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bellamy blake (defying) wrote in the_nowhere,
@ 2013-06-18 00:10:00

Entry tags:

damon salvatore, elena gilbert

who elena & damon
what going out dancing!
where a club
when after her talk with stefan, 8pm sharp!
warnings uhh, tba since they are vampires, etc, etc!

After having a much needed talk with Stefan, Elena was ready to move on with her day. It had been nice to see him and get the sort of closure they sorely lacked with the way the sire bond had interrupted... one too many things. Not to mention the whole lacking humanity bit. She would never stop apologizing for that. Elena saw absolutely no reason for anyone to forgive her, but she was glad that they all seemed to have. Eternally grateful for as much, she intended to put those concerns to rest while enjoying a date with her boyfriend.

Her boyfriend. Damon Salvatore.

Stopping in front of a dress shop, Elena nearly flushed at the thought. She was with Damon now. Decisive as her feelings for him were now, she hadn't taken a total step back to acknowledge the situation with a clearer head. After all the misery and strife, they had found their way to each other. This wasn't the outcome she had expected when walking into the boarding house for the very first time and being witlessly charmed by Damon's greeting. Damon had certainly worked hard to find a place as her friend, then before she knew it--he had become one of the very best when she'd needed one the most.

It wasn't Stefan's fault that things had changed between them. While her feelings for him remained, the romance of them had faded. Elena would still do anything for him, but the spark that had existed--well, she couldn't retrace the very point where it had faded, only that it had and she hadn't altogether wanted to face that. With the way he had acted after she became a vampire, she knew that was just a catalyst for pursuing what she had resisted wanting before dying at all.

Elena couldn't help but to smile in spite of all the hardships now, if only because she had bravely followed her heart this time.

Just for that, she intended to procure a saucy little number to surprise Damon at the boarding house with that evening. Hopefully he let them get out of the house with it on, not that she was complaining. Elena just wanted to have something of an actual date with him. He was always up for dancing with her, too, which may have been one of her favorite things about him. Not that she had a list or anything.

After finding the right outfit, Elena returned to the boarding house after dark to change in one of the spare rooms so she could surprise him. New shoes and all, she sped her way to his room--their room, and opened the door. Standing in the doorway, shoulder against the frame and right hand resting on her hip, she called out for him. "Attention Damon Salvatore, your girlfriend is primped and pretty. Come out and show her a good time, hmmm?"

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defying
2013-07-01 04:10 pm UTC (link)

Better equipped for his suggestive barbs now, Elena's grinned remained firmly in place. All but bouncing a step after him, she looped her arm around his waist and rested her head upon his shoulder. "We'll see about that, Salvatore," she sassed back, defiant as always. Just because he was right didn't mean she would let him coast on through it.

"Let's hurry," she urged, wanting to be at the club already. "I'm thirsty and my feet are itching for a good dance!"

It had been awhile since she had gotten to genuinely enjoy herself with her humanity in tact. She had fun at the frat house with him until Bonnie turned up with those shocked eyes that sent her reeling back to reality. Elena didn't know how to live in both worlds then, seriously feared how right Damon was about her, and had tried to avoid it. Somehow that only drew her in deeper, and now here she was fully prepared to embrace the dark with her light.

He was there with her, she had nothing to fear. She had always been hard on him about control, which was a bit funny to look back on now that she relied on Damon to teach her how to maintain it. She hadn't given him much credit back then, but now Elena understood herself much better and Damon, too.

"Vampires need a..." She lifted her free hand to snap her fingers, "bam, you're there ability. Definitely got gypped on the teleportation."

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mystic_damon
2013-07-01 09:23 pm UTC (link)

Damon had never been much of a touchy feely type. He supposed it was to do with the relationships in his life. His father had treated him with disdain and Katherine hadn't been one for displaying her emotions. Perhaps because she had never truly cared for him. Irregardless, this cuddling was a new concept to Damon, even if Effie had insisted on it once or twice.

He grinned at her impatience, finding it rather infectious. "We'll be there in a minute."

Damon was glad that she was eager to let lose and enjoy being a vampire for once. He had never wanted this to happen to her, knowing how much she never wanted it to happen to herself, either, but since it had happened, he wanted her to be able to embrace it. And he knew she would never be able to do that with Stefan.

Stefan not being able to drink human blood would have always held Elena back. Sure, he seemed to have been getting better slowly, but Damon didn't trust him not to fall off the wagon again and become his ever so charming ripper self. Elena didn't need that complication.

Damon didn't really have the issue of control Stefan did, so she could enjoy herself and know that he could be there to stop her if she started to get out of line.

He smirked. "What, the whole accelerated speed thing isn't good enough for you?" he asked, teasingly.

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defying
2013-07-08 08:36 am UTC (link)

Not at all unnerved by the change in their dynamics, Elena felt all the more encouraged. This was the way they could have been for a long time had she given in to the feelings she so feared as a human. She wrinkled her nose up at him in return, going along with the joke, and gave him a playful nudge as they walked.

