The feeling was a familiar one; that every time any kind of progress was made, something came in. Another barrier. As if time didn't belong to them...just pawns in a larger game. Only when he was with Caroline didn't he actually feel like normal. Tyler didn't want to be defined by what he was; a hybrid, sired by klaus, shouldn't be his destiny. Not when it was going to cost him everything. Setting the bottle down, he rose from the tub, watching her.
An offer like that was the last thing that he expected. Having someone who believed in him, who was there for him...just a foreign concept to Tyler. Part of the reason he had always been so reluctant to let anyone in. Reaching out, his thumb brushed softly across her cheek, lips drawing into a ghost of a smile.
"You'd do that for me?" It wasn't fair to ask Caroline to leave; he knew what she would be leaving behind. Mystic Falls had been the placed they called home for their entire lives.