The Fallen Slayer {1}

Fate

"Stefan?"

Buffy called as she strolled into his bedroom only to chuckle as she was met with an empty room.

Her boyfriend was nowhere in sight.

Feeling him coming up behind her, trying yet again to surprise her, Buffy couldn't help but shake her head in amusement. Ever since they had gotten back together he had been back to trying to surprise her. He has still yet to succeed.

"Not gonna work, Stefan."

Stefan chuckled before wrapping his arms around her waist pulling her back against his chest and kissing her neck softly. He was very much up for the challenge. His mission was to one day actually be able to surprise her "I'm gonna keep trying." 

Buffy giggled softly as she tilted her head, very much enjoying the kisses he was planting on her neck. Moaning softly, she turned in his arms to face her very shiftless boyfriend, leaning up onto her tiptoes she placed her lips against his.

She loved shirtless Stefan in the morning.

As she pulled back Stefan couldn't help but smile down at the green-eyed girl in his arms "Good morning."

"I like this." Buffy told him, enjoying the way his arms were wrapped snuggly around her waist "Us not being with the whole avoid-y thing."

"Me too, but..."


With that, Buffy groaned slapping his chest lightly for ruining their little romantic moment.

She loved Stefan but he could be such a buzzkill.

"And the moments gone." She muttered before pulling back and starting to pace back and forth in his room.

Practically burning a hole in the carpet as she thought back to the deal Elena had made with Elijah. To say she didn't like it was an understatement "I blame Elena and her whole deal with Elijah to draw Klaus out."

Stefan nodded at her words, watching her closely as the dreaded subject of her destiny with Klaus filled his mind.

The idea of Klaus laying a hand on her... filled him with such rage.

"Plus the fact that apparently you and Klaus are destined to be..."

There was still much they didn't understand about the entanglement between Buffy and Klaus.

The description Mary had given Buffy was vague at best.

Just mainly that together they would be the strongest force to ever exist.

Which Buffy still didn't understand given her strength in no way matched that of an Original.

"The evil twosome." Buffy finished with a huff. She so did not want to be ruling the planet with Klaus of all people. 

Inhaling tightly, Buffy moved over to Stefan's desk and began setting up his shot of vervain. Allowing her mind to drift away from Klaus and focus on the current Original in their lives.

"But my end of this doesn't matter." She breathed as she poured the vervain into Stefan's glass "You know Elena told me the details of the deal. It only says that she has to play by his rules."

Stefan couldn't help but smile at that, of course, Buffy would look for a loophole in this deal. She never did like being told what she could and couldn't do.

"That's right she did. Katherine said Isobel could have some answers, we could start there."

"You take Isobel, I take Billy?" She suggested causing him to nod in agreement. It made the most since Buffy had more experience working snitches in demon bars than he did.


With a plan for the day in motion, Stefan watched her intently as she walked toward him, he could see how worried she was about the people around her getting hurt. She was terrified of a repeat of what had happened back in Sunnydale.

"We'll make sure no one else gets hurt. Together."

Buffy smiled softly before holding up the glass "Vervain. I made it light, but are you sure? It's gonna be super gross, look I get Katherine has this whole tolerance thing, but maybe we could try a watch or something."

Stefan quickly interjected, he had to do this, it was one of the best ways to make sure he couldn't be weakened in the battle they had coming. Drinking vervain was more reliable than wearing it.

"Yes. Bottom's up."

With that final declaration, Stefan took the glass from her hands and quickly downed it.

As the burning sensation of poison rushed down his throat, Stefan started coughing violently. It felt like drinking pure acid.