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fandom: the vampire diaries
characters/pairings: caroline-centric, the originals, stefan, bonnie, elena and mentions of most of the ensemble. (mostly past!caroline/stefan, dark!caroline/klaus, illusions to caroline/elijah, and mentions of canon pairings.
rating: pg-13 (sexual references, character deaths (semi-minor), blood, death and all things related to vampirism.)
summary: Klaus's promise to stay away from Caroline, from Mystic Falls had been a lie hidden in the truth. He had never offered freedom, at most he offered slow suffocation, his hand so gentle she would barely feel the weight of it until it was too late. Now, Caroline has spent years running. Terrified of what happens when Klaus finally catches her, becoming new shells of herself every time she runs. But now new Originals seem to be nipping at her heels and she's tired of running and scared of who she's becoming, of what she's becoming, scared of the strangers she sees when she looks in the mirror. (AU Mid-S5 after 5x15 and goes from there.)
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fluffyfrolicker, the rest is here.
( She’s been running from Klaus for years now, it’s hard to think of anything else. To pretend the nightmares of becoming Katherine Pierce don’t haunt her. )
