Forgive, But Not Forget
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deeperwondermentTitle: Forgive, But Not Forget
Author:shadowcat
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries TV (AU)
Pairing/Characters: Katherine and Elena Gilbert
Prompt: 252 - Forgiveness
Rating/Category: G
Summary: “You can’t hate them forever.”
Words: 260
Notes: This was written for this prompt table.
“You can’t hate them forever.”
“Of course I can.”
“Don’t you think it will get tiring after a while?”
“Maybe, but I have a lot of anger and hate to focus on this.”
Elena leaned against the door to her twin sister’s bedroom. “Really? And what was it you told me last week about my anger toward Stefan?”
“That’s different. I’m your big sister and Damon hurt you,” Katherine said firmly. “This means that I get to hate him for pretty close to the end of time.”
“I’m just as angry about you being hurt by Stefan, Kath.”
Katherine shook her head and gave Elena a soft smile. “Anger is different, El. You can be as angry as you want about Stefan, but you can’t hate him. That kind of hate isn’t a natural state for you.” She curled a strand of hair around a finger. “I’m the one that is capable of hatred in our family and I plan to get plenty of use out of that emotion.”
Elena came into the room and sat on the bed so Katherine could put her arms around her. “It seems like a heavy burden; that much hate.”
Katherine rested her chin on Elena’s head. “Not as heavy as my sorrow that you got hurt in the first place.”
“We were both hurt. They left us both,” Elena murmured. “I can forgive their reasons if not their actions.”
“And that’s why you will always be the better of us, little sister. You have a capacity for forgiveness that I will never have.”
Author:
shadowcatFandom: The Vampire Diaries TV (AU)
Pairing/Characters: Katherine and Elena Gilbert
Prompt: 252 - Forgiveness
Rating/Category: G
Summary: “You can’t hate them forever.”
Words: 260
Notes: This was written for this prompt table.
“You can’t hate them forever.”
“Of course I can.”
“Don’t you think it will get tiring after a while?”
“Maybe, but I have a lot of anger and hate to focus on this.”
Elena leaned against the door to her twin sister’s bedroom. “Really? And what was it you told me last week about my anger toward Stefan?”
“That’s different. I’m your big sister and Damon hurt you,” Katherine said firmly. “This means that I get to hate him for pretty close to the end of time.”
“I’m just as angry about you being hurt by Stefan, Kath.”
Katherine shook her head and gave Elena a soft smile. “Anger is different, El. You can be as angry as you want about Stefan, but you can’t hate him. That kind of hate isn’t a natural state for you.” She curled a strand of hair around a finger. “I’m the one that is capable of hatred in our family and I plan to get plenty of use out of that emotion.”
Elena came into the room and sat on the bed so Katherine could put her arms around her. “It seems like a heavy burden; that much hate.”
Katherine rested her chin on Elena’s head. “Not as heavy as my sorrow that you got hurt in the first place.”
“We were both hurt. They left us both,” Elena murmured. “I can forgive their reasons if not their actions.”
“And that’s why you will always be the better of us, little sister. You have a capacity for forgiveness that I will never have.”
