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softly_me October 12 2011, 00:29:14 UTC
Caroline/Stefan, I pray to god this breath will last as it pushes past my lips

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Understudy - Caroline/Stefan lit_chick08 October 12 2011, 07:49:35 UTC
Look, she isn't supposed to be the hero of this story. She's supposed to be the supporting player, the one who makes sure no one gets killed while Damon and Elena do the heavy lifting; she isn't supposed to have to face the monster wearing her best friend's face.

Elena doesn't get it; Caroline isn't sure if it's because Damon didn't explain it or didn't explain it right but Elena doesn't understand how not killing people takes actual work. Killing is what's natural; not killing is the unnatural state of being.

Stefan taught her that.

But now she's standing in a darkened hallway with a blood-smeared mouth Stefan standing in front of her, and Caroline knows this is it; either she says something which lets her glimpse the Stefan she loves or she lets him go with the creature who ruins everything.

"No matter how good it feels to give yourself over to it, you fight it," she blurts out, remembering the words he said to her months earlier when her own face was coated with blood, when her world was imploding. Caroline sees the ( ... )

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dulcedeusex October 12 2011, 09:33:26 UTC
Haven't seen season 3 yet but have been relatively spoiled. Even if I hadn't this fic is just amazing. My fave line was the one about Stefan saying her name like a prayer and a thousand other things she's too young to understand. PROPS!!

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lit_chick08 October 13 2011, 17:48:45 UTC
Thanks!

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan softly_me October 12 2011, 17:54:04 UTC
aklfga;sffdgnalsf

EVERYTHING THAT I WANT TO HAPPEN TOMORROW NIGHT

Elena doesn't get it; Caroline isn't sure if it's because Damon didn't explain it or didn't explain it right but Elena doesn't understand how not killing people takes actual work.

Oooh, harsh, but I loved it. Stefan, Elena, and Damon all sorta hover in a place of willful ignorance. They pretend not to see the parts of each other they don't like. Elena knows there more the Stefan's history, but he and Damon don't tell her and she never does ask. But CAROLINE is a monster too know, so she knows the work. And I loved the 'Stefan taught her that' because girl remembers those lessons well.

and she doesn't care how much human blood Stefan has in him right now; she is more desperate and she'll do whatever it takes to keep him here.

MONSOON ON MY FACE. Oh, babies.

He is her Lexi, and right now he needs Lexi, and Caroline doesn't know how to be Lexi because she's still only seventeen and vampirism didn't give her wisdom; it gave her a gnawing hunger in her gut that ( ... )

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan lit_chick08 October 13 2011, 17:50:03 UTC
I just want Caroline to acknowledge Stefan is her friends and be part of their retrieval efforts. I know the show is busy alternately torturing her and cockblocking her, but can we please have some continuity? He organized a slumber party after her trauma and she doesn't even look concerned?!

/end rant

I am glad you liked this, my dear.

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan tenshinrtaiga October 13 2011, 00:41:47 UTC
C'est tres awesome. So much love <3 Kinda wish there was a sequel so we get to see how the others react to Caroline taking care of Stefan...

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan lit_chick08 October 13 2011, 17:50:23 UTC
I'm not going to lie, I'm seriously kicking the idea around.

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan tenshinrtaiga October 15 2011, 00:40:06 UTC
YOU SHOULD! I'd absolutely die of happiness :D Especially given last night's episode! I NEED IT, lol.

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan swirlsofblue October 13 2011, 07:19:05 UTC
This is so gorgeous, and perfectly encapsulates the situation; it's just so Caroline, beautifully done.

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan lit_chick08 October 13 2011, 17:50:37 UTC
Thank you

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan gabby227 October 13 2011, 22:45:15 UTC
omg - this is just so good. It's so sad, almost heartbreaking, but almost in a good way. Great job on it, really.

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan frust_sheep November 5 2011, 00:14:29 UTC
Oh perfect! Please writers, make that happen someday. :D It is so sad, that there was not something like this or a similiar scene. *sniffle *Anyway wonderful written. :)

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan fiddlings November 14 2011, 03:44:13 UTC
Oh, oh. WAY TO BREAK MY HEART INTO A MILLION PIECES AND SEW IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN ALL AT ONCE. I just don't understand how you do it. That was such a short fic, but there was so much there. Your Caroline and Stefan were perfect, and their interactions just rendered me nearly speechless. ♥

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan lit_chick08 November 14 2011, 21:24:26 UTC
I love Caroline and Stefan SO MUCH and I hate how little interaction they've had this season. I need their best friend-y goodness back in my life.

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Re: Understudy - Caroline/Stefan fiddlings November 14 2011, 23:00:48 UTC
AGREED. I wanted way more than what we got last season, even. And this season, I have been feeling sadly deprived.

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