I realized today that every idea I have for a fanfic is always a oneshot. So I decided to work my way to a multi-chapter story by...writing a series of drabbleish oneshots! Progress! Although...it's pretty lame for progress, but whatever.

R&R!

1. Lust

He's calm and collected and if he were the ocean, the water would be as smooth as glass. It is everyone else with the waves, with a hurricane sliding over the surface. No, he is the example of a perfect guardian.

At least on the outside he is.

But on the inside is a swirl of emotions. He feels so much anger for his father, for the Strigoi who took away a part of his life he can never get back, for an old friend who stabbed him in the back.

And then…there's the desire, overpowering the anger like it's a grain of rice and the desire is a field of it. Whenever he sees her, whenever he thinks of her, he's met with a wave of want. He needs her to keep him anchored, but it's more than that. He constantly thinks of her when he shouldn't be, and he only feels right when he's pressed up against her, making out like there's no tomorrow. When he closes his eyes, he sees her. It's gotten so bad that she's always on his mind. When they're all alone, his body reacts. A lot. In certain areas.

When they're apart, he feels hollow.

Dimitri can no longer exist without her—his temptation, his love, his lust.