THE VAMPIRE DIARIES: With the Best Intentions [1/1]
Title: With the Best Intentions
Chapter: 1/1
Author: ladyknight_fic
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries (TV-verse)
Characters: Elijah, Jenna Sommers
Pairing: Elijah/Jenna undertones
Genre: Friendship/Humor
Rating: G
Summary: Of all the things Elijah would have expected to throw him off kilter, Jenna Sommers wouldn't even have made the shortlist.
Spoilers: None, but general through Season 2
Warning(s): None
Word Count: 433
Disclaimer: These characters are the property of L. J. Smith, Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec.
Author's Note: I don't know about anyone else, but I've been missing Elijah something fierce, so when I was going through some old fic I'd started but never finished and found this one, I just had to finish it off. On another note, I think I ship Elijah with just about everyone, including Elena even though I'm a fervent Delena supporter, so if anyone knows if there's an active Elijah/Elena comm around could you let me know? Thanks so much! :)
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When you've been around as long as Elijah has, and seen as much as Elijah has seen, there are few things left in the world that could possibly fluster you.
Klaus is, he reluctantly grants, one of those things. But Klaus flusters most everyone, and if Elijah has his way, Klaus's days are numbered anyway.
No, of all the things Elijah would have expected to throw him off kilter, Jenna Sommers wouldn't even have made the shortlist.
There is no reason for this. Absolutely no reason. She is not breath-takingly beautiful, nor is she cuttingly intelligent. There is not a cunning or calculating bone in her entire body. She has no clue about the greatest truths of the world.
But she is sweet and welcoming. Her smile is sincere and her laugh inviting. And she refuses to back down in the face of adversity.
Yes, he has heard of how she lost her sister, and returned to the town she had fled in order to take on the care of two teens (two teens with a truly startling ability to attract trouble). She has weathered her nephew's drug addiction, and her niece's determination to do away with herself in the name of martyrdom, though of course, Jenna isn't aware of this last.
However. That is no excuse for his behaviour. He's over one thousand years old, but he find himself looking forward to the moments he can be with her. They have irreverent conversations about the Founders, and the despairing remarks she makes about her lack of
domesticity genuinely make him laugh and want to comfort her simultaneously (he's certain he'll never forget her tale about the chicken and the microwave no matter how long he roams this earth).
Jenna is quirky and funny, and making the best she can of what she has. She questions everything and he loves her inquiring mind. But he senses she's drawing dangerously close to the line her friends and family have drawn between her and them in their pathetic efforts to protect her. They will fail, he knows this, and he knows they know as well.
Which is why, as Jenna pours him a cup of coffee (just about the only thing she can successfully make), he promises himself that he will pick up the slack, and protect her where the others cannot. Not since Katerina has there been anyone he wanted to protect so much.
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After, when it's all said and done, Jenna is his one regret.
He wonders if she hates him, wherever she is now.
She should.
He does.
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A/N2: Part of me wonders if I started this because of a prompt or a fic-a-thon or something. It's very possible, but I haven't noted anything down, so if you think you might have left a prompt somewhere to inspire something like this, let me know and I'll put in a credit.
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