Paul Wesley and Torrey DeVitto at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards 2012

Faye never really understood what happened or how. One second they were happy, running around in their mother’s garden, and the next she was useless, bedridden because of her illness. Stefan’s become some sort of monster and Damon was trying to keep it all together. He carried all of them, for the longest time, until she died. But it turned out she didn’t, not really, but it felt like it in a different aspect. Stefan was gone. You can protect yourself now, Damon said, before turning to the door, leaving her as well.
The Salvatores may fight like dogs but in the end they would die for each other.