I've marked this story complete. I'm sorry for the way I left you guys hanging. If anyone is interested in the rest of my plans for the fic, I've left them here. I never planned out a decent arc, but I did have a rough idea of how I wanted Bonnie and Damon's relationship to progress. It might not work for everyone, but that's what I always wished the authors of some of my fave deadfics would do.

I don't see myself continuing this story. TVD has turned into a shitshow and it's really dampened my enthusiasm. Besides that, rereading early parts of this fic-and some of the later parts, tbh-is kind of embarrassing. There's a lot of things I would redo in hindsight.

Thank you all for reading. I've appreciated every one of your comments and kudos.


As I mentioned at the end of last chapter, Bonnie's vampirism wouldn't have been permanent.

Before transitioning, Bonnie would have a minor freakout-if she was in love with Damon, she might end up sire-bonded to him. She reminds herself it's only temporary, she's not actually in love with him, and transitions anyway. She isn't sire-bonded.

Damon would do a lot of groveling. So much. Bonnie would be mad, but eventually just frustrated; a conversation would involve something along the lines of, "At least you weren't actually trying to hurt me this time." Damon would apologize for biting her in S1. Bonnie would say she didn't trust him for a long time, but they've moved past it.

On the road to get the cure, there would be a lot of sexual tension. Bonnie would have trouble dealing with vampire senses and general emotional intensity, including intensified feelings for Damon. They would probably make out once they stopped for the night, but Damon would put a stop to it. They'd talk about how much changed after the transition, and Damon would say she could eventually get used to it. The senses stopped being overwhelming, as did emotions. There would be some exploration of my personal headcanon about vampire instincts (aka suddenly wanting to kill everything for the sake of it, and how terrifying that would be to a genuinely moral person).

Bonnie is unnerved and eager to get to the cure. On the way, Damon admits to wanting to be human again. She offers him the chance to take it after she has, but he turns her down. She asks if it's for Elena; he says no, it's because she might need his blood again. Then he says that when they make it back (showing some hope, for once), he might take it after all.

They get to the cure. Bonnie takes it, is a witch again. Decides to just go for it and kisses Damon. Admits that she wants him as much as a human as she did as a vampire, and actually believes him about not being second place this time. Things escalate, fade to black because I generally do not write porn.

That's most of the planning I did. Of course they would eventually find their way out of the prison world, probably not too long after they'd gotten together because I'm not sure how many chapters of floof I could do before things got boring.

Again, thank you for reading and I hope that this wrap-up at least gives a little closure. 3