Stefan turned back to Elena, but she was already walking away, oblivious to the predator in the parking lot, oblivious to the one standing right beside her. She thought the first day of junior year was the hard part.
He was leaning against a brick pillar near the main office, not trying to blend in. He wore a leather jacket that was too cool for a small town, and his dark hair fell over his forehead. But it was his eyes that stopped her—ancient, amber, and utterly still. He looked at her like he’d been waiting for a century. vampire diaries season 1 episode 1
And something inside Elena, something that had been asleep since the accident, woke up with a jolt. Stefan turned back to Elena, but she was
He’d watched Elena from the shadows of the cemetery, watched her touch her parents’ grave with a quiet dignity that made his dead chest ache. He saw the loss in her. It mirrored his own. He wore a leather jacket that was too
Stefan Salvatore hadn’t meant to come back. He’d stood at the town line for an hour, watching the leaves fall, listening to the blood beat in the veins of every student who walked by. The thirst was a low, constant hum. He’d learned to live with it.