[ elena's gaze lifts right back up the moment his hand frames her face. her lips part as she draws a breath in, and she takes in each and every word that he is saying. it's what she'd wanted to hear that night and feared she wouldn't, so she didn't ask for clarification. she knows how responsible john feels for each and every tomorrow person, for the shadow world he can't just leave behind whenever he is sent back through that door. it felt easier to cut their losses before either one of them got in too deep and it only hurt more when they had to say goodbye.
she never realizes that's always easier said than done when her heart is already in this, in him. she'd linger in the kiss if he wasn't speaking again, if it didn't dawn on her she should be paying attention to the words instead of simply reeling from how it feels.
her eyes are still closed after he has pulled back, and they open altogether very, very slowly. ] Why didn't you?
[ elena remembers that day clearly, remembers wondering if she'd been the only one to notice there was something there. ]
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she never realizes that's always easier said than done when her heart is already in this, in him. she'd linger in the kiss if he wasn't speaking again, if it didn't dawn on her she should be paying attention to the words instead of simply reeling from how it feels.
her eyes are still closed after he has pulled back, and they open altogether very, very slowly. ] Why didn't you?
[ elena remembers that day clearly, remembers wondering if she'd been the only one to notice there was something there. ]