Disclaimer: The Vampire Diaries is the property of CW. I don't own the characters, but most of the storyline is mine and mine only.
Author's Note: This is no longer a one-shot and has officially taken an AU turn. Things will coincide with what is happening on the show, but it's going to be totally warped in so many ways.
She was wearing a red bikini with white polka dots, her hair down, sunglasses covering her eyes and a rainbow cocktail in her hand. This was pretty perfect, even if the idea of running away from home had been the last thing on her mind. She did miss Mystic Falls. She missed her mother, even if she was trying to get rid of everyone else around her, she missed Matt and she missed the sound of Elena and Bonnie squealing and laughing. Just the thought made her smile and if she was being honest, she liked the way things were happening for her right then. She couldn't see him, but Caroline knew that Tyler was watching her. He had a few more weeks before the next full moon and Caroline knew that he was looking for a place where he could lock himself up so that nobody got hurt and so that word of werewolves didn't get out. Nobody needed to know that the supernatural things they read about in books and saw in movies were real. It was hard enough keeping things a secret in Mystic Falls; she could only imagine how difficult it would be in a place like Daytona Beach, Florida. They had spent a few days trying to track down Mason's old place, but that had been a bust when Tyler realized that Daytona Beach was probably not where Mason would have come to stay if he was trying to keep some big secret from the rest of the world. This wasn't the most ideal location, but it gave them the freedom to do whatever they wanted. A blood bank wasn't too far from where they were staying and Caroline knew that after a week of drinking the bank dry, people would start to notice. They had found a way to get her enough blood while replacing the bags they had taken. Tyler had even suggested that she attempt to drink his blood. If not directly from him, then he would pump his blood into a bag so that she could drink. A fight had progressed from there and Tyler had stormed out of the apartment and had stayed gone for three whole nights while Caroline sat on the balcony watching the waves hit the shore and retreat almost instantly. When he came back, he brought her a cooler full off blood bags and he sat in a corner of the room watching her drink every last drop out of those bags. They never fought again after that. They only had each other and fighting wasn't helping their living arrangements and it wasn't making Caroline believe that she had made the right decision by leaving Mystic Falls with a temperamental werewolf. Whether she loved him or not.
Holding the straw between her lips, Caroline looked around at the people sitting around her and noticed the way all the girls were looking at something – correction: someone – behind her. She didn't need to turn around to know that it was Tyler, because every female member sitting around the pool had that same look that Caroline used to have by just being around Tyler. Tilting her head instinctively as she felt his fingers move down her neck, Caroline let out a soft whimper and released the straw from her lips to run her tongue over it. He had been depriving her of sex for days now and she was starting to lose her mind. She didn't realize just how much she wanted him till he took it away from her. Sometimes when she woke up before him, Caroline would attempt to make full use of his morning wood, but that would last all of six seconds before Tyler would wake up and toss her off him so that she had to help herself get over the need that was clearly setting her whole body on fire. Now he was just taunting her again and at the same time, he was teasing the watching women, letting them know that he was taken and they could stare all they want. Caroline shuddered involuntarily as Tyler moved to sit beside her. She bit down on her lip and shifted on the pool chair and tilted her head to look at him. It was the way things always happened. He would come to check on her for a few minutes, he'd look around the pool area, trying to see if there was a threat of any kind, give her a kiss and tell her he'd see her later. She watched his back muscles flex – she was silently glad that he wasn't wearing one of those useless t-shirts of his this time – and then focused all her attention on his face. His jaw was clenched and his eyes were narrowed and even though she was looking at him from the side, Caroline could tell something was wrong. Setting her drink down, she sat up and rested her chin on his shoulder, slipping an arm through his to link her fingers with his. Caroline felt him relax almost instantly and that made her smile. When he turned his head a little to look at her, she winked at him and leaned in to brush her lips against his slowly, "What's wrong, baby?"
"I feel like we're being watched."
"I hate to break it to you, but every time you come here to visit me, we're being watched."
