The morning air of Mystic Falls was thick with the scent of damp earth and dying hydrangeas. Elena Gilbert stood at her vanity mirror, her reflection a pale ghost she barely recognized. A year ago, she would have been racing downstairs, arguing with her brother Jeremy over the last Pop-Tart, her parents’ laughter echoing from the kitchen.
Don’t, he told himself. You’ll ruin her like you ruined everything. vampire diaries season 1 episode 1
But his feet carried him to the school anyway. When she looked at him, his first instinct was to run. His second was to fall to his knees. The morning air of Mystic Falls was thick
She blinked. It was gone.
He was leaning against a brick pillar near the main office, not trying to blend in. He wore a leather jacket that was too cool for a small town, and his dark hair fell over his forehead. But it was his eyes that stopped her—ancient, amber, and utterly still. He looked at her like he’d been waiting for a century. Don’t, he told himself