Title: Absence Makes the Fond Heart Wander
Author:
badboy_fangirlWord Count: ~1800
Characters: Elena, Damon/Elena, Stefan/Elena
Rating: PG-13
Spoilers: Completely speculative, based on photos from the set of S3.
Summary: Damon gives Elena a gift.
Author's Notes: So, yeah. I saw a picture at
this thread at Bloodstream, and a plot bunny had babies. This story is
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I also appreciate that the necklace was Damon's mother (and I, too, think he would give her something which used to be his mom's). BTW, thankk you for not making it an heart or another cheesy shape pendant. :P
And last but not least, as a French girl, I find the name of the restaurant very well thought. I love it.
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I'm glad you liked Damon's necklace better on account of it not being cheesy. Thanks!
I think there will be lots of angsty-not-giving-in moments in S3, so this is just the first of many!
Thanks for taking the time to comment!
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The idea that he would give her something like that just makes him seem more fragile and sensetive. I also like that you had them fight it, that thing between them. And that you had Elena not just accept Stefan back. There are so many thing that these two need to work through from even before he left.
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And amen to Stefan and Elena's issues from before this whole Ripper thing!
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But I have a feeling that, just like with everything Damon did, all Stefan's murder and mayhem will be forgiven by everybody including Elena.
This is one of my pet peeves with this show. The utter lack of consequences. I know Damon-haters allways harp on the fact that he gets away with everything, but HELLO! So does everybody.
Broken record is me :)
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I love Elena's anger and confusion and fear over Stefan, because she absolutely should feel all of those things. I love her inability to stay away from the Boarding House no matter what Damon does, and that even trying to convince herself of all the legitimate reasons she has for going visiting, she is still barely even fooling herself. I love how little it takes for this thing between her and Damon to ignite, how even their usual back-and-forth has become heavy with meaning.
Now that Jenna's dead, and Stefan's gone, and Matt won't have anything to do with any of them, the rest of them get together and be social on a regular basis.
I really liked this mention of all they've lost, and the sense of them as people who have survived a war and are now determinedly trying to keep living. Which is all true, of course, but I really liked this little detail ♥!
("You know him, he's probably planning on drinking too much," she said when Alaric's eyebrows went up questioningly.)Uh huh, I am ( ... )
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I think my favorite part of the whole thing was Stefan telling her--it's just so characteristic of Damon to not take any credit for anything, not even the simple thing of, oh, here's this very important, meaningful thing given to me by the only woman who ever loved me that I am now giving to you. And how could either of them, Stefan or Elena, deny Damon what he most wants and deserves to have, IMHO, after everything? It just seems ridiculous to me that any of them will go back to how it was. *crosses fingers*
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it's just so characteristic of Damon to not take any credit for anything,
Unless it's a bad thing and/or could get him killed. Then he's all over the "It was me! Me, me, me! I did this thing!" Oh, Damon.
And yeah, you know I'm crossing my fingers right along with you!
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