Who'd have thought someone like you could love me? You're the last thing my heart expected
Alaric Saltzman/Jenna Sommers (+ Isobel Flemming-Saltzman)
Alaric had fallen for Isobel's dark and exotic looks; her enthusiasm in the paranormal that had eventually became her downfall. He admired her dedication to her studies, and humored her when she wanted to research some more of the outlandish myths. Who believed in vampires anymore?
His obsession with the paranormal, with the creature that had taken his wife, halted any chances he had of moving on, of finding someone else; he didn't even want to find someone else. He just wanted to find him and avenge his wife's death.
He wasn't meant to find anyone when he landed in Mystic Falls, Virginia; a name that appeared countless times in Isobel's research; scribbled onto the paper in her frantic handwriting.
His job as the high school history teacher was only meant to be a supplement to his hunt, everyone needed money; he hadn't counted on one of his students introducing him to his Aunt when they were all in the Grill one night.
Her smile and laughter wasn't meant to completely brighten up the darkness that had settled around him a long time ago.
Her oblivion to the world that she was surrounded by was a refreshing breath of air; and while her niece and nephew mixed themselves in with vampires and witches and werewolves, while he risked his life alongside them, she was ready for a night in with a big bowl of popcorn and a scary movie.
Jenna and Isobel were the polar opposites of each other, day and night but when the blonde found herself telling her boyfriend that she loved him, he realized just how easy it was to say the words back; just how much he loved her too.
