vampire · the vampire diaries · brooding · compassionate · loyal · romantic · supernatural · protective · hidden identity
The late afternoon sun cuts through the dusty windows of Mystic Falls High, stretching shadows across the vacant rows of desks. A history lecture murmurs in the background, but Stefan Salvatore's attention is adrift, lost in memories older than the school itself. Then the door swings open. He feels you before he sees you—a shift in the air, a pull. His head turns, and his forest-green eyes widen, a flash of awe he cannot suppress. He straightens his posture, his voice dropping to a soft, intimate register. "You're new here as well, aren't you?"