"Haven't you figured out I'm high-maintenance yet?" She teased back, well aware that wasn't quite the case. At least, not at all like her unpleasant doppelganger... with her humanity in tact, that is.

It was nice though, more than nice, to be able to be affectionate with him as much as she wanted. He was hers and she was his, and that prospect didn't feel like it would get old anytime soon. She hadn't looked to the future much with Stefan, mostly out of apprehension, but with Damon, Elena thought they had all the time in the world. Part of it worried her, she knew how much bad luck surrounded them, but knew they would take the bad with the good just as they always had.

"I'm just..." Elena paused, a hint of sentimentality flourishing in her eyes. "Looking forward to an actual date, y'know? Just us and.. nothing else to get in the way."

While Elena's life had mellowed out since switching her humanity back on, to an extent, that didn't mean she had fallen into total normalcy. While she didn't anticipate things to be that way, not completely, she did want something to be human. Going to a club worked, even if they were going to do less than humane things while there.

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mystic_damon
2013-07-09 07:43 pm UTC (link)

Damon was rather encouraged too. He liked the fact that she wanted to snuggle up to him. And maybe in time it would become something that he would do as naturally as getting dressed in the morning. And that wouldn't necessarily be a bad thing.

"I don't think that you're high-maintenance. I think you are beautiful, enchanting, stubborn as hell and.... I love you, Elena. I think if either of us is high-maintenance, it's me."

Damon was rather thrilled and scared of the prospect of being affectionate with her. He had so much to learn about dating. He was brand new to all of this and he didn't want to let her down. He just wanted to protect her and love her to the best of his ability. That was all that he could do.

"Well, you'll have to be patient with me. I've never really gone on an actual.... date," he said. He felt weird admitting that, but it was the truth. He was really good at sex but dates were a whole other story.

"And I'm looking forward to an actual date with you too. It's nice to be able to spend time with you where we aren't worried about someone attacking. To just be able to.... relax for once."

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defying
2013-07-11 09:30 am UTC (link)

It was so different hearing him saying those words now as opposed to the few other ways she had heard them. Now it came out naturally, like they were meant to be like this, and maybe they were. She had avoided her heart for so long, but it hadn't ever been right. Damon had spoken truly back then just as he had before her humanity had been lost, this was their time.

Even if they were far, far away from Mystic Falls and most everyone they--well, she--loved.

So, Elena didn't restrain the warm smile that came with his words of praise and affection. He was always so forthright that it made her squeeze his hand in appreciation. Trying to keep the mood light, she laughed a bit. "Yes, you are a little bit of a diva."

Relaxing was seldom in the cards for either of them. Danger followed them like a dark cloud, unrelenting in its promise of rain. A part of her did expect something to jump out at them and ruin their evening, but kept a healthy optimism about her that she had undeniably lacked for too long. Soon they would be at the club and she would feel substantially more at ease.

His admission had her softening, big brown eyes rounding out with the realization that this was like being his first in something. That made her feel oddly special.

"All the patience," she assured him. "I promise you're doing great. And I'll make sure your first date is very memorable." She did have some experience in that department and all, but this was definitely not going to be like any date she had ever been on before either.

That made it all the more exciting.

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mystic_damon
2013-07-11 07:20 pm UTC (link)

Damon didn't have the same qualms about telling her he loved her when he no longer had to compel her to forget it because he couldn't have her remember it when he knew that he could never be with her in the way that he wanted to. Now, everything was different. She loved him and he loved her. It was quite liberating.

And he couldn't deny that her being a vampire had made them closer.

He loved seeing that smile on her face. She had the most beautiful smile. It wasn't devious like Katherine's. It was warm and kind, just like Elena was and it always reached her beautiful eyes.

"Well, I think that I'm worth it. Don't you?" he asked, tossing his head a little, as if shaking his hair, jokingly. He liked being able to just play around with her, not take everything so serious.

Elena was special to him. She was the only woman he could see himself wanting to spend eternity with anymore. She had changed him in ways he could not describe and he was never wanted this to end for them.

"Well, that is high praise," he said. "And it's already very memorable," he said. He was going out with her, after all. "But I'm excited to see what you have planned for the evening."

He leaned over and pressed a kiss to her cheek.

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defying
2013-07-12 01:59 am UTC (link)

"Very Maybelline," Elena laughed back. Joking around was refreshing, and not feeling like something was going to sneak up and actually snatch her from him felt just as nice. "Completely worth it." Despite the humor in her voice, she did mean it. This was all just in good fun, no need to let things get too serious. They'd crossed those bridges already, and she was sure there would be plenty of other opportunities for total sincerity between them.

Being the one in charge when it came to something related to the two of them boosted her confidence. Usually he called the shots, granted she argued and fought him like hell when she didn't agree, but this time the ball was in her court. She had designed the date, all he needed to do was show up and escort her to the venue. Elena smiled against his kiss, then rested her head against his shoulder.

