I Love You in Threes

Three Things Stefan Loves about Caroline

Raindrops and Little Red Flowers

Caroline loves to dance barefoot in the rain. She says it makes her feel alive. And as he watches her prance in the backyard, her navy blue romper with little red flowers printed all over it clinging to her lithe form, her blonde curls gone limp from the rain drops, he can't help but think she's more alive than he ever was.

Beauty Mark

The tiny mole that hides behind her right earlobe; inconspicuously resting where the base of her skull starts and her long creamy neck ends. He found it one morning running his fingers through her hair as she slept and he makes sure he kisses that exact spot every morning while she slumbers and the world is quiet around them.

Coffee

On those nights, when the clouds are thick and you can't see a single star, Stefan often wakes up and finds that he's alone in their bed. He gets up because he hates to be alone. And he always finds her in their small cozy kitchen, the only light coming from the small bulb above the stove, sitting on the counter with a cup of coffee in her hand, her hair tousled wildly as she smiles and says she didn't want to wake him. He runs his fingers through her untamed curls and kisses her lips and loves that they taste like vanilla and coffee and home.

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Three Things Caroline Loves about Stefan

Bedtime Stories

Caroline was never much of a bookworm; however she couldn't help but appreciate the large library filled to the brim with novels, and poetry, and biographies, and anything and everything that he has collected over the years. She feels overwhelmed at first so he does the choosing for her; opting first for 'Gone with the Wind' because he knows that she not-so-secretly wants to be Scarlett. She has trouble with the southern dialect however and is about to give up one cool autumn night, when Stefan takes the book gently from her hands and begins reading out loud to her. The words flow easily from his lips as she curls up against him, her ear placed directly over his undead heart as they lay on the bed and she makes him promise to read to her every night. And he does.

Earth, Blood, and Whiskey

She loves the way he smells. Especially when he's just come back from hunting in the woods behind their house and she can smell the musk of the earth and the metallic aroma from the animal blood on him. He always drinks a full glass of whiskey after feeding to help take the edge off and she wraps her arms around him and nuzzles his neck and inhales deeply as she takes in his scent because it is distinctly Stefan's and no one else's.

Tangled Sheets

They make love every morning. All tangled sheets and exploring hands and gentle kisses. All because she said there's no better way to start your day than waking up in the arms of Stefan Salvatore, having a mind blowing orgasm, one pre-dawn Sunday in Florence.

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A/N – Ok, just some drabblish, crackish, Steroline fluff to get us through the long summer break. Will probably be three parts – to you know, stick with the theme. Review if it pleases you! T-