It is the ninety-third day after the wedding and Mystic Falls looks like it's been hit by a nuke, so Caroline is at her mom's cabin doing the dishes, because at least that's something she can manage. Doing the dishes and singing a song, looking out the window at the beautiful autumn sky, brown leaves in the trees and over the ground, approaching sunset.

"All I needed was the love you gave

all I needed for another day

and all I ever knew…"

She stops, words sticking in her mouth.

Only you, she thinks.

Silly song. She'd actually never heard it while she was a kid, it was something she found in Stefan's record cabinet. Way back.

Back when we were friends.

She finishes up, puts the silverware in the drawers, and reaches for the bottle of wine on the kitchen table, pouring herself a small glass.

It's been ninety-three days since he told me he loved me.