title: guard
fandom: the vampire diaries
warnings: none
summary: spoilers through the caroline spoiler spoilers.
Bonnie practices every protective spell she knows: accensum, to set alight; obstructum, to stop dead. She thinks of the ways to repulse a corpse, cause pain to bloodless, nerveless specters.
Stefan treads cautiously past her and Damon parades, but worst is the vacuum of Caroline's absence. Matt frowns through the day, and Bonnie steels herself against the thought that Caroline retains a shred of her human heart.
In her room are framed pictures: Grams showing a younger Bonnie one of her charms; Bonnie and Caroline jumping into the lake. Bonnie will keep vigil against her losses, alone, if she must.