The Sire Bond

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This is how I think the sire bond should go...please note that it will go down a little differently...I hope you enjoy!

Liv

A moment was all it took for Damon's heart to make its presence known as it broke for the second time that same night. For over a century, he could have easily disputed its existence, but one girl changed everything. Of course, he'd loved her even though he knew it wasn't what was right or good for her. And just moments before, he'd heard the words he never wanted to hear.

"It's Stefan, it's always been Stefan." She whispered as she made her choice known.

Though she'd made the choice in order to say goodbye, or so they'd all thought. The ache Damon felt in his chest didn't even begin to cover the ache he felt now, in this moment as he watched the one person who'd been able to deal with Damon on his worst days slowly die in his arms. His best friend and drinking buddy turned rogue vamp slayer, Alaric was hell bent on ending Damon one minute and gasping for his final breath in the next.

This development was ultimately difficult enough for the self proclaimed loner that Damon had been before Ric showed up, but the worst part was that his death meant that somewhere else the woman who held the heart Damon had kept hidden away for so long was also dying. His Elena was also taking her last breath.

"No. No. You are not dead." Damon pleaded. "You can't be dead."

As he stared at Alaric he saw his friend staring back at him once more before the life drained from him completely leaving Damon holding his lifeless form as tears fell for the first time in a very long time.

He laid Ric to the ground and moved as quickly as he could to his Camaro. He knew the answer already, but he needed to see her for himself. As he sped down the highway, he frantically dialed his brother and Jeremy. Neither of them answered and his heart pounded away in an unfamiliar cadence as panic began to settle around him.

"She can't be gone." He chanted to himself until he finally pulled up to the hospital where he had hoped he might find her perhaps injured but alive. That he could live with, though he was not sure he wanted to live in a world without Elena, even if she didn't choose him.

He ran down the halls with a single-minded focus, he needed to see her. When he spotted vampire Barbie crouched down in a chair with her head in his hands and Matt sitting beside her in a similar fashion, he knew without doubt that she was really gone but he couldn't stop. He rounded the corner and caught his first glimpse of Elena; her once rosy olive skin tone was pale and lifeless. There was no movement and he could no longer hear the soft thump of her heart beating within her chest.

His knees gave out beneath him as he looked at his brother. Stefan looked about as gutted as he felt.

"She never wanted this." Stefan whispered.

Damon glared up at his brother as he shouted, "Of course she didn't!"

He stood and walked over to Elena's side as he carefully reached out to brush her hair off her cheek.

"You were supposed to grow up, have babies, watch them grow. You weren't supposed to die like this." Damon whispered as he kissed her forehead.

"Damon," Stefan started to speak, until a movement jolted Damon back.

His heart slammed into his chest as he looked down at the most beautiful chocolate brown eyes staring back at him as she gasped for a breath.

"What did you do?" Damon spat as he stared at his brother.

"Damon." Stefan said as he tried to calm his brother.

Caroline came running into the room as she pushed her way by Damon and wrapped her arms around Elena glaring at the two of them, "Take this outside!"

"What the hell happened, Stefan!"

"Rebekah happened. Matt was driving her back to Mystic Falls. They were on Wickery Bridge when Rebekah caused them to go over the side. She died, Damon. I couldn't save her."

"But you saved him?" Damon shouted as he pointed to Matt.

"She wouldn't let me help her until I got Matt out. I had no choice!" Stefan argued.

"You see that's where you go wrong, you don't give her a choice! You should have saved her! And you gave her your blood? You're damn right she never wanted that!" Damon growled at his brother.

"No Damon. I gave her your blood. Earlier today when Jeremy brought her in, she was in bad shape. He was so scared, so I helped her. She had a cerebral hemorrhage, so I helped her. I never thought she'd end up back here tonight." Dr. Fell whispered as she came over to them.

"My blood? You gave her my blood!" Damon whisper shouted at Meredith.

The doctor nodded as Matt made his way over to them and said, "I'm sorry. I couldn't stop, she just appeared out of nowhere."

"You're sorry. That should be you in there!" Damon shouted.

"I know." Matt said as he stared into the room where Caroline was still clutching Elena.

