:Bonded:
Summary: Bonnie Bennett, newly turned vampire is sired to Stefan Salvatore. He feels horrible, feeling as if her death and vampirism is his fault, so he shows her the ropes and along the way, express how they truly feel for each other, unaware of the bond.
(Written August 2015)
Stefan groans rolling over in his bed after yet another dream about Bonnie. He doesn't remember when he started falling for her, they were always just friends, but he guesses once he and Elena broke things off, his eyes opened up and saw her to be the woman that she is. The sexiest, most tempting woman thus far but she was completely blind to how he felt. He doesn't blame her, he tries his hardest to keep things at bay when he's around her, but he couldn't stop himself sometimes from just staring at her and finding some way to touch her no matter how short-lived it was.
Everyone knew about his crush. Everyone but her.
He lets out a breath then awkwardly gets out of bed ready for his third cold shower this week. He felt like he was disrespecting her imagining her in such ways and he would beat himself up about it, but he's a man and sometimes he just can't control those feelings. As he closes his eyes letting the water hit him, another image of her enters his mind. Her naked, smooth, tempting body just waiting for his hands to touch her. He goes for her lips first kissing her with force as his hand travels down her back. He catches her moan in his mouth and his hold tightens as she wraps her arms around his neck. His fingers wrap around his meat as the images become more vivid and his head meets the tiled shower wall moments after his release. Stefan takes deep breaths shaking his head then steps out of the shower just as his obnoxious ringtone fills the room. He makes a note to change it to something different, but that thought leaves once he sees the name on the screen.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Stefan, I was wondering if I can stop by or you can come over later? I need to talk to you about something."
He looks down at his erect member before staring at his reflection. "Sure, I'll stop by this afternoon."
Her breath of relief feels his ear, "Thanks, Stef. I'll see you soon."
He ends the call then figures he better get back in the shower because the last thing he wants is for him to ruin his meeting with Bonnie later.
-()-
Bonnie looked around making sure that everything was tidy before Stefan came over. Usually, she wouldn't care, but at the same time, she didn't want anyone to consider her a messy person. She let out a breath once everything was perfect then headed to the kitchen so she could pour them both something to drink. She knew that Stefan per se didn't need to drink anything, but she figured he'd probably want to be sociable for a change.
She doesn't know what it is about him, but for the longest time, she's noticed that he's always been strange around her. They would barely pass any words other than a 'hello' or 'goodbye; but oddly enough, she still considered him as a close friend. She guesses that the breakup with Elena still had him a bit broken, but she hoped that he'd come around eventually especially since she has a favor to ask of him. She wasn't nervous about his answer what she was more nervous about was how he was going to look at her once she asked him, but it was an important favor and she couldn't think of anyone else to help her out with this other than him.
The doorbell sounded causing Bonnie to jump back from the counter realizing that she was so deep in thought that she overpoured and the juice was dripping off the counter and some had managed to stain her shirt. Cursing, Bonnie headed towards the door knowing who was behind it and let Stefan in before explaining what happened.
"I need to get a new shirt," she says then takes the one that she has off and turns heading up the stairs.
Stefan is paralyzed where he stands and he's not even sure if Bonnie completely realized what she had just done. Not only did she just partly strip in front of him but she allowed him to see parts of her that he's only been able to in his dreams. He's tempted to follow after her, but instead of heading upstairs, he heads to the kitchen and starts to clean up the mess. He needs a distraction and cleaning always seemed to do the trick because the "neat freak" inside of him would take over.
"Thanks, Stefan, you didn't have to do that," Bonnie says before walking into the kitchen helping him.
"It's no problem, you wouldn't want ants coming in so I figured I'd get it before it stained."
She smiled at him but didn't comment further until the juice was all wiped up. "Are you in the mood for drinks? Maybe I can manage to not spill it this time."
He chuckled. "No, but thanks for the offer."
Bonnie nods then lead him to her living room and invites him to sit on the couch with her. Right away Stefan can tell that something is troubling her mind and he's tempted to ask but he figured that he let her tell her on her own time. He figured whatever this meeting was about was what was on her mind and she needed his help in some way. He's snapped out of his head hearing her lowly sigh then their eyes meet.
"If you don't mind," Bonnie starts, "I would… appreciate it if I, if you would allow me to drink your blood."
He tried to stop himself from looking at her crazily. "What for?"
She sighed, "There's a spell that I need to do and I'm not sure if I'm fully capable if you know what I mean. I don't want Caroline or Elena to worry so I put in their heads that I am capable of completing the spell which is why I'm not telling them."
"You want to be a vampire?"
He's never thought that he would be placed in this position especially with Bonnie. She wasn't the one that he pictured going to him or any vampire for that matter asking for blood just in case a spell went south. He'd always figured that she'd be fine with the "whatever happens, happens" rule, but now here he is.
"I don't want to be a vampire, I'm just being careful. I believe in myself but it's a backup plan."
"But let's say that God forbid, something does happen. Would you turn?"
He watched her think. "That all depends."
"On?"
