there's no hesitation, no sense of uncertainty. no sense that damon is only saying what he needs to to get elena to go to the station, or that he's just saying it because she needs to hear it. she will see shiro again.
If he cares about you half as much as you care about him, you'll see him again. He wouldn't risk hurting you, no matter what dumbass thing he decided he needed to do to help someone.
damon, for instance — he will hold himself back, for elena's sake. he'd rather not die, if he can avoid it, but if he dies protecting her or sam or stefan... that's an acceptable loss, in his eyes. not in hers. for elena, damon will be cautious, so that she doesn't go through another loss. if shiro is worth even half the affection elena has for him, if they're even a fraction as similar as elena thinks they are — he'll do the same. ❱
[ She hears what Damon's saying, knows that it has merit, and yet... There's been so much loss in her life that she can't shake that fear. She sees so much of herself in Shiro that it hurts, because she can't say for certain that she wouldn't give her life to protect him, regardless of how it would affect him afterward. That affect would be considered, of course, but in the end, if it came down to it, she still has trouble putting her own life before anything else.
The only response she can manage is to reach for Damon, to urge him closer, to stop being wherever he is that's not here with her. ]
❰ that's all it takes for damon to drop whatever he's doing and makes his way to elena, ignoring all the natives and hosts he passes alike. when he finds her, he doesn't say anything at first, just walks over and wraps her up in a tight hug. her safety is his priority, even over her emotional well-being — he can't take care of her emotional well-being if she's dead, after all — but that is number two on the list. ❱
You need to get out of here, baby, ❰ he murmurs, rubbing his hand over her back in little circles. ❱ It's fucking you up as bad as Mystic Falls ever did.
[ Is it? Is she so lost in all of this that she can't tell the difference anymore, being so unable to remember what it was like to feel happy and at peace with herself and her life? Has it really been so long since those days?
Her hands clutch at Damon's costume for a moment before moving again. They're safe here in the cramped quarters on the ship they're sharing with the rest of the hosts, so Elena is without her own costume and she wastes no time in tugging away Damon's hood and the scarves covering that Adonic face. ]
❰ it's been long enough — more than long enough, as far as damon's concerned. they have a chance for her to catch a break, and he wants so badly for her to take it. she deserves to, more than anyone else in the nest. life on the station is boring, but at least it's not this.
he lets her pulls off the hood and scarves without resisting, but once she's taken them off all he does is take her hands and draw them up to his lips to kiss her palms. ❱
Trust me, Elena. Let me take you home.
❰ home being the station, home being anywhere not fucking here. ❱
[ She melts at the feeling of his lips on her skin, wrapping her hands around his fingers when he's done. Everything about her is uncertain, her decision balanced on the edge of the knife and she's just waiting to fall. ]
It's okay to leave?
[ She knows he's said it is, Sam has said it, and so many others. But she needs to hear it again, just those four simple words, she's practically begging him in that small, breaking voice to assure her just one more time. Please. ]
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there's no hesitation, no sense of uncertainty. no sense that damon is only saying what he needs to to get elena to go to the station, or that he's just saying it because she needs to hear it. she will see shiro again.
If he cares about you half as much as you care about him, you'll see him again. He wouldn't risk hurting you, no matter what dumbass thing he decided he needed to do to help someone.
damon, for instance — he will hold himself back, for elena's sake. he'd rather not die, if he can avoid it, but if he dies protecting her or sam or stefan... that's an acceptable loss, in his eyes. not in hers. for elena, damon will be cautious, so that she doesn't go through another loss. if shiro is worth even half the affection elena has for him, if they're even a fraction as similar as elena thinks they are — he'll do the same. ❱
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The only response she can manage is to reach for Damon, to urge him closer, to stop being wherever he is that's not here with her. ]
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You need to get out of here, baby, ❰ he murmurs, rubbing his hand over her back in little circles. ❱ It's fucking you up as bad as Mystic Falls ever did.
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Her hands clutch at Damon's costume for a moment before moving again. They're safe here in the cramped quarters on the ship they're sharing with the rest of the hosts, so Elena is without her own costume and she wastes no time in tugging away Damon's hood and the scarves covering that Adonic face. ]
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he lets her pulls off the hood and scarves without resisting, but once she's taken them off all he does is take her hands and draw them up to his lips to kiss her palms. ❱
Trust me, Elena. Let me take you home.
❰ home being the station, home being anywhere not fucking here. ❱
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It's okay to leave?
[ She knows he's said it is, Sam has said it, and so many others. But she needs to hear it again, just those four simple words, she's practically begging him in that small, breaking voice to assure her just one more time. Please. ]