Gasping awake, Elena found herself in the arms of the one person who would put all of her fears behind her.
"Elena?" he asked, woken by her sudden movement. "Hey are you ok?"
"It really happened didn't it?" she asked keeping the tears from falling.
"Yeah… it did," he responded.
"Stefan? What's gonna to happen tomorrow?" she said turning to face him.
He raised one of his hands to her face. "I don't know. I more concerned about you, tonight than anything that's tomorrow," he said stroking her face with his thumb.
She gave a small smile. "I'm ok here in your arms. Still in some pain though."
Stefan dropped his eyes before replying. "There is a way to end that pain if you want to…"
"You mean your blood right?" putting her hand to his face.
"Well yeah," he said slowly and then the rest cam out quickly, "it will take your pain away and erase the traces of what Klaus did to you. I hate seeing the marks he made. It was bad enough I had to watch as he sucked the life out of you but its worse to see the reminder of it on you."
"Sh sh sh!" she said as she pulled him to her in a tight hug.
They rocked back and forth until his breathing was back to normal.
"I was going to ask but first, don't you need some too?" she asked looking him straight in the eyes.
"No. I'm fine," trying to rolling it off.
"No. You aren't. I know you aren't." she responded. "I saw what he did to you. You need some blood too."
"Ok but you first," he said.
Shifting only slightly, Stefan raised his wrist to his mouth and bit to let the blood trickle out. Then Elena brought his wrist to her mouth and began to suckle and swallow. She immediately started feeling its healing power at her neck and then began to feel a tingling on her tongue. The taste was the perfect combination of sweet and tangy and salty. To her, it was completely Stefan.
As she pulled back from him, wide grins spread across their faces. They didn't have to say a word to know what each other were thinking. After a brief pause, Elena offered her wrist to Stefan. He immediately started suckling from her. Somehow this time, it didn't hurt Elena as much as it had in the past. She let him drink and it gave her a feeling of satisfaction knowing she was healing him just as he had healed her.
Stefan pulled back and saw that both her wounds had already healed. Seeing that happen gave him such a release. They both smiled at each other and put their foreheads together.
"Feeling better?" he asked.
"Of course I am and you?" stroking his cheek.
"Couldn't be any better," he said with a grin.
Yawning she said, "I'm tired. Let's go to bed," cuddling into her man.
"I couldn't have said it better," she said kissing the top of her head.
They fell asleep in each other's arms without a care in the world, dreaming of their life together.