[ Even she's questioning why he would be thanking her. Was it because she was being supportive and reassuring him? That she was alive and they were together again? The meaning behind his thanks is lost on her when usually Elena's able to read him and figure out what he's up to without needing more than a simple little clue.
And there he goes, falling back into old ways of hiding his emotions behind that smile and his jokes although she'd been the one to mention Back to the Future in the first place. ]
What does not having a cool car have anything to do with— [ The warmth of his hand covering hers draws her attention down; it's one thing for her to get touchy with him, but as soon as he's getting his hands on her after everything with those small gestures, she's always finding herself pausing to look and consider them. Like the need to see for herself that it's real and not just a figment of her imagination. Of course her first reaction to seeing the metal band around his ring finger is a dismissive one, until she double takes and looks back down—
What? What?
Elena's mouth opens. Nate can bet his ass she would have something to say about that, and after he'd been a bit of an ass about her still supposedly wearing hers, but she suddenly pulls away, like his touch had burned her, a sharp breath sucked in. ]
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[ Even she's questioning why he would be thanking her. Was it because she was being supportive and reassuring him? That she was alive and they were together again? The meaning behind his thanks is lost on her when usually Elena's able to read him and figure out what he's up to without needing more than a simple little clue.
And there he goes, falling back into old ways of hiding his emotions behind that smile and his jokes although she'd been the one to mention Back to the Future in the first place. ]
What does not having a cool car have anything to do with— [ The warmth of his hand covering hers draws her attention down; it's one thing for her to get touchy with him, but as soon as he's getting his hands on her after everything with those small gestures, she's always finding herself pausing to look and consider them. Like the need to see for herself that it's real and not just a figment of her imagination. Of course her first reaction to seeing the metal band around his ring finger is a dismissive one, until she double takes and looks back down—
What? What?
Elena's mouth opens. Nate can bet his ass she would have something to say about that, and after he'd been a bit of an ass about her still supposedly wearing hers, but she suddenly pulls away, like his touch had burned her, a sharp breath sucked in. ]
—what is that?