some roads you really fly

[beanchaointe]

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[braveandstupid]

Yes, but then he'll be sad when it's inevitably wrecked.

[Because she is Elena Gilbert, destroyer of cars.]

I've never really been into cars that fancy anyway. That was always more Matt's thing.

[And bringing up Matt never failed to sting, at least a little, but if there's anything she's learned from all her grief, never talking about them isn't much better.

She manages a half smile all the same.]

I don't need him haunting me because I wrecked something valuable.

[recrudesce]

Better than Vicki haunting me now that I've kicked alcohol.

( Don't ask. It's just a thing he said. It's a true thing that he's trying. He doesn't need it, nor does he need a reason to get any angrier any easier. It never really helped him. It never helped any of them. )

On second thought, let's both not be haunted by our exes.

( That's a plan. )

What brings you by, anyway?

[braveandstupid]

[Elena won't ask, but she will raise her eyebrows at that because good for him. She still favors a bottle of wine or burbon every now and again, but those without healing livers could probably stand to drink a little less.]

Caroline told me you were in town. Thought I'd swing by to see if I could catch you before you disappeared like a glimpse of the Loch Ness Monster or Bigfoot.

[She's teasing, but it's also true.]

[recrudesce]

Am I legend now? A ghost of Mystic Fall's past?

( The walking reminder of his mother's gruesome death. )

[braveandstupid]

More like it's easy to miss you when you're here.

[Elena turns to him with a smile.]

And we miss you when you're not.

[recrudesce]

I miss everyone, too. I'm doing good work.

( Doesn't make it any easier. )

Might go check in on somebody's little brother.

[braveandstupid]

[Her face lights up a bit at that.]

If you do, tell him I'd really like to see him for Christmas this year. And to call me.

[recrudesce]

I'll make him. You know Jer. West Coast artistic genius with no time for any of us.

( He's half-joking, but when Jeremy gets onto a case, he disappears. And he might have his own family soon enough. )

[braveandstupid]

Yeah, I know. But let him know that he doesn't have to come to me. I can come to him.

[She doesn't have as much tying her down.]

[recrudesce]

I'll tell him. Should you be on a plane so soon after your miraculous recovery?

( Ha. Ha ha. )

[braveandstupid]

[She rolls her eyes.]

I will be fine by the time you get him to actually agree to it.

[By which she means she's fine now, but by the time Jeremy agrees, she'll be fine by modern world standards.]

[recrudesce]

How's your practice?

( She's probably making her dad proud, something Tyler never could do. )

[braveandstupid]

It's good. The kids are great. It's nice to be helping.

[Rather than hurting. Even if it wasn't her directly, her presence in Mystic Falls did a lot of damage for a long time.]

[recrudesce]

Did you find a partner for your practice or is it still Elena Gilbert, MD.

( Which would never be a bad thing! )

[braveandstupid]

It's me and Jo.

[Which is also really nice, given that she was her mentor.]

We work a lot out of the hospital too, but small town. It doesn't seem too out of the ordinary.

[recrudesce]

It wouldn't. So, she took you far. You really found your calling. What's your secret?

( He never did. )

[braveandstupid]

[She shrugs.]

Keep trying until you find something that works?

[Then she pauses.]

You know, there's an alpha in town, if you want to talk to him.

[recrudesce]

Scott McCall.

( He's a legend. )

He's a big deal. Werewolf royalty without being royalty. The first ever of his own kind.

[braveandstupid]

He's a nice guy.

[Elena's talked to him a few times, and she likes him.]

And Caroline is vampire training his best friend. She might be able to score you an introduction while you're here.

[Project: Find Tyler a Pack Pack is also ... always running in the back of her mind. There's not a lot of werewolves she likes, but Scott's a good one.]

[recrudesce]

How did you guys get so engrossed with the McCall pack, anyway?

( As far as he knows, they're in two different worlds. )

[braveandstupid]

Lydia, the banshee, she came to town at the start of the week. They were able to give us a lot of information on Monroe and her operation.

[Not as much as they needed, but enough to make a difference.]

The rest of her pack trickled in as things went.

[recrudesce]

Where a banshee goes. Did you ever think, back in high school, that we'd ever think about sirens and banshees?

( Werewolves and vampires and witches were enough. )

[braveandstupid]

Nope. Never mind unicorns and gargoyles and Santa Claus.

[The past few years at the school have been ... so weird.]

I miss the days when our biggest problems were vampires.

[recrudesce]

Santa Claus? ...Malivore.

( He sighs, shaking his head. )

I do not want to know what else isn't fiction.

[braveandstupid]

Neither do I, honestly.

[She makes a face.]

Let's hope that things calm down on that front.