( vampires don't often feel pain. when given the blessing of a daylight ring, there's little that ails them. caroline, however, knows all too well what that pain feels like. before she'd come here, she'd been locked away, held in a small cage barely big enough to sit down in; she'd screamed and cried for what had felt like days on end while an asshole with a buzzcut shot wooden bullets into her skin. over and over, without remorse or hesitation, until one shot had bled into the next and caroline had given up on even begging for her life. she'd been so sure, locked away in that rv, that she'd die there.
so she knew pain. she knew how long it could take to heal from something like this, even at her best. it would be slow, painful recovery, one that would leave her weak and unsteady for hours unless she fed her body what it needed.
what derek was offering, that smooth curve of skin between his neck and shoulders so casually referenced, was something she would have never asked for. human blood — even of werewolves or witches — was the closest thing to a miracle cure. as quickly as her own blood had healed spencer's body, derek's would be a much needed boost to hers. but it was asking a lot, more so than she thought was really fair, even if it was incredibly tempting. )
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so she knew pain. she knew how long it could take to heal from something like this, even at her best. it would be slow, painful recovery, one that would leave her weak and unsteady for hours unless she fed her body what it needed.
what derek was offering, that smooth curve of skin between his neck and shoulders so casually referenced, was something she would have never asked for. human blood — even of werewolves or witches — was the closest thing to a miracle cure. as quickly as her own blood had healed spencer's body, derek's would be a much needed boost to hers. but it was asking a lot, more so than she thought was really fair, even if it was incredibly tempting. )
I can't ask you to do that.
( even if she wanted to. needed to. she'd wait. )