( it's enough, for a moment at least, just to know that he's safe. she'd never really let herself believe that the rest of the Nest wouldn't be making it back in time, but even unacknowledged and ignored the fear had persisted. it had niggled and wormed and refused to be drowned out by any piece of rationale that elena had thrown at it, and it only starts to subside once damon is in her arms.
she'll analyse the hell out of this reaction later, but for now it's enough to know that he's alive.
his comment even gets something of a laugh out of her -- except it's not really a laugh so much as this relieved wheeze-slash-exhale that ends up mostly muffled as she drops her head onto his shoulder. she just relaxes with tension she hadn't even known she was carrying, and this all is going to be very concerning to her later.
but that's later. )
I could have killed him when he said we had to leave without you. ( she admits, and perhaps neither of them had initially been all that compliant. they got there in the end though, well in advance of damon. enough for her to have all but twisted herself up in worry, at least. ) I could have killed you. What were you thinking?
( she knows, of course. she knows why he went in, who he had to save. more than that, she's willing to bet that he's at least a decent part of why everyone made it back ( mostly ) safely. it's a curious thing, that it doesn't surprise her. a month ago, the idea of damon doing anything selfless would have sent her into fits of laughter or a furious rant, maybe both. but whoever that person is that elena thought she knew with such certainty, it isn't the same man that stands before her now. not by a long shot. )
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she'll analyse the hell out of this reaction later, but for now it's enough to know that he's alive.
his comment even gets something of a laugh out of her -- except it's not really a laugh so much as this relieved wheeze-slash-exhale that ends up mostly muffled as she drops her head onto his shoulder. she just relaxes with tension she hadn't even known she was carrying, and this all is going to be very concerning to her later.
but that's later. )
I could have killed him when he said we had to leave without you. ( she admits, and perhaps neither of them had initially been all that compliant. they got there in the end though, well in advance of damon. enough for her to have all but twisted herself up in worry, at least. ) I could have killed you. What were you thinking?
( she knows, of course. she knows why he went in, who he had to save. more than that, she's willing to bet that he's at least a decent part of why everyone made it back ( mostly ) safely. it's a curious thing, that it doesn't surprise her. a month ago, the idea of damon doing anything selfless would have sent her into fits of laughter or a furious rant, maybe both. but whoever that person is that elena thought she knew with such certainty, it isn't the same man that stands before her now. not by a long shot. )