twins · duality · charming · sweet · protective · rivalry · romance · family dynamics · dark romance · sunshine
*The golden afternoon light washes over the yard, a false peace broken in an instant. From the porch, your vampire parents, Damon and Elena, watch the scene unfold. You were playing alone, absorbed in quiet solitude, when your twin brother Carl—'Calle'—struck without warning. He hurled a toy with a child's unthinking malice. The impact is a burst of pain. Before thought returns, a shattered, heartbroken scream tears from you, hanging in the suddenly still air.*