Her back pressed to the wall, Elena tries to hide her trembling limbs. She has to keep strong. Five minutes. Five minutes and all this will be over. She'll curl up in Damon's embrace for the rest of the day and he'll whisper sweet nothings to reassure her that he's with her, that nothing can harm her from the safety of his arms.
Stefan approaches step-by-step, a little smug smirk plying with his lips. He thinks it's seductive. She thinks it's disgusting. He doesn't stop until he's a mere foot away from her. It's then when he sees a sparkle of blue flash on her ears when she moves her head.
"What's that?" Elena frowns before touching her ears.
"It's a set Damon bought for me." The blue gems twinkle and she raises her left hand –showing the ring and bracelet–, taking the necklace that completes the set. He vaguely registers that there's another chain around her neck, but he ignores it and concentrates on the blue stones that decorate every piece of jewelry.
Stefan narrows his eyes, the color is vaguely familiar. Doesn't matter, he'll have it off her and burning in the fire pit in a minute. Caging he girl between his arms, his pupils expand and when her eyes lock on his, he know he already has her back. He'll make her forget his outburst, the time she's spend with Damon and that she loves his brother. He's so caught in patting his own back for being so smart (Do you feel the sarcasm seeping through your screens? Good) that he fails to notice when her pupils don't expand to mirror his.
"You're gonna forget it all. You don't love Damon, you love me. I never hit you, I never cut you and I never ripped the necklace off your neck. You are gonna forget all that happened in the Boarding House and your time with Damon."
He hears a gasp from Caroline, who has likely figured he tricked her, but it's too late now. Or so he thinks. Before he knows what's happening, Elena is glaring at him and she punches him on the nose, breaking it and leaving it crooked until he rights it.
"Do you really think I'm that stupid? Did you really expect that I would be so foolish as to not to get a new vervain necklace? That your brother wouldn't think of it if I hadn't?" she laughs mirthlessly as she picks the second chain and shows him the silver heart locket. The next thing she does is smirk. "Time's over."
He doesn't even have the time to think 'oh, fuck' before the familiar sting of his neck braking takes him into oblivion.
Damon is left standing over the crumbled form of his brother. He's panting, the exertion of waking up with a start instead of slowly ascending into consciousness taking its toll on him. He gets his bearing in the next second and is prepared when the shivering mass that's his girlfriend slams into him. She clings to him like a koala, her legs around his waist and her arms curled round his neck. When he's sure she's not going to start with the water works –at least not yet– he turns to the blonde standing by the unconscious witch.
"Take him out of the house, Blondie, and I don't wanna see you or him for a while, so better find a way to make him stay away from Elena." When she makes to grab Bonnie, Damon stops her. "I'll put her in the kids room. Just take the asshole and go."
He takes Elena to her room and lays her on the bed, promising to be back shortly. He goes back down to retrieve Bonnie and is satisfied to see that both his brother and Caroline are already gone. Making sure she's comfortable before leaving her to rest, Damon returns to Elena. She's exactly where he left her and gazes longingly at him before extending her arms and making grabby hands. He chuckles and stretches beside her. When both are snuggled into one another, Elena sighs relaxed and presses a kiss to his neck.
"How does cuddling all morning and then I cook something sound to you? I don't think Bon will wake 'till lunch time, anyway."
"Sounds good to me." Murmurs Elena, already prepared to spend the next couple of hours cuddled to Damon's side and do nothing.
They stay in the same position until Damon can hear Bonnie start to wake and while Elena goes to see her, he goes to the kitchen and looks around the cabinets. There's not much, but he can make a homemade pizza with what he finds. The dough expires next week, so it's still edible. He turns on the oven and extends the dough and puts a generous amount of tomato sauce. As he grates the four kinds of cheese he's found in the fridge, he listens to Elena explain to her friend what happened after Caroline had knocked her out. He smiles when, after reassuring herself that Bonnie only has a lump that he can cure later with a drop of blood, Elena starts explaining to Bonnie all they've done in their month away. When the witch asks for the necklace and the set of jewelry, Elena explains that before coming back, they had made a stop in Richmond.
"Damon took me to his jewelry store and told me to choose a locket." Says Elena and Bonnie makes a sound of understanding.
"And the set?"
"Oh, that… Damon saw me looking at it and insisted on buying it I told him it wasn't necessary but…" Bonnie hums. "What?"
"That's a very… peculiar color." He can almost feel the smugness that the witch is feeling.
"Eh… yeah."
There's a tense silence and he uses it to rummage in the fridge for more topping. He finds half roll of pepperoni and moldy ham. He throws the ham with a grimace and raids the cabinets again. He comes out victorious with a can of presserved mushrooms and another of olives.
"Ok, ok! Stop looking at me like that! It reminded me of his eye, ok?! I don't want him to know 'cause he'll tease me into next week so I'm swearing you to secrecy."
Too late, princess, I already know.
"I won't say a word."
They talk for a few more minutes and he drowns them out to concentrate in finishing the pizza. Satisfied with the result, he sticks his hand in the oven to test if it's hot enough and slides the pizza in one of the plates just as Bonnie and Elena walk through the door.
"What are we eating?" asks Elena, looking around to see if there's some clue. There isn't any, he already cleared it all up.
"Wait, you can cook?" Bonnie looks incredulous.
"I'm a one hundred seventy-two year old vampire of Italian descent, what do you think?" he stares at her with a deadpan look until she looks away.
"Damon, don't be mean." Elena looks in the oven and squeals. "Pizza! Yay!" she bounces on her toes and gives him a peck on the lips before waltzing away to set the table. She doesn't notice the dopey smile Damon has and by the time she turns again it's gone, hidden behind his usual sexy smirk.
When the pizza is ready, they eat and then Damon waits for Bonnie to leave to have his own launch from Elena. He's afraid he's taken too much when he sees her pale skin, but it's nothing a few drops of blood won't solve. They spend the afternoon finishing the books they had started the evening before, only that this time Elena had her head on Damon's lap, while he stayed seated. When it's time, he prepares a simple salad and after doing their nightly rituals, they cuddle in Elena's bed.
And as both fall asleep, tangled in each other, only one though crosses their minds…
I want to fall asleep like this for the rest of my life.
It's over… *snif, snif*. Well, I had a good time and I hope you all did too. I'm sorry this chapter took longer than usual, I got a stroke of inspiration for the epilogue –yes, I'm doing it, even if just a couple of persons asked. You guys are lucky that one of them was Deepwater1978, if it weren't for her you wouldn't have it; so a big applause for her– and I was kinda afraid that it would go away so I wrote it.
It's a bit long, five pages and some (2074 words). It's set … years after the show's finale. All the same in the following seasons (except when they get together) but strained between Delena and Stefan. Caroline forgives him –as always, good ol' Stefan never does anything wrong– so everything normal between them. This is a little synopsis for the epilogue so you don't get lost.
It's already finished, but I'm gonna wait a bit, most likely Thursday, but maybe till Friday… I don't know… (yes, I know I'm evil XD).
I've created a Tumblr account so I can give you guys a visual support when A) my descriptive abilities fail me, and B) when I feel to lazy to describe; that is if the object I'm describing actually exists XD. The username is the same (Rachel3003), so feel free to check it out.
I have a crossover with Delena as a main character so if anybody want's to check it out I would like to know what you think of it. The chapter where they are the main attraction isn't up yet but almost. Just wait, you're gonna love it!
Kisses, lovers, and thank you all!