Hanging by a Moment by asesina
Disclaimer: I don't own tvd.
a/n: Delena oneshot based on the most recent episode. Mostly focused on Damon's evolving relationship with Elena and his thoughts during the final scene.
Enjoy!
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Damon wants to stop. He steps away from Elena's magnetic pull, willing himself to avoid looking into her eyes, her star-filled, gentle, loving eyes.
Loving?
Damon almost chokes. Why is Elena looking at him like that? Can't she understand that he is doing everything he can to keep himself away from her?
Oddly, Elena's expression does not change. She stares at him intently, and there's something undeniably warm and even inviting about the smile that gently tugs at the corners of her mouth.
Damon wants to turn away. He wants this too much; he's buried it too long.
Elena's gaze is pure and unaffected. There are no pretenses, no anger, no guilt.
Damon's breath catches in his throat once more.
He tries to speak, but he can only see her.
She consumes him, but it is different this time. It isn't the blind passion that used to haunt him.
Damon prefers this feeling, the warm, comfortable familiarity between them that was absent before.
He can feel Elena's gentle, steady heartbeat. They are vibrating on the same wavelength.
Damon doesn't want to waste another moment. He knows what Elena is thinking, and he doesn't feel the old guilt and duplicity that used to stem from his love for his brother's girl.
He could laugh out loud in joy, but instead, Damon contains himself and does one of the bravest things he's ever done.
Damon presses his lips to Elena's and hopes to God that he is doing the right thing at the right time for the right reasons.
The world freezes for a single heart-stopping moment, but Elena kisses him back, and Damon realizes at long last that he is capable of experiencing that elusive euphoria known as true love.
End.