STEROLINE.
Stefan was reading and sitting in one of the armchairs next to the fireplace when Caroline's presence made him look up from the book. The girl came from the kitchen with a bag of blood in her hand, but that was not what caught his attention. Caroline was in underwear and had her hair up. Stefan swallowed and put the book on the small table.
"Caroline" he called her. Caroline stopped before returning upstairs and looked at him with her eyebrows raised.
Liz had passed away a month ago and Caroline had turned off her humanity as a result of it a week later, as she could not deal with what had happened. Stefan wanted to keep an eye on her and therefore he had invited her to live in his house, knowing it would be what Liz would want. Caroline's behaviour was the typical one of any vampire who had turned their emotions. Stefan had found a lot of people hanging around the house more than once. Those people were the daily menu of Caroline, but fortunately he could always kick them out before Caroline tore their throats. Stefan scratched his chin, trying not to look her up and down.
"You can't stroll through the house like this" Stefan said, looking behind her toward the stairs. "We could have guests or…"
"I don't think anyone feels like coming to the boring Salvatore house" the girl said, laughing.
"Even so, you should put a towel or something, don't you think?"
"Relax, Stefan. I'm sure you've seen a girl wearing underwear more than once" Stefan looked at Caroline's eyes. They were cold, distant and empty eyes. "And this is a good sign because I had still had feelings for you, I wouldn't be able to stroll like this in front of you. Besides, who you think you are? My friend? Don't forget that you're nobody in my life since you decided to leave me alone months ago. I hope you like the taste of your own medicine.
Caroline smirked and took a sip of her blood bag. Stefan watched her as she went upstairs, not being able to help feeling a shiver down her spine and stomach. He knew he had not the slightest right to observe her that way, but it was hard when she walked with so little clothes at home. He looked for ways to give her humanity back to her every day, but he was not able to reach any solution. He missed her and knew that if he expressed his feelings to her at the time, Caroline would not feel anything. He needed her to be who she really was again in order to tell her how much he loved her at once. But it seemed that this day would never come.
