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"Are you...going to say something?" Stefan asked Rose with concern as she stared at Damon who was watching her with concern too. The three of them were in the living room of Stefan and Rose's house in Savannah. Rose was seated on a chair while Stefan and Damon were standing. She had been staring at Damon with shock just like last night, unable to say anything.
"Yeah...yeah...I'm processing," She mumbled out, looking towards Stefan. "He's real, isn't he?" She asked him with a sigh, repeating the question for the hundredth time.
Before Stefan could answer, Damon spoke for him. "Why don't you touch me and find out?" He asked, walking closer to her.
She closed her eyes for a second, getting up from her seat and moving closer to him. She extended her hand towards him, placing her hand right above his heart, both of them closing their eyes at the familiar touch. Rose smiled widely when she felt his heart beating in his chest. He smiled back, extending his arms for her and she quickly hugged him as stroked the back of her head. A few silent tears left her eyes, unbeknownst to both of them as a sense of home engulfed them in its warmth. After all, it had been a year and a half since they last saw each other. What the both of them forgot at the moment was that everything had changed in the past year, but were quickly reminded of it when Stefan's phone rang, causing them to break apart.
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I broke away from Damon as Stefan silenced his phone. I cleared my throat awkwardly as we both turned towards Stefan. "Elena..." He mumbled, indicating to the phone call as Damon's lips turned into a smile.
"What about Bonnie?" I asked him, diverting our attention from the phone call. Damon had already told us that he was stuck in a 1994 Prison world with Bonnie. "She sacrificed herself so I could come back. But, I don't want anyone to know. No sense making this harder than it already is," He told me, his smile fading away. I looked down, Bonnie's voice ringing in my ears. Always the one to sacrifice yourself for others, weren't you, Bon Bon?
"What are we going to tell people?" Stefan retorted in a low voice.
"We tell them she wasn't there," Damon replied, looking between us.
"So, how did you get back?" He questioned him as I sighed.
"Long story, a big flash of light, two decades worth of jet lag. I will explain all of my adventures in that flannel hellscape, but first, there's someone I got to go see..." He rubbed his hands together, smiling at me and walking towards the door. He's going to be so heartbroken when he realizes that she doesn't even remember him.
Damon patted Stefan on the back and grabbed the door handle, opening it when we looked outside the house to see Maria standing there with some files in her hand. Oh, God! Just what I needed! Note the sarcasm, please. "Okay..." She stilled, looking at Damon. "And who are you?" She asked him, raising her eyebrows.
I walked forward towards Damon and Stefan. "He's Damon.." I announced with a smile. "Stefan's brother,"
"Wow! Is everyone in your family so pretty?!" She spoke, looking at the three of us as we all chuckled awkwardly, looking at each other.
"Damon...this is Maria, our neighbour," I told him and he nodded at her, smiling. I turned towards her. "Everything okay?" I asked.
She shook her head, assuring me. "Oh, no, no, no. Everything's good. I just need to talk to your husband regarding these," She pointed to the files as I cursed internally, giving her a fake smile as Damon's head snapped towards Stefan and me so fast that I was afraid his neck might break. He looked towards our hands, spotting our rings. He clenched his jaw slightly before smiling at Maria again. You had to say it in front of Damon! Why, Maria, why?!
"Yeah sure..." Stefan nodded at her with a polite smile.
Damon rubbed his hands together. "If I may take your leave," He looked towards Maria. Before she could respond, I opened my mouth.
"Damon?" I called out and he looked at me. "Can you wait for us? It'll only take a few minutes. Please?" He hesitated for a moment before nodding. I smiled at him. "Coffee?" I asked them all and they gave me a nod. "Great!"
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Half an hour later, Damon and I stood in the kitchen, leaning against the counter, talking while Maria and Stefan were seated on the sofa, going through paperwork. The two of us were laughing, reminiscing and it all started when Damon suddenly reminded me of the moment Caroline introduced me to what cheese balls were. My eyes were teary from laughing so much and I wiped them away, taking a sip of my coffee. "Huh, they seem pretty close," Maria whispered to Stefan, not knowing that we were vampires and could hear her.
He looked towards us and then at her. "They are," He replied nonchalantly.
