He's starting to think that the last three weeks of pretending things are the same isn't the right strategy. What happens in Russia definitely doesn't stay in Russia. Post 2x06

"I love you. That's not going to change."

She's his lullaby. Future fic. Established relationship. Fluff.

When you can't explain love because there aren't cold, hard evidence that is consistent with every story, this is where the brain is most vulnerable. And after being strangled and nearly killed by her psycho English teacher, she's thinking screw it. She builds herself a door and she's ready to fight back.

For Cory. And for Lea.

AU Future Fic: It's been sixteen weeks of this. It's a miracle she hasn't strangled him yet, and she still has twenty-three weeks to go. She needs to think of something. And fast.

When she turns her head and catches his eye, the corners of his mouth tugs in a slight. Her expression remains neutral before she turns back to Stefan and then laughs at a face he makes, the melody shooting straight through the rowdy space to tickle his. His smile drops and his heart.

AU FutureFic: It's not like it's any shocking brand new information or any dramatic epiphany shit like that. Like, he's been half in love with her since he was only a punkass sixteen year old boy. Now at twenty-three, he's still a badass mofo, and knows how to keep his girl happy.