@faithended sent: SPOTS TO KISS + a kiss on the lips / NO LONGER ACCEPTING !
she’s suspected for a bit now. he’s not all that good at acting, he never has been. and his answers are too genuine, too sentimental. and as elated as she feels that her little crush is reciprocated, there’s also dread. dread because she could lose him now. really, actually, lose him. and it’ll be brutal. the kind of thing she couldn’t recover from if she even tried. they have a measly hour left before it’s time and her stomach is in knots. she can’t breathe. she’s not even supposed to be here. they have her dressed for the occasion ( it’s tradition. the hair, the makeup, the dress. ) but she sneaks away before the cameras can start rolling. she just needs one more minute. one more second. she’s in the middle of a rant when it happens, midway through reminding him that he needs to survive more than he needs to fight. but if he does have to fight then he needs to know the weaknesses. not just physical ones, mental ones. damon’s is stefan. stefan will be easy, he’ll bow out. the rest will need convincing. or violence. they’ll need to submit, and he’ll need to make them ---- and it happens. his hands lift to her face, tilt her jaw up, curl around the back of her neck, through her hair ---- and then his mouth is on hers. she’s suspected for a bit now, but this is something entirely different. this is confirmation. and just in case he’s oblivious enough to need it back, she rolls her weight onto her tip toes and kisses him back, arms winding around his shoulders, fingers curling into his hair. when they part, it’s only because she’s nearly dying of suffocation. and even then, it’s hardly an inch. only enough space to breathe. ❝ you have to win. ❞ she murmurs, voice strained. ❝ you have to come back to me. ❞ she has to be his. she always has been.
