[The tears don't stop for a while. Stefan melts into Misty's embrace, allowing himself to release the tension and frustration and even the sorrow that he had been holding in for so long.
At one point, he had been able to tell Alex everything, but she wasn't Salvatore's biggest fan. (Neither was Stefan.) She couldn't understand how he couldn't press pause on something so important, and he couldn't understand how to reconcile two so vastly different people.
God doesn't give him what he can't handle. This, Stefan knows intimately. He has to keep believing in that, that he can get through this. He's capable. He has to be.
Muffled:] I love you too. I'm - I'm sorry you're seeing me like this.
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At one point, he had been able to tell Alex everything, but she wasn't Salvatore's biggest fan. (Neither was Stefan.) She couldn't understand how he couldn't press pause on something so important, and he couldn't understand how to reconcile two so vastly different people.
God doesn't give him what he can't handle. This, Stefan knows intimately. He has to keep believing in that, that he can get through this. He's capable. He has to be.
Muffled:] I love you too. I'm - I'm sorry you're seeing me like this.