Ethan swallows thickly again, and he can still feel the burning in his eyes especially as her hand slips up against his neck. He looks at her again at what she says, and there is so much. Ethan doesn't know how to put it to words. He still can't think of that last moment that he ever saw her without-- Honestly, he still doesn't know how he walked away. Part of him wanted to stay, stay even knowing what that meant, stay with her and go... with her, but so much had happened and everything was complicated and it was the end of the world.
He laughs too softly, shaking his head again at the thought, the amazing, impossible thought. "I never thought-- Well, I never told you. I didn't think you felt the same, and maybe you didn't, but I never... said," Ethan says, and he wonders what would have happened if he had. He doesn't-- He regrets not saying even if he was right about her not feeling the same, he regrets... not telling her and now doesn't know if he'll ever see the Elena from his own world again, but it doesn't mean it's not absolutely amazing to see her, to see this one. "Look, do... you want to get a drink? I feel like-- like there are a lot of questions on both sides."
And-- and alcohol might help, his hand is still resting against her shoulder, just grateful she is alive, that he is seeing her alive, that he is seeing her at all.
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He laughs too softly, shaking his head again at the thought, the amazing, impossible thought. "I never thought-- Well, I never told you. I didn't think you felt the same, and maybe you didn't, but I never... said," Ethan says, and he wonders what would have happened if he had. He doesn't-- He regrets not saying even if he was right about her not feeling the same, he regrets... not telling her and now doesn't know if he'll ever see the Elena from his own world again, but it doesn't mean it's not absolutely amazing to see her, to see this one. "Look, do... you want to get a drink? I feel like-- like there are a lot of questions on both sides."
And-- and alcohol might help, his hand is still resting against her shoulder, just grateful she is alive, that he is seeing her alive, that he is seeing her at all.