"Care," Caroline rolled her eyes as Tyler shook his head, "Has this been going on for a few days?"
"The last three days, it's like someone's been inside our apartment and left their mark everywhere."
"Did you try to sniff it out?"
"I did," she pouted and squeezed his hand gently as he sighed heavily and turned away, "It's not strong enough. Or I'm not strong enough."
"Tell me more."
"It smells like home."
"You think someone from Mystic Falls is here to find us?"
"Possibly."
"Tyler," Caroline turned his head to face her and shook her head, "We didn't leave any tracks and we cleaned up pretty well after ourselves."
"We didn't wash the sheets at the motels we were in and you and I both know that motels don't really do a good job of cleaning stuff up."
"Fine, but we spent most our nights in the back of your car."
"I know, baby, I know," Tyler rested his forehead against Caroline's and closed his eyes, "I'm just being paranoid."
"Why?"
"I'm scared that someone is here to take you back."
"You know that I won't leave without you."
"I don't think this person is really going to give you much of a choice."
"Well, they're in for a surprise then."
"I don't want you to fight them off because of me, Caroline."
"For fucks sake, Tyler, I left Mystic Falls for you," she nipped at his shoulder gently; "I'm not leaving you just because Mystic Falls is calling me back."
"Are you sure about that?"
"I love you and even if you don't say it back, I know you love me too. So yeah, I'm sure about this."
"I don't know what makes you think I feel the same way."
"Well, you definitely love me for the mind blowing sex I provide you with," Caroline shrugged and pouted, "Speaking of which, aren't you missing me at all?"
"It's a test."
"To prove what?"
"I'm not sure yet."
"Well, time's up, pencils down," Caroline placed soft kisses along his shoulder and smiled, "Test is over. I want you."
xxx
Tyler never understood how they made it into their apartment in one piece when they were literally clawing at each other, trying to get the other naked first. He thanked whoever put the elevator into the five storied building for the fantastic addition, because by the time they reached their fifth floor apartment, Caroline was wet to the point that she was dripping down her leg slowly. There was a lot of whining and whimpering when he set her on her feet before tugging her along to their apartment. While everybody living in the complex was young and unmarried, Tyler didn't want to give anyone a reason to stare at the two of them or at Caroline for that matter. She was all his and nobody else's and as history showed, he didn't like to share. Tugging her into the apartment as he got the door shut, Tyler pressed Caroline's back against the door and crashed his lips down on hers. He slipped a hand between them to palm her through her bikini bottoms and nipped at her bottom lip as a low growl fell from her lips. She mumbled something as she raked her fingers through his hair, tugging on it. Tyler took his time untying the strings of her bikini bottoms as Caroline's hips bucked against his desperately. She was on her tip-toes by the time he let her bikini bottoms fall and a satisfied whimper escaped her lips as she pulled away from him for a minute to catch her breath. Tyler brushed his nose against hers as he moved a finger down her slit, teasing her folds before slipping a finger into her. growling as he heard her breath hitch in her throat, Tyler pushed his finger deeper and covered her mouth with his. Just the sounds she was making was enough to make him come in his shorts right then, but he wasn't going to let go alone and he wasn't going to be the kind of guy that released before the girl had even reached that point. Slipping his free hand behind Caroline, Tyler untied her bikini top and let it fall to the floor as she moved her hips against his finger. Tyler sucked on her bottom lip as he felt her walls quiver around him, clenching and unclenching around his finger as her body shuddered against his. She clearly had missed him and this was more than enough proof of that. She murmured his name as she pulled her lips away from his, "Baby…."
"Just let go," she nodded as her back arched off the door, taking Tyler's finger into her a little deeper as she tightened around him and soaked his finger completely, her body shuddering violently as she came down from her climax. Tyler carefully slipped his finger out of her as Caroline gripped at his arms for support and he noticed her legs getting a little wobbly as she smiled with her eyes shut, her tongue darting out to wet her lips. "Now, fuck me. Hard. Make me come again."
