AN: I am totally aware that she's seen him without his suit jacket, the time he does his double heart removal thing in that apartment but anyway, it's fanfic. Also, I know he'd know where a giant piece of ice would be in his hair, I just wanted to write a long, fluffy chapter before the angst of chapter fifty five.
She eats pizza and talks to Elijah, Kol is off playing video games. She almost thought he was choking, how quickly he ate his pizza. Elijah assured her he was fine, and that they can't die from choking. She looks at him, and thinks of how peaceful he looked when he was asleep. Almost human, although she doubts he looked like that when his family was human. It's not a big deal that she fell asleep next to Elijah. They're allies and it's totally normal to have that level of trust in relationship like theirs, she tells herself.
She's fallen asleep by Elijah a few times. She's fallen asleep next to Bonnie and Caroline before. Dozens of times. No big deal. Since Elijah is sick and she's probably not his soulmate, he probably needs a lot of sleep, she reasons. It's not a big deal. As she's lost in her mind, Elijah wonders where she is mentally. She moves mechanically, he notices. She washes her hands and puts her plate in the dishwasher like she's on autopilot. The room is colder, it's probably his brother and his latest painting, and he sees Elena shiver.
"You should get out of those clothes." He tells her, and she almost looks surprised, she blinks and nods in agreement. She's cold and the snow that she missed is melting.
