He sees that it is Klaus and is greeted by him. And he responds that she should be scared because he knows how deep down she can fall and how difficult it is to climb back out. Zach refers to him as "Uncle Stefan", even though Stefan looks significantly much younger. Later on, outside Mystic Grill, Katherine discovers Stefan getting crazy because of the memories of being locked inside the safe. Stefan is lonely and he don't want talk to anyone when he is drinking in The Grill Katherine appears and begs him to stay with her, he reluctantly agrees. Later, Stefan and Lily make a truce to make sure that there won't be any more innocent bloodshed. Stefan states that he can't go back to feeling after everything he has done. He start talking about Damon and says that he finally had everything he wanted, that he was happy and that he should be there, he is sad because Damon and Lexi are gone for good, Stefan puts his head in between his legs and starts to cry, Caroline wraps her arms around him without saying a word. After heart-to-heart chat, Stefan sees the bear's ear. In Crying Wolf, Stefan brought Elena to a lake house where Elena and her adoptive family used to go. Stefan is an introvert. Stefan catches ball and wins everyone over. It is Stefan who is telling the story and the story is from his point of view; Stefan is the main male lead of the series and the deuteragonist of the series. Stefan then tells her that all that he did to get the cure was for her and it is her choice of being who she wants and then he returns it to Elena. In the novels, when Stefan was a child, his mother always used to sing him a French lullaby. They start to talk about Elena and Damon relationship, and what they have to do with Markos, Stefan tell Damon that he will get Elena home safely but Damon want them both safe. In Live Through This, Stefan is lying in bed with his arm around Caroline. She agrees and wants to use the tree doppelgngers so she can preform the spell and make Bonnie the anchor instead of Amara. When Qetsiyah is distracted, Stefan stabs her and he escapes with Elena after Silas' spell is over. In Stefan's Diaries: Bloodlust, it is shown that Stefan originally acted like Damon when they were turned, feeding on whomever, whenever, wherever, with no regards for the consequences. When his boss offers to fire him instead, Stefan compels him to bury Ivy in the woods and forget any of this ever happened and give him a raise when he gets back. Stefan tells her that not yet, but she won't open her eyes again. Elena seems confused by his reaction and he later tells her that she is better than Damon, that she is better than both of them. Outside, Stefan calls out Damon's name, and the hunter, Connor, gets away in his truck. First, he feeds Ray his blood, and then he swiftly breaks his neck. In The End of the Affair, it is revealed that Stefan use to be a lover of Rebekah, an original vampire and Klaus' sister. After many drinks Caroline says that she has never ever kissed a Salvatore brother today, making an indirect to Stefan and Elena, they all are in an awkward silence, she asks if she is going to drink or not, Elena asks her if she is implying something but Stefan interrupts saying he wants to do another round, Damon say that never have he ever lied about where Enzo is, they all look around at each other in silence. At first Stefan is shocked, but relieved when Elena sends him a text saying Damon is okay. Physically, Stefan was described to be classically handsome and athletic, with a brooding, mysterious and intense aura. Tyler starts a fight, ending with him accidentally stabbing Matt. Damon asks Stefan if he's in love, before seeing that Stefan isn't because is he was in love wouldn't need to ask Damon about it, then advises him to bail now before Caroline gets hurt, just not today, "give her today". 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. They go inside and Rebekah and Elena are trying to find out where the cure might be. She tells him everyone needs him, including her. In We All Go a Little Mad Sometimes, Stefan shows up at the Gilbert House after receiving a call from Damon that Elena had stabbed and killed Jeremy. She tricked Stefan into believing that the house was left to John Gilbert after her parents died, but she revealed the truth shortly after. The elder Salvatore says that she's really not that deep and they know everything is an act. While searching for clues, Alaric finds pictures of Jo when she was younger, and in one of those pictures, Damon recognizes one of the people she was with as Kai. At this moment Elena calls Stefan and he is wondering whether to answer or not when Rebekah picks up instead of him. The news of the accident is on and is says that Marty is an alcoholic. Again, believing that he is drunk, the police officer arrests him and handcuffs him. Stefan's mother visited him in his sleep after