vampires? Probably. [ Maybe not the truth about them. They like to keep their little gifts to themselves. Not that his and Stefan's haven't been stripped. ] Here I thought you'd say, 'I knew it!' [ He makes a face, eyes going wide, mocking what Kirk might've said.