http://softly-me.livejournal.com/ ([identity profile] softly-me.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] crack_van2011-07-13 04:06 pm

Instinct by scorpiod1 (nc17)

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Stefan/Elena (vampire!Elena)
Length: 2300
Author on LJ: [livejournal.com profile] scorpiod1
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Why this must be read:

Stefan and the newly-vampired Elena play a game of hunter-prey to keep their predatory instincts at bay. This is Stefan-Elena as we've never seen them before. They are violent, rough, vicious, and blood-thirsty. But this is also the Stefan-Elena that we know so well. They love each other completely, accepting even the darkest parts of the other. They adapt to challenges, find ways to overcome problems together. Elena is struggling with her new bloodlust, so Stefan finds a way to help her cope and ends up helping himself as well. They are passionate and loving and painfully honest. I particularly love how well the author depicts Elena struggling with her newly heightened emotions and senses.

An Excerpt: It started as a way to calm her down, to center her, because everything is amplified now and her mind is screaming every minute; it feels like there are too many emotions for her body to contain, constantly trying to explode out of her skin with vicious, gnawing hunger always closest to the surface and it’s simply too much. And then Stefan grabbed her by the shoulders and told her he was going to run and she was going to chase him.

It was the single most beautiful solution in the world, made perfect sense on a level she couldn’t explain and when he blurred into the forest, she took off after him on pure instinct.


Instinct