"Honestly, it could end right now and I'd just be happy we had the chance to be like this," she admitted. It felt so normal, and Elena had longed to feel that way for awhile. Didn't matter that they were vampires, they were two people in love. They should have been able to just go out and have fun together.

Once at the club, Elena drifted a step ahead of him to purposefully cut through the line of people. The key was to, of course, act like she knew what she was doing. When they reached the bouncer, she caught him in her sights and worked on compelling him discreetly, "You remember us, so we're good." He repeated the words back to her in reverse, then stepped aside to let them enter.

Turning around to grasp either of his hands in her own, Elena grinned at him as she began backing into the open door. The sounds flooded her ears already, she looked incredibly eager. "Time to show me what ya got, Damon!"

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mystic_damon
2013-07-13 12:58 am UTC (link)

"Hey, if you've got it, flaunt it," he said, smirking at her. He enjoyed this, so much. Just having a pleasant night out with his girlfriend that they could tease each other and nothing was serious, nobodies life was in danger. He didn't suspect it would last, but it was nice while it did.

"Damn right I'm worth it," he said, grinning at her. He wanted to give her more freedom to make choices now that they weren't in such terrible danger and she seemed happy about that. He smiled when she rested her head against his shoulder.

"Well, I mean, we could always go back...." he said, jokingly. He knew that that was something that she both wanted, and needed and he wasn't about to take this night away from her. He wanted her to fully enjoy it, with him.

He watched her compel the bouncer. "So hot," he said, low enough that only she would hear him. And he meant that. Watching her used her abilities as a vampire properly was something that he had longed to see.

He followed her inside and pulled her onto the dance floor, starting to shake his hips to the music, very much showing her what he had got. Unlike Stefan, Damon actually enjoyed dancing and he didn't mind getting out there at all.

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defying
2013-07-16 01:43 pm UTC (link)

Being free enough with herself to use her abilities at all felt liberating. She contributed that to Damon's unconditional acceptance of her. Granted he had been less receptive of her darker side, but she hoped everyone would be; that wasn't the kind of person Elena ever wanted her loved ones to accept.

With a laugh, she followed him onto to the dance floor. This was an area where he and Stefan had often been divided. She remembered all the way back to the Miss Mystic Falls dance, he had treated it as a joke. She had enjoyed it, but some part of her had been a little bit serious about the whole thing. Her mom had wanted Elena to go far, but the outcome hadn't been so bad in the end.

Thoroughly encouraged, too, by Damon's reaction, Elena pulled her body flush against his and swayed along with the beat. She felt more like herself than she had in a long time. This was the kind of girl she had been, after all, before the death of her parents. Going out, having fun, those had been a mainstay. She had shut it all off when they died, fun becoming substantially less important.

Elena slipped her arms around his neck, smile turning mischievous. "What do you say, Damon? Still want to go home?"

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mystic_damon
2013-07-16 09:07 pm UTC (link)

Damon had been around Elena when she was emotionless purely because he wanted to take care of her and work out a way to bring her back. He had still had sex with her, but he was still a man with needs and he had wanted her.

He really did love that laugh. He was always willing to dance with Elena, always willing to be close to her, have his arms around her. And he just liked dancing, full stop. It was one of the best ways to let lose and have some fun and nobody had to die, generally speaking.

His eyes followed the movement of her hips and it was mezemorizing. It was so great to see her like this, and to know that when this night was over, she would be going home with him. He was a lucky, lucky man.

"Well, I want to go have my wicked way with you but for now I am perfectly content to dance with you'

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defying
2013-07-17 05:37 pm UTC (link)

Nobody dying was a huge perk. While she had no doubt that there would be feeding to top off the night, Elena had no concern that death's ugly mug would appear to cloud it. She had learned control from someone who had his own tentative issues with it, but nowhere near the old love of her life who had become something of a dear memory.

Elena felt exalted, like she had left behind some murky version of herself and came out baptized. She moved with him, around him, and rocked against him when the rhythm between them called for it. She pressed her back to his chest, cheek to his, and grinned at his promise for the rest of the evening.

"Sounds like the perfect end to a perfect date, Damon," she responded, brushing the corner of his mouth with a kiss before spinning back out from him. This was good, this could work between them. No doubt encompassed her every step and word in time.

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mystic_damon
2013-07-23 07:31 pm UTC (link)

Damon didn't have the same set of morals as Stefan, but he wasn't anywhere near the monster that Stefan was during his ripper days. He was never on and off the wagon like his brother, but he had changed quite a bit since meeting Elena.

He moved his hands to her hips and held them as she danced, up against him, trying not to allow himself to get too distracted just yet. Which was hard when she was dancing like that with him. She was too distracting for her own damn good.

"Well, I was hoping that you'd think that," he said. He grinned as he watched her, carefree and happy. It was so nice to see and he was determined that she remain like that for as long as he could possibly allow her to.

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