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[ elena doesn't want caroline to be around damon, or for her to want to be. she didn't want it even before this; things were so strained and complicated, and damon... she knows damon didn't want it either.
caroline's bitterness is okay; she gets it. it hurts, maybe; it complicates things, but it's okay. maybe there is a limit, and maybe she's passed it. but she knows people can't be measured on a scale, picked apart by the ratio of good to bad in them, and dumped to the wayside if there more of one than the other. not when there's love involved.
she softens hearing this is out of worry, at least in part. she knew that, knew that was part of where these fights had been coming from, but hearing it still means something. ] I know that, and I know you do, and it's what I want too. I just want us to be able to take care of each other.