Hey there!

I think this might actually be the last one, I think I need to step away from Delena a bit or I will never get out of this funk, especially since I'm incredibly angry because they didn't shot the proposal scene because the script was too long but there was time for Vick Donovan reuniting with her father, what is this life? God knows Caroline Dries would have never allowed that to happen but we got stuck with Plec and Williamson and there's nothing we can do about it now

Hope you like this little piece

You are my life, I don't deserve you
But you love me just the same
And as the mirror says we're older
I will not look the other way
You are my life, my love, my only
And that's the one thing that won't change

Never Stop

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Elena sighed as she climbed the porch steps; It had been an exhausting day and she was ten seconds away of face planting on the floor. The hospital had been chaotic today and Stefan had been sick the last couples of days so she barely had any time to sleep; she wanted nothing more than to crawl underneath the covers and disappear from the rest of the world.

But of course that was not going to be possible and she realized this as she opened the front door and found Damon and Caroline leaning over a fuzzy Stefan in the couch.

"What is going on?" She asked as she walked towards them and dropped her bag in the coffee table "How is he doing?" She called Damon several times during the day but she hadn't been able to do it as much as she would have liked.

"He's fine" Caroline said softly "He just got a fever and it's a big fuzzy" Elena walked to the couch and her infant son immediately extended his arms so her mom would pick him up, she did and he immediately snuggled into her "He only needed his mom, told you" Caroline told Damon.

"Well how was I supposed to know that?" Damon said defensively and Elena walked to him and gave him a soft quick kiss in the lips "Did you already give him something?"

"Yeah we did" He answered and smiled tiredly at her. Elena knew had had been busy with The Grill lately but he offered to stay with Stefan today so she didn't have to ask for any days in the hospital. Stefan was a very healthy baby and at one and a half years this was the first time he got sick, Damon was having a hard time handling it. "But first I called Blondie"

"Why?" Elena asked as she peered down at her son. His eye lids were growing heavy so she knew he would be completely asleep in any minute. She placed her hand on his forehead and felt him warm but not too hot "I think the fever might be breaking down" She said as she gestured for Caroline to hand the thermometer that was resting on the coffee table to her.

"He asked for my blood" The blonde answered as she gave Elena the device.

Elena's eyes widened as she stared at Damon "You what?" She shrieked, startling a very tired Stefan. She kissed his forehead to calm him down and placed the thermometer in his ear "Damon you can't give our baby vampire blood"

"I know, I know" He sounded defeated as he let himself fall into the couch "But he was crying and I could see he was in pain and I didn't know what to do. I'm not used to the human part of all of this" He rubbed his hands in his temples as Caroline and Elena looked at him sympathetically.

To say that the adjustment to human life on Damon had been hard was an understanding. He was a vampire for such a long time and he was used to having a magical solution to everything so to see his child in pain and not being able to do anything to fix it was the hardest thing he had to face so far.

"He no longer has fever" Elena said while looking at the thermometer "He's going to be fine Damon, he's a baby and he's not used to feeling sick so he's fuzzy but it's nothing serious. I promise"

"I know" He nodded and got up from the couch looking at the child in her arms "Can you please let me hold him now?" His eyes were pained and she felt her heart breaking for him, it was so weird thing to see such vulnerability in him.

He got closer to her and Elena handed over a sleeping Stefan to him, the child stirred and once he was in his father's arms snuggled into his chest. It made her heart melt to see the two people she loved the most in the world together.

After Elena thanked Caroline and said goodbye to her she and Damon shared a quick meal together and she headed to the bathroom to take a shower while Damon put Stefan to sleep, since he was sick Damon had transported his crib into their room so they could keep an eye on him all night.

Elena sighed as the hot water fell on her skin, relaxing her aching muscles and making her even sleepier than she already was so she took her shower as fast as she could so she could crawl into their bed. Once she was over she put on a small pair of shorts and a thank top and was brushing her teeth when Damon walked into the bathroom.

"Cute PJ's" He said and she couldn't help but smile at him. Thinking of how far they've had come since the first time he told her those words.

"Is he settled already?" She asked before leaning down to rinse her mouth.

"Sleeping like an angel" He answered and moved to stand behind her "Nobody said it was going to be this hard right?"

He wrapped his arms around her from behind and she let her head fall back into his chest "Well Ric did kind of warned us"

"He did" Damon answered "I'm sorry I asked Caroline for her blood"

"It's okay Damon" Elena said as she met his eyes in the mirror, she would never stop being amazed at the emotion she found in there every time he looked at her "I understand your fears, you weren't used to this kind of things but let's just not give our child vampire blood ever… only if it's a life and death thing"

"Deal" He smirked and leaned down to press a kiss underneath her ear "I want another one"

"You what?" She wasn't able to hide the surprise in her voice.

"Another baby. I want another child with you" His voice was soft as she whispered the words in her ear and his hands went underneath her tank top to caress the soft skin of her belly.

"Damon Salvatore the biggest meanest ex-vampire in Mystic Falls is asking me for another child?" She teased him and craned her neck so she could stare into his face.

"Yeap" He touched his nose with hers and she smiled at the contact "Never thought I would be saying those words either"

Elena breathed in his scent and nuzzled her face into his. Motherhood had been harder than what she thought specially because she had to balance it with her work at the hospital but there was nothing this man could ask her that she wouldn't give to him.

And truth be told the idea of carrying his child again made a thrill ran down her body, there was a time when she thought motherhood was never going to be in her future but she was given a second chance and she planned to take full advantage of it.

"Do you think I could ever say no to you?"

"You have before" He smirked before giving her a kiss that left her breathless.

"But you always managed to get under my skin until I couldn't keep refusing you"

"Is that a yes?"

"It's a yes"

She turned around and stepped on her tip toes to fully kiss him, her hands tangling in his dark hair as his hands moved to her back to steady her and press her closer to his body.

Later that night Elena woke up to a dark room and an empty bed but before she could make a move she heard him singing softly. A smile appeared on her face as she rolled onto her side towards the place were Stefan's crib was placed and found her husband sitting on the floor, shirtless and with their child pressed into his chest as he sang a sweet lullaby to him.

Elena knew which one it was, he sang it to Stefan all the time. He told her once that even though things ended up badly with his mom he would always treasure the good moments they had, that lullaby was one of them.

She stared with tears in her eyes to one of the most beautiful scenes she had ever seen. Life had been hard on them but she would do it all again just to have this moment.

Elena knew that what she was feeling in that moment was what true happiness should feel like.