Tijdens een recent fanconventie lijkt het erop dat Arielle Kebbel hun relatie bevestigde. Zach overhandigde Arielle voor een meet & greet een grote bos bloemen waarna ze een kus deelde. Het zou 8 jaar na het einde van de Vampire Diaries zijn dat het stel samen zijn, beide waren hierin te zien als Lexi en Matt. Arielle en Zach waren in 2023 samen te zien in de Hallmark film ‘Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance’.

You’ll want to sink your teeth into this news.

Eight years after The Vampire Diaries came to its conclusion, costars Arielle Kebbel and Zach Roerig—who played Lexi Branson and Matt Donovan, respectively, on the series—revealed their relationship has taken a turn for the romantic and are now dating.

During an April 6 fan event, as seen in footage shared to social media, Zach surprised a shocked-looking Arielle with a bouquet of flowers at a meet and greet before the pair shared a sweet kiss—much to the joy of the fans present, who clapped and cheered over the reveal.

While Arielle and Zach—who was briefly linked to costar Candice King (Caroline Forbes) during the show’s run—haven’t confirmed how long they’ve been dating, the two previously costarred in Hallmark’s Love in the Great Smoky Mountains: A National Park Romance. In the 2023 movie, the pair played former sweethearts who reunite at an archaeological dig—only to find they’re competing for the same research grant.

But even though Zach and Arielle’s offscreen romance comes years after they briefly shared the screen on The Vampire Diaries—after all, other than a few reappearances, Arielle’s character Lexi was killed off in season one—the pair aren’t the only ones to have found love thanks to the vampire series and its spinoffs.