The Switch - Damon/Elena (TVD) - M - (9/?)
Title: The Switch
Author: evenstar1002
Rating: M
Warnings: violence, sexual situations
Author's note: Nothing too important so I put it under the cut :-D
Summary: The return of Katherin has effects on everyone. How will they deal with it? And how will it affect all the characters involved?
TV-/Bookverse: TV show
Spoilers: Up to 1x22
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Chapter 9
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Damon had a hard time paying attention to the street when he felt Elena's small arms wrapped around his torso. Her whole upper body was tightly pressed against his back and he could feel her frantically beating heart against his spine. They had been driving around for over three hours, and while Damon knew the surrounding area of Mystic Falls like the back of his hand, right then he had trouble remembering which way to go. No need to tell Elena that, you don't wanna scare her any further...
"I said I knew how to drive this thing. Relax, Elena." Damon said loudly so that Elena would hear him. To make things easier, he also reduced the speed he was driving and for the first time he was really able to take in his surroundings. When at first the trees were rushing by them, they now stood tall around and in front of them, occasionally seperated by wide fields of grassland and flowers.
"Who said I wasn't relaxed?" Elena answered close to his ear and her hot breath sent goose bumps down his spine.
"Oh, I understand. Your heart is only beating so fast because you're all wrapped around a hot guy like me. Sorry for the accusation!"
Damon waited for an answer or at least another punch in the back because that seemed to be the way how she articulated herself lately when she didn't know what to say. That Damon didn't feel anything remotely close to pain when Elena did that didn't seem to matter to her.
"You're impossible, Damon, I hope you know that." Elena noted at last.
"And you keep hurting my feelings, I hope you know that." Damon replied, turning his head towards Elena and showing her his loopsided grin.
"How is it that you're in such a good mood today? Did anything happen?" Elena wanted to know, loosened her grip around his stomach and put her right hand on his head to turn it straight ahead again, before wrapping her arms around him again.
"How could I not be in a good mood? I've bought myself an awesome motorcycle, there's total freedom ahead of me and a hot chick behind me. What more could a guy want?"
This time he really was rewarded with a punch in the back and all he could do was chuckle at the soft touch.
"You know, sometimes you're really just... such a guy."
"Really? Only just sometimes? I guess I have to try a little harder then. Good thing I bought this Harley Davidson, right?"
Again, Elena didn't say anything but Damon could feel her slightly trembling and he knew immediately that she was either laughing or shaking her head in disbelief. Probably it was both. Her arms held on to him even tighter and if he were an inexperienced 15-year old school boy he probably would have started trembling himself. Damon still remembered the way he was feeling when Elena fell asleep in his arms only a couple of days ago. He had never felt anything close to it, total peace settling over him and his tortured soul. For the first time in over 150 years the pieces of his heart seemed to have started to repair themselves. But now a couple of days later being held by her? His heart wanted to explode all over again with the sheer joy of it. But he would never admit that to anyone, of course.
"Damon?"
"Huh?" Damon replied, being pulled out of his thoughts he needed a second to concentrate on the street again.
"You're supposed to drive, not to get lost in thoughts!" Elena said.
"I'm perfectly capable to do both. You know, there's the whole hightened senses thing? I'm a vampire or have you forgotten?"
"How could I ever forget that??" Elena said gushingly but Damon could hear the sadness vibrating through her voice.
They were both quiet for a few moments, both taking in the landscape around them. A couple of miles ahead of them to the right side lay a huge lake, surrounded by tall, green trees.
"You wanna make a stop over there?" Damon asked and pointed towards the lake.
"Sure, that's a great idea. My back will be forever thankful to you." Elena answered and laughed again. He really loved to hear her laugh, especially since it's been such a rare sound coming out of her the last couple of weeks. She really seemed a lot more relaxed that day and Damon couldn't and didn't want to hide the joy he was feeling because he was part of the reason why she was feeling better. This roadtrip had been one of the best ideas he had had in a long time. It made him feel good that he had the power to make her laugh, to make her feel good, to give her an afternoon of peace. It made him proud that he was able to be a friend to her and if that would be all he ever was to her than that's what he would take. Sooner or later, he would get over her.