her "death". They stop at a warehouse and Stefan and Valerie bicker as Damon moves all the planks away from the door. As they are checking each coffin, Valerie informs them that the phoenix stone is full of lost vampire souls, which means that they didn't really bring back Oscar. Caroline and Stefan talk about Oscar. Later he is talking to Katherine (appearing to be Elena), and reveals to her that he used to hope that Damon would mess up with her so badly that she would give up on him, but then he started to like the person he begun to be and says he doesn't want to lose this person. Stefan and Caroline figure out that Katherine is in Elena's body. Julian is angry and says them that someone's going to pay for her. He tries to reason with her saying how he wants to take down Silas just as much as she does but she mentions how she is a vindictive bitch and doesn't trust anyone. He opens a bottle of bear and starts to drink it when his phone goes. Elijah wants to talk with his sister but Stefan says that she's not with him and that everything will be ok as long as Katherine hands over the cure. In reality, Stefan is the first to get out of the stone and he tells Matt, Bonnie and Caroline that he had to let go to get out. No one seems to be inside. Stefan suggests that Caroline help her, but Elena says that Caroline is too good at self-control and wouldn't be as easy to relate to. Stefan wants Caroline to come home. Klaus says that the missing blood from the hospital is not that much big of a deal and that it could have been Elena or even Stefan who stole it. Caroline asks him where is the antidote and Enzo nods and a group of Travelers disperse through the stockyard. She tells Stefan to care enough about Damon to save him. When in a bar drinking together arrives the waitress, Stefan feels the need to drink her blood. Later, Stefan tells Caroline he made a list of how loving her changed his life. Although she was also seeing Damon, she had a clear preference for Stefan. Damon revealed that Stefan has only ever been in love twice in his whole entire life, and they both wore the same face; Katherine and Elena. When Stefan pulled the stake out of his father's stomach, his bloodlust became too much for him to suppress and he tasted his father's blood, completing his transition into a full vampire. She starts to choke Damon with magic but Stefan appears behind her and she stops. He expresses that he is just honored to be her date that night. Stefan swoops in and wins the tie-breaker, so Caroline flips a coin to decide who lives. They overcame some of their differences when they tried to free Katherine from the tomb, but after they opened it, they discovered she wasn't there. Stefan then visits his family crypt showing that this whole time he wasn't doing any good. At the Gilbert house, Stefan opens the front door to find Elena talking to Damon on the porch. Stefan asks Damon why he is trying to help him and Damn responds, "Because right now, you're all I got." Damon turns down Stefan's offer to help, reminding him of their deal that whoever Elena didn't choose would leave town. Later, Stefan and Elena are in the woods practicing "hunter defense" with bows and arrows. That was until Damon had asked him to drink human blood with him and feed on, Stefan's last name in the show was originally going to be ". Giuseppe had sent Stefan to retrieve a remedy to help with Lillian's illness. Although Stefan was very popular and had many male friends during his human life, Stefan always considered Damon to be his best friend and companion. Rebekah interrupts to say that it was not just any weapon, but Klaus tells her to not get ahead of the story. Then he goes downstairs and finds his Ivy scavenging for blood. He claims he doesn't care to which Caroline replies he was the one who always cared and that was what she liked about him. He confesses he's not doing well without Damon and can't seem to start over because he's lost. Elena realizes that Stefan letting himself get beat up was part of his system. At the moment they kissed in front of Elena's house, someone interrupted this perfect moment. Stefan loves football and is very good at it. She says that she doesn't want the cure and asks them if they'll accept her decision and let her be who she is or not. Stefan seems to be tempted by the blood but then looks at Elena. Stefan tells Damon that she is the best thing that has ever happened to him and Damon doesn't deny it and confesses that he can't live without her but he doesn't think he's any better than Katherine and Elena will be better off without him. Silas then stabbed Stefan with a stake in the stomach and then asked Stefan if he knows how it feels to starve for 2000 years, then Silas trap Stefan inside a safe and pushed it under water leaving Stefan to starve as the water came poring inside the safe. When they came back, Damon told him two