"Whatever you want, princess."
Caroline wanted to move, she didn't want their neighbors hearing them, but Tyler wasn't going to budge. He liked having her pressed up against the door like that, digging her nails into his skin as she urged him for more. So when he kicked his shorts off, picked her up and slammed her against the door again, he saw the shock cross her face as she wrapped her arms and legs around him, holding on for dear life. Tyler didn't pause to let her get comfortable, he pushed into her as soon as her legs were around his waist, his hips pressed hard against hers as he slid into her fully. Moving his hands down to her hips, he gently peeled her off the door, letting her rest her head against the wood as he thrust into her fast and hard. Her nails scraped up his back and to his shoulders as she moved her hips against his, begging for more. Tyler shifted a little and leaned forward to capture one of her nipples between his lips as she dug the heel of her foot into his butt and bucked her hips against his. He sucked on her nipple, taking his time by teasing her as she pushed a hand into her hair and tugged on it hard as he kept a steady pace of thrusting into her. Her body arched even more and Tyler had to rest his hands on her back to steady her against him as he pushed harder into her. her cries got louder, her moans turning into screams and her nails digging into his shoulder hard enough to draw blood. Tyler ignored the pain, just focused on how good she felt around him. warm, wet and tight. Tyler pushed into her once more, drawing a loud moan from her lips as she came again, soaking his length, her body quivering with pleasure. He rode it out with her, his lips pressed to the skin between her breasts as he emptied himself into her, and her arms snaked around his neck to hold him close. Tyler worked on catching his breath as he listened to the sound of Caroline's breathing along with the soft sounds of her chuckling as her fingers massaged the back of his neck. "If you do that every time you deprive me of sex for this long, I think I'll be okay with you depriving me of sex."
"I don't think I can deprive myself of sex anymore. Definitely not after that."
"Good, because as much as I love the romantic stuff we do, having you buried deep inside me is probably my favorite thing in the whole world."
"Don't worry your pretty blonde head; I think I'm going to stay like this for as long as I can."
"Can you please warn me before you get hard again, because I would like to be prepared for that epic moment?"
"I'm hard again."
xxx
After the fourth time, Caroline pretty much lost count of the number of times they had sex. What she did know was that they had covered every flat surface of their apartment and he had even let her take control a few times. She was sore and her muscles ached and her lips were raw and her nails had blood under them and she couldn't even turn to look at Tyler. But it was all worth it. Sometimes being supernatural beings paid off, because as much as the never ending sex took a toll on them, their bodies seemed to recover fast enough for another round almost instantly. Smiling to herself, Caroline drew lazy shapes on the back of Tyler's hand that was wrapped around her waist. She shifted carefully, pressing her back against his chest and bit down on her lip at the feel of his erection pressed against her. "Stop it."
"I'm not doing anything."
"You're thinking you want me again."
"I always want you. Again."
"Not this time."
"You mean you don't want me again."
"If either of us could move right now, this conversation wouldn't be happening."
"Good point."
"Now, go to sleep. We have a long day tomorrow."
"Did you get your car fixed?"
"Yes ma'am, which is why we have a long day tomorrow."
"Ty?"
"Mhm?"
"Do you love me?"
"Yes, I do."
"Good," Caroline closed her eyes and sighed happily as Tyler linked his fingers with hers and gave her hand a quick squeeze. She knew that leaving Mystic Falls meant that she would be with Tyler and only Tyler. It was bound to get difficult for the both of them, but she was willing to make that sacrifice because she needed him in her life. Nobody – other than the Salvatore brothers – knew what it was like to be an outsider in your own hometown. Being a vampire made things difficult for her, but Tyler seemed to be okay with her despite it all. And while it would take him forever to tell her that he loved her, he was definitely making progress and Caroline couldn't argue with that. Not now, not ever.
