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—P.S: have you heard from Stefan?
Was what Bonnie's text had read. From the long message Bonnie had sent to her, that was the thing that stuck out the most to Elena.
Where was Stefan?
Elena shut her phone off.
Something was wrong.
There was something weird about the lack of communication anyone had had with Stefan ever since he went MIA and left town. Obviously, after the hell they went through 6 months ago, Elena wanted to give Stefan the space he needed.
He had every right to be mad at them. At her. So, she had gathered that he would at least have communication with Caroline or something. But this ... this was completely out of character for him.
"You okay?" Damon asked, half smiling.
Elena snapped out of her trance, "Yeah, I've just ... got this weird feeling like something bad is about to happen." She chuckled at the end. Almost like she meant it as a it's stupid I know.
Damon leaned in, "Well it is. You're leaving me."
Elena tilted her head at him. Smiling.
Typical Damon.
Of course he wouldn't understand her.
Then he got up and left Elena alone to ponder. Eventually, Elena opened her phone again. And... scrolled through her contacts.
Her finger just hovered over the contact number that was labeled " Stefan."
Y'know what, Stefan will come to her when he's ready. She really didn't want to push him into doing something he wasn't ready to do.
She put her phone on the side.
When he's ready.
—
Elena sat down on the sofa besides... an asleep Stefan. Was he drugged, under a spell or just tired? Elena really didn't know. And she was worried. But he... he looked calm, when he was peacefully sleeping.
No demons to haunt him. No guilt to weigh him down. Plus... they had finally gotten him back. And, Elena would never admit to anyone just how much she had missed him
" Stefan! Hey." Elena had run towards him like the wind.
She cupped his face. "Stefan. Stefan, can you hear me?"
"Stefan!" She borderline screamed. Her eyes were glazed with un fallen tears. No no no. Why couldn't he hear her? Why wasn't he waking up? What had Qetsiyah done to him?
"Oh my God." She supported his head as he was unconscious.
Meanwhile, Damon watched from the sidelines as his girlfriend embraced his brother, worry evident in her eyes, affection expressed in her touch, as Tessa's (Qetsiyah's) words rang in his memory.
"You and I, Damon? We're just the obstacles in this love story."
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One single thread of gold (tied me to you.)
FanficStefan's gone. He has been all summer. But something about his absence just doesn't seem to sit well with her. Or maybe she just misses him. And this is just a mere excuse. But she couldn't dwell on this. Not right now. Not when she had made her de...