"You should have just run Rebekah over!" Damon shouted again as he walked back into the room.

Tears filled Elena's eyes as she looked between Damon and Stefan who now stood against the doorframe.

"Take me home."

Before anyone could respond, Jeremy and Bonnie came running down the hall.

"I saw Ric. I saw his ghost, please tell me she's not…." Jeremy said as he rounded the corner into the room, stopping short as he laid eyes on his sister.

"I'm sorry Jer." She whispered before glancing back at Damon and Stefan once more to say, "Please. I want to go home."

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When they arrived back at Elena's house, Stefan carried her up the stairs to her room and pulled the curtains closed. Stefan and Jeremy stood in the doorway while everyone else gathered in the kitchen downstairs.

"Elena, we should talk about this." Stefan said.

"I don't want to talk about this. Just leave me alone!" She shouted.

"Please. You need to make a decision." Stefan pleaded.

Jeremy turned and walked down the stairs as he tried to wrap his head around the fact that his sister was gone now. What sat in that room was a new version of who she used to be and he wasn't sure that he was okay with that, he wasn't even sure that she was.

"Stef, let her be for a minute. She needs a few minutes to adjust." Damon whispered even though every part of him wanted nothing more than to rip into a blood bag and force her to drink it.

Some part of him knew that she needed some time, but another part knew that if push came to shove he wouldn't be able to watch her die for the second time today. She would feed one way or the other, but he was willing to give her a little time if that's what she wanted.

"Fine. I'll be back in a little bit and we can talk." Stefan offered.

Elena didn't even look at him as he left. Damon started to close the door and leave with Stefan when he heard her say, "Don't."

"What?" he asked.

"Don't go yet." She whispered.

Damon looked back at the hurt expression on his brother's face, but Stefan nodded for him to stay if that's what she wanted. At the end of the day, they both loved her and if this sacrifice meant she would transition and stay in their lives then it was easily going to be made.

Damon walked back through the door and closed it quietly before he made his way over to the window seat, but she looked at him with tears in her eyes and whispered, "Could you please just sit with me?"

"Anything, you know that." He said as he climbed onto the bed beside her.

She instantly laid her head on his chest and wrapped her arms around him before she said, "Why didn't you let me die?"

"Meredith gave you my blood. I didn't know." He whispered as he pulled her closer. "But, I'm not ready to lose you and neither is Stefan."

"What happens if I don't feed?" She asked as she looked up at him with sad eyes.

A lump formed in his throat as he considered that scenario, "You will die by this time tomorrow if you don't feed."

"So I have time. To decide I mean?" She asked.

"Not much." He whispered as a lone tear slid down his cheek. "Think about everyone you'll be leaving behind though. We all love you."

"I love you all, too. But, this wasn't supposed to be my life." She whispered as tears slipped from her lashes now, too.

Damon swiped the first few away, but he couldn't keep up as more fell in their place.

"Elena, I am so angry right now. This isn't what I wanted for you. I won't lie and say it would upset me to see this pretty face for the rest of eternity, but I know this wasn't how your life was meant to go. You should have grown up; you should have been married, had some adorable little Petrova babies. And maybe you would have chosen this life so you could watch them grow and have their own babies, but that was me selfishly wanting you to stay with us."

"Jer has already lost so many people." She whispered.

"Lena, he doesn't have to lose you. You just need to feed. Stef, Caroline and I will help you."

"Damon, I can't be a killer. What if….What if I'm a ripper, too?" She asked.

"I won't let you. You don't have to kill anyone, you just need to learn to control the blood lust. I'm sure Stefan can even help you catch some bunnies if you're really averse to the whole human feeding thing. Or we can try blood bags. But, I really think the only way you get the blood lust under control is human blood, warm from the vein." Damon stated carefully hoping he had supplied her with a reasonable solution that would sway her to transition.

"I just don't know that I can do this Damon." She said as she burrowed deeper into his embrace.

"Well, you don't need to decide right this second. Just sleep on it for a little bit." He said as he smoothed her hair down her back and kissed the top of her head.

He felt her sigh as she closed her eyes and fell asleep as three words fell from her lips, "Don't leave me."