The words took him by surprise, a naming for a feeling he hadn't fully wrapped his mind around. Elena had used it as well, for Rebekah and Elijah, assuming he loved them, telling him, really, and surely only for such a thing would he risk Stefan's pain...but it still took him by surprise.
His hand came up to cradle her cheek, and he kissed her again. "I love you, too..." The words were quiet, rough, not ones he was used to admitting, to saying aloud, even now, to anyone.
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Date: 2012-04-25 05:53 am (UTC)His hand came up to cradle her cheek, and he kissed her again. "I love you, too..." The words were quiet, rough, not ones he was used to admitting, to saying aloud, even now, to anyone.