[ The problem (if you can call it that) with Caroline is that she is young, that hope still wraps itself around her heart warmly, that she can still hold out for the chance that those they care about will come back to them, whole.
She doesn't know his whole story but she knows a lot of it. And she knows that Eric isn't someone you get close to easily, that he used to be a harder man, the sort of vampire Caroline would run away from instead of be drawn to, be warm towards.
She notices the tension in him lessen, the sound of his voice making her heart break as she moves to close the distance between them, her hands moving carefully to touch his arms. It's her job now, to lift his spirits with hope that could very well be false.]
She's always going to be yours in your heart. I know that's corny but it's true. And if she comes back and there's something different? Then... you can just start it all over again. [ With the tone of her voice, she sounds wistful, as if that would be some sort of amazing adventure: falling in love again.] You help her fall for you all over again.