Elena STILL needs to get over her relationship with Stefan and what they had is GONE! Poor girl, first l’amour taken away from her. They never even officially broke up! as a wise man once a dit “It’s right, but not right now.”
He cares about people--not a lot of them, and no one as much as Elena ou Stefan, but he does. He Lost Rose last year. He Lost Ric like three days ago. Everyone else can barely stand him on their best days, but he keeps fighting.