Stefan reveals that he can't because he hates himself for what he did to her. Valerie promised to meet him Friday at noon so they could run away together. In the meantime, however, Rebekah and Elena are already there and they understand that Katherine has compelled the whole town to be her friend and to keep her secret of where she has hidden the cure. Elena rushed towards the door and out and when Brady came out in pursuit, Stefan pulled his heart out, literally. They briefly reunite when Katherine comes back to try and destroy Mystic Falls, which classified them as enemies once again. Because of this, Stefan had always been popular, admired and loved by the opposite sex or women since his human life. During the graduation Stefan talks to Alaric about Damon not having much time left until the werewolf venom kills him and Damon doesn't want the cure, he wants it for Elena. Most of the deaths were in the present, but there were a few that took place in 1864 during flashbacks and they were included in the total, but will be distinguished from present day deaths. In O Come, All Ye Faithful, Stefan first appears at Klaus' house exchanging small talk about Klaus' 'snowflake' painting before revealing Elena is sired to Damon, and so he needs the cure now more than ever. Later, Stefan and Damon arrive in New Orleans and Stefan says he hasn't been back since 1942. Enzo tells to Stefan and Caroline that they will find another doppelgnger of Stefan and that he don't know the Traveler lore, he also says that the last remaining pair of doppelgngers are special. Katherine tried to return the favor by helping Stefan through his PTSD in the next episode, where sparks flew while locked in the safe. Rebekah and April are sitting at a table at the Grill when Stefan approaches them and sits next to April. He says he found Klaus' letters from 'pen pals' over the centuries and is silenced momentarily as Klaus reveals that he memorializes his dead, much like Stefan because of 'loneliness', that keeping letters and writing names on a wall is because they are left utterly alone. Stefan sits forward, realizing what he feels for her is true. She agrees to Klaus putting down Kol as she actually doesn't realize that their goal is to get rid of her. Elena needs only one of them and it's better for her that one to be Stefan because he wants her to take the cure. That night, Stefan and Valerie meet secretly and Stefan is sure Julian will kill him for being with Valerie. They talk a lot and Damon says that if Rebekah takes the cure they could kill her right there, but Stefan reminds him that in this case Elena will stay a vampire forever. Qetsiyah reveals that he will wake up in time and then mentions to Damon how his relationship with Elena is doomed. A friend of his called Will was living there. In the meantime Damon decides to use Qetsiyah's help so he could bring Bonnie back. [7] This was a drastic change from Stefan with his memories who had both moral and practical reservations, and consistently refrained from feeding because he feared he would lose control and kill. In the woods, Stefan senses something and looks around. He is able to learn new languages at an increased speed and adjust to the American customs rather quickly, so much so that his Italian accent becomes less strong. Later, He stands alone in the crypt when Caroline arrives. Elena says that she was hungry and she gets out of bed and starts undressing in front of him. Stefan just nods his head to her, with which he implies that the little Gilbert is gone. "I'm gonna kill him!", you yelled. Stefan is seen for the last time with Caroline, Tyler, Elena, Jeremy and Alaric watching to Bonnie who is preparing to disappear with the other side. But Stefan has other things on his mind. Back at the Salvatore Boarding House, Elena is sitting next to Stefan and puts his daylight ring on his finger. Later, Stefan visits Alaric. Damon asks what is he talking about and Stefan answers that he's done and he can't keep reliving his life like this. Stefan wants to know how this weapon could be the answer to all of his prayers, as Klaus put it earlier. After talking, Enzo takes the decision of not setting Stefan on fire, he tells him that his best revenge will be when Stefan have to tell Damon that he was the one who killed Enzo, Stefan is confused and then Enzo decides push himself backwards, making Stefan take his heart unintentionally. At the rave, Stefan offers Caroline a shot. Elena is in shock and still thinks that the Gilbert ring will safe Jeremy but when Stefan sees him he realizes that this probably won't happen. She is very sad about the death of Bonnie, someone that he can't remember. It is assumed that the Travelers have found him. As they find out that Elena doesn't answer Damon's calls, them they realize that Elena doesn't appear. The guy reminds Stefan that he put his brother in the hospital. When in a bar drinking together arrives the waitress, Stefan feels the need to drink her blood. Later, Stefan along with Damon is waiting for Elena to wake up. They share a romantic moment as they kiss and watch the sunrise together. Elena realizes this and takes him outside of school. Stefan snacks on a student, tempting Caroline to join. Stefan sits alone in front of the fire when Matt walks into the house. Once she has fed, Elena releases Matt and tells Stefan that she can still smell the blood. It was truly a lovely sight. he's moving on Stefan asks her how does anyone seem to move on Caroline says that someday he'll meet someone new and fall madly in love he would have moved on without even realizing it. Caroline tracks down Stefan in the woods. Elena is the ex-girlfriend and close friend of Stefan. Stefan Salvatore was always the better brother. Stefan asks Klaus if he could have some of his blood since Damon is in a werewolf predicament and while he talks, the wound starts to bleed through his shirt and Klaus rips it off. Caroline suddenly stands after talking about Tyler's hybrid friends being un-sired, and after talking to through with Stefan, he realizes that Elena is sired to Damon. Katherine told him she had come back for him, but when he responded that he hated her, she stabbed him and said that it was the beginning of a love storynot the end. Damon delivers towels to their room, shooting them both with vervain darts. Damon understands why Stefan was being nice to Katherine. In I Would for You, Stefan and Valerie are on the run as Stefan wipes the last bit of herbal ointment that Freya made for him onto his wound. Stefan enjoys reading, studying and literature. When he returns, they clink glasses before Charlotte arrives, with a bloody corpse in her arms. As he is pressed up against the police