♎ caroline forbes | the vampire diaries

[vampireboulevard]

	✔ Cʀᴏssᴏᴠᴇʀs/AU ✔ Aᴄᴛɪᴏɴsᴘᴀᴍ ✔ Pʀᴏsᴇ	✔ Pɪᴄᴛᴜʀᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴍᴘᴛs ✔ Oᴛʜᴇʀᴡᴏʀᴅʟʏ ✔ Sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs	♥ F/M, F/F ⏰ Lᴇɢᴀᴄɪᴇs-ᴄᴏᴍᴘʟɪᴀɴᴛ

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[vampireboulevard]

Depends on why you're here.

[Also, whether or not you're evil.]

[bereavements]

What would you say if I told you my sort of ex's father took me in after she died. And we're kind of on this road trip cause I don't have any family of my own. And he has, like, family everywhere.

[ A beat, holding her gaze.

And then he smiles. ]

[vampireboulevard]

[She considers for a moment, before shrugging.]

I'd say that your ex's dad sounds better than my ex's dad.

[Not that she has any family, but she has a feeling that Richard Lockwood would sooner stake her than take her in if Tyler died.]

[bereavements]

He didn't even like me when we first started hanging out. And he's a good dad. [ He doesn't even know why Chris took him under his wing. ] How bad was your ex's dad?

[ Grabbing the cue ball from underneath to set it down as he lines up his shot. ]

[vampireboulevard]

[She makes a face. Getting into that is too much of Tyler's business and she's not going to just randomly share that with strangers.]

Doesn't really matter. He's dead now.

[bereavements]

Oh. Sorry. Mine, too. [ Welcome to the Dead Dad's Club, Tyler. ] At least he's not your dad, right?

[vampireboulevard]

[ Ahahahaha. Let's not talk about Caroline's dad, mkay? He's not much better. ]

Yeah. At least there's that.

[bereavements]

So, what's it like to grow up here? [ It seems nice enough. ]

[vampireboulevard]

[She shrugs.]

Small town, so everyone knows everyone. That can be both a good and bad thing.

[bereavements]

Everyone like, everyone's popular or everyone like, gossip goes a long way here?

[vampireboulevard]

[She pauses for a moment, considering.]

A little of both?

[bereavements]

How do you keep secrets?

[vampireboulevard]

You don't tell anyone. Ever. Or you only tell people you know you can really trust.

[bereavements]

That's a small list. [ And it got smaller :( ]

[vampireboulevard]

Most of them usually are. And small lists are good. Better than no list at all.

[bereavements]

[ He nods. ] I'll break?

[ Not a fun conversation. But, it makes sense. Caroline racked. And so they play pool. The end. ]