CAROLINE'S POV:
I made my way downstairs the next morning, finding Stefan in the kitchen, a tray in his hands…
"That doesn't look much like breakfast…" I chuckled
"I need to change your dressing, remember?" he questioned
"Oh, right, yeah." I replied "Look, Stefan, you don't have to…"
"Caroline, stop," he sighed, stopping me mid-sentence "this is part of me looking after you, so sit yourself down and let's get started, okay?"
"Okay." I mirrored, smiling at him weakly as I eased myself onto a stool at the breakfast bar
STEFAN'S POV:
I helped Caroline ease her t-shirt off of her body. Laying her t-shirt on the breakfast bar, I watched as she slid the strap of her surgical bra down her arm and moved the cup out of the way. Raising her arm, she smiled at me weakly…
"You okay?" I questioned
She nodded her head as I began to remove the dressing, throwing it into the empty bag I'd got ready and dipped one of the pads in the warm water, cleaning the dressing carefully, keeping one eye on Caroline's face, the other on what I was doing…
CAROLINE'S POV:
"Sorry." Stefan proclaimed as I noticeably winced as the wound began to sting as he cleaned it
"It's okay." I replied, smiling at him reassuringly
"Almost done." he informed me as he began to unwrap a new dressing, placing it on top of the wound, me holding the dressing in place as he tore off some strei-stips to hold it in place
Helping me to ease my surgical bra back into place, I brought my arm down and sighed with relief as he picked up my t-shirt and helped me ease it over my body…
"How are you feeling?" Stefan asked as he began to clear away
"Sore," I admitted, smiling at him weakly "but alright in general."
"Good." he replied "We need to head to the grocery store sometime today…"
"We?" I inquired, raising an eyebrow at him
"Yeah, you and me." he replied "I know I'm a domesticated God but shopping is one thing I cannot do on my own."
I smiled at him warmly… "I'll start making a list of what we need."
STEFAN'S POV:
Forty minutes later, Caroline and I made our way into the grocery store, me pushing the shopping cart as we began to make our way down the first aisle, Caroline moving across to stands, checking the list she'd made as she went…
CAROLINE'S POV:
Stefan and I stood in the queue at one of the checkouts when someone pushed past me, making me yelp in pain as I was jolted forward. Being helped out of the way by a customer behind me, I watched as Stefan made his way after the person who'd pushed past me and pinned them up against the wall…
"Stefan, don't!" I proclaimed as I was led to a seat
"You're lucky, this time." he informed the guy, letting go of his lapels "Are you okay?"
I nodded my head… "Just go and pay for the groceries."
Standing up as Stefan had finished paying for the groceries, we made our way out of the store and as we reached his car, I climbed in as he put the shopping into the boot, climbing into the drivers side a couple of minutes later…
"Are you okay?" he asked
"No worse than I was 5 minutes ago." I replied
He smiled at me warmly… "C'mon, let's get you home."
Starting the engine of his car, he reversed out of the parking space and drove out of the grocery store car park, heading back to mine…
I LOVE protective Stefan, so I had to include him in a chapter at some point! And what better way with him and Caroline being all cute and domesticated?