[ closed ] when i say forever, it's the goddamn truth

[otrazhenie]

CHARACTERS: Elena Gilbert otrazhenie, Damon Salvatore blooded, Misato Katsuragi wille
WHERE: Hyrypia - The Tents
WHEN: Day :017 - Day :018
SUMMARY: A Feelings Talk. Coping with Grief.
WARNINGS: Feelings. Blood. Talk of death, suicide. Will update as necessary!

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[blooded]

Dinner and a movie, obviously.

❰ the classic first date staple — with a damon salvatore twist, naturally. ❱

At home I'd take you to Richmond. There's a fancy little Italian place with eggplant parmesan that you'd love, and a shitty art theatre. We could pretend to watch pretentious French movies and throw popcorn at hipsters from the back row.

❰ because actually watching the movie while damon translated would be too cliche, obviously. ❱

Back on the Station... I don't know. I'd figure something out. It creates rooms, right, I'll bully it into making something interesting.

[otrazhenie]

[ A smile blooms into existence at Damon's description of their would-be date, the one they might never have but that she wants desperately. It sounds nothing like what she would have experienced with Stefan, or Matt, and that's why it sounds perfect. Outside the Elena box, perhaps, but all the more special for it. ]

I didn't really get to see much of the Station before we were brought down here.

[ Between waking up with an alien in her head and Lakshmi's attempt at killing her, it had all been a bit too much. That first day had been spent hiding, trying to keep her fear and panic, and her hunger, to herself. Likewise, she tries to keep these thoughts to herself, but she and Damon are too connected to have much success in her attempt. Images and emotions leak through and she looks away for a moment to try to collect herself. ]

We'll have to make that trip to Richmond when we get home. It sounds really nice.

[blooded]

❰ damon would say it's well within the elena box, she just doesn't know it yet. there's so much about herself elena has been denying or avoiding in order to make sure her friends still love her, and he can't wait to see what she gets up to now that that's no longer a consideration. elena is a wild, passionate person, tempered by her empathy, and it's about time she lets loose. ❱

It's not all that special, you weren't missing much.

❰ he can see the turn her thoughts have taken, can feel the slow sinking dread in her stomach, and before he's thought about it too much he dips his head to kiss her again, trying to distract. their world doesn't begin and end with lakshmi's vendetta, and he won't allow elena to ruin good moments with thoughts of her. ❱

It's a date, ❰ he murmurs against her lips, smiling. ❱

[otrazhenie]

[ Living her life according to the expectations of others is what Elena does, and she doesn't even realize it. When she gives it serious though, it might occur to her, but otherwise... All she sees is not wanting to disappoint people, and an obligation to be what others see her as. If that means denying herself things she wants, adopting the hopes and dreams of someone else as her own, then that's just what she does. She puts herself last and never really stops to consider it.

Except that here she doesn't have to. Not in this moment, here with Damon. She gives in to what she wants and falls into that kiss, all thoughts of her broodmate sinking back into the darkest part of the deep ocean in her mind. ]

I look forward to it. [ She returns that smile, wrapping her arms around him again, never wanting to let go. ]