Five minutes later, they came to an halt close to the lake. Damon hoisted up the motorcycle on its stand, got off from it and helped Elena down as well. Her legs gave away, having hard ground under her feet again after over three hours. Damon held her up and looked down at her, both frozen in the moment. Her hands were wrapped around his arms, her eyes fixed on his and while she tried to steady herself, magic was flowing between them. The moment was over in a second but they both knew that it had happened.
Damon wanted to bite his tongue for even thinking something like that but it truely had felt like there was something between them. He was convinced that even Elena wouldn't deny that if he asked her about it. Damon pondered for a second if he should just do it. Before this whole mess had started, he knew that the old Damon would have just gone along with it, would have pushed all her buttons just for the fun of it.
Sometimes Damon didn't know if he really liked that new version of him. He had become way too nice and soft for his taste, and sometimes he still felt that it all would be so much easier to just turn that switch inside of him. As soon as he did something wrong, he felt sorry for it immediately because even in those moments he wanted to please Elena. It didn't matter that Damon knew that she would never learn about it.
Yeah, the old Damon would have had his fun. But not now. Now the topic would hit way too close to home and as good of an actor as he had become over the centuries, he didn't want to risk being so open and vulnerable in front of her again. Not that day. That day was about having fun. At least, that was the main goal. There was only one more thing he wanted to know before the real fun would start.
"Did you ever regret letting Stefan and me into your life?" Damon asked her after a little while as they walked over to the lake. The sun was brightly shining down on them, Damon watching Elena as she fanned herself to cool down.
"No, of course not! Why would you even ask something like that?" Elena replied immediately and looked at him.
"I don't know... Back at the bike... You just sounded sad there for a second."
"What? No!" Elena said convincingly. "Seriously, Damon... Even with all the trouble and heartache and pain that sometimes comes along with the whole thing... I wouldn't want my life to be any different. And you know what? Right now I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. With anyone else." she added honestly and rewarded Damon with a huge grin.
"You flatter me. Don't do that too often, a guy could get used to it." Damon answered, winking at her.
Again, Elena punched him in the side and then leaped forward, starting to run away from him. Damon of course would have no trouble following her but he gave her a few seconds headstart to make her feel safe. When Elena was a few feet ahead of him, he chased after Elena and caught up with her when she was about to reached the shore of the lake. Without stopping, without thinking any further, Damon hoisted Elena up in his arms and run directly into the lake, not bothering that his shoes and pants got soaked.
Elena shrieked, the sound hurting Damon's sensitive hearing. She started to beat her fists against his chest but that didn't stop him from getting into the lake even further until the water reached his waist.
"DAMON!!! Let me down! Right this second!" Elena screamed and kept struggling in his arms.
"Oh, really? You want me to let you down? Right now?" Damon replied, smiling at her sweetly before he loosened his grip on her and started to put her down. Her beating arms immediately stopped and wrapped themselves around his neck tightly, holding on to him as good as she could.
"Are you insane?? Not here!!! Get me out of this lake! Pleaaaaaase!" Elena begged him and gave him the sweetest smile she could muster. Damon had to fight everything he had in him not to hold her to himself even closer and kiss her senseless. She shouldn't look at me like that... But hey... Two people can play this game...
"Whatever you want, Elena. How could I ever deny you anything?" he asked, surpressing the grin that wanted to break out. Instead he looked at her seriously, trying to gain her trust by his look. Immediately Elena loosened her grip on Damon's neck and relaxed in his arms. Seizing the moment, even though he wished he could have held her like that for the rest of eternity, he himself loosened his grip on her and in the blink of an eye, Elena landed in the lake. Another loud shriek disturbed the silence around them, joined by an heartfelt laugh of Damon.
