AN: So I've decided to turn this into a series. To be clear, it definitely will not match where Show is going but will be canonical in terms of events these two have experienced and the characterizations. So think of this as the AU adventures of Steroline together, individually and definitely dealing with Stefan's blood addiction and ripper storyline. This series will jump from different points in each season and beyond. Enjoy :D

Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. "Stefan." Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap. "Stefan!" Tap. Tap. Tap. Tap.

"STEFAN!"

Silence.

She sighs in relief and goes back to her book. Tap.

Whirling around, she grabs his hand and glares. "Stop that!"

The smirk on his face infuriates her almost as much as his tapping fingers. "Caroline, I'm bored."

She huffs. "Well then read something. I'm reading something and I'm not bored. Maybe you could learn a thing or two."

He chuckles. "You've been on the same page for the past five minutes. You're just as bored as I am."

"No, I'm not."

His knowing look makes her smile (but only a little bit).

"We should do something."

Her smile drops. "Stefan, you know you can't…"

He holds a hand up, stalling the rest of her sentence. "I know but we could do something here. Other than reading of course."

Caroline looks down and says sheepishly, "I thought you would like reading. You said it's calming and I thought…" She trails off.

He tips her chin up with his finger. "Thank you."

"What?"

Stefan laughs softly at her wide, confused eyes. "Thank you for helping me and staying with me."

"But you're bored," she says with a pout.

"I'm only bored because you want to do Stefan things when I want to do Caroline things."

She smiles at that. "Caroline things?"

He smiles too. "Yeah, Caroline things."

"Okay then well…," she bounces off the couch and her sentence jerks to a halt around the same time as her body.

Caroline's hand is still around Stefan's. She blushes because she forgot and snatches her hand away like he's fire and she just burned herself.

"Right, hand. Can't forget about my hand. What would I do without that hand? It's my right hand and I write with it. So important hand."

Her blush reddens at Stefan's clear amusement. "It's not funny."

He smirks and stands up from the couch. "I didn't realize you'd grown so attached to me, Caroline."

She can't help herself, she busts out laughing. Embarrassment forgotten. "Stefan, that was just horrible," she wheezes out between laughs.

He shrugs. "I try. So on to Caroline things?"

"On to Caroline things," she says with a nod.

Five hours later, Elena finds them on Stefan's bed.

They're asleep, surrounded by junk food and blankets. The end credits from what sounds like a terrifically bad 80's movie coming from the speakers of Stefan's laptop.

Caroline is using Stefan's back as a pillow and he's lying on a giant pillow mountain. There's a smile on his face.

Elena eases her way out the room and nearly yells when she backs into something hard. Whirling around, she comes face to face with Damon. His eyes are dancing with amusement (as per usual).

He looks over her shoulder and smiles. His gaze softens.

Damon closes the door and leads Elena down the hall.

"I told you Vampire Barbie would be able to help him."

She sighs. "I know but I'm his girlfriend. I should be the one helping him with this and I can't because he won't let me."

"Elena, you can't always be the one to kiss his boo boos and make it all better."

She shoots him a withering glance.

Damon puts his hands up in a placating gesture.

"Hey, hey now. Don't think about staking me just because you know I'm right. Let Caroline handle this. When he's ready to come to you, he will."

Elena huffs out, "Fine," and crosses her arms. "But in the mean time I want some of that famous Salvatore tortellini. I'm starving."

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