Elena Gilbert has a secret identity - she's the writer behind the town paper's popular "Dear Miss Lonely Love" advice column. Some of the letters she receives stand out more than others. One makes her suspicious a girl she knows might be being abused, and Elena's determined to get to the bottom of it. Another, from a guy with a broken heart, begins a unique correspondence. AU/AH

Canon-ish DE one-shot. Set sometime in S2, but not specific. Elena can't sleep. She's waiting for someone. Someone who shouldn't even be there. Even though they both know it's wrong, that it can't last, they just need each other to hold onto for these short, stolen moments. So she waits. Rated M.