elena moves to swallow and finds her throat tight. there's a rushing in her ears that she's fairly sure is caused by her heart rate suddenly jumping up, and for what feels like an age – but in reality only lasts a minute or so – she can't hear a thing. she almost misses the rest of damon's explanation, but she wonders if that would have been more kind, honestly. she desperately wants to know, and yet she doesn't want to hear him say it.
she asked for this. that's the worst part.
she can't quite exhale properly, but she manages to force out a shaky breath as her mind whirs in overdrive, trying to formulate a response. or at least, something more eloquent than "what the fuck?!". satisfying as that might be, it's not actually all that helpful. )
So I'm related to her, ( she says finally, and her voice shakes in a way that irritates her to no end. she isn't shaken, she can handle this. ) and that's why we look like each other? I don't understand. She doesn't look related to me, she looks exactly like me.
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elena moves to swallow and finds her throat tight. there's a rushing in her ears that she's fairly sure is caused by her heart rate suddenly jumping up, and for what feels like an age – but in reality only lasts a minute or so – she can't hear a thing. she almost misses the rest of damon's explanation, but she wonders if that would have been more kind, honestly. she desperately wants to know, and yet she doesn't want to hear him say it.
she asked for this. that's the worst part.
she can't quite exhale properly, but she manages to force out a shaky breath as her mind whirs in overdrive, trying to formulate a response. or at least, something more eloquent than "what the fuck?!". satisfying as that might be, it's not actually all that helpful. )
So I'm related to her, ( she says finally, and her voice shakes in a way that irritates her to no end. she isn't shaken, she can handle this. ) and that's why we look like each other? I don't understand. She doesn't look related to me, she looks exactly like me.