He doesn't know what she is yet, not completely. But it's the fact that he doesn't step back in horror, he doesn't shy away from what he just saw, what she did... It's the acceptance from a man she loved(?), wants to be loved by? A man she barely knows but she feels drawn to in ways that are both familiar and strange...
When he reaches up to brush her hair back from her face, he'll see her smile then. "I'm sorry," she laughs, tearfully, astonished, relieved, grateful. "I just..." Slow down, Caroline. He doesn't know what you are, there's still time for him to freak out.
She holds more confidence in herself than she used to but here, she's found her footing shaky from the start and how he sees her, how he feels about her matters. It matters as much as Steve, as much as Stefan, as much as Elena or Bonnie. "Back home... when people... when I got exposed as what I am... People would freak out, even the people who loved me. I'm not normal back home.
I'm not human. Not anymore. Have you even heard of a vampire before?"
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When he reaches up to brush her hair back from her face, he'll see her smile then. "I'm sorry," she laughs, tearfully, astonished, relieved, grateful. "I just..." Slow down, Caroline. He doesn't know what you are, there's still time for him to freak out.
She holds more confidence in herself than she used to but here, she's found her footing shaky from the start and how he sees her, how he feels about her matters. It matters as much as Steve, as much as Stefan, as much as Elena or Bonnie. "Back home... when people... when I got exposed as what I am... People would freak out, even the people who loved me. I'm not normal back home.
I'm not human. Not anymore. Have you even heard of a vampire before?"