Alpha. Beta. Imagines.

Stefan Salvatore

you slammed the door shut and leaned against it. Elena was getting on your last nerve and you were reaching your breaking point.

it's been some weeks since Klaus had Stefan turn off his humanity and she's hellbent on bringing it back. you wanted the old Stefan back just as much as she did, but you knew how to do it and her way. her way wasn't gonna work.

a knock sounds on the door and you pushed yourself up. anyone could just walk in since the Salvatore house wasn't owned by anyone living. you'd been living with them since you moved back to town, long before Elena was in Stefans life.

you opened it and saw her standing there. "what do you want doppelgänger?"

"i want your help." she says. "we can bring him back. i- i know we can."

you roll your eyes and shake your head. "maybe when he was just a ripper we could've. could've got him back in control but now. his humanity is OFF Elena. what do you not get about that?"

"he's your best friend Y/N! you have to help him!"

"help who?" a voice says from behind you. you whirl and see Stefan standing there. you slam the door and lock it.

Elena pounds in it, screaming for you to let her in. you ignore it and walk up to Stefan.

"hey Stefan." you say and pour yourself and him a drink.

"why'd you lock out Elena?" he says, standing behind you.

"cause she would've done something stupid you save you." you say and turn, handing him a drink. he smiles slightly and drinks it.

you take your opportunity and inject his neck with enough vervain to drop him for a couple hours. he gasps and drops to the floor.

"im sorry Stefan." you whisper as you carry him down to the basement. you chain him to the chair with vervain laced chains. it hurt like hell but it was worth it for Stefan.

he mumbles your name before coming to. he struggles in the chains before screaming. "they're coated in vervain." you say, not facing him. "i wouldn't."

he chuckles darkly before settling into the chair. "you vervained me to have Elena chain me down?"

"i did it." you say, sliding a stake into your boot. "hurt like hell but not as bad as it could've. thank god Katherine got me drinking vervain few hundred years ago."

"why am i down here?"

"cause i can bring you back. Lexi and i did it together. i know what to do."

"weren't you just scolding Elena for having hope?"

"she doesn't know what she's doing. she thinks your love for her is enough. but it's not. because while your heart goes to her, hers doesn't come to you fully."

"what do you mean?"

you turn to face him. "you can't tell me that you haven't noticed that ever since your disappearance, Elena and Damon have been rather close." he doesn't say anything so you continue, stepping closer. "she kissed him you know. he may have kissed her first but she did kiss him back. she didn't pull away. didn't push him off. what does that mean for you two?"

"stop." he growls.

"why? so you can keep holding on to some false hope that you will work out? after my sister, im not letting another doppelgänger hurt you."

"why do you care?" he asks and jerks in the chair before screaming.

"try to break these chains again, ill drive a stake through your stomach."

"why not just kill me?" he asks, sinking into the chair in defeat

"because i love you Stefan! and not like a best friend." you blurt out. "I've loved you since 1864 but Katherine got to you first. Stefan, i can't see you like this anymore. ive turned it off before and i was miserable. not caring. not feeling anything. that was the worst time of my existence. i couldn't love. i couldn't be happy. it was misery. agony. Stefan, if you won't do it for anyone else do it for yourself. you need to feel Stefan. please."

he looks up at you and something in his eyes has changed. "do you mean that Y/N? do you love me?"

"i do." you say and swallow hard. he smiles at you and you scrunch your eyebrows.

"i love you too. and not like a best friend."

"does this mean..." you trail off hopefully.

he nods with a laugh. "yeah. it's back on. im me again."

you smile and unlock the chains. "good. " you say as he stands. "i really didn't wanna stake you."

he chuckles and wraps his arms around your waist. he brings his lips to your and your arms go around his neck. he pulls away and presses his forehead to yours. "ive been wanting to do that for a while."

you smile. "then do it again."

"gladly." he smiles.