TVDU: Stelena | Stefan Salvatore x Elena Gilbert
"A holiday?" Stefan raises his eyebrows at Elena's impish face and her bursting-at-the-seams smile hidden behind her knuckles. He pushes himself up onto his elbow. "What kind of holiday are we talking about?"
She shrugs halfheartedly and casts her eyes to the ceiling as if thinking about it, but he can tell by the twinkle in her eyes that there's no more thinking to do on her part.
"A road trip," she starts simply, then mirrors him, clearly preparing to sway him with some well-thought-out argument on why it's a great idea. "Remember how much fun we had last time? We could even be a fake couple for another free meal again."
She waggles her eyebrows and bites her lip at him at the last part. Stefan rolls his eyes but he can't pretend to hate the thought of it. Especially being alone with her for a few days, just travelling wherever they want to go.
It's something Lexi would have loved.
He smiles, sighs, and says, "Alright." Turning his head to look at Elena, he adds, "Where's our first stop?"
Elena sits up properly now, no longer sprawled across the entire couch. "Seriously? You want to do it?"
"Yeah, why not," Stefan responds with a shrug. "It'll be fun. And, truth be told, I could use some time away. We both could."
She nods along with him, her expression softening somewhat as they share in a moment of silent acknowledgement of their grief still pushing under the surface. It's getting better. But it's still hard. Cade took a lot from them.
"Okay," Elena says with a final nod. "That's settled. We're doing it."