Ever since Stefan and Damon settled down in the small town of Mystic Falls, your life changed permanently. You had never expected yourself to fall for him, you hadn’t ever felt this way in your life— and so the sudden wave of different emotions that washed over you was enough to send you into overdrive.

You couldn’t even convince yourself that it was just a little crush, because to be quite honest, you were pretty sure that little crushes didn’t make you feel violently ill whenever they weren’t around you. That didn’t feel normal at all.

But the two of you clicked instantly— at least that was a positive. At school, you would help Stefan find his way around, and invite him over for small projects that he wasn’t entirely sure how to do, while he repaid you by letting you over to Salvatore manor to just.. hang out.

Everyone could see it, they weren’t blind. There was a connection between the two of you, and it was clear as day.

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But then you found out. About what he was. About what he’d done. You found out that the man you were in love with was a vampire— but instead of being scared for your life… it only made you more obsessed.

The idea of being with someone like him— under his protection, but also having him forever… it made you want nothing more than to be turned.

It just took you a long while to pluck up the courage to ask.