N/B : It seems I ship everybody with everybody in that show, as I wanted to try my hand at Damon & Caroline. Enjoy & review if you liked it ;o)
Caroline doesn't remember exactly who initiated it, but it doesn't really matter.
What's important are the reasons why Damon and her end up in bed together.
Heartbreak. Pain. Grief.
Caroline doesn't fool herself. She knows that Damon is pretending she's Elena. And she's pretending he's Stefan anyway.
And they are both perfectly ok with that.
It was supposed to be a one time deal but they keep going at it.
Damon hurts because since the kiss Elena has distanced herself from him and barely speaks to him except about Stefan.
Caroline hurts because Stefan is gone but she isn't allowed to openly cry about it as he was never hers.
Also, the sex is great.
Elena doesn't seem to know that they are hooking up regularly.
To be honest, they don't really care anyway.
After a few weeks, there's less desperation and more talk. Sometimes there's even laugh. They discover that they have more in common then they thought they would.
They prefer to ignore it.
They are both masters at pretending by now.
One day Alaric has a lead on Stefan and Damon leaves. Elena goes with him.
Of course.
Once again Caroline is the one left behind.
She's feeling crushed and heartbroken again, just not for the same reasons.
Her heart and mind are once again a confusing mess and she's getting tired of it.
When Damon comes back he immediately comes to her place.
The lead was a bust but he seems ok with it. Resigned but still hopeful.
It is kind of terrifying how much she has missed him. He was only gone 3 days.
But when he takes her in his arms, it is apparent that he has missed her too.
His touch is different. His kisses are different.
Like he stops to pretend he's kissing Elena and knows perfectly well he's kissing Caroline.
And Caroline finally admits that while being with Damon she has stop thinking about Stefan a long time ago.
That night they stop having sex and they start making love.
