What did you guys think of the finale? Honestly I'm still processing the fact that there won't be any new TVD from now on.

Feel free to send me a message if you want to discuss it.

I'm not ready to say goodbye to this characters which is why I decided to write this small piece. Please forgive me if there are any mistakes, this isn't corrected and English is not my native language.

I hope you enjoy it.

Love,

Sam

I believe it's meant to be, darlin'
I watch you when you are sleeping
You belong with me
Do you feel the same
Am I only dreaming
Or is this burning an eternal flame

-Eternal Flame-

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His black boots stomped on the cream colored linoleum floor as he paced back and forth in front of the big white hospital bed. His arms were crossed in front of his chest stretching the thin material of his gray t-shirt over his biceps.

"Is it weird that I feel slightly turned on by you right now?" The soft voice of his wife made him halt before turning to face her and giving her an 'are you kidding me' look.

"Normally I would be all in with you being turned on by me but I think we have more important things to think of right now" His voice had a fearful edge to it and she couldn't help but smile at it, she had never seen him so distressed and truth be told she found it to be cute.

"Damon I'm fine" She told him tenderly "Everything's going to be fine" She moved so she was able to sit straighter, her hand going to rest on top of her almost nine months pregnant belly.

"What is it? Is it time already?" His eyes brimmed with panic as he eyed the hand on her belly.

"No, Damon" She smiled "Come here" She extended her hand and he sighed before walking towards her and sitting next to her on the bed "Don't be so nervous, everything is going to be fine"

"How do you know?"

"You do realize I'm almost a doctor right?" She moved the hair out of his forehead and caressed his face softly "I see these things on daily basis Damon. We are all going to be okay"

"It's just everything seems so finite and dangerous these days" He said with defeat in his voice and Elena smiled sympathetically at him.

The transition had been harder for Damon than it was for her, after all he had been a vampire for over a century; He barely remembered how to be human. The first couple of years had been the hardest, he struggled a lot to find his place in this new world that had opened in front of his eyes, especially since he carried a lot of a guilt for the sacrifice Stefan had made for them and the fear… Damon was terrified of not seeing his brother again.

Elena saw it in his eyes every day, he was happy with their life and she knew it but once in a while a troubled and fearful gleam appeared on his gaze and she knew he was thinking about his brother. It was the same kind of look she had seen on Caroline's face on more than one occasion.

Elena understood, Damon got the girl and the life he always wanted but in the way he lost the other love of his life. The day Stefan died a part of Damon died too and she knew he wasn't ever going to be the same. Damon's happy ending was a bittersweet one and Elena's heart ached every time she thought about it.

"Trust me on this one Damon, it's going to be okay" He took the hand that was resting on his cheek and kissed it softly.

"I always trust you"

They stared at each other in silence for a few minutes, their eyes telling the million things they weren't able to articulate at the moment. It had always been like this for them, the words weren't needed once you knew the other person's soul inside out.

The door burst open and their blonde vampire friend walked in wearing the biggest grin they had ever seen on her face "There you are!" Elena smiled back at her as she walked towards them "Damon seemed so urgent that I thought I might not catch you"

"Damon is over reacting" Elena said sweetly while giving her husband a teasing smile.

"What a surprise!" Caroline joked as her brother-in-law sent her a nasty glance.

"Keep it up blondie and I'll kick you out"

"Yeah right, we both now I am stronger than you now"

"Don't test me Barbie" He gave her a warning glance but the corners of his lips tipped up in a smile "We are in a stressful situation right now and I don't need you making it worse"

"Oh come on this is piece of cake Damon" Caroline said with a roll of her eyes "Imagine your babies draining the magic out of you while a bunch of murderous heretics stand around the operating table while you lay there unconscious . Now that was a hard delivery"

"Yeah yeah we get it; you're super mom and bla bla bla"

"I'm just saying there's nothing to worry about" The blonde girl gave him a reassuring smile.

Elena watched the exchange between her friend and her husband with a smile on her face. She could still remember how happy Caroline had been the first time she and Damon broke up so many years ago, she even memorized his break up and speech and now she was one of the people who supported him the most and who had been there for him during the hard transition from vampire to human. Losing Stefan had created a very deep and beautiful bond between them.

"Ouch" An intense pain overcame Elena's body and she took both of her hands to her belly as Damon's eyes stared at her frantically "Damn it" She cursed at the pain hit her again.

"Are you okay?" He stood up and leaned over her, his blue eyes filled with fear and worry.

"I'm fine" Elena answered through clenched teeth. She thought she heard Caroline mumbling about finding a doctor but she couldn't be sure because the pain hit her again so strongly she felt nauseous.

With the life she had led so far Elena knew a lot about physical pain, she had been tortured, burned, bitten, stabbed and had her neck broken a couple times but in that moment she swore none of that hurt as much as the pain cursing through her body.

"Elena? Baby are you okay?" Damon asked as he removed the hair that had fallen onto her face and was sticking onto her sweaty forehead.

"It's going to be okay Damon; it's going to be okay"

He nodded, unable to tear his eyes away from her body. Damon had known a lot of fear and loss in his long life but none of that compared to the fear he was feeling right now. The idea of losing Elena was something that haunted him ever since he woke up as a human.

