elena glances down at caroline with this devastating news in mind, blinking back a burn that threatens to sting her eyes. she was so much more than the sheriff, not that they remembered that all the time. it was liz who took elena and jeremy in after their parents died. it was liz who made sure that they got to school all right and they ate all their meals. and now she's just dead. like everybody else. elena swallows through it, pushing that aside for now. she needs to focus. )
Then we — we just need to find her emotional trigger. She has one. We all do. We'll find it and she'll be okay. ( ...right? it's going to be okay. the determination with which she believes this is almost frightening, because the alternative is too much to bear. )
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her jaw slackens, an ache swarming her chest.
elena glances down at caroline with this devastating news in mind, blinking back a burn that threatens to sting her eyes. she was so much more than the sheriff, not that they remembered that all the time. it was liz who took elena and jeremy in after their parents died. it was liz who made sure that they got to school all right and they ate all their meals. and now she's just dead. like everybody else. elena swallows through it, pushing that aside for now. she needs to focus. )
Then we — we just need to find her emotional trigger. She has one. We all do. We'll find it and she'll be okay. ( ...right? it's going to be okay. the determination with which she believes this is almost frightening, because the alternative is too much to bear. )