HEART LIKE GLASS

5

"Wake up baby brother."
Damon smirked throwing a box at Roman.
"You're such a dick!"
Roman exclaimed as all the letters he has written fell onto his bed.
He quickly scrambled to put them all back nicely in the box.
"Are you seriously still this attached, pathetic."
Damon scoffed taking a letter and opening it.
"Damon give it back-"
"'It's Roman, I've met someone.
He isn't the kindest but we are friends.
I'm beginning to like him very much, but his family'-"
Roman snatched the letter out of Damon's hand sliding it back into the envelope with the date written on it.
"You just can't move on can you?"
Damon exclaimed.
"No Damon I can't."
Roman glared setting the box back on his table.
"Why not? It's easy."
Damon smirked as Roman clenched his fists.
"Because Damon it still hurts!"
"Well boo-hoo get over it."
Damon hissed.
"I can't, because it hurts right now, just like it hurt yesterday, and just like it's gonna hurt tomorrow."
"Well maybe you need to toughen up baby brother."
Damon glared down at him.
"Says the man looking for a woman who couldn't stand him. By all means get her back, I always enjoyed watching her fall deeper in love with Stefan."
Roman smirked, but before he knew it Damon had his hand in his chest.
Roman groaned as Damon slammed him against the wall.
"Watch your tone."
Damon seethed as Roman winced.
"Damon!"
Stefan exclaimed as Damon dropped his twin.
Stefan rushed over checking on Roman, before turning around to see no sign of Damon.
"You okay?"
Stefan questioned worried.
"I will be."
Roman sighed.
"Where are you going?"
Stefan questioned Roman as he slowly threw on a shirt.
"I'm Bonnie's date tonight."
Roman smiled as did Stefan.
"What?"
Roman laughed confused.
"I'm just happy you're finding someone to get close to again."
Roman rolled his eyes smiling at his brother.

❁

"Bonnie!"
Roman groaned like a child as she tightened his tie, on his basic suit.
"Stop!"
She laughed pushing his hands away as she fixed it.
"Come on."
Bonnie smiled hooking her arms with Roman's as they made their way up to the Lockwood house.
"Bonnie who's this?"
Carol Lockwood smiled from beside her husband.
"This is Roman, my date for tonight."
Bonnie smiled at them as did Roman.
"Well please come in, enjoy the party."
Roman smiled letting out a sigh of relief as he and Bonnie stepped in.
"'The founding families in Mystic Falls welcomes you to the inaugural founder's council celebration.' Wow, look, it's the original guest registry. Look at all these familiar names—Sheriff William Forbes, Mayor Benjamin Lockwood. Is that Damon Salvatore? And, Stefan and Roman Salvatore?"
Roman walked toward his brothers, Caroline, and Elena as Bonnie went to go get food.
"The original Salvatore brothers. Our ancestors. Tragic story, actually."
Damon smirked at his brother.
"You've never been good at telling stories big brother."
Roman said slightly tense as the girls noticed him.
"We don't need to bore them with stories of the past anyway."
Stefan gave a tight smile, almost telling Roman to stay calm
"It's not boring, Stefan. I'd love to hear more about your family."
Elena smiled grabbing his arm.
"Well, I'm bored. I want to dance. And Damon won't dance with me."
Caroline pouted.
"Mm-hmm."
Damon hummed basically saying 'No'.
"Could I just borrow your date?"
Caroline questioned Elena pleadingly.
"I don't really dance."
Stefan gave Caroline a polite smile.
"Oh, sure he does. You should see him. Waltz, the jitterbug, the moonwalk. He does it all."
Damon urged on with a smirk.
"You wouldn't mind, would you, Elena?"
Caroline smiled at Elena, basically pleading her not to say no.
"It's up to Stefan."
Elena told her looking to her date.
"Well sorry, but I'm not going to take no for an answer."
Caroline grabbed Stefan's hand dragging him off.
"I'm going to find Bonnie."
Roman smiled at Elena before walking off.

Roman failed at finding the Bennett, so he decided to explore the town.
He didn't know why, but Mystic Falls looked much more appealing at night.
Roman wandered into the woods running his hands across the trees.
He came to a sudden stop, staring down.
"You've been gone a long time, what are you doing?"
Damon's voice almost scared Roman, not expecting him of all people to check on him.
Roman was quiet for a moment before he took a deep breath.
"I died here."
Roman weakly pointed at the spot in front of him.
After a moment he lifted his finger higher pointing his finger a few feet away.
"Stefan died there."
He once again pointed a few feet away with a shaky breath.
"You died there"
Damon was quiet as was Roman.
"I never wanted you to hate me like this little brother."
Damon said almost sounding like he used to, quiet and soft.
Roman cleared his throat quickly tensing up again.
"Shouldn't you go pick up Caroline?"
Damon sighed, he had almost gotten through to his brother.
The raven haired Salvatore quickly disappeared from the woods.
Roman stayed, thinking of how close he and his brothers used to be.