Who You Run To (Elijah/Caroline, Matt/Caroline - pg)simply_alyFebruary 8 2011, 08:38:24 UTC
Fifteen years after high school, when she tracks Matt down-just to see what happened to him, of course-she ends up back in Mystic Falls.
She knows she has to be careful, she can’t be seen by anyone because they’ll know. So she stays in the shadows and only comes out at night. But then she finds Matt and he’s alone and she doesn’t know why, but she lets him see her. And he’s so confused because she looks seventeen and he hasn’t seen her in almost as long and he knows nothing of vampires. And maybe it’s because she left under the guise of being dead, but he kisses her and she tastes the alcohol on his breath.
But the kiss is more than she can handle and she loses control with Matt for the second time and loses herself in the taste of his warm blood.
She doesn’t kill him but she wanted to, and she hates herself for that.
She runs to the one person she knows of whom always struck her as controlled.
She’s kept tabs on every vampire she’s ever met-she’s heard Elena mutter things about a man named Slater, but Caroline doesn’t listen-and she’s kept a very close and personal watch on Elijah because she knows of his propensity for disappearing. For this reason, tracking him down is a snap.
When he opens his door, there’s a look of surprise on his face. “To what do I owe the pleasure?” he asks with only a hint of sarcasm, fingering the blood still on her face, and watching the tears well up in her eyes. “Didn’t expect you to show up again for a few weeks at least.”
“I lost control,” she whispers looking at him as if he’s her last hope. (And maybe he is, because she doesn’t think she’ll want to live if she can’t regain control. She’d stake herself before she kills anyone.) “I need you to help me get it back.”
“Anything for you, Princess,” he whispers as he ushers her inside, closing the door behind him. He brushes the tears from her cheeks. “But first we’ll get you cleaned up and you can tell me what happened.”
She knows she has to be careful, she can’t be seen by anyone because they’ll know. So she stays in the shadows and only comes out at night. But then she finds Matt and he’s alone and she doesn’t know why, but she lets him see her. And he’s so confused because she looks seventeen and he hasn’t seen her in almost as long and he knows nothing of vampires. And maybe it’s because she left under the guise of being dead, but he kisses her and she tastes the alcohol on his breath.
But the kiss is more than she can handle and she loses control with Matt for the second time and loses herself in the taste of his warm blood.
She doesn’t kill him but she wanted to, and she hates herself for that.
She runs to the one person she knows of whom always struck her as controlled.
She’s kept tabs on every vampire she’s ever met-she’s heard Elena mutter things about a man named Slater, but Caroline doesn’t listen-and she’s kept a very close and personal watch on Elijah because she knows of his propensity for disappearing. For this reason, tracking him down is a snap.
When he opens his door, there’s a look of surprise on his face. “To what do I owe the pleasure?” he asks with only a hint of sarcasm, fingering the blood still on her face, and watching the tears well up in her eyes. “Didn’t expect you to show up again for a few weeks at least.”
“I lost control,” she whispers looking at him as if he’s her last hope. (And maybe he is, because she doesn’t think she’ll want to live if she can’t regain control. She’d stake herself before she kills anyone.) “I need you to help me get it back.”
“Anything for you, Princess,” he whispers as he ushers her inside, closing the door behind him. He brushes the tears from her cheeks. “But first we’ll get you cleaned up and you can tell me what happened.”
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