Hey... it's me again. I hope things are going well for you. And if it isn't it's okay. You''ll get through it. I was just thinking... have you ever thought about the prison world scene in a different way? Like... Elena and Damon both died together and only Elena were able to come back. That's how Damon and Bonnie got stuck together, right? What if Elena also weren't able to come back? What if Luke stopped Liv's spell before Elena could get back? What if it was the 3 of them to get stuck in the prison world? Would Damon and Bonnie still had become best friends? Would damon and elena spending time together in a forced proximity for so long would have made them both realize that hot sexual chemistry alone is all they have and they are not meant for a long happily married life? Is this too stupid?
Okay, it's not a bad starting point for a long fic, it's just that it would imply I'd have to focus a lot on delena, and their shallow relationship to show its faults, and it would take time. Plus, I believe, because Bonnie is loyal to a fault she would self-eliminate from the equation, and would reject Damon's "friendship" because she'd feel guilty taking his attention away from Elena. She'd probably start by taking Elena's side even when she thinks she's wrong just because she's Elena, and he's Damon, then as she'd start to see through Damon more she'd feel guilty for not being blindly on Elena's side. Damon would not be able to admit to himself he's "switching loyalties" so he'd insist in trying to have things work with Elena, and Bonnie would pretend nothing has changed, and she can't stand Damon and Elena is the best thing since sliced bread. They would have to wait 'til they are back from the other side to realize that something's off, because that's the moment when they can actually choose, and they would start to realize they both can have their normalcy with Elena, but they want to be with the other person instead. Which would lead to Damon pestering Bonnie through excuses, Bonnie being scared of her own feelings, and both of them feeling like they are one step away from having an affair because Damon doesn't know yet how to tell himself (and Elena) that his epic love was nothing else but an empty illusion, and Bonnie cannot fathom the idea that with all the people on earth she's falling for her best friend's boyfriend. So they would probably deny it all until it exploded in their face, probably because of some sort of jealousy/frustration. Like Bonnie start seeing someone just so she can tell herself she feels nothing for Damon, and he's frustrated and jealous because she won't admit she cares for him (and what if she truly doesn't? isn't that his personal curse to love someone that can never love him back? She's even 100 times better and purer than Elena), and he would kiss her out of frustration and jealousy and she would not be able to deny him even if she wished she could, and they would end up breathing hard against a wall, looking straight in each other's eyes with this thing staring them directly in the face. They would put some space between them, perfectly aware of how easy it would be to just give in, but telling thimselves this was an accident when they both know they are doomed for good. They would avoid each other, but whenever they are left alone with each other the tension would be umbareable. Damon would act strange around Elena because he would now be more and more aware of what he feels for Bonnie, and doesn't feel for Elena, but he would know know what to do because he doesn't want to hurt her, and doesn't want Bonnie to get angry at him for hurting Elena, so he would try to stick around and pretend everything is fine. Bonnie would feel guilty, and would probalby cry the next time Damon tries to kiss her because she wants to give in but can't let herself. She'd lock him out of her doorm as he tried to explain his feelings (telling her he's dumped Elena so it is too late for her to push him away if she's her only reason to do that), but she would find him still there the day after, when she opened the door to go to lesson , and that what would make her cave into letting him kiss her again. And she wouldn't make it to class. To any of her classes for that day, or that week.
See? That's too long of a fanfiction to even try and write it.