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Elena Gilbert (compassionkills) wrote in zfuturelogs,
@ 2012-10-20 23:12:00

Entry tags:

elena gilbert, stefan salvatore

Who: Elena Gilbert and Stefan Salvatore
What: Elena comes home from a rescue mission
Where: The rebel camp
When: Right after she ran into Clint
Warnings: Shouldn't be

Elena couldn't believe that everything had gone so smoothly. Because of her superior speed she was able to round up all of the people who had gotten separated from each other in the woods and round them up back to camp. They were all the same, wide eyed and desperate. Their fear and sorrow clung to Elena as she walked back to the small house that she and Stefan had been sharing for the past few months. There were always mercenaries out looking for them. Klaus and Rebekah and Alec didn't seem to mind turning scores of vampires despite how low the human population was. They had their farms after all.

So heavy with the weight of humanity, the young vampire returned to her best friend and lover. The one person she had always been able to truly count on when it mattered. They shared a mutual respect and love for one another in a bond that couldn't be broken. That was why she immediately went to seek out his arms. She sighed against his chest as she felt his hand come to rest over her dark head. Even now, after so many years she thought she might get used to it, the way the people made her feel. Their stinking humanity now in surround sound... and smell and sight and feel.

"How was your day?" she asked him as she pulled away slightly. It wasn't just the humans that were still on her mind either. Clint was still in the back of her mind, the way he had looked had her had just filled her with grief. She understood what it was like to grieve for your own human self, she had gone through that. Scratch, was going through that. But it got easier every day and that had to be worth something.

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humane
2012-10-23 04:06 am UTC (link)

"I don't know if there's anything out there," Stefan said, a hint of worry in his voice. Stefan had been feeding from the very same wilderness for years upon years now and with others going hunting to cook food, the hunt was lasting longer and longer, often sending him to other towns to just feed. Maybe today would be different. Stefan watched her, still laying down while she sat up. His hand found her knee and he gave it a rub before he sat up himself, running his hand through his messy hair.

"I need to, it's been a few days, there has to be something out there," he said, with a little grump in his voice. He was getting cranky, but he pushed it down. It would be fine, he would survive it. He had survived longer. Moving off the bed, he grabbed a knife, then his jacket and tucked the knife away there as Elena got up as well.

He knew that if he didn't feed soon, he'd be too weak, he could already feel it now, it was getting to him and he had to do something or tomorrow when they did the raid, he'd be not himself, not useful and that was the last thing he wanted. He didn't want to not be there for Elena, that's all he wanted right now.

Holding out his hand, she accepted it willingly and he held onto hers as they walked out of their home.

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compassionkills
2012-10-23 07:22 pm UTC (link)

Elena smiled at people as they passed them. Both she and Stefan were well liked and respected in the community despite being vampires. Actually maybe even because of it. Due to their superior strength and speed they made ideal protectors for the humans at the rebel camp. And most of them didn't mind swapping a bit of blood for that kind of security. Elena would never drink from anyone who wasn't willing though and she would protect them anyway. It was part of the promise she had made the people there.

She squeezed Stefan's hand and when he turned to glance at her she smiled at him reassuringly. Things were always going to be okay as long as they were together. And since they were immortal they would have eternity to be together and Elena liked that. She had detested being a vampire for a long time but then had accepted it. It meant she and Stefan could be together after all.

Once they had reached the shaded darkness of the woods, they broke apart and Elena's senses went into overdrive. There was plenty for Stefan to eat. Chipmunks, squirrels, even a few rabbits she could see moving around in the dark. She could hear all of their tiny heartbeats moving around her. There were plenty of birds in the trees too.

"What are you in the mood for?" she asked him quietly, not wanting to disturb the wildlife.

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humane
2012-10-24 04:12 am UTC (link)

Stefan held onto her hand until they were out in the woods and they broke apart. He watched her as she moved through the tall grass that led up to the wilderness and he could hear it all around him. Tiny little heartbeats. He pushed through, though, his face alternating between getting pale and his veins pushing through his skin and back to normal. They were quiet though and Stefan eyed a rabbit and stopped moving. He watched it, only for a split second before using his speed to get to it.

He wiped the back of his mouth, feeling better. His eyes were on Elena as she walked toward him, stepping over the now dead animal to get to him. He licked his lips and held up his hands, not wanting to touch her, but that was normal for them. "Come on, let's get back," he said and they walked back to the place they called home.

Once inside, he washed his hands and slipped off his shirt, not bothering to grab another. He pulled the top off of a box and they were down to one bottle of alcohol left. Stefan often didn't drink anymore and he saved it for Elena, who used it to curb her cravings of blood, but he twisted off the cap and took a swig before putting the bottle back in the box.

He felt a lot better now, even with the little bit of blood that he got. He could push himself through a day or two, but he'd have to find something bigger, something to sustain him for awhile. He figured when they went to see Damon, he'd find something else.

Stefan felt her eyes on him and he slowly turned his head, before he turned his body to look at her. He smiled softly, almost shy like at her before walking over to her.

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compassionkills
2012-10-24 07:32 pm UTC (link)

She was watching him because he wasn't saying anything. It wasn't totally out of character for Stefan to be monosyllabic but when he didn't talk she paid extra attention to his body language and the way he spoke to her without speaking at all. She studied his finely chiseled features and noticed the last bottle of alcohol.

"We can find some more later," she said. Things like alcohol were harder to get but some of the people in the rebel camps had figured out how to make moonshine and bathtub gin. And even though Elena found the taste repulsive, it still helped curb her cravings and so she drank it anyway. The stuff was so strong sometimes she even got a little drunk off of it.

She felt his hand at her waist, pulling her closer and she settled against him comfortably. "I love you," she breathed out as she tugged him back to the bed. There were other ways to curb cravings, to push her body to its physical limits, to push his in the same way until they both collapsed into exhaustion.

She kissed him as she pushed his shirt off of his shoulders and flung it on the floor.

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