"So, how's the baby-making going? Should I be prepared for the big news?" Maria teased Stefan, making me mentally facepalm myself as Damon choked on his coffee, spitting it out. He coughed loudly as I rubbed his back, feeling bad for him while the other two watched with concern. She seriously needs to leave before I throw her out myself. Sorry, not sorry, Maria.
He sighed, taking a deep breath. "Uh...you know how it is..." Stefan replied awkwardly, knowing that Damon's listening. Maria nodded at him with a smile, assuring him that it would be fine.
I took a deep breath, placing my mug in the sink, when Damon caught my other hand, looking at the ring with a smile on his face."Suits you. It's beautiful," He commented, looking up to meet my eyes. "Just like you,"
"I know what you must be thinking..." I trailed off in a strangulated voice.
He cut off. "Nah, don't. " He told me, standing up straight and taking my hands in his. "I'm really happy for you...that you found someone," He let out a chuckle. "And I'm kind of relieved that it's my brother...Now I won't have to worry about some guy not treating you right, because I know he will," I just stared at him with sad eyes as he congratulated me. He was smiling at me but his smile didn't reach his eyes. Even if we weren't together, it was still hurting him. "You deserve all the happiness in the world," He placed his hand on my cheek. "You deserve everything we could never have," My heart ached at his words, tearing me up from the inside. Everything we could never have.
I chuckled sadly, my mind wandering off to the past. "Seems like a lifetime ago, doesn't it?" I asked him.
He nodded at me. "Yeah, it does," He whispered with a sigh.
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It was mid-afternoon when Stefan and I made our way to Alaric's office in Whitmore college while Damon went to meet Elena. Caroline had summoned us here. Apparently, there was a new vampire hunter in Mystic Falls and he had been keeping Enzo in his captivity for a while now, much to our surprise. "You have any idea how he managed to get his hands on him?" We heard Alaric say as both of us entered his office, drawing Caroline, Matt and his attention towards us.
"He didn't. I turned him in," Stefan spoke suddenly, making me widen my eyes at him with shock.
"What?!" I asked him as guilt flooded his face. "Why? When?"
"He threatened us. Plus, Enzo wasn't being careful. Tripp would've caught him eventually, and that meant danger for all of us," He tried to reason.
"So, what? You just handed over Damon's friend?" I stared at him, baffled. "Wait, you handed Enzo over so we wouldn't be targeted, and now we have to rescue him so we won't be targeted. Way to go," I stated sarcastically.
He sighed, looking at all of us. "Well, I thought Tripp was gonna kill him. I didn't think he was going to keep him alive for information."
"Stefan, you-" I paused, cutting myself off while shaking my head at him. "Forget it!" I told him, rushing out the room as he looked at the ground in shame. Stefan has been acting the complete opposite of himself for the past few days. I was walking mindlessly through the hallways when I realized that I had passed over to the dorm rooms. Damon stood in front of me, his back facing me as he rested his head and hand on the door, begging Elena to let him in. He told her how much they loved each other, not knowing that I was standing behind him. I leaned against the wall, watching a heartbroken Damon convince her that she loved him once, eliciting an ache in my heart too.
"I'm sorry, okay?" I told Damon, hiding behind the sofa in the living room, clutching the sheets around me. A half-naked Damon was standing opposite me, behind the other end of the sofa, ready to tackle me. It was early morning when a soaked Damon had lunged at me, who was still half asleep. I had somehow managed to dodge him. He had been chasing me around the boarding house for half an hour now, only in his boxers while I was covered in only silk sheets.
"No, no, no. You're not going to get away with this!" He retorted, rushing towards me, causing me to switch positions with him. What did I do? I had simply switched his shampoo with whipping cream at night. Let's just say that it took him a long while and a lot of extra energy to get his hair to revert to normal.
"Pretty, please?" I batted my eyelashes at him innocently.
"Oh, no, no, young lady. I'm not letting you go this easily," He stated and I made one last attempt to run away from him when I was caught and thrown back on the sofa. "Time for your punishment," He spoke in a sing-song voice, smirking while he looked at me like I was his prey.
