"A Moment In Time"
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters; those belong to their original creators. The way it's all stringed together is of my making. No profit is being made out of this (*sigh* unfortunately).
Fandom(s): Vampire Diaries
Character(s): Damon Salvatore, Stefan Salvatore & Bonnie Bennett
Pairing: established Damon/Elena
Rating: T
Words: 560 words
Requested By: none
Challenge/Summary: [Tag on to 6x05] An Altered/Extended Version of Stefan's reunion with Damon in the Salvatore family crypt.
Inspiration: I refuse to believe that Damon couldn't bring Bonnie along in his escape from Kai
Spoiler(s): everything up to ep. 6x05 ("The World Has Turned and Left Me Here")
Time Frame: After the canon reunion between Damon & Stefan at the end of 6x05.
A/N: At the end to avoid additional spoilers. This is not beta-ed and it's roughly written. Originally posted on my tumblr account on Oct. 31 2014!
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"Welcome Home"
Stefan held onto his brother tightly as they hugged. The youngest Salvatore still couldn't believe that he was actually feeling his brother's arms around him. A part of him thought that it was the alcohol and his mind was playing tricks on him but the tight grip that Damon held him with and the few pats on the back he gave were starting to seep into Stefan's brain. He wasn't imagining things.
Damon was hugging him again.
Damon had returned to him and Stefan couldn't be more thrilled to have his brother back. He thought he could move on when Damon was gone but he couldn't do it. For months he tried and yet he couldn't do it. There were times where he was tempted to flip the switch so that he couldn't feel the pain anymore (like Elena had done when Jeremy was killed) but now he was glad that he never made that choice.
Stefan had Damon back and all was right in his life again.
"D-Damon?" A whimper called out, causing Damon to stiffen in Stefan's arms.
Before Stefan could stop it, Damon raced out of his arms and straight to the source of the whimper. At first Stefan feared that Damon was leaving him again, that his return wasn't real, but those fears vanished when Stefan's eyes landed on the source of the whimper.
There on the ground, hunched by the wall was Bonnie as she clutched at her stomach.
Stefan stared wide-eyed as he watched his brother feed Bonnie his blood.
"Sorry about that," Damon whispered to Bonnie as the girl drank from him, "got caught up in the moment."
Bonnie only nodded as she drank as Damon's attention went to Bonnie's abdomen. After putting the bourbon down, he used his hand to move her shirt up enough so that he could see where Kai's arrow had hit her. The vampire watched with great relief as her wound started to close up. He brushed his hand over the newly woven skin before he pulled his wrist away from her.
"You're good as new," Damon told Bonnie with a smirk before he stood. He offered his hand to her, helping her up instantly.
"Bonnie?"
Damon and Bonnie turned and stared at the stunned vampire. Bonnie smiled as she walked towards him.
"Hi Stefan." Bonnie slowly weaved her arms around Stefan's torso before she pulled him in for a hug. He slowly returned the gesture as he looked over her head to his brother, silently asking for some answers.
Damon shrugged his shoulders. "Like I said, it's a very long story." He explained before he took another sip from the bourbon bottle he held once again. "Just know that we are back and super glad to be away from Krazy Killer Kai."
"That's an understatement," Bonnie mumbled into Stefan's chest before she pulled out and away from his arms. "It's good to see you again Stefan."
Stefan nodded; he was just stunned by their returns.
Damon rolled his eyes and thrust the bourbon bottle into Stefan's chest, "I can't believe I'm saying this but you need this more brother."
Stefan took the bottle and drank quite a bit of it before he came up for a breather.
Damon and Bonnie chuckled at the sight.
"Okay," Stefan huffed as he took a few deep breaths, "I'm all ears."
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A/N #1: This may be sloppy, I know, but I REFUSE to believe that Vampire-Damon couldn't incapacitate Powerless-Mortal-Witch-Kai long enough until the eclipse passed. So in my version, during the fight Damon managed to quickly kill Kai again (broken neck or heart extraction) which gave him enough time to vamp-speed over to Bonnie and pull them both to the spot the eclipse shone through with the relic in hand before time was up and they were sent through the portal.
A/N#2: So what'd you think? I just couldn't accept how the fight with Kai went down even though I loved the reunion between the Salvatore brothers. But what did you think of this extended/altered scene? Please leave a review!
A/N #3: Lastly, thank you to everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet/challenge, it means the world to me! I do hope to hear more of your thoughts on my snippets or on the situations I bring up in them. Reviews always bring a smile to my face!
Coming Up Next: TBA
Originally Published: December 8, 2014 (Happy 36th Birthday Ian Somerhalder!)