Sleeping had become a luxury and Caroline took every opportunity she got to curl up under the covers, pull them over her head and sleep for as long as she could. Right then, while her body was worn out the way it was, sleeping was the best way to spend her time recovering. So much so that she didn't even know that Tyler wasn't beside her anymore. When she finally came to and her body was willing to let her move, Caroline turned onto her back slowly and stretched her arm out, looking for Tyler. Whimpering unhappily as her hand moved over the empty space beside her, Caroline forced her eyes open and looked around the room. There was no sign of Tyler, causing Caroline to sit up quickly, her eyes scanning the whole room. His boxers were not on the floor beside the bed, the patio door was wide open and the bathroom wasn't being used. Caroline carefully got out of bed; grabbed one of Tyler's discarded t-shirts and pulled it on over her head. As she tucked her hair behind her ear and everything else started to come into focus, she could hear the voices. She almost sat back down, but she knew that if she left Tyler to deal with this alone, something bad would happen. Tucking her hair behind her ears, Caroline walked out of the bedroom and found Tyler standing with his arms crossed over his chest with Jules standing across from him, on the other side of the marble island in the kitchen. "Jules…what are you doing here?"
"I've come to get Tyler."
"What for?" Caroline looked from Jules to Tyler and back as she shifted from foot to foot. Tyler wasn't looking at her and that only meant that something bad was definitely going to happen. Caroline chewed on her bottom lip as Jules shook her head, "He can't be here with you and I know you think you're soul mates and this is where you belong, but a vampire and a werewolf cannot be together."
"You do not get to decide what happens in this relationship."
"I do, when one of my kind is being sucked into something that can kill him."
"I am not going to kill him!"
"Yeah, because you love him. we get it," Caroline looked at Tyler as he growled under his breath and then turned back to Jules, "You're a danger to him, you need to understand that now."
"I want you to leave."
"I'm not leaving without Tyler."
"Yes, you are," Caroline gritted her teeth to stop the fangs from making an appearance, "Look, I'm not the only one looking for the two of you."
"What are you talking about?"
"Stefan's here," Caroline looked at Tyler as he spoke and shook her head, wondering if she had heard him right, "How did he find us?"
"I don't know, but what I do know is that he is and that's how Jules found us."
"Is this what you were talking about when you said that you could sense home?" Tyler nodded, his eyes meeting hers briefly and Caroline swallowed hard, closing her eyes as she shook her head firmly, "You can't have him, Jules. I did not come all this way to lose him again."
"I don't care what you want, Caroline, he has to come with me. Your decision to run away with a werewolf has created quite the uproar with the rest of the bloodsuckers, so you can't really even argue about this with me."
"It wasn't her idea, Jules, it was mine," Caroline noticed the shock in Jules' eyes as she turned to look at Tyler, "I needed to get her out of Mystic Falls."
"Is that why you walked away from me? To come back, be a hero and take the precious blonde vampire away from everything and everyone that she knows?"
"It's a lot more complicated than that."
"So start explaining."
xxx
Tyler paced the room, muttering to himself as he raked a hand through his hair over and over again. He could feel Caroline watching him, but he still couldn't bring himself to look at her. this was his fault. Stefan Salvatore was in Daytona Beach looking for Caroline and Jules had come looking for him. he knew that somewhere along the way, they had left a trail. That someone was going to find them. But he didn't really expect people to go all out looking for them. He should never have dragged Caroline away from Mystic Falls. That was her home and that was where she belonged, whether or not her mother and boyfriend were trying to find ways to kill all the other vampires in town. The fact that he loved her and wanted her to be safe were not important anymore, he could not keep her safe if there would always be someone looking for her. what kind of life was he hoping to give her if they had to keep looking over their shoulders?
"Can you please talk to me?"
"What do you want me to say, Care?"
"What are we going to do now?"
"You should go back with Stefan."
"We talked about this, Tyler, I'm not going anywhere without you."
"We don't have a choice. This is not something that you or I can decide."
"I don't care!" Tyler stopped pacing and turned to face her as she kneeled on the bed, staring at him, "I don't care, Tyler. If you're going somewhere, I'm going with you."
"Jules will pitch a fit."