There was no way he would survive if he lost her.

Say my name
Sun shines through the rain
A whole life so lonely
And then come and ease the pain
I don't want to lose this feeling,

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His black boots resounded on the cream colored linoleum floor of the hospital hallway as he paced back and forth in front of the rows of chairs placed against the wall. A frown was present on his face and his hands were crossed in front of his chest.

"What happened? Is he born yet?" Bonnie asked as she and Jeremy rushed into the hallway where Damon and Caroline were waiting for news on Elena. The blonde girl eyed them suspiciously; apparently she was the only one that noticed them spending a lot of time together lately but decided not to comment on it, it was neither the time nor the place.

"They had to perform a C-section" She informed them instead "She's in the operating room right now but they wouldn't let Damon in because he was too distressed"

Jeremy chuckled and Damon send a nasty glance in his direction "Don't mess with me baby Gilbert" He snapped

"He's a bit touchy" Caroline whispered "Did you check on The Grill?" She asked them after a while.

"Yeah, everything is taken care of" Jeremy said as he took a seat next to the blonde girl "I'll be working on it until things settle down" He said eying the distressed Damon.

After waking up as a new person Damon Salvatore had no idea of what he was supposed to do for a living. He hadn't worked in over a century so things were a little bumpy in the beginning, he tried a few things but once he and Elena moved back to Mystic Falls he decided to put money of the Salvatore trust found out and buy The Grill, honoring a conversation he and Elena once had where she told him he was going to have his own bar in her human fantasy.

"They're taking too long" Damon muttered

"It's normal Damon" Bonnie placed a hand on his shoulder "She's a fighter, she'll be okay" Damon only nodded unable to believe the words his friend was saying. God knew he was only going to breathe peacefully again when he had his girl back in his arms.

Close your eyes, give me your hand
Do you feel my heart beating
Do you understand

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Elena's eyes opened slowly to find her husband sitting next to her on the bed, her hand encased between his and his thumb rubbing slow circles on her wrist. Her body felt battered, like a train had ran over her but she also felt peace, a peace so deep she couldn't explain. She had been dreaming something… she couldn't remember but she knew it had been beautiful.

"Hi" He whispered softly, his lips curling into that devious smirk she loved so much. "Welcome back"

"Hi" She smiled back and lifted her free hand to touch his cheek "Is everything okay?"

"Perfect" He tilted his face and kissed the open palm that was in his cheek "You were perfect"

"Is he okay?"

"Our son is more than okay" His eyes sparkled with happiness and Elena felt something ease inside her. It was the happiest she had seen him since Stefan had died and she felt so happy to be able to give this joy to him. "Do you want to meet him?"

Elena nodded and he kissed her forehead before getting up and disappearing behind the door. Elena waited patiently for him, the beep of the machines being the only sound in the room besides her breathing.

In less than she expected the door opened again and Damon walked in rolling a bassinet in front of him. Elena's breath got caught in her throat when she saw the first glimpse of the sleeping baby in it; he was covered in a blue blanket and had great amounts of dark hair "I want to hold him, please Damon" She whispered.

Damon leaned down and picked the baby up; Elena's eyes welled with tears at the image of her newborn son in the arms of his father. The devious vampire who arrived in town to create havoc so many years ago was now handling a baby with so much care and love; it amazed her to see the person he had become.

Once upon a time he told her that she would have liked him if she met him when he was human in 1864 and Elena was sure she would have, just like she liked the version he was when he told her that and like she liked the version he was now.

The truth was she never had a choice when it came to Damon, she was drawn to him since the moment her eyes met his and she was never going to pull away.

Damon gave her everything she always wanted and she was never going to let him go. She knew in her heart that they were going to be together even after the last breath left their bodies.

He bowed down to her and placed the baby in her open arms, the minute he was in her arms a love so deep and pure overwhelmed her. They had created this together, the one thing she dreamed of but knew she wasn't going to get was now resting in her arms, proving her that miracles were real and she was holding the most precious one.

"He is perfect" Elena whispered in awe as she caressed her son's rosy cheek.

Damon sat down next to her and peered down at his son "He is" He whispered before placing a kiss on his wife's temple.

The baby in Elena's arms opened his eyelids and she found herself staring at the most beautiful pair of blue eyes, eyes the resembled the ones of the man sitting next to her. "Hey there" She coed softly as the baby moved and a small smile started to appear on his face.

Damon let out a breathless chuckle, delighted at the beauty of the infant in his wife's arms "Welcome to the world Stefan Alexander Salvatore" He whispered as a single tear rolled down his cheek.

His son's eyes rested on his and in that moment Damon understood there was nothing to be afraid of. Because if the world allowed him to share this moment with Elena and create something as perfect as the baby in her arms it was because there was something good inside him. Something Elena saw when she took a chance on him and his brother did too when he sacrificed himself for Damon to get his happiness.

And if there was something good in him it meant that he had the chance of finding peace, and in peace he would be reunited with his brother, and his wife and every single person that meant something to him in this journey they called life.

And that's how it happened, in a hospital bed with his wife next to him and their son in her arms Damon Salvatore got rid of his fears and embraced the life that had been gifted to him once upon a time when his brother decided he was worth saving.

THE END

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