"Oh, come on!" I pouted at him and he shook his head, taking slow steps towards me. I huffed at him like a child, crossing my arms, "I'm sore from last night and it would hurt really really really bad," I made puppy dog eyes at him, exaggerating a lot. In reality, I was just having fun messing with him. "Please, Raven?"
He crouched down to my level, smirking. "First, don't even try to use the nickname for your escape. Second, you're a vampire..." He retorted, clutching the sheets in his hands.
"Well, you're one too," I replied, pouting. "Plus, you aren't exactly gentle,"
"Hehe," He mocked me. With a jerk of his hands, the covers were taken off my body, leaving me naked, much to his pleasure. "I don't know why you even bother to wear something," He told me, sitting on the floor and pulling me onto his lap with his arms that were wrapped around me, his big hands making my body seem so much smaller than it was.
I wrapped my arms around his neck. "You need to stop making me feel so small," I mumbled in annoyance and he chuckled at me, kissing me and immediately asserting his dominance over me by sliding his tongue inside my mouth. He broke apart, latching his mouth onto my breasts, making me arch my back to give him more access. I giggled lightly as I felt the light scruff on his face tickle my chest and he looked up to me. "It tickles!" I told him with a giggle. Suddenly, he started brushing his face against my breasts back and forth, making me laugh loudly at the tickling sensation. He looked up to me, smiling widely as I laughed wholeheartedly. "What?" I asked him, giggling as he stared at me just like he always did.
He smiled at me, shaking his head. "You look even more beautiful when you laugh like that if that's even possible," He told me, making me blush. We just stared at each other, forgetting all about what we were doing. He looked at me with a frown. "How do you do this? Make me forget everything?"
I narrowed my eyes at him playfully. "I do nothing, you get distracted pretty easily by this," I gave him a shrug, pointing to my body and he rolled his eyes at me.
"That's because I love you and how beautiful you are," He told me, placing a few soft kisses on my breasts while I ruffled his hair. He looked up to me again, his lips turning into a smirk. "Now, about that punishment," Uh oh. Within seconds, I found myself tied to the bed in our room. A naked Damon stood in front of me with a mischievous grin on his face. He was holding a whip in his hands, his fangs coming out, making me gulp loudly while he smirked.
I walked out of the hallway and into one of the balcony, slumping against the wall as I clutched my arms around me, sighing as I stared at the clear blue sky above me.
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"How did this even happen?!" I asked Alaric and Stefan, running my hand through my hair, pacing back and forth. "I was gone for like five minutes," Caroline and Stefan had gone to Tripp's Cabin to rescue Enzo, leaving me behind with Damon. I had gone downstairs to grab us coffee but when I came back, Damon had left and there was blood scattered all around the floor of Elena's dorm room. We guessed that Tripp somehow managed to get Damon.
"Hey, it's okay. It wasn't your fault," Stefan reassured as I groaned in frustration.
It had gotten dark outside. We had parked our car on the edge of Mystic Falls on Route 9, one of the two ways out of town. We all stood by a sign that read "You Are Now Leaving Mystic Falls, Come Again Soon." Meanwhile, Caroline and Elena were driving to the other end of Mystic Falls. The three of us were pretending to have some trouble with our car. In reality, we were waiting for Tripp's potential arrival.
Stefan popped open the hood of the car, anxiously pulling out some pieces of the engine while Alaric and I watched him with concern. "You don't have to take apart the whole engine. We just need to lure Tripp in so we can grab him." Alaric spoke as Stefan continued to pull apart the engine. "You know, it's not your fault."
"Pretty much is..." Stefan replied unhappily. I knew why he was doing this. I hadn't talked to him properly since last night and after he told me about turning Enzo in, I was ignoring him as much as I could. And then there was the guilt of giving up on Damon.
I walked towards him, grabbing his arm. "Stop," I mumbled lightly and he did. "It's not just you who's fault here," He didn't meet my eyes
Alaric sighed, looking at us. "Look, you're not the only one who gave up. You know, every second for the last four months, all I could think about was when I'm gonna get my next sip of blood... when am I gonna screw up and hurt somebody... why did I come back to life just to be this thing. That I used to hunt vampires, and suddenly I was one. Searching for Damon was the only thing that could take my mind off of it, but I was basically going through the motions as a distraction because... honestly, Stefan? Rose? I'd given up, too." He told us and I nodded at him tensely as I saw a pair of headlights approaching us. Stefan and Alaric followed my eye-line.
