TVD Imagines

Alaric- Alone

You'd found a lead on your father's whereabouts and found out he wanted to see you, but when you told your mum she refused to let you.
Alaric had been dating your mother for a while now and you've just moved in with him, you've met his friends and even developed a small crush on Stefan.

Alaric knocked on your room door
"Sorry Y/N, your mother forgot her keys" he grabbed the car keys off the desk without looking elsewhere.

Just before he closed the door he noticed you were curled up on your bed silently crying alone

"Hey, are you alright?"

"Yeah" you let out a small croak

"Look if you need anything just-"

"It's fine, you can go on your date"

He slowly closes the door.  A few moments later you hear a car drive off and you burst into more tears.

The door opened again and there was Alaric. He told you how he made up some excuse to stay back and your mother's gone to your old house to pick up some more stuff.

He sat down next to you on the bed
"Is everything alright? You know you can talk to me about anything right, I may be dating your mother but if there's something bothering you that you can't tell her, I'm here for you"

"You wouldn't really understand anyway"

"Try me"

You turned around to look at him and he seemed genuinely sincere.

At first you were hesitant but you slowly vented out all your problems and hurts, you explained to him how you and Caroline found a lead on your father and how you were so excited to finally meet him but your mum stopped you completely. He listened as you began to cry and frustrate about how hard it was for you

"I just miss him you know. I used to look at other kids and their dad's when they'd come and pick them up from school and buy them ice cream or hear about how they went on family trips and they would buy them gifts and I couldn't even relate. My own mother was barely there, I'm not blaming her for being a single mother for me but I had no one to come home to, no one to hold, no one to stop me from doing anything stupid like I have done before. What makes anything different now? I want my dad Ric"
you cry and he instantly holds you in his arms, your tears soak through his shirt but he didn't care.

"It's not fair, I want to see him, I just want my dad back" he bushes you, stroking his arm through your hair

"I know honey, it's gonna be alright"

-

2 days later your mother told you that she arranged for you and your father to meet. You instantly ran to hug her and couldn't stop thanking Alaric when you found out it was thanks to his word.

-

You came home late at night, you dropped your bag on the floor and made your way to the kitchen.

Alaric was washing the dishes while your mother was away at work, he carried on washing not looking back

"Y/N, you're back already, how did it go?"

After a few moments of no reply he looked back and saw your tired watery red eyes, "he..uh... He didn't show" 

"So he didn't say anything? He just didn't show up?"

"He left a message. What kind of coward leaves his daughter waiting because he was 'afraid i would hate him' well guess what I didn't hate him before but I do now" you said out of spite and anger

"It's alright-"

"I just wanted one dinner, just one. Show him how far I've come. Shown him that I've been waiting for him and that I wanted him to come back to us. He couldn't have just shown up one night, could he? Instead he chose to be selfish again. And for that matter I really don't give 2 shits about him anymore, mum was right" you spat

"Y/N-"

"Well it's fine because I've done it for 18 years and I can do it again, over and over. I don't need a dad, I never had one and clearly I never will get one." You finally burst into tears

Before you could say anything more he threw off his washing gloves and ran over to hug you and you held onto him tightly, crying into his shirt

"He was supposed to show Ric, he was supposed to be there" 

"I know honey and i'm so sorry"

"Why did he leave me? Why do I deserve to be alone? He hates me, my own father he hates me" You say through sobs of tears

"Hey, you're not alone kid, you've got me, you've got your mother, your friends, you name it we're all here and we're gonna get through this okay? I love you Y/N, you may not be my own but I'm always gonna treat you like one. I never had kids but if I did, just know I'd never treat them differently to you. You're young, and right now its gonna hurt, but you gotta believe me when I tell you this but this will heal because you don't need that dick. You're my girl, I'm not gonna let any one else hurt you"