[ It'll probably always be there. That kind of fear is something that sticks with you, and the best you can do is be able to accept that it's not true, and remind yourself of that whenever it comes cropping up again. ]
(I know what it's like, to look in the mirror and see only the worst thing you could ever be.)
[ To compare yourself to the person you used to be and the one you think you should and find yourself coming up wanting, yeah, he knows that. And there's nothing he or anyone else can do about that, not really - it's gotta come from within Elena herself.
All he can do is slide into the cot next to her, slide his arm around her shoulders and pull her in close. All he can do is care about her, and keep being there when she finds herself doubting herself. It helps, that she doesn't hesitate, that he's able to just be like this with her.
He'd answer anything she asked, too. ]
(If all of that was gone, if there was nothing else but you and Damon, what would you want to do?)
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( I know what it's like, to look in the mirror and see only the worst thing you could ever be. )
[ To compare yourself to the person you used to be and the one you think you should and find yourself coming up wanting, yeah, he knows that. And there's nothing he or anyone else can do about that, not really - it's gotta come from within Elena herself.
All he can do is slide into the cot next to her, slide his arm around her shoulders and pull her in close. All he can do is care about her, and keep being there when she finds herself doubting herself. It helps, that she doesn't hesitate, that he's able to just be like this with her.
He'd answer anything she asked, too. ]
( If all of that was gone, if there was nothing else but you and Damon, what would you want to do? )