[ he gives her her space, and she rewards him for it—elena comes closer, and damon smiles, taking another bite of lasagna as a reward. (not for him, of course. for her.)
her question probably wasn't supposed to be a stumper, but damon blinks at her, momentarily blank-faced. ]
Am I not supposed to be?
[ he's been a vampire suppressing his hunger and ignoring his body's demands for so long that the idea of listening to them hadn't yet occurred to him. yeah he's been irritable, exhausted, weak—but that's just being human. right? ]
( she shakes her head trying not to smile, although the amusement is there in the corner flexing of her mouth muscles, impossibly finding damon a little — cute, about all this. okay, pain isn't cute, but his obliviousness kind of is. not that she would say as much. (though, fact remains, damon is not as good at running away now. not that that was ever his move, really.) )
No, humans aren't constantly in pain. You'll have to be careful if you've been starving yourself — eating too much can make you sick. ( she pauses, thinking about it. the only boys she's spent significant amounts of time around number in — what? jeremy, matt, alaric? she dad before he died? they were all very capable of putting it away. her baseline understanding of how boys eat is if it's in front of them, it will soon disappear. ) I guess ... on a normal day you could probably eat that whole thing. ( gesture to lasagna ) But today you should probably only eat half, so your stomach doesn't cramp. I ... think that makes sense.
( slightly apologetic smile as she downs the rest of her blood. it skims the cream off the top of her hunger, but there's still a yawning expanse underneath, an eternal struggle she's eventually going to have to get used to. she fails at not watching damon's throat bob while he swallows. )
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her question probably wasn't supposed to be a stumper, but damon blinks at her, momentarily blank-faced. ]
Am I not supposed to be?
[ he's been a vampire suppressing his hunger and ignoring his body's demands for so long that the idea of listening to them hadn't yet occurred to him. yeah he's been irritable, exhausted, weak—but that's just being human. right? ]
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No, humans aren't constantly in pain. You'll have to be careful if you've been starving yourself — eating too much can make you sick. ( she pauses, thinking about it. the only boys she's spent significant amounts of time around number in — what? jeremy, matt, alaric? she dad before he died? they were all very capable of putting it away. her baseline understanding of how boys eat is if it's in front of them, it will soon disappear. ) I guess ... on a normal day you could probably eat that whole thing. ( gesture to lasagna ) But today you should probably only eat half, so your stomach doesn't cramp. I ... think that makes sense.
( slightly apologetic smile as she downs the rest of her blood. it skims the cream off the top of her hunger, but there's still a yawning expanse underneath, an eternal struggle she's eventually going to have to get used to. she fails at not watching damon's throat bob while he swallows. )