car, Stefan looks in the mirror and sees Marty's reflection. The remorseless man choked on his own blood as he clawed at his neck in an attempt to stem the flow. Before Nadia has a chance to read it, Stefan discovers the note. Katherine told Stefan that she wants the moonstone back and when he told her that she can't have it Katherine killed Aimee Bradley and left her in Stefan's arms he put Aimee's body in his car. Later he is in the Salvatore's mansion burning his diaries, and Elena and Damon arrive. He also told Elena how he and Damon became vampires. They decide to kill the doppelgnger in Atlanta so Stefan can live, since it's revealed that there can only be two living. Stefan responds saying that he has been trying to fight off the "ripper" part of himself but that now that he has accepted it, it can't control him. Stefan insists that they need more but, unfortunately, there is no more. Damon meets Stefan who tells him to stop causing problems. Their skin starts to burn, both of them run speed off to the Grill where is Matt, Stefan tells to him that they've got to get out of here. He throws the stake past Stefan and into the throat of Jay, who was aiming a shotgun with wooden darts at them. Whilst their relationship will continue to be tested through highs and lows, it is clear that the two share a strong brotherly bond. Damon orders Tyler to commune with the Traveler inside him to find Markos and tells Stefan that they're going to take their ex-girlfriend on a secret trip to keep her and Stefan safe from the Travelers. Valerie is driving but is stopped by Damon. Elena is still with Stefan and Qetsiyah in the cabin. Damon leaves and Stefan sees Caroline on the street outside. Later, Stefan is seen at the hospital with Damon and he says that he just "missed the donuts" and explains that he was burning off a few thousand hate filled calories with Elena and asks why he didn't help him and Damon was avoiding because he knew that her goal was to end Katherine's life and it wasn't going to simply disappear with Pilates, Sheriff Forbes is seen and they ask her why were they invited and she explains that hospitals kept the blood banks empty since they were raided and they thought it would keep the vampires away and then she shows them a dead body and that there were four other victims had been nearly drained of blood and asks if they think its Silas, Stefan assumes that he is fueling up for something big. Stefan was a "golden boy" while still alive. Stefan Salvatore (Full Birth Name: Stefan Antonio Salvatore) is the hero, deuteragonist, secondary narrator, supporting protagonist, and romantic lead of The Vampire Diaries. He looks up and there is a school bus on fire and screams of help can be heard from inside. He tells her she's the last person who should be giving him advice on coping mechanisms. Katherine playing Elena, asks him to help her save Jeremy and tells him where he is. Elena is the main protagonist and Damon is the tritagonist. After Katherine's "fake death", the heartbreak he endured after thinking he lost her and the continuous tumultuous relationship in which he had shared with his elder brother, Damon, Stefan makes an attempt to run far away and start a new life somewhere else, away from his dark and haunting past. In Because, Stefan and Caroline check into a bed and breakfast for a little R&R. Stefan was forced to be locked into the very safe he had been trapped him to for three months in an attempt to face his PTSD problems, but it was to little effort and he soon began hallucinating that was drowning all over again. She proceeds to knock him out. Stefan sits down on the bed. The hybrid minion then removes Jeremy's Gilbert ring and tosses it over to Klaus, who reasserts that Jeremy will help, tacitly threatening him should he still refuse. Damon ended up blaming Stefan for Katherine's capture although it was not ever Stefan's intention on hurting or betraying Damon and outing Katherine. At the moment they kissed in front of Elena's house, someone interrupted this perfect moment. He instead let him off with a warning, staked him, but missed the heart on purpose. Stefan responds that he was a psychotic killer with no emotions back then and Rebekah disagrees by saying that he might have been a killer, but he wasn't emotionless, to which Stefan admits that he really did have fun. Supernatural information She is in the emergency room for a heart attack. After Elena filled him in on the no humanity switch, Damon tries and fails to syringe Stefan. Satisfied with Elena's reasons, Stefan reminds her to be careful, as it's easy to get caught up in the feed. Deciding not to spend any time with her while she was ill, he instead did whatever he could do to avoid her, such as walking into Mystic Falls and getting the tea she liked or picking out her favorite flowers. He explains that someone kept telling him that it was okay to feel, that emotions is what makes people human. Stefan states that he can't go back to feeling after everything he has done. The car continues moving until it almost hits Liv. After leaving Enzo he calls Elena (Katherine) and tells her that he wants to talk with her and Katherine invites him on Bitter Ball, although at first he refuses then accepts her offer. Stefan and Elena defend Caroline against Damon. Realizing that there is no food or electricity, he goes and starts up the generator. Later, Stefan and Elena are about to go into Alaric's apartment and Stefan tells her that he is not trying to hurt her, he just can't be what she wants him to be right now. Klaus then asks how can they stop him and Stefan says that Silas has to complete the third massacre so that Bonnie could do the spell and if he's here that's what he's doing so they need to find him and stop him. He tell Stefan that he has footage of Stefan as well. Furthermore, during his time working for Arcadius, he was temporarily granted the ability to return from death, even matters regarding a stake to the heart. But then he became addicted to human blood, and drank it behind Elena's back. Stefan gets shot by Jamie, after realizing that Jamie has been compelled by someone. They are interrupted by Damon and Bonnie. She complies, then they have a make out session that leads to more. Later, when Stefan regains consciousness, Damon attacks him and Stefan is unconscious again. After reaching the corner, Stefan bitterly retorts that not telling Elena the truth- as Damon suggested 'is Damon speak for let's just do what's right for me'. Damon is surprised and says that this is the reason why his little brother is the better boyfriend. All of Stefan's girlfriends who were main or recurring characters on the show were administered vampire blood to heal them.