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[esoraxela]

elejah ♚ i don't know what it is you do (but do it again)
summary: based on hints for a kiss between two people in an upcoming episode; all currently aired episodes.

"-then I believe we have completed our partnership, Katerina."

She watches him smile around the name, the killer's pleasure, condescension in his eyes.

Comments

[terapsina]

Perfect!

It's exactly what I wish would happen (but I know that it won't). Elena's inner thoughts were very nicely done and her admitting she wasn't Katherine as he was about to kiss her was exactly right.

[esoraxela]

Thank you so much for this comment!! I was truly worried forever, about getting Elena's POV (which is a canon mess) and to convey the switch as what Rose described: a supernatural level of human repression that doesn't last, and Caroline and Bonnie had already broken through that she wants to feel and love, Elena just isn't mentally ready to admit it, or the reason she doesn't want to feel (Jeremy is dead and she cares). Elijah is a vehicle realization not just on what she's missing out on feeling, but what she's missing out on doing where her strengths are concerned, which are what make her different from Katherine, and in some arenas, like with Elijah, stronger.