There is a strange darkness in his expression that scares her when she looks directly at his face (but only because she knows it is mirrored in hers).
She shuts her eyes at the thought and hates herself when she hears her voice whisper into his ear. "Harder."
He obliges eagerly and she runs her manicured nails down his back until they draw blood.
That wound will heal, she knows, but these memories will never leave.
-x-
Damon whispers a string of obscenities against her skin as he bites and licks at her.
Caroline squirms but does not protest (and sometimes she whispers right back to him with a vulgarity she only uses with him).
It isn't normal to use each other like this, but Caroline figures they passed normal the moment he first drank from her thirty two years ago.
-x-
Then late at night, Damon's phone will ring and Caroline will watch from the bed as Damon paces outside while he argues with Elena. In the end, after profuse apologizing on Damon's part, they're back together again, and he leaves without a word.
Caroline will go back to Tyler who will tell her he's sorry and she'll nod with downcast eyes. They're reaching the end of their relationship, but neither is ready to let go. (Caroline just wishes she could admit she was never truly as invested as she had always liked to believe.)
Things are okay for a little while longer, but eventually the cycle will repeat and Caroline won't regret a thing.