( closed ) we'd be so less fragile;

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random scenario meme • angst → lost

In a nondescript part of the woods, Caroline lingers near a small river. She's on the brink of losing almost everything; from her family to her life, she's already lost her heart the moment the tether between Klaus and Tyler was broken with the hybrid's staking. Losing Tyler is the biggest slap of all; after her father's death, and almost the death of her friends, Caroline retires to the woods where no one but the dead can find her. The echoes of Tyler's screams bounce off of the bark on the trees, but they seem to be silenced by the running of water over the stones.

With her guard down, Caroline makes mistakes. Not hearing the cracking of twigs or the rustling of leaves underneath feet, she makes herself a primary target for any type of hunter; from her friends searching for her and begging her to run as far as she can from Mystic Falls, to the Council lurking in the shadows, to the things that go bump in the night among the leaves.