A/N: This is a ' what if' song fic. What if Stefan came home shortly after Damon had gotten out of the cellar and chased Caroline out. He saw Damon's crow dead laying on the floor and he wonders what to do with it.

Blackbird- The Beatles

Stefan centric

Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.

Stefan looks down at the little black bird, on the floor, it's wings battered and broken. It's little head snapped and turned at an odd angle. Stefan looks around for his brother, he must have been held up somewhere, waiting to strike him. Stefan felt kinda sad for the bird, it did most of Damon's spying and many entrances. But he had killed the poor bird without a second thought. Stefan bent down and picked up the dead bird, it's soft feathers tickling the palm of his hands.

Black bird singing in the dead of night.
Take these sunken eyes and learn to see.
all your life,
you were only waiting for this moment to be free.

Stefan had finished disposing of the bird, while thinking the the bird must be happier now that it is free. Stefan walks back into the house, still waiting for his brother to show himself. Stefan felt a ping of annoyance,

" Just come out already." He called, " I disposed of your pet too."
Maybe he'll finally have the guts to take me out soon, so that I can be free too.

Blackbird fly, Blackbird fly,
Into the light of the dark black night.

Damon stepped out of a hall finally, looking at his brother. " That was a cruel trick brother. But the game's over, where's my ring?"

" I don't have it." Stefan stated, rubbing some dried blood on his jeans.

" Get it, Stefan." Damon growled, " or I'll kill you."

Stefan watched him climb the stairs, then muttered.

" Can't wait."

There was a little truth in that statement.

Blackbird singing in the dead of night.
Take these broken wings and learn to fly.
All your life,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise,
You were only waiting for this moment to arise.