"That's him," Stefan told us, talking about Tripp.
"You two should stay in the car. He knows what Stefan looks like," Alaric suggested at which Stefan shook his head.
"He thinks I'm on his side," He retorted.
"Yeah, unless Enzo told him differently. Go tell Elena he's here," Alaric countered and we nodded our heads at him.
Stefan and I got in the car as Alaric approached Tripp's slowing vehicle, waving his arms over his head and whistling to get his attention. Tripp's van slowed down to a halt as Stefan called Elena, telling her that Tripp's here. We got distracted for a minute, talking to Elena when suddenly, I looked back to see Alaric holding on to the side of the van which was heading towards us. "Stefan?" I called out, motioning over to the van as he widened his eyes. Just when the vehicle was about to crash with our car, we vamp sped out of it, falling to the ground. The van flipped over as we watched, flying through the air and crashing over the Mystic Falls sign, eventually landing upside down while Alaric was thrown off the vehicle, groaning in pain.
We looked at the wreckage in shock and horror from outside the anti-magic boundary line. "Stefan? Stefan, what's happening?" I heard a worried Elena ask him.
"Damon and Alaric are across the border. I got to go," He quickly hung up the phone as I looked at him.
"We have to get them out, come on," I told Stefan, beginning to cross the border when he held me back.
"What? No. You stay here and I'll get them," Stefan stated seriously, making me roll my eyes at him.
"Your brother and our friends are going to die, Stefan and all you can think about is me?" I retorted.
"Yes," He admitted instantly, looking directly into my eyes.
"I'm going," I replied stubbornly, walking across the border as he stared at me in shock. My neck began to ache, starting to snap when I used my magic to slow it down, making it hurt like a bitch. My magic came from inside me so the traveller's spell couldn't take it away from me, but it still made it hard for me to control my powers. Stefan followed along, yelling in pain as a gunshot appeared near his abdomen from where he was shot when he died as a human. I grabbed his arm tightly, making our way towards the van. Stefan tried to open the van while I walked to Alaric, placing my hand on my neck, groaning in pain. "Ric, Ric. Come on, we have to get you up, buddy," I told him, crouching down as he looked up to me.
"Don't move him, he'll die," Jo Laughlin's voice rang in my ears as I saw her approaching us.
"If I don't, he'll die anyway," I argued but she shook her head at me.
"Trust me, I got this," She assured me and I hesitated before quickly making my way towards Damon. My eyes glowed a golden hue as I fought off the magic inside the borders that were trying to kill me. Hissing in pain, I grabbed a crowbar as Stefan broke Enzo's chains.
I looked over to Damon, who was clutching his stomach, panting and groaning. He looked at me with wide eyes as I tried to open his restraints. "What are you doing?!" He asked me.
"Saving you, dumbass," I replied, finally managing to break the chains.
"You need to get out of here!" He remarked as I grabbed his arm. "You died because of a snapped neck. You won't bleed out like us," He mumbled in pain as I helped him up while Stefan helped Enzo. "Get out of here, Ro!"
"I'm not leaving without you. So stop talking and walk!" I spoke seriously, wrapping his arm around my shoulders while mine remained wrapped around him as we started walking.
"Still stubborn, I see," He let out a chuckle, coughing in pain as blood began to come out of his mouth.
"Come on, Raven!" I told him. "I'm not letting anything happen to you," The four of us jerked forward, falling to the ground as we passed the border. We panted for breath, looking at Alaric helplessly, who was still across the border.
"No..." I mumbled towards Alaric, who was lying unconscious. Suddenly, he woke up with a gasp, looking around him, shaken and confused.
"So-so-something's wrong." He told Jo, who was looking at him with relief. "I'm not supposed to be alive,"
"There's no reason you shouldn't be! I sealed the wound. We just have to get you to the hospital," She told him with a smile as my eyes widened.
"Guys...His blood," I whispered out, smelling the air with shock written all over my face.
