rippermorality → stefan salvatore
“𝙾𝙷, 𝚃𝙷𝙰𝚃'𝚂 𝚁𝙴𝙰𝚂𝚂𝚄𝚁𝙸𝙽𝙶.” but he knows what tom means. stefan hides it well, the pain, the suffering, but perhaps, doppelgangers can sense one another. or tom is just intuitive. “a lot of times. but they won’t happen to you. only one of us gets to suffer, alright? you’re fine.”
❛ 𝐈'𝐦 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐲. ❜ From what he’s found out about doppelgangers, they are DESTINED to repeat the same lives, acting as identical ripples in time, just occurring at different points. Not to mention, Tom can’t live with knowing that someone else is suffering when he can help with easing their burden. ❛ Perhaps we don’t share this trait, but I can’t let someone else suffer for me. I save people, not destroy them. ❜