They have been waiting for 48 hrs now, of which 18 hrs have been spent by watching Elena made a hole in the floor while they waited news on the surgery and the other 30 hrs have been used in standing watch over Jeremy.
An impulsive attempt of Damon to protect Katherine from some vengeful vampires had ended on Jeremy and Matt crashing the car against a light poste, Jeremy had received most of the impact which had sent him into surgery, the doctor had told them than the next 72 hrs will be critical.
Elena had broken every single one of Damon's bones when she found out and was now currently sleeping in a hospital chair holding Jeremy's hand after crying herself out. Elijah sighed covering her with a blanket and cleaning some of the dried tears off her face.
His relationship with Jeremy was very much similar to the one he had shared with Henrik and just like that one, this one seemed to be cursed to end in a sour note.
His eyes found Jeremy's pale form and his stomach tightened, his throat closed and his eyes watered. He had grown fond of the young man not because of his sister, but because of everything that made him Jeremy Gilbert. He hadn't realized how much he missed having someone looking up to him, someone who would treat him like a real brother after so long. To Elijah, Jeremy was family.
He ran his hands through the young man's hair, just yesterday he had told him to get a haircut only for Jeremy to joke that that he was thinking of adding some red lights and with a very much Elena voice asked him if he would like it while making a doe eyed look. Elijah couldn't help the few tears that fell from the memory and laughed at how much he wanted Jeremy mock him again, to see him so full of life and not the fake kind that was being provided by the machines.
A couple of hours later Elijah went to get a poor imitation of coffee from a vending machine when his hearing caught the sound of nurses and doctors rushing around, taking a look behind him he saw they were heading to Jeremy's room.
His heart clenched at the sight of the doctors surrounding Jeremy with the dropping of the young man's heart palpiting in his ears. He wrapped his arms tightly around a shaking Elena, who was begging at the doctors to save her little brother. The pulse of Jeremy's heart was dropping more faster while they tried to stabilize him. When his pulse stopped all of his senses shouted down, he was still holding onto Elena, who was struggling to break from his grip and run to his brother. But all he could feel was the emptiness coming from Jeremy.
After several attempts to bring him back the doctors finally declared the time of death. Elena broke from his grasp and ran to hug his brother, begging him to come back while his body became a statue numbed by the pain. It wasn't until he felt Elena hug him that he realized they were alone with Jeremy's body, he hugged her tightly letting his body shook from the force of his sobs.
A sudden gasp of air broke them away, turning around them Jeremy was breathing heavely.
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