Oh, no - that hug was not a sibling hug at all. That was a hello, my lover, I was afraid you were dead kind of hug. Your pause was justified completely.

I just have a thing for that kind of hug, in general. And I really do enjoy their relationship. They're siblings and they fight and they sometimes really dislike each other, but they're family. The way he took learning that she was technically his cousin and not his sister? That could've gone very badly for Elena, but it didn't. Because Jeremy is a really good person, underneath all the bullshit. Frankly, I think he's a better one than Elena.