Stefan wasn't fast enough. Stefan wasn't fast enough and it was a truth he'll come to fixate on the days that come after when the haze of grief allows him just a few moments of clarity. He should've known better. He did know better! But it hadn't been enough to make him better. To be faster, wiser. And now it was too late. A/N: I was just minding my business watching some Kol clips to refresh his characterisation in my mind for separate works and instead I made myself mad about 'a View to a Kill' again so here's a lil something where the Mikaelsons don't act so ooc and are actually the big bads they were advertised to be ily