I'm just here to have a Good Time

Ok so old AU but key points

Elena and Tyler had her pre-canon, its a girl, they aren't 'together' but their friendship gets way closer

Tyler decides to lock in for their daughter, and his dad kicked him out, his mom gives money on the down low, Tyler lives with the Gilberts

Elena isn't interested in romance, having a kid wards off Stefan but not Damon

When Elijah shows up he's struck by the similar situation, he's weird about everything

Katherine is also weird about it

Elena makes a deal that she'll die if Elijah promises to keep her daughter safe. Elijah gets even more weird about it

Tyler refuses to let her die, works with Damon, causes fighting between Elena and Tyler

When Tyler triggers his curse, Elena is there for his shift. It becomes something of a concern for their daughter, Elena locks in on werewolves

When Klaus takes Stefan and runs, Elena doesn't chase, she's trying to get Tyler in contact with any other family members

Tyler and Elena start to get closer, romance is back on the menu boys

Klaus is back and he kills Tyler, Elena is freaking out, realizes she likes Tyler

When Klaus figures out he needs Elena, he makes good on his words and takes the WHOLE FAMILY with him

We explore werewolf culture!

Elena and Klaus fight, to the point where he forces Tyler to hurt or almost hurt Elena and she realizes something is very wrong.

She spirals that he could hurt their daughter so she conspires to kill Klaus

At one point, Damon shows up and gets murdered by Tyler at Klaus' orders and he spirals at that, solidifying how serious this actually is

Elena sees the coffins while traveling and opens it to realize Elijah is in it, remembers him mentioning other siblings, other than Rebekah who's at Mystic Falls playing teenager with Stefan

She lets everyone out and using the distraction the teen family escapes back to Mystic Falls

I didn't have anything else planned, originally this was a No Romance Story, with Tyler just being the Civil Co-Parent, which it can be still. Having a kid with your childhood friend and being co-parents while your shitty dad kicks you out and her family takes you in does make an interesting but close relationship!

The idea was that Elena would be less willing to die if she had a daughter to come back to and less likely to want to be around strange men, while also fighting the loss of her teen years. And with the exploration of werewolf culture and Elijah/Klaus obsession, I wanted her to be super willing to kill them. Like no waffling, she wants them dead, active participant. Also less forgiving, this is no "Killed my Brother in front of me but he's ok so we're fine" type shit, if you threaten her daughter or anything its done.