[As they enter the bunker, she glances around to make sure her mother isn't in earshot before she continues.]
On the scale of bad news delivered by my boyfriends, surprise grown adult son is pretty low on the scale. It kind of gets beat out by "so I'm a vampire with a serial killer reputation" and "surprise, you're sire bound to me."
[If nothing else, it's allowed them to have some conversations that hadn't gotten around to having yet.]
I'm mostly worried about him. He's taking it hard and the way he left things with Lisa and Ben was messy.
Both of those are pretty bad. Stefan and... ( Was that Damon? ) Well, it sounds like he's doing everything he can. He's showing up and that's half the battle. He really had no idea? And he'd lived with them years ago?
[Yep, that latter one was Damon. She doesn't really want to talk about it (yet).]
Yeah, apparently Lisa said he wasn't Dean's and Dean believed her. And then things happened and he wound up walking away. But Ben just called randomly on Thanksgiving because he had done a DNA test and it tied back into their half-brother which lead them to Dean.
I can't imagine Dean having a kid. Not that I could imagine Sam with one, or Scott, or Stefan for that matter. ( And not Damon. ) But. That's big. Is that what you're carrying on your shoulders right now?
( Elena's definitely holding something else Allison can't pinpoint, but that's a lot of stress even for your serious boyfriend. )
[Or at least he was when they were kids. She remembers how he took care of Sam. She can imagine those same skills also apply to other children.
But Allison changes the subject, so she leaves it there and takes a deep breath, waiting for her father to cross past with Sam down into the main area of the bunker, so he doesn't overhear.]
Damon called just after I landed. He decided he wanted to relitigate our breakup a decade later.
( Damon is definitely good with kids. He adopts them, temporarily. Teaches them. Or, sends them on their way. But he has a big soft spot for them. Maybe because he believed he never could. There was a time years ago when he first tracked down Lisa when he thought, shit, and then 'maybe,' and then... )
I probably shouldn't be surprised. Damon and I are the same in that it's hard to let people go but while I will just stay in something for way too long, he'll ... wait for as long as it takes for the other person to come back around again.
In his, from what I can see, only defense, that started mutually. He just didn't accept that expectations rarely meet reality. ( And from the cliffnotes of Damon's exploits, comeuppances, kills, and then redemption, it still sounds like he did it all for someone else. ) Do you think he gets the picture now?
Probably also didn't help that before Dean, I hadn't really seen anyone in a long time.
[A few dates here and there, a few idle flirtations, but no actual relationships. Elena confirming that she actually had a boyfriend might have been the straw that broke the camel's back.]
I hope so. And he's ... making some healthier choices, so hopefully they help. I really do want him to be happy.
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On the scale of bad news delivered by my boyfriends, surprise grown adult son is pretty low on the scale. It kind of gets beat out by "so I'm a vampire with a serial killer reputation" and "surprise, you're sire bound to me."
[If nothing else, it's allowed them to have some conversations that hadn't gotten around to having yet.]
I'm mostly worried about him. He's taking it hard and the way he left things with Lisa and Ben was messy.
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Yeah, apparently Lisa said he wasn't Dean's and Dean believed her. And then things happened and he wound up walking away. But Ben just called randomly on Thanksgiving because he had done a DNA test and it tied back into their half-brother which lead them to Dean.
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( And a lot not to make. )
I can't imagine Dean having a kid. Not that I could imagine Sam with one, or Scott, or Stefan for that matter. ( And not Damon. ) But. That's big. Is that what you're carrying on your shoulders right now?
( Elena's definitely holding something else Allison can't pinpoint, but that's a lot of stress even for your serious boyfriend. )
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[Or at least he was when they were kids. She remembers how he took care of Sam. She can imagine those same skills also apply to other children.
But Allison changes the subject, so she leaves it there and takes a deep breath, waiting for her father to cross past with Sam down into the main area of the bunker, so he doesn't overhear.]
Damon called just after I landed. He decided he wanted to relitigate our breakup a decade later.
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Out of nowhere. He really has timing.
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[She rubs at her eyes before shaking her head.]
I probably shouldn't be surprised. Damon and I are the same in that it's hard to let people go but while I will just stay in something for way too long, he'll ... wait for as long as it takes for the other person to come back around again.
Damon = Dean, otherwise a sound tag
i knew who you meant!
[A few dates here and there, a few idle flirtations, but no actual relationships. Elena confirming that she actually had a boyfriend might have been the straw that broke the camel's back.]
I hope so. And he's ... making some healthier choices, so hopefully they help. I really do want him to be happy.
[She just can't be the one to make him happy.]
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( For Damon to hold a candle. And maybe his candle was finally snuffed out. )
I guess you'll see. Or, you won't. You're going to give him space, right?
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He's staying in New Orleans for a while, so we don't even have the excuse of accidentally running into each other.
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( Which works. )
Well. I wish him well.
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[A really good drink. She hasn't in a while but she is overdue and it's been a long day.]
Want to go break into Dean's good stuff?
[She will replace it before he gets back.]
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( Fantastic idea. Elena deserves it. )