alex stood in a corridor of the hospital, outside of john gilbert’s room. he rubbed sweaty palms against his jeans & waited patiently. elena was in there, he could hear her talking from outside. he was a ball of nerves, waiting to see his sister. he hadn’t seen her for a couple of years now. after their parents had passed he took the coward's way out & ran away as FAST as he could. he regretted it & as soon as he heard his family was in danger by the very thing he HUNTED, he rushed back home. the door to the hospital room opened & for the first time in such a long time, he saw his sister’s face. it made him realise she was growing fast & he was missing it. ❝ —- elena... ❞ he stood opposite her, unsure of what to say, waiting for her reaction.