...{love is all you need}...
Stefan walked up the front steps of the Lockwood house. He knocked on the door and politely waited, hands shoved into his jeans pockets. The door opened and exposed Carol Lockwood. She smiled at him.
"Stefan, what are you doing here?"
"Good morning Mrs. Lockwood, is Tyler here?"
She glanced inside and then looked back at Stefan. "Um, yes, he–he's in his room. Come in, please."
She stepped aside and opened the door wider, allowing Stefan to come in.
"Thank you." He smiled.
"You can go upstairs. His room is on the left. He should be awake by now."
"Thank you Mrs. Lockwood."
Stefan quickly walked up the stairs and found Tyler's room. He knocked once before slowly opening it.
"Mom go away I'm–Stefan?"
"Hello, Tyler."
He sat up in his bed and stood.
"What, uh, what are you doing here?" His gaze cast to the ground.
Stefan glared at him, jaw clenched, eyes cold and angry. "I think you know exactly what I'm doing here." He said, leaning his head closer to Tyler.
Tyler's guilty eyes and remorseful face told Stefan he knew what this was about.
"If you're here because of Caroline, I'm sor–"
"I'm definitely here because of Caroline." Stefan said sternly. "And I'm not the one you should be apologizing too." His voice was firm.
He took a step toward Tyler and he backed away, scared.
Stefan chuckled. "Are you scared Tyler?" His voice was mocking.
Tyler slowly nodded.
"Really? Because last night you were Tyler Lockwood, the tough guy, who tried to take advantage of Caroline. Why did you do it? Did you think it would make you seem like a bad ass? Or were you just too drunk to realize what you were doing? Were you too drunk to realize how afraid Caroline was? Or did you just ignore her cries for you to stop? Did you just pretend that she liked it, that she wanted you? When really she was crying, begging for you to stop. But you just ignored her. You didn't care how what you did would make her feel, how much self worthless and self hatred you caused her to feel? No. Not as long as you got that one lay, right Tyler?" He stopped. His tone of voice was threatening. "Right, Tyler!" He yelled.
"Stop!"
Stefan charged at him then, shoving him against the wall and holding the fabric of Tyler's shirt.
"You were never looking for friendship with her, were you? You heard what she was like, the things people said about her. And you just thought she would let you have her." Stefan said angry. "She trusted you!" He yelled. "She wanted to be your friend but you didn't want the relationship to go that way. No, you had other plans, and if I hadn't shown up and saved her then you would have taken advantage of her. I've never trusted you, and I told her not to either, but she wanted to give you a chance. So I let her, and I had known I shouldn't have, because now her trust in you and her trust in men are faltered. All because of one disgusting excuse of a man tried to attack her." He grabbed Tyler's shoulders and slammed him against the wall again as his hands moved to Tyler's throat. "Stay away from Caroline, I don't want you anywhere near her, and I don't want to see you talking to her or about her. Do I make myself clear?" He said sternly. "If I do see you talking to or near Caroline I will have to do something that I will regret, and I don't want to have to hurt you, but if it comes down to Caroline, I will do anything to protect her. Do you understand?"
Tyler tried to nod but was restricted from Stefan's hands being around his neck. "Understood." He choked out.
Stefan nodded and removed his hands from his neck, an accomplished smile on his lips. "Good, I'm glad we had this conversation. See you at school tomorrow Tyler." He simply said.
He turned and left the room, leaving Tyler gasping for breath.
A/N: What did you think of protective–Stefan? Personally, I love him!