"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND????" Elena screamed at Damon but at the same time couldn't hold back a laughter either. She splashed water in his direction, before she got up and jumped at him. The impact caught him off-guard and he stumbled backwards, falling into the lake as well and pulling Elena with him so that she landed on top of him.
"My mind is totally in tact, don't you worry!" Damon replied, laughing again at the whole situation. He couldn't believe that Elena wasn't mad at him, that she acutally found it just as funny as he did.
Damon ducked Elena under water for a second and she came up again, taking in a deep breath. "Do you want to kill me??" she said indignantly and splashed water at him again.
"Oh no, Elena, believe me, there'd be a lot of ways that would be way more pleasureable for me if I really wanted to kill you." Damon replied, winking at her. "So for now, you're save."
"You have no idea how much better that makes me feel!" Elena answered and Damon could see a strange fire burning in her eyes. This time he was ready for the impact as Elena launched hersef in his direction again and against his upper body. Damon stood like a rock and opened his arms. If she had asked him how she had ended up in his arms again, he would have answered that he had only opened his arms so she wouldn't hurt herself in the attempt to drown him. The truth was, that Damon just couldn't let the chance pass to hold her again, even it was just for a few moments and even if he had done just that a copule of times already that day.
What happened then, however, Damon would have never dared to dream of. He could feel one of Elena's hands rest against his chest as she came to safely stand in front of him. Her dark eyes settled on him and within seconds he was pulled into them. The same spell they had been under back at the Harley caught them again and then the world stopped its turning. Her hand burned into his chest, Damon being convinced that he would never again forget the feeling. Only a couple more moments and his shirt would probably turn to ash. Damon felt like one of those people in one of those stupid romantic movies but even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to break out of this moment.
And then Elena started to move even closer and Damon could only wonder for a second what had gotten into her, before her lips touched his and the world really stopped its turning. Damon was frozen and he could have sworn that his dead heart was close to start beating again. Elena's whole body was pressed up against his, igniting a fire in him that burned so hot and strong that he couldn't remember it ever having felt like that before.
Damon had no idea what to do. Before his brain could finally catch up with reality and he was about to start kissing her back, Elena broke away. Her cheeks turned into the deepest shade of red, her eyes turned down towards the water.
"I...." Elena started but was cut off by Damon, who didn't want this moment to be destroyed by talking. His lips were on hers immediately and he put everything that he had in him, the pain, the heartache, the loneliness, the longing, the hunger, the passion and even the love, into that one single kiss. His left hand rested on her cheek, holding her to him carefully, while his other hand rested on the small of her back as to never let her go again.
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And while you hold her like that, her body close to yours, her lips moving in sync with yours, you realize that neither one nor two or three eternities would ever be enough to stop that longing for that beautiful woman in your arms. You never want to let her go. You want to keep her safe and you want to love her and kiss her for the rest of your long long life. You want to show her the true meaning of making love and the thought of being cradled in her warm and loving embrace drives you nearly out of your mind and makes you kiss her even harder.
She doesn't back away and again you ask yourself what might have gotten into her to kiss you back like that. Her passion matches yours. Her hunger matches yours. Her body fitts against yours perfectly and you wonder for a moment if maybe, just maybe, there's something like fate and soulmates and matches made in heaven.
And you realize that you have loved her, that you love her and that you, God help you, will always love her.
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A/N (A/N 2 this was written 1,5 weeks ago, when I just started my holidays and finished this chapter): This story is going to be the death of me... I can't sleep, I can't drink, I can't eat *lol* No, just kidding of course. But I really am not able to think of anything else these days besides Damon and Elena. And it is kinda strange that the one night I dream of DE is the first night of my holidays that I was able to sleep through (I've been to Hungary for four nights and woke up like two or three times every night). So anyway, this is it, the new chapter. Was it as good to read for you as it felt good to write for me? The whole chapter just kinda flowed... but of course that's just me. Maybe it sucked and I just don't realize it? I would be forever greatful if you would let me know ;-) You just have to click on the little button below! Thanks so much!