"Then don't go with Jules," he watched her as she crawled off the bed and moved to stand in front of him, "Come with me. We'll go somewhere else."
"This is not a good idea, Caroline."
"None of this - you and me, running away – was a good idea," she rested a hand on his chest and smiled a little, "But we made our choices."
"Being with me is dangerous for you."
"If I'm going to die, I'd rather it be somewhere with you instead of in a place where nobody gives a fuck about me."
"You sound like me now," Tyler smiled softly as Caroline cupped his face with both her hands, stroking his cheek with her thumb, "We just need to pack up and move as soon as possible. We'll be careful about leaving tracks and we'll just have to make this work without setting off too many alarms."
"You do realize that with Stefan and Jules here, that is close to impossible?"
"Why do you sound so scared?"
"Because I know how Jules functions and from whatever time I've spent with Stefan, I know that nothing is going to stop him from getting what he wants," Tyler gently pulled Caroline's hands off his face, "And right now, he wants you to go back with him to Mystic Falls."
"So that's it, then? You're not even going to fight for me?
"This is bigger than you and me, Caroline."
"No, it's not. You either want to be with me or you want to go join your wolfpack and leave me alone again."
"You don't get it!" Tyler tried to keep his voice under control, but it was proving to be difficult when Caroline was staring at him like he had just killed her, "If you go with me wherever, the Salvatores will come looking for me and they will kill me, because it doesn't take too much to kill a werewolf that has someone to make me vulnerable. And the wolves are not going to hold back on hurting you just because you're with me."
"I did not give up everything for you to just throw it away because you're scared of a few vampires and a pack of wolves."
"I need you to let me do this."
"I can't, Tyler," Caroline hugged herself, closing her eyes as she shook her head, "I'm scared that if I let go, I'll never get you back."
"I promise I'll come back for you, but if I don't go now, they're going to kill you."
"I can fight off a bunch of werewolves."
"One bite is all it takes, Care, if they get you good then I don't know how I'm going to save you."
"We'll find a way."
"Caroline, listen to me," Tyler grabbed her shoulders and shook her gently so that she would open her eyes and look at him, "A werewolf bite for a vampire is just as good as being staked, the difference is that you can't undo a bite. Once you're bitten, you fade away slowly. I will not stand by and watch you die."
"You're willing to leave me with a bunch of people that don't care about me, how is that any different?"
"Because I can come back for you if you're still alive. If you're gone, what the hell am I supposed to do?"
"Make wolf babies with Jules."
"Dammit Caroline, this is serious."
"You cannot leave me again. You promised you wouldn't leave me again."
"I promised that I would give you fair warning before I left you and this is my fair warning."
"What if you don't come back?"
"I promise you that I will come back."
"What will I do while you're gone?"
"Just stay low, don't draw too much attention and wait for me."
"Everybody knows I ran away, Tyler, they're all going to be watching me closely."
"Just don't give them any reason to pounce on you and lock you away."
"How long will you be gone for?"
"I don't know. I have to go to Texas with Jules," Tyler stepped away from Caroline and started packing his bags, "I'm thinking a few weeks."
"And you're leaving now?"
"Stefan is on his way and I don't want to be here when he arrives."
"He's not going to hurt you, Tyler."
"Yes, he is," Tyler looked up at her and shook his head, "Stefan might love Elena, Caroline, but you mean a lot to him. he's as protective of you as he is of Elena and it doesn't matter that you can take care of yourself, he's always going to look out for you."
"How do you even know that?"
"That one time he cornered me, when I could stop the pack from poking and prodding you, I figured it out."
"Which means that he will not hurt you because he knows that I love you."
"I need to go before he gets here."
"Will you call me?"
"As soon as we're off the road," Tyler pulled on clean clothes, shrugging on his jacket as he stepped back in front of her, "I promise I will call you."
"This is the stupidest idea you've ever had," Tyler smiled, pressing his lips against her forehead as she clutched at his shirt, "I love you."
"I love you too."