The others whiffed the air, their eyes widening in shock along, just like me. "How's it possible?" Stefan asked me.
"I don't know," I replied instantly, shaking my head. "I don't know," Alaric is human again. How? We don't know.
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Stefan, Damon and I were sat at a table, drinking bourbon at a bar near Whitmore. Stefan and I listened while Damon ranted about Elena and him. "Ric said she's happy without me since she's erased me. You know what? I don't want her to be happy. I want her to be miserable, just like I am," He slurred, drinking his bourbon.
I rolled my eyes at him. "You done?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I'm done," He sighed.
"Good. Now, quit stalling. There's a girl you need to go see!" I hushed him, giving him a half-smirk.
"What if it doesn't work? What if what we had isn't strong enough to break the compulsion?" He asked me sadly.
"You won't find out sitting here, will you?" I retorted and he nodded, making me smile. "Now go get your girl!" I clapped my hands cheerily, making him shrug.
He downed his drink in one go and got up, smiling at us. Before he could turn around, I spoke. "And Damon?" He raised his eyebrows at me. "When I told you to get yourself a girl, I didn't mean your brother's girl." I teased him.
"You know me..." He trailed off, tilting his head from side to side.
"Yeah, I do," I replied softly as he turned around with a smile, walking out of the bar. I took a sip of my drink, sighing.
"I did it for you," Stefan said abruptly, making me look at him. He looked towards me, his eyes full of emotion. "Enzo. I turned him in because he threatened you,"
"I know," I nodded my head to him. "You shouldn't have,"
Stefan turned his chair towards me. "Here's the thing. I don't care...I didn't like the way he talked to you or how he made you cry and I don't care if Tripp killed him today...because...I can't watch you tear yourself up from the inside because of anyone,"
"I don't want you to change for me, Stefan," I told him honestly.
"Who said I'm changing?"
"Yes, you are. You're acting out because of me. You yelled at Caroline, you told me you'd forcefully drag me to the car, you turned Enzo in, knowing that Tripp would kill him. Hell, you even beat up one guy just because you thought he looked at me in a wrong way...need I say more?" I asked him and he shook his head.
"I can't help it, Ro...I love you," He whispered and I placed my hand on his cheek. Stefan caught me off guard when he suddenly placed his hand on top of mine, his fingertips trailing down my arm as he kissed my hand softly, making me close my eyes at the touch.
I cleared my throat lightly. "What if we make a deal? You revert to your old loving self, don't yell at or hit someone because they dare to look in my way. If you do this, you'll get a reward," I smirked at him.
"Hmm...what's the reward?" He smirked back, his hand still trailing up and down my arm.
"This..." I whispered, leaning in and bringing my lips to his. He instantly responded, smiling into the kiss and I returned it. He snaked his arms around me and pulled me in closer as I wrapped my arms around his neck. With one last peck, I broke apart. "I wanna do this," I told him, whispering. "But I want to take it slow,"
He nodded at me, smiling. "You're on," He looked around him to see people staring at us, mumbling among themselves about how cute we looked together.
Stefan looked down and bit his lip slightly, his cheeks showing a tint of red. "Are you blushing?" I teased him, nudging him slightly and he just looked down, smiling. "Aww, Stefie you're so cute!" I cooed at him.
He looked up to me, glaring playfully as the waiter came and we paid the bill. We walked outside, the cold air hitting us. "You know, you just did something you'll be regretting very soon," He told me and I frowned.
"Yeah?" I asked him.
"Yeah," He replied, his lips turning into a smirk. Within a second, I was pinned to a nearby wall in a darkened alley, his arm restraining my hands above me while he used the other to pull us closer. "You just gave me the permission to shut you up like this," He smirked, kissing me passionately.
After a while, I broke apart from the kiss to look at him, impressed. "Someone's kinky," I winked at him and he smirked again.
"You have no idea for how long I wanted to so this," He spoke darkly before kissing me again and I hummed against his mouth, parting my lips to let his tongue indulge in a dance with mine.
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I just realized how much I missed writing these Ramon scenes 💓! Then there's Refan making progress...Till next time fellas :) P.s. I'm curious...who's your favourite female character in all of TVDU? (Legacies and To included).