And have Klaus come after you for me? I did it to protect you, Stefan.
[ yes, and no. if stefan had known she was alive, then her cover story of being dead for almost five hundred years would've been null and void. she knew that somehow, in some way, klaus would've caught wind of her lie. it wasn't that she hadn't trusted stefan, it was that she hadn't trusted those around him or herself. she had faked her death in order to give herself a fighting chance — and, in some ways, stefan, too. ]
[ she hadn't wanted stefan to be used as a bargaining chip against her. it had been better that he had thought her to be dead, for him to move on with his life, for her to keep a watchful eye on him. distance had made one heart grow fonder while another bitter; but it was the distance that had kept them both alive. he doesn't see that. she doubts, with all that self-hatred clouding his sight, he ever will. ]
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[ yes, and no. if stefan had known she was alive, then her cover story of being dead for almost five hundred years would've been null and void. she knew that somehow, in some way, klaus would've caught wind of her lie. it wasn't that she hadn't trusted stefan, it was that she hadn't trusted those around him or herself. she had faked her death in order to give herself a fighting chance — and, in some ways, stefan, too. ]
[ she hadn't wanted stefan to be used as a bargaining chip against her. it had been better that he had thought her to be dead, for him to move on with his life, for her to keep a watchful eye on him. distance had made one heart grow fonder while another bitter; but it was the distance that had kept them both alive. he doesn't see that. she doubts, with all that self-hatred clouding his sight, he ever will. ]