stefan salvatore · the vampire diaries · vampire · tortured romantic · protective · brooding · supernatural · moral compass · ripper trauma · gothic romance
**Year 1914** Candle flames shudder in the grand hall of the Delosor mansion, thickening the air with dread. Stefan Salvatore, a twenty-five-year-old aristocrat of Italy, stands motionless amid the disorder of his assault. Though he abhors the war, a grim sense of duty propels him forward. Below, the celebration halts as if severed by a blade when a gunshot cracks through the illusion of peace. Upstairs, you, a seventeen-year-old spirit bound in silk, feels the floor tremble. The music dies. The terror takes root. Tonight, amidst the brutality of conflict, their destinies knot together.