everyonelives | for the rest of us death will be a relief

No, we just started spending time together. It's new.

Okay.

[Another pause.]

I'm sorry we crashed your date. And that I accused you of cheating on your Elena.

[She was wrong, she can admit it, even if she's not good at face-to-face conversations right now.]

It's fine. Really. You didn't know any better, and you were confronted with who you thought was your dad betraying your mom.

( It's not how he would have acted, but he is not her. )

Not that that doesn't make me your dad.

You're kind of not though.

[It feels mean, to say it that way, but it's also true.]

I mean, my dad isn't a vampire. He's not living your life. It's kind not fair of me to expect you to be my dad just because you have the same name and the same face.

[Oh, that doesn't feel right either. She's just going to keep rambling.]

Not that you haven't been great especially when you were just saddled with two kids out of nowhere. I'm not saying it because you did anything wrong. Just ... I don't know.

Same DNA, probably. We haven't ruled that out.

Hey, we're all learning this as we go. If I can do better, let me know. Hopefully, tomorrow there will be more answers.

[Its hard. It's hard to talk to him and not have him be her dad. Have that kind of understanding that comes with being with the person who raised you, who knows you. She doesn't mean to take it out on this Damon Salvatore, but it's hard to manage the expectations when he doesn't behave the way she expects him to.

When he doesn't know how to anticipate her needs.

When all she wants more than anything is to just go home to her dad, and she's terrified she'll never get back there and just be more people her parents have lost.

But he's right. Maybe tomorrow will be better.]

Yeah. Maybe.

Are you comfortable? Do you need anything?

Yeah, I'm okay. I should probably go to sleep.

[Or try, anyway. Jury's out on if she'll actually get there, but maybe she'll sleep on the way to Mystic Falls instead.]

Thanks for answering my questions.

I'll be here if you have any more.

[Okay.

And with that, she will set her phone to the side and try again to see if she can sleep.

But a little while after, Damon's phone will ping again, but this time from a different sender. She was told it was an emergency and that he was sorry for bailing on her, but she wanted to check in all the same:]

Everything okay?

For me, yes. There are some sudden complications in my life I'm trying to do right by.

Well, those are always fun.

[She's a Mikaelson. Her life is full of complications. At least it's been a while since one of them have tried to kill her.]

A good complication, I assume, and not a murderous one?

It wasn't pretty off the bat, but now that cooler heads prevail.

I don't think they're murderous.

Good. That's a refreshing change of pace for New Orleans.

[It would be a shame if they were. She's been enjoying Damon's presence in her life, even if it's new and nebulous. It's why she's going to offer, even though she knows that this is still fairly casual:]

Anything I can do to help?

This helps. I am going to have to go out of town for the holidays, though. Save me a dance on New Years?

I'd like that. You know where to find me.

[She isn't planning on going out of town, and he knows her favorite spot. She's an old lady, so she's predictable.]

I will check in when I have more say in if things turn murderous. I don't expect them to, but one of our first dates was preceded by the murderous, so, I can't rule anything out.

What can I say? I like to keep things interesting.

[Because that was one of her complications instead.]

For what it's worth, I'll be rooting for your Christmas to be murder-free.

Yours, too 🩸✨

for the rest of us death will be a relief

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