She nods, and takes a deep breath before she moves. It's odd, doing this with this in mind, and she's giving herself over to something she's held in check for months. It's not do this, it's be this, and she's walking up behind the man...
And then something - maybe a feeling in his gut, maybe something with the AI has him turn around. Caroline doesn't stop, doesn't blink, doesn't come up short. Instead, she smiles, and it's just as bright and sunny as anything.
"Sorry, I know it's super creepy if there's somebody behind you," she says even as the man takes out his headphones. "I tried to tell you I was there, but..." And she shrugs, looking pointedly at the headphones.
He actually apologizes, and she moves close, like she's going to tell him a secret. "Hey-"
And just as he leans down to hear her, she moves. It's not as neat as Damon's done it - she's seen him bite someone and drop them to the ground and he's barely got blood even in his mouth, but it happens all at once. Her face changes and she grips his shirt and shoulder, and when she sinks her teeth into his neck she remembers to aim lower than they do in the movies.
It's not just the blood, even though it's hot and satisfying and he struggles some but only enough to make it better - it's that she did it, it's that his life is in her hands and she really can't not drink deeply.
She was listening to her instincts - every single one of them said Drain him dry, and she didn't stop, even though his blood pressure - and his heartbeat, she could feel it - was getting weaker by the second.
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And then something - maybe a feeling in his gut, maybe something with the AI has him turn around. Caroline doesn't stop, doesn't blink, doesn't come up short. Instead, she smiles, and it's just as bright and sunny as anything.
"Sorry, I know it's super creepy if there's somebody behind you," she says even as the man takes out his headphones. "I tried to tell you I was there, but..." And she shrugs, looking pointedly at the headphones.
He actually apologizes, and she moves close, like she's going to tell him a secret. "Hey-"
And just as he leans down to hear her, she moves. It's not as neat as Damon's done it - she's seen him bite someone and drop them to the ground and he's barely got blood even in his mouth, but it happens all at once. Her face changes and she grips his shirt and shoulder, and when she sinks her teeth into his neck she remembers to aim lower than they do in the movies.
It's not just the blood, even though it's hot and satisfying and he struggles some but only enough to make it better - it's that she did it, it's that his life is in her hands and she really can't not drink deeply.
She was listening to her instincts - every single one of them said Drain him dry, and she didn't stop, even though his blood pressure - and his heartbeat, she could feel it - was getting weaker by the second.