[IC] Dreamwalking with cocky_verymuch

[hertwinflame]

Jessica Sheppard lay in her brother's quarters in Atlantis, her head in her hands. She could feel her heart pounding in her skull; the pain would have been excruciating had she not been so used to it. Around her fingers she felt a throbbing vibration emanating from her skull, the hunger gnawing at her guts and in her brain. She closed her eyes and

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[cocky_verymuch]

As Damon sat on Elena's bed and waited for her, he replayed the things that had happened in his intoxicated mind... his and Elena's engagement party, how happy she looked and how miserable Stefan had seemed, the looks on Alaric and Jenna's faces, along with others. But he hadn't cared. He had Elena, and she was happy to be with him, but...

He kissed Katherine, not me. I wouldn't do that.

She'd chosen Stefan?

[hertwinflame]

She has no choice, it seems, to stop the steady influx of emotions seeping into her from him. She's simply too starved. But then Elena was there, he was confronting her and trying to kiss her. She'd made him feel alive again and he felt as if he'd been slowly dying again ever since the realization hit him.

I love Stefan...

[cocky_verymuch]

Were there tears in his eyes, then? When the pain and frustration turned to rage and overtook him, and Jeremy interfered...

He killed him, right there. He murdered Elena's brother.

[hertwinflame]

Her scream echoed with Elena's cry of anguish and shock, and she found herself looking from her to Damon and back in disbelief. The pain on Elena's face as she clutched her brother's body, staring up at the other man accusingly... the pain in his eyes when he realizes what he's done.

Mouth still open in a silent scream, she covers her eyes with her hands and shakes her head.

"No."

She wanted to leave, but where? Where was Stefan... the boarding house?