"On how I feel. I'm a witch, I love being a witch, for the short time that I've known about my powers, but I'm eighteen. I don't want this to be the end when I know that I have so much to offer in the future, you know. I wouldn't ask you of this if I hadn't thought it through and to be honest I haven't given it too much of my time, because, again, I believe in myself, but there's just the 1 percent."
Stefan let out a breath then shortly nodded. Bonnie offered him a smile then sat up a little watching as he bit into his wrist and moved closer to her. He placed his hand gently on the back of her head as she drank and just the feel of her lips on his skin made his eyes almost roll to the back of his head. He wanted to kiss her as she pulled away and he spotted some blood on her bottom lip. Staring into her eyes he could see them as vampires living out the rest of their never-ending lives together causing trouble just for fun but ultimately they would mind their own and just enjoy their time alone together.
Bonnie stared back seeing something that she hasn't noticed before. There was a hint of lust in his eyes and she guesses that it's because of her current bloody lip, but the lust isn't what has her caught off guard, it the love. Stefan Salvatore in love with her? It couldn't be, she had to be reading him wrong, how could he be in love with her when he's barely around. She's always thought that his heart belonged to Elena Gilbert and Elena Gilbert only, but now she's starting to reconsider.
Sure, she's had a bit of a crush when he first walked into the halls of her high school, but she put those feelings aside when he went for her best friend. That didn't stop the various dreams from coming from every now and then, but once she shacked it up with her best friend's younger brother, her fantasies about Stefan were nothing but a vacant dream. Now. Now, those dreams aren't starting to look so vacant as he looks at her in such a way.
"Is that all you need me for?"
She wanted to tell him 'no' and pull him in for a kiss but stopped herself. "Yes. Thank you."
He nodded once then stood up from the couch finding his way out.
Stefan hated to leave her as he did, but he knew that if he didn't put space between them that he'd ruin their friendship. She doesn't see him as more than a friend and if a friend is what he needs to be able to see her every once in a while then he'll be a friend. He just wasn't sure how long he could continue with this act before being her friend just wouldn't do it for him anymore.
-()-
Stefan rushed to her house the moment he got the call from Caroline. Bonnie is dead and it wasn't the spell's fault, she had succeeded and just a second after the spell was complete, her neck was snapped by a person unknown. Stefan was angry, to say the least, that they let that bastard get away but then he started to beat himself up because he should've been there. He should've been by her side to make sure that things went well, she is the one that went to him for his blood so the least that he could've done was make sure that everything was okay.
He didn't know what the spell was for, and quite frankly, he didn't care, all that mattered was that she's dead and about to be undead soon and would have to face the consequence. They both would. Her on whether she would turn or not and him getting hounded by the others for giving her his blood. He wasn't sure if Bonnie had told her friends about it, but he guesses not because, like him, she thought that she would survive.
Stefan knocks on the door and though it only takes a second to open in his mind he waited outside too long and pushed passed his brother going up to her room. He frowned seeing her lay there and quietly walked up to her side kneeling in front of her face. He stopped himself from touching her when that's all he wanted to do.
"I can't believe she's gone," Elena spoke on the verge of tears. "We were all going to celebrate but then some vampire just came and…"
"What was she doing the spell for?"
"Kol," Caroline started, "he had gone dark, started killing for no reason, causing terror, he wouldn't even clean up his tracks, he just didn't care."
"So she killed him?"
"No," Elena interjected, "she put a desiccation spell on him."
"So we all know who did this to her. Klaus."
"I wouldn't be so sure." Damon walked in. "He was behind the whole, thing, gave Bonnie the OK. He would've daggered him if Rebekah didn't hide them."
Stefan let out a breath then ran his fingers through his hair. He wanted to keep speculating, but he knew that Bonnie was going to wake up soon and he needed to tell them before—
Everyone stilled when a large gulp of air was heard and Stefan slowly turned towards her.
"Bonnie?"
"What happened?" She asked massaging her neck sitting up slowly.
"How are you- how are you still alive?" Caroline asked wide-eyed.
"I asked Stefan to let me drink some of his blood."
"Why didn't you ask any of us?"
"I didn't want you guys to worry and I figured that I didn't need it anyway so it didn't matter."
The room was silent and eyes switched from Stefan to Bonnie but no one said a word.
"So do I need to find you a donor or are you saying your goodbyes?" Damon asked.
One by one, they started to trickle out and it took Caroline longer than the others to leave but knowing Stefan and how he most likely wanted to be alone with the new vampire, she left but made plans to come back tomorrow morning.
Stefan watched his blonde friend leave before turning to the girl of his dreams.
"How are you feeling?"
Bonnie let out a breath, "Fine, I guess."
"I'll make sure that you have a daylight ring tomorrow so you might have to stay cooped up here for some time, but I will get you one."
She smiled, "Thanks, Stefan. I wish there was a way that I can be both a vampire and a witch."
He chuckled, "Yeah, that would be pretty cool wouldn't it?"
"If only,"
He smiled then shortly stood running his hands down his jean covered thighs. "Are you going to be okay by yourself? You should sleep with me so you could sleep better." His voice was humorous.
Bonnie laughed lightly, "I should be fine but thanks for the invite."
He smiled. "I'll see you tomorrow."
Bonnie nodded and once he was gone, she got ready for bed.
