He could still remember the look on her face - broken; and he knew that he had caused it. It was haunting to his very core.


The pained expression that spread across her fallen face as he had chosen to walk away from her yet again. He didn't want to cry any more over the loss of his brother Damon. Stefan knew that Caroline would have sat with him and let him cry.

But he couldn't, not any more. He had pushed her away. Stefan pushed everyone away but for Caroline he had to do it the most. With Elena fighting her own grief and Stefan finding it hard to be in such a close proximity of her whilst she grieved for a love that had only just begun. 

Stefan couldn't do it, he had to leave everyone behind and move on with his life. But since his return to the place that he called home. The news that her mother was dying of a disease which they could not save her from. Part of him had latched onto the wagon that Caroline would need someone to help her through this. She may have not hated him any more but still deep down he knew that he had to fight for her forgiveness. 

Stefan knew that he had to break down the walls that she had built up around her since his return. He needed to make her see that he was going to be here and that he wasn't going to leave again. Caroline was his best friend.

But now he knew that she had feelings for him, it had confused and blurred the lines between them. He had tried to ignore them and not let her admission on Enzo's behalf affect his attempt at fighting to make Caroline trust him again. 

The joy's of immortality was that Stefan had an eternity to make things right with Caroline but deep down he knew that he wanted to do it and be there for her when she lost her mom. But still this flicker of a feeling was growing inside of him. Was he developing feelings for Caroline?