[ it's been almost a year since she last saw him. the thought barely has time to register as he pulls her from the hole in the ground in a unusually graceless fashion. it seems that he's got the same problem she does, he's as human as she is. although she isn't sure how human they are. she can smell the blood, even without her heightened senses, though she cannot comment on it, not as she trembles in his arms.
he's warm. he's never really been warm before. sure, they all get that warmth from coffee or a hot toddy, but he's so warm, especially compared to her frigid skin and clothes. the room feels warm too, she can't help but shudder hard at the difference.
a few tears slip down her cheeks without permission, tears of relief and the underlying fear that melts away. she won't freeze to death. not tonight.]
H-How are you? [ she tries to joke, letting out a few more choked laughs before they turn into sobs of relief and despair. she holds onto him tightly, in a way she probably wouldn't ever do normally, in a way she had before when he'd found her in the hallway, after elena saved her life from an insane alaric.]
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he's warm. he's never really been warm before. sure, they all get that warmth from coffee or a hot toddy, but he's so warm, especially compared to her frigid skin and clothes. the room feels warm too, she can't help but shudder hard at the difference.
a few tears slip down her cheeks without permission, tears of relief and the underlying fear that melts away. she won't freeze to death. not tonight.]
H-How are you? [ she tries to joke, letting out a few more choked laughs before they turn into sobs of relief and despair. she holds onto him tightly, in a way she probably wouldn't ever do normally, in a way she had before when he'd found her in the hallway, after elena saved her life from an insane alaric.]