private video.
[ she'll always love him. maybe not in the way he wants her to, not in the way he feels, but she'll never stop loving him.
she knows it's something he needs to say, and she won't begrudge him that, or think it's selfish in a bad way. he deserves to be heard too. to feel. she wants to be his friend, be with him in any way she can.
he might have reacted poorly. it was wrong. (but neither of them have been perfect to each other.) she nods.
and hearing she doesn't have to be afraid to talk to him - it's something she didn't realize she needed to hear until he said it. she pulls in a breath to let it out slowly. ] I'm not. I'm never afraid to talk to you, Stefan. [ she just doesn't want to hurt him. ] You can talk to me too.