things. Later, after Elena has left, Caroline arrives at the boarding house at Stefan's request, and he shares his concerns with her about being able to help Elena enjoy being a vampire, when he himself has so much trouble keeping a balance between enjoyment and becoming the Ripper. Shady Stefan, Saint Stefan, Superman, Beefcake, Stefan: The Hero, Fabio, Hero Stefan, Hero Hairdo, Noble Stefan, Stef, Buzzkill Bob, Baby Bro, Brother, Lily's Little Angel, Mad Max, Baby, Ebenezer, Pal, Bunny Snacking Pacifist, Alaric and Stefan (Friends/Frenemies/Former Allies). Zach Salvatore had a girlfriend who was pregnant with their daughter at the time, and because Damon is Damon, he killed Zach's girlfriend and nearly killed their unborn child (but Stefan intervened and managed to save the baby). Stefan sees a car approaching them from behind Elena, she turns around and sees the car, Stefan raises his thumb to hitchhike, but Elena makes him put his hand down. Stefan panics and goes into a frenzy, crying, "I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry, I'm so sorry." Klaus laughs at this and jokes about "The Salvatores and their unshakable bond." Not taking any chances, Giuseppe tries to stake and kill Stefan. As he drives to bury Silas, Lexi is with him and they talk about where Stefan will go and Lexi tells him that Elena will always be his epic love and he will find another, but he has to let go and move on. Stefan says, aloud, "Goodbye, Katherine" and Elena walks in and asks if she's gone. The car continues moving until it almost hits Liv. In the end of the episode, Stefan is shown back at the Salvatore boarding house, saying as Klaus left town, he's been ordered to keep Elena safe (for the reason that her blood is needed to create hybrids). In Catch Me If You Can, Rebekah comes to the Salvatore boarding house talking to Stefan while reading his diary and they decide to steal Silas' headstone, because the others are way ahead of them in search of the cure; Klaus has Jeremy (a hunter) and Shane has Bonnie. Klaus, however, keeps to respond ironically. Stefan was always willing to lend a helping hand when it is needed most and he will put the needs of others before his own. When Stefan first arrives at the high school, all the girls are irresistibly attracted him and want to gain his attention. The news is on. While arriving in a part of the woods, one of the jeep's tires blows out and he notices that it is an arrow. But how do I stop the monster without becoming one myself?" - Stefan Salvatore "I want to kill you. Rebekah however hears them and crosses Katherine's path. The two begin arguing with Stefan demanding to know 'one thing you've asked her to do, you haven't gotten? Stefan meet Elena in an alternative life. She can't believe he was going to dump Ivy on her and leave. One night, Stefan and Katherine had spent a passionate night together. Outside the school, Stefan and Caroline try to soothe Elena, who is still furious about Rebekah's antagonism. They are still talking when Enzo arrives at the bar, Enzo joins them and Stefan behaves hostile to him, Enzo starts talking to them about Maggie but Stefan and Elena are confused by what Enzo is saying, then he produces a picture that Sloan gave to him and is Maggie with her head cut off, he shows it to them because he thinks that it was Stefan who killed her. He frees Damon and pushes him to keep going but the elder Salvatore refuses to go, saying that he needs a minute and that he'll just slow them down. In Man on Fire, Stefan is with Elena at the Grill, helping her with her studies, they tease each other and in that moment Bonnie arrives, who is worried about what is happening on the other side. Stefan is highly sentimental and likes to keep objects and souvenirs from his past as memories. Stefan apologizes to Matt who doesn't really want to hear it from Stefan. In terms of his characterization, Stefan is often compared to other mysterious, brooding vampires such as, Edward Cullen from. Bonnie says that she knows how to bring Jeremy back-she has to complete the third massacre for Silas so that she could drop the veil between this side and the other side. When Elena tries to leave the cabin she realizes that she is trapped with them. Later, Stefan, Elena and Matt are preparing all to leaves Mystic Falls, Stefan says that they've just got to outrun the spell, regroup in about a thousand miles and figure out a game-plan. As he discusses this with Katherine, strong sexual tension quickly appears between them and this time they resolve it by passionately making out in front of the fireplace at the Salvatore Boarding House. He ask who is there and somebody say to he that he can leave. Klaus is mad and yells at her while Bonnie says that the triangle is now complete. The "ripper" side of him usually causes him to push people away and become emotionally cold, withdrawn and distant.