[The way he ducks his head gives her butterflies. If she makes Stefan feel like he's seventeen --and that's the best reaction she can possibly think of-- then he makes her feel like she's a glass of champagne bubbling over. Stefan makes her so glad that she survived the car accident that killed her parents, that he saved her. She moves in closer to him, her hand coming to rest on his forearm.] It is better. It makes you seem...real. Sometimes, it's easy to believe I'm dating a fairy tale. [ her voice is teasing, but she's actually incredibly serious about that]

That amazing hybrid. I haven't been able to recreate it since she died. Mine always end up one or the other.