Author: evenstar1002
Rating: M
Warnings: violence, sexual situations
Author's note: Nothing too important so I put it under the cut :-D
Summary: The return of Katherin has effects on everyone. How will they deal with it? And how will it affect all the characters involved?
TV-/Bookverse: TV show
Spoilers: Up to 1x22
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Chapter 9
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Damon had a hard time paying attention to the street when he felt Elena's small arms wrapped around his torso. Her whole upper body was tightly pressed against his back and he could feel her frantically beating heart against his spine. They had been driving around for over three hours, and while Damon knew the surrounding area of Mystic Falls like the back of his hand, right then he had trouble remembering which way to go. No need to tell Elena that, you don't wanna scare her any further...
"I said I knew how to drive this thing. Relax, Elena." Damon said loudly so that Elena would hear him. To make things easier, he also reduced the speed he was driving and for the first time he was really able to take in his surroundings. When at first the trees were rushing by them, they now stood tall around and in front of them, occasionally seperated by wide fields of grassland and flowers.
"Who said I wasn't relaxed?" Elena answered close to his ear and her hot breath sent goose bumps down his spine.
"Oh, I understand. Your heart is only beating so fast because you're all wrapped around a hot guy like me. Sorry for the accusation!"
Damon waited for an answer or at least another punch in the back because that seemed to be the way how she articulated herself lately when she didn't know what to say. That Damon didn't feel anything remotely close to pain when Elena did that didn't seem to matter to her.
"You're impossible, Damon, I hope you know that." Elena noted at last.
"And you keep hurting my feelings, I hope you know that." Damon replied, turning his head towards Elena and showing her his loopsided grin.
"How is it that you're in such a good mood today? Did anything happen?" Elena wanted to know, loosened her grip around his stomach and put her right hand on his head to turn it straight ahead again, before wrapping her arms around him again.
"How could I not be in a good mood? I've bought myself an awesome motorcycle, there's total freedom ahead of me and a hot chick behind me. What more could a guy want?"
This time he really was rewarded with a punch in the back and all he could do was chuckle at the soft touch.
"You know, sometimes you're really just... such a guy."
"Really? Only just sometimes? I guess I have to try a little harder then. Good thing I bought this Harley Davidson, right?"
Again, Elena didn't say anything but Damon could feel her slightly trembling and he knew immediately that she was either laughing or shaking her head in disbelief. Probably it was both. Her arms held on to him even tighter and if he were an inexperienced 15-year old school boy he probably would have started trembling himself. Damon still remembered the way he was feeling when Elena fell asleep in his arms only a couple of days ago. He had never felt anything close to it, total peace settling over him and his tortured soul. For the first time in over 150 years the pieces of his heart seemed to have started to repair themselves. But now a couple of days later being held by her? His heart wanted to explode all over again with the sheer joy of it. But he would never admit that to anyone, of course.
"Damon?"
"Huh?" Damon replied, being pulled out of his thoughts he needed a second to concentrate on the street again.
"You're supposed to drive, not to get lost in thoughts!" Elena said.
"I'm perfectly capable to do both. You know, there's the whole hightened senses thing? I'm a vampire or have you forgotten?"
"How could I ever forget that??" Elena said gushingly but Damon could hear the sadness vibrating through her voice.
They were both quiet for a few moments, both taking in the landscape around them. A couple of miles ahead of them to the right side lay a huge lake, surrounded by tall, green trees.
"You wanna make a stop over there?" Damon asked and pointed towards the lake.
"Sure, that's a great idea. My back will be forever thankful to you." Elena answered and laughed again. He really loved to hear her laugh, especially since it's been such a rare sound coming out of her the last couple of weeks. She really seemed a lot more relaxed that day and Damon couldn't and didn't want to hide the joy he was feeling because he was part of the reason why she was feeling better. This roadtrip had been one of the best ideas he had had in a long time. It made him feel good that he had the power to make her laugh, to make her feel good, to give her an afternoon of peace. It made him proud that he was able to be a friend to her and if that would be all he ever was to her than that's what he would take. Sooner or later, he would get over her.
