“Mm, if they were our last moments I would hate to spend them talking,” she said, teasing. “So many other thing we could be doing.”
She studied him for a long, silent moment before smirking a bit. “Alright, tell me about yourself. What fascinating facts hide behind that cute face?” she said as she gave up being ladylike and just stuck her feet on the seat next to him, leaning back a touch in her seat. She had tried reading him as she would anyone else, and came up blank.
She could pick up a few things, the lines around his eyes, the curl of his mouth...there was something deeper inside there, something he hid with smirks and smiles, keeping people at arms length so he couldn't get hurt, but that was all superficial, things she could read off anyone.
Damon Salvatore was a guy who hid his heart and secrets well.
She sat up as their coffees arrived, grabbing the sugar and dumping six packets into the dark liquid, stirring it well to make sure the grains dissolved.