title: it's the minor fall and the major lift
characters: elena; ensemble; talks to elena/stefan, elena/damon.
rating: pg13
summary: she wakes with a dying gasp and can't escape what she's become.
author's note: let's just say I have a lot of feelings. written for the prompt: and then i ran like hell at softly_me's ficathon. OBVIOUSLY SPOILERS FOR THE FINALE.

( She clutches the blood bag in her hands, staring at her mirrored reflection in her vanity. Dead girl, pretty girl, sad girl, empty girl, what will you have? )