Five minutes later, they came to an halt close to the lake. Damon hoisted up the motorcycle on its stand, got off from it and helped Elena down as well. Her legs gave away, having hard ground under her feet again after over three hours. Damon held her up and looked down at her, both frozen in the moment. Her hands were wrapped around his arms, her eyes fixed on his and while she tried to steady herself, magic was flowing between them. The moment was over in a second but they both knew that it had happened.
Damon wanted to bite his tongue for even thinking something like that but it truely had felt like there was something between them. He was convinced that even Elena wouldn't deny that if he asked her about it. Damon pondered for a second if he should just do it. Before this whole mess had started, he knew that the old Damon would have just gone along with it, would have pushed all her buttons just for the fun of it.
Sometimes Damon didn't know if he really liked that new version of him. He had become way too nice and soft for his taste, and sometimes he still felt that it all would be so much easier to just turn that switch inside of him. As soon as he did something wrong, he felt sorry for it immediately because even in those moments he wanted to please Elena. It didn't matter that Damon knew that she would never learn about it.
Yeah, the old Damon would have had his fun. But not now. Now the topic would hit way too close to home and as good of an actor as he had become over the centuries, he didn't want to risk being so open and vulnerable in front of her again. Not that day. That day was about having fun. At least, that was the main goal. There was only one more thing he wanted to know before the real fun would start.
"Did you ever regret letting Stefan and me into your life?" Damon asked her after a little while as they walked over to the lake. The sun was brightly shining down on them, Damon watching Elena as she fanned herself to cool down.
"No, of course not! Why would you even ask something like that?" Elena replied immediately and looked at him.
"I don't know... Back at the bike... You just sounded sad there for a second."
"What? No!" Elena said convincingly. "Seriously, Damon... Even with all the trouble and heartache and pain that sometimes comes along with the whole thing... I wouldn't want my life to be any different. And you know what? Right now I wouldn't want to be anywhere else. With anyone else." she added honestly and rewarded Damon with a huge grin.
"You flatter me. Don't do that too often, a guy could get used to it." Damon answered, winking at her.
Again, Elena punched him in the side and then leaped forward, starting to run away from him. Damon of course would have no trouble following her but he gave her a few seconds headstart to make her feel safe. When Elena was a few feet ahead of him, he chased after Elena and caught up with her when she was about to reached the shore of the lake. Without stopping, without thinking any further, Damon hoisted Elena up in his arms and run directly into the lake, not bothering that his shoes and pants got soaked.
Elena shrieked, the sound hurting Damon's sensitive hearing. She started to beat her fists against his chest but that didn't stop him from getting into the lake even further until the water reached his waist.
"DAMON!!! Let me down! Right this second!" Elena screamed and kept struggling in his arms.
"Oh, really? You want me to let you down? Right now?" Damon replied, smiling at her sweetly before he loosened his grip on her and started to put her down. Her beating arms immediately stopped and wrapped themselves around his neck tightly, holding on to him as good as she could.
"Are you insane?? Not here!!! Get me out of this lake! Pleaaaaaase!" Elena begged him and gave him the sweetest smile she could muster. Damon had to fight everything he had in him not to hold her to himself even closer and kiss her senseless. She shouldn't look at me like that... But hey... Two people can play this game...
"Whatever you want, Elena. How could I ever deny you anything?" he asked, surpressing the grin that wanted to break out. Instead he looked at her seriously, trying to gain her trust by his look. Immediately Elena loosened her grip on Damon's neck and relaxed in his arms. Seizing the moment, even though he wished he could have held her like that for the rest of eternity, he himself loosened his grip on her and in the blink of an eye, Elena landed in the lake. Another loud shriek disturbed the silence around them, joined by an heartfelt laugh of Damon.
"HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND????" Elena screamed at Damon but at the same time couldn't hold back a laughter either. She splashed water in his direction, before she got up and jumped at him. The impact caught him off-guard and he stumbled backwards, falling into the lake as well and pulling Elena with him so that she landed on top of him.
"My mind is totally in tact, don't you worry!" Damon replied, laughing again at the whole situation. He couldn't believe that Elena wasn't mad at him, that she acutally found it just as funny as he did.
Damon ducked Elena under water for a second and she came up again, taking in a deep breath. "Do you want to kill me??" she said indignantly and splashed water at him again.
"Oh no, Elena, believe me, there'd be a lot of ways that would be way more pleasureable for me if I really wanted to kill you." Damon replied, winking at her. "So for now, you're save."
"You have no idea how much better that makes me feel!" Elena answered and Damon could see a strange fire burning in her eyes. This time he was ready for the impact as Elena launched hersef in his direction again and against his upper body. Damon stood like a rock and opened his arms. If she had asked him how she had ended up in his arms again, he would have answered that he had only opened his arms so she wouldn't hurt herself in the attempt to drown him. The truth was, that Damon just couldn't let the chance pass to hold her again, even it was just for a few moments and even if he had done just that a copule of times already that day.
What happened then, however, Damon would have never dared to dream of. He could feel one of Elena's hands rest against his chest as she came to safely stand in front of him. Her dark eyes settled on him and within seconds he was pulled into them. The same spell they had been under back at the Harley caught them again and then the world stopped its turning. Her hand burned into his chest, Damon being convinced that he would never again forget the feeling. Only a couple more moments and his shirt would probably turn to ash. Damon felt like one of those people in one of those stupid romantic movies but even if he wanted to, he wouldn't be able to break out of this moment.
And then Elena started to move even closer and Damon could only wonder for a second what had gotten into her, before her lips touched his and the world really stopped its turning. Damon was frozen and he could have sworn that his dead heart was close to start beating again. Elena's whole body was pressed up against his, igniting a fire in him that burned so hot and strong that he couldn't remember it ever having felt like that before.
Damon had no idea what to do. Before his brain could finally catch up with reality and he was about to start kissing her back, Elena broke away. Her cheeks turned into the deepest shade of red, her eyes turned down towards the water.
"I...." Elena started but was cut off by Damon, who didn't want this moment to be destroyed by talking. His lips were on hers immediately and he put everything that he had in him, the pain, the heartache, the loneliness, the longing, the hunger, the passion and even the love, into that one single kiss. His left hand rested on her cheek, holding her to him carefully, while his other hand rested on the small of her back as to never let her go again.
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And while you hold her like that, her body close to yours, her lips moving in sync with yours, you realize that neither one nor two or three eternities would ever be enough to stop that longing for that beautiful woman in your arms. You never want to let her go. You want to keep her safe and you want to love her and kiss her for the rest of your long long life. You want to show her the true meaning of making love and the thought of being cradled in her warm and loving embrace drives you nearly out of your mind and makes you kiss her even harder.
She doesn't back away and again you ask yourself what might have gotten into her to kiss you back like that. Her passion matches yours. Her hunger matches yours. Her body fitts against yours perfectly and you wonder for a moment if maybe, just maybe, there's something like fate and soulmates and matches made in heaven.
And you realize that you have loved her, that you love her and that you, God help you, will always love her.
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A/N (A/N 2 this was written 1,5 weeks ago, when I just started my holidays and finished this chapter): This story is going to be the death of me... I can't sleep, I can't drink, I can't eat *lol* No, just kidding of course. But I really am not able to think of anything else these days besides Damon and Elena. And it is kinda strange that the one night I dream of DE is the first night of my holidays that I was able to sleep through (I've been to Hungary for four nights and woke up like two or three times every night). So anyway, this is it, the new chapter. Was it as good to read for you as it felt good to write for me? The whole chapter just kinda flowed... but of course that's just me. Maybe it sucked and I just don't realize it? I would be forever greatful if you would let me know ;-) You just have to click on the little button below! Thanks so much!