After completely regaining consciousness and stretching, Damon sat up in his bed. It was rare for Damon to have a bad sleep, and unfortunately this was one of those times. Before Damon could determine the cause of his sleepless night, he got up and hopped in the shower. He didn't even shut the bathroom door behind him.
The only other person that might be in the house is Stefan, and even if someone else aimlessly walked into the bathroom, Damon isn't shy. He'll let it all hang out in front of anyone. If they haven't seen one before, Damon's will just be the first, and Damon gets proud when he gets the chance to show off his perfect set. He was shaven down there just to make it look bigger and cleaner too.
While Damon was in the shower with hot water pouring over his naked body, his mind started to wander. He started thinking about the events of the previous night.
Damon thought about how they had Elena captured and how they tortured her. It was cruel, but it was all for a good cause. They were only trying to make her feel fear. Making Elena remember love didn't work at the prom, so fear seemed like it was worth a shot. It probably would have worked if that damn Katherine hadn't left the door unlocked. That bitch! She can never be trusted! Thankfully they had Matt at their disposal. If there was one person left on this planet that could affect Elena, it has to be him. He's one of the last people Elena has history with that she hasn't tried to kill yet. Bonnie and Caroline were obviously not special enough.
While Elena was in Stefan's grip and Matt was in Damon's, it was hard to do what needed to be done. Damon never had a problem being the bad guy. If there was one person who had to be hated, then so be it. Damon was used to being the bad guy, so it's only natural for him to be the one to hurt people, no matter what the cost. People often wonder why Damon has no, to little, friends. Nights like these and always stepping up to play the bad guy role is the reason why.
Damon regrets snapping Matt's neck last night. Even though it was only business and he had the ring on, Damon hated seeing Elena in such pain. Seeing her being tortured was bad enough, but it was easy to ignore his pity. Stefan was there so they were both enduring the same mental pain while Elena suffered through the physical. Last night, Damon was the only one to have a heavy heart about the whole thing. He fears that Elena might hate him for it. Thank goodness for the ring though, because Damon is positive that if Matt was permanently dead, Elena would hate him more than she ever has in the past.
Damon was in the shower a bit longer than expected, so he turned the nozzle off and opened the shower door to get out. Before he could take a foot outside the shower and grab a towel, Elena was standing in his bathroom, and she was stripping! Damon tried hiding his shocked look, but it failed miserably.
"Elena!" The surprise in Damon's tone was a dead giveaway of how he felt, and he can't take his words back now so Elena clearly knows how shocked he is.
Without hesitation Elena stepped in the shower with Damon and turned the water back on while Damon slowly shut the door in shock. Damon questioned in his head whether or not this was real, and he hoped with all of his might that it was real.
He looked at Elena with shock still printed on his face as she faced the water and pushed her wet hair out of her face with both of her hands. Steam was rising around them quickly, and it wasn't just actual steam. Damon was trying to keep his manhood under control. He could feel a throbbing desire to touch and kiss her, but restrained himself. Last night's events were bad enough. Damon didn't want to push his luck.
Elena still had her back turned to Damon while hot water poured over her naked body. Damon tried acting cool by putting his arms over his chest. Since he was naked too, he had no pant pockets to put them into and he was restraining from touching Elena. His hands had nowhere to go but to his chest. Damon was almost tempted to put his hands in a lower position on his body, but feared he might start grabbing and playing with something in that vicinity, so he kept them safely against his chest.
"I miss this." Elena spoke as she still faced the shower head. Her eyes were closed as she enjoyed the warmth of the water.
"You miss having a shower? Hmm, so did you not shower when your humanity was off? You dirty girl." At this point Damon regained his composure and turned on his cocky attitude. He had a sexy smirk on his face as his left hand reached across the shower to lean against the wall. His right hand was casually hanging against his right thigh.
Elena finally turned and looked Damon in the eye. There was a soft smile on her face as she corrected Damon.
"No, Damon, I still showered. I meant I miss everything. I'm actually glad I caught you when you were in the shower." Elena leaned in and pressed her wet body lightly against Damon's in a kind of hug. Except instead of her arms going around Damon's body, the palms were against Damon's bare chest, along with Elena's head.
"I miss your smell and your touch. It just doesn't feel, or even mean the same, when you're an emotionless vampire." Elena took a brief pause while she let out a relieving sigh.
"Ever since last night, I could only think about all of the bad things I've done and how much I regret it. You must be wondering why I show up in your bathroom and join you in the shower." Elena looked up at Damon to see if her assumption was right.
"I thought it was because my devilish good looks finally got to you and that you couldn't resist the urge to see me naked anymore." Damon and his cockiness were so predictable. Elena let out a laugh.
"Well, I was sick of living in the past last night and reliving the horrors of my emotionless self, so I decided to enjoy the positive feelings to balance it out. I decided to start with you. Your smell. Your touch. Your cockiness." Elena smiled and looked up at Damon. She put her hands gently around Damon's face, and it was at this point that Damon couldn't resist any longer. Damon leaned in and kissed her, long and softly on the lips. Damon wasn't sure if it was the actual steam around them, but there was something about kissing in a shower that felt so…hot and steamy.
To Damon's great relief, Elena kissed him back. Elena put her arms around Damon's neck as she pulled Damon towards her and into the hot water. Elena pulled away from Damon's mouth and looked him in the eyes.
"I missed your kisses too. And in case you're worried, you should know that I don't hate you. Everything you and Stefan have done was done to help me. So if there's any doubt in your mind about us, get rid of it. You were smart to use Matt. As painful as it was for me to see him die, even though he had the ring on, it was worth it." With that, Elena kissed Damon as he pushed her against the shower wall.
From her mouth then to her neck, Damon kissed Elena's wet and naked body all over. Each kiss sent a tingle through Elena's body that was more pleasurable than the last. Damon kissed his way down to Elena's belly button, and kept going from there. Elena gripped Damon's hair in her hands as she consumed herself in the tingling sensations.
Damon spread Elena's legs apart and kissed the inside of her thighs. Water from the shower was pouring down Damon's back as he was knelt at Elena's waist. After Damon was done pleasing Elena with his mouth and fingers, he stood back up to kiss her again on the lips.
With his heart beating rapidly and his manhood now throbbing, Damon lifted Elena so that her legs were straddled around his waist and off of the shower floor. Damon pressed Elena's back against the shower wall and whispered in her ear.
"I missed this too."
Damon pleased Elena, long and slowly. In case she ever turned her humanity off again, Damon wanted her to remember this time in the shower. The sex is part of it, but passionate sex with Damon is another thing. If she ever turns it off again, Damon wants to give Elena something to remember while she's emotionless. Just because she might not feel emotions doesn't mean she can't remember old emotions and sensations. Damon wanted to make this a moment neither of them will ever forget.