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[coy]

"You've reached Caroline! I'm not here right now so just leave me a message after the beep! BEEP."

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[extra_broody]

[He laughs a bit as he accepts the hug, not minding the tightness of it and reciprocating in kind.] Weird? Not really - but you're the one that hasn't seen me in months. I'm sure you're just in withdrawal.

[coy]

[ She laughs, giving is shoulder a playful push.] My Stefan-withdrawal is in full gear, it's true. I haven't had enough brooding in my life.

[extra_broody]

Brooding? [He looks almost wounded by that remark.] Ouch. I'm not that bad, am I?

[coy]

[ She rolls her eyes, you know with the whole head motion, amused.] Oh, please. You know I love it. It brings balance to my life.

[extra_broody]

I'm pretty sure you maintain that balance all on your own. [She always has that slight edge of control to everything she does.] I proved my point about it being too much for you to worry about, right? I mean, I'm here. I'm safe. Well, as safe as I can be in a kidnapping scenario.

[coy]

Its not too much, Stefan. [ Pulling away from him completely, she sighs softly.] It feels less like kidnapping now, and more like a social experiment. [ Awkward pause.] With sex. But the big question is... How could you spend a whole summer stuck in a safe and me not notice? [ Or anyone for that matter.]

[extra_broody]

[He frowns and slides his hand down to take hers so they can start walking - aimlessly in some direction or another. He lifts their joined hands and pats his free hand to the clasped ones.]

Turns out, Silas - his true face, is a very familiar one. Mine.

[coy]

[ She starts them towards her apartment, she hasn't asked where his is yet but she figures hers might feel a little less foreign considering she's made it more homey. Besides, it's got food. And blood bags.

Although, she almost stops in her tracks at what Stefan says, her eyes going to his face.] Wait, what? How? I mean, I know he's really good at the whole posing as other people thing but... What? Is he like your doppelganger or something? [ It's said with a scoff and half a laugh because that would be absurd, right? ]

[extra_broody]

Oh, it's not like he's my doppelganger. He is my doppelganger. Which would be exactly how no one really noticed. He was able to compel large crowds once he'd consumed enough blood. Which he did. He was trying to track down Katherine, because Elena had forced the cure on her.

[coy]

[ Okay, that does make her stop for a moment as she looks at him, completely bewildered.] What does everyone have an evil doppelganger or something? [ Is that a thing? It feels like a thing now.] Why did he want Katherine? [ Why does everyone want Katherine? She's the worst? ]

[extra_broody]

Silas wanted to die, so he needed to cure himself of his inability to die. That meant he needed the cure, which was running through Katherine's blood.

[coy]

And he had to lock you in a safe because... why? [ She gets them moving again, her brow furrowed.] I mean, seriously? We would've given her Katherine's blood. [ Because no one likes Katherine! Or rather, Caroline doesn't like her so... everyone should hate her. She is the worst.]

[extra_broody]

[He frowns, mostly because Katherine had just died. Nadia was mourning. Damon was being ... a bit extreme in his overzealousness over her death and Stefan had given her something she had never had - a moment with her child.]

We wouldn't have given him her blood. She's human and while I can understand frustration and anger at her, none of us are innocent here and we don't just hand each other over to psychopaths. [He pauses, giving her a look of compassion.] We all have our issues with Katherine, and I'm not going to try and change your mind, but Silas having the cure wouldn't have solved any of our problems. [Technically, when he did get the cure it made their problems worse.]

[coy]

[ Ugh, Stefan. Stop reminding Caroline that she has a moral compass and that in the end, she's a good person. Can't she just pretend that she'd just be completely okay with handing over Katherine over and not just mostly okay?]

Except that he would die, right? What's wrong with Silas dying? Am I missing something?

[extra_broody]

[He breathed deeply, trying to figure out how much of everything is actually important.]

When has giving the person tormenting everyone exactly what they want - worked out for any of us?

[coy]

[ She looks at him for a moment before relenting with a sigh. Their plans ALWAYS backfire.] Okay. Good point.

[extra_broody]

[Good. Not that he minds filling in Caroline, but there is only so much convoluted reasons things went wrong that he can explain away. He didn't even bring up the part where he had amnesia for a while.]

Alright, so, now it's your turn. Where are we headed?

[coy]

[ She's already decided that she'll poke him about this more later, once he's more settled, maybe after a few drinks. For now, she knows how he feels, it has to be overwhelming to be here.]

To my apartment. Unless you'd rather go to a bar.

[extra_broody]

I thought we were going to go look for Elena?

[coy]

We are. But I'm showing you where I live so if we split up, we can meet there.

[extra_broody]

[He nods.] Good plan. I was given a room in... [Hold on, he's pulling that tablet out again.] Silver Hall. Room three.

[coy]

[ She looks at the name and she glances around.] I could show you where that is instead?

[extra_broody]

Let's go with one new location at a time. [He can find his place as a testament to his ability to read a map.] I'm sure I can find this easily enough.

[coy]

Okay. [ She goes quiet for a moment before glancing at him.] Do you want to know anything else?

[extra_broody]

[He exhales, trying to think of how to approach the topic.]

The chips... everyone has one?