[damon lifts up the glass again when she asks her question. his eyes are dark even as he swallows more of that burn, fingertips tightening over the glass in his hand. he doesn't know what she is thinking, and he doesn't want to guess at it for once.

she was one of the first to believe in him, to tell him to be better when he's always known he is not. better.]

It's just going to lead to disappointment.

Believing someone shouldn't be tortured by themselves or someone else for what they are doesn't make me someone's friend. [and if jowan hadn't mentioned the torture part, damon might have killed him right then and there

for daring to believe that damon was anything more than the monster with teeth.]