A/N: hey everyone! This is a short one shot that I came up with whilst reading a kind of sad Calaric fic (Moral Support by simply-aly) so enjoy xxx
They each realised how broken she was, one by one. It made them hate, it made them sad, it made them admire. It made them sorry.
Alaric was the first to realise. It was just after they had desiccated Klaus, Caroline had rushed into the boarding house, going straight to Elena, asking her if she was ok. When he asked her why her hair was wet she said she had been thrown into a pool of vervain, then she immediately went back to hugging Elena.
That was when Alaric realised just how broken Caroline was and he hated everything for it.
Stefan was next to realise. A new supernatural villain had come to town and he was torturing all of the vampires. The villain had decided to move on to Caroline after spending a while making the Salvatores scream. He stabbed Caroline with a stake and she didn't even wince.
That was when Stefan realised just how broken Caroline was and he was devastatingly sad for it.
Damon was the last to realise. Caroline had just killed Elena and Bonnie after being compelled by Kol to do so; she didn't even spill a tear. She just held Jeremy, wiped away his tears and kissed his forehead until he fell asleep, all the while she didn't even shed a tear.
That was when Damon realised just how broken Caroline was and he greatly admired her for it, for how she she could keep it together after everything.
They all felt sorry when she realised it, when she looked in the mirror and saw the broken shell of the girl she once was. They felt sorry that they couldn't have made her better. They felt sorry when they were unable to stop her from taking off her ring, tears pouring down he face for herself, for Elena, for Bonnie, and burning in the bright sun.
But some things are so broken that they can't ever be fixed.