Regardless of what happens - even if Stelena is not endgame, our ship was 100% real and full of love acknowledged by many characters. What’s said by and about Stefan and Elena can never be said about DE.
“I love Stefan. It’s always gonna be Stefan.”
“I love him, Damon. No matter what I feel for you, I never unfell for him.”
“It’s you and me, Stefan. Always.”
“I envy that. You and Elena. I envy the love that you have.”
“Crazy or not, that kind of love never dies.”
“After the accident, I kind of felt like I didn’t know how to live anymore, like I didn’t want to. But then being with Stefan, somehow I figured it out. And that’s what love should be. You should love the person that makes you glad that you’re alive.”
“I met a girl. We talked, and it was epic. And then the sun came up and reality set in. Well this is reality, right here, right now.”
“You are the woman that I love. I love you.”
“I don’t pretend to be anything when I’m with her. That’s the whole point. I get to just be myself.”
“She’s the love of my life. I’d go back to her in a heartbeat.”
“All I see is Stefan and Elena.”
“I had to choose and I picked you. Because I love you. No matter what happens, it’s the best choice I ever made.”
“I love you, Stefan. Hold on to that. Never let that go.”
“If it were my choice, I’d want to be with you forever.”
“I was protecting Elena. I will always protect Elena.”
“If you walk away, it’s for you because I know what I want. I love you, Stefan.”
“But you know, the life that we had, that was amazing too. And it wasn’t a spell or a prophecy. It was real. We fell in love on our own.”
“Elena is warm, and she’s kind, and she’s caring, and she’s selfless. And it’s real. And honestly when I’m around her, I completely forget what I am.”
“I watched versions of Stefan and Elena find each other like magnets. Always the same story. Conquering all, falling in love.”
“I will always love you.”
“Stefan is your soulmate.”
“You were the perfect boyfriend.”
“The only thing stronger than your craving for blood is your love for this one girl.”
“I owe you everything because through all of this, you are the one thing that’s kept me from giving up. From turning it all off.”
“Must be hard trying to live up to Stefan. He stopped himself when I compelled him to feed on Elena. Now that’s love.”
“Every time I tell myself that I’m moving on, there’s this part of me that just can’t seem to shake her.”
“His love is pure and he will always be good for her.”
“Everything I did to get this, I did for you. So that the choice of whether you wanted to be a vampire or not, would always be yours.”
“What if Elena was the one?“ “She was. And she will always be an epic love.”
“I’ll be with you, forever.”
“She’s human, pure. Dating the good Salvatore [Stefan]. Then she became an undead blood bag, stopped caring about right and wrong, started dating the bad one.”
“Elena Williams. We’ve known each other for a very long time now, and you’ve always been my best friend. I have always loved you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you. Will you marry me?”
“I saw a perfect life. Stefan and I were married and we had kids. It was everything that we wanted.”
“If it meant that I got to be with her, have children, grow old with her. If it meant that we’d die together, be buried together, then yes. I’d take the cure.”