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[mary_greenman]

Title: Family
Author: Mary-Greenman
Characters/Pairing: Stefan/Damon/Caroline platonic, though there is a brief mention of Damon/Caroline sex.
Category: Comment fic a thon prompt: All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.
Rating: PG
Spoilers:Written for eenaangel 's, comment ficathon.
Summary: In the Last Fifty

Comments

[eenaangel]

Besides, if Damon cares enough to ask she can always blame it on Stefan because they all know that drunk enough, he might try to pull an Edward.

I love you so much for that line.

This was beautiful. Mourning Elena, remembering and mourning her and still remaining sane-I can see that happening. Caroline coming back for this one, because it's the one she does have to come back for, and her taking her place between the brothers? I loved this from start to finish. Thanks so much.

PS: I am working on a prompt for you. I swear I'm going to finish it soon.

[mary_greenman]

Hehe. Yay. I'm glad you liked it. I wasn't sure about the dialogue - it's never been my strong point with anybody. I've also never really written men before, so I'm glad I pulled it off.

I don't think Stefan and Damon are the type of vampires who can love a woman enough to kill themselves over it. They're much more balanced as far as the personalities go. Even Stefan, if he tried, would have remembered that Elena would have wanted him to move on. She's no Katherine, after all.

And yay for new prompt! <3 I can't wait to read it!

[eenaangel]

Prompt is up and waiting-another crossover for you.

I don't think killing yourself over losing the one you love is a Salvatore thing (see Damon and Katherine). What I love about this story is that it's not overly dramatic. It's poignant, sad, but not over the top.

[sunsetdawn20]

I liked this a lot. I like that Elena chose to stay human and that the boys actually let her. And I love this whole family-thing, this belonging together, esp bc it feels so fucked up here, not at all fluffy and cozy, but still precious.

I don't get the references bc I never read or saw Twilight but I still laughed at this "they all know that drunk enough, he might try to pull an Edward"

[mary_greenman]

I don't think either men would force vampireism on Elena and I think Elena would be able to see that she wouldn't be herself as a vampire. It would be too easy to turn every thing off - too easy to become like Katherine.

I'm glad you licked it! The reference, if you don't mind spoilers refers to when

Spoiler:
Edward tried to walk in the sun to expose himself and get killed by the government of that world.

It was all very dramatic. lol.

[jdphoenix]

This whole thing was wonderful. The way you show each of their reactions to Elena's death without directly showing us was enough for me to love this story, but then the actual story itself was so great! I love them being a vampire family, even if they're a dysfunctional vampire family (okay, especially when they are).

“So? I’m going to burn that stupid piece of crap your generation passes for literature. Just because we’re not all shiny sparkles and animal-happy eaters, doesn’t mean we can’t have family of our own. You’re ours, Caroline. Get used to it.”
That is the absolute perfect final line. It makes me laugh and smile and go "awww" all at the same time.

[mary_greenman]

Awww. Thanks so much for the review. <3

I felt like while they would mourn Elena - she was more to them than the typical human, and that would show, I didn't want them to be consumed by her death. I'm glad you liked it on the multiple levels.

Dysfunctional families are the best, aren't they? Haha. The last line, I wasn't so sure about. That actually is mostly do to my lack in experience writing males. XD So I'm glad it was a good last line!

[bambiscott]

yay! Do you have any more with these 3? I love them as a family.