Dream-like state

My love.

He was there. It worked. IT WORKED. I could tell he was sleeping, and I decided to let him sleep. I'm sure coming back from the dead took a lot out of a person. I gently touched his face, feeling the familiar spark of electricity run through us both. He still had his magic. I gently laid my head on his shoulder, draping my arm across his sculpted chest and closed my eyes. What felt like seconds later, I woke up, noticing the sunlight coming through the curtains. I immediately recalled what had happened that night and realized who I was laying on. I sat up in my bed next to him, and watched as he began to stir.

He sat up and looked around a bit, then looked at me, bringing his hand up to my cheek, feeling the magic run through us both. His eyes widened as soon as he realized it was all real. Everything was real. He could feel again. Feel the bed underneath him, the warmth from the sunlight shining into the room. Within seconds, I felt his lips on mine, kissing me fervently.

"It worked." He said, marveling in the thought of being alive again. "You brought me back, Elena. How can I ever repay you for this?" He said, holding onto me as if he were going to float away at any moment.

"You can start by never leaving me, oh and protecting me and yourself when we tell Damon and Stefan that I don't belong to them anymore." I said, knowing that they would try something when I did tell them. They didn't take lightly to rejection by any means, especially from me.

"Darling, I will never leave your side again. I will protect you for eternity, love. And now that I have my magic back, I have some extra tricks up my sleeve for when those blubbering idiots try to hurt you, or me." He said grinning sadistically into space.

"Kol! Nothing that will kill them, alright?" I said urgently. He looked at me, pleading. I looked sternly back at him, and he conceded. I remembered something that I needed to do, as a safety precaution. "Can you get the fire started really quick, I need to do something before we go." I said as he nodded and in an instant the fire in the fireplace was burning. He winked at me and I laughed, running upstairs. Moments later, I came back downstairs with a small duffel bag.

His eyes widened when he saw what was inside, cringing at the thought of seeing one of those again. It was the rest of the white oak stakes, including the one that killed him.

"They gave them to me for safe keeping, knowing that I would never 'destroy' them or hand them over to an Original." I told him, who was still staring at the one that had killed him, his blood still staining the tip. I picked it up and threw it into the fire, which created extremely big flames. Soon it was turned to nothing but ash. I threw the rest of the bag into the fire, hearing the stakes crackle as they burned to ash. "They are gone. You have nothing to worry about anymore, Kol. And if you want we can scatter the ashes into the ocean, so that there is no more to use for the daggers either." I told him, still staring at the fire.

"You destroyed them, for me." He said unbelievably. I looked up at him and pulled his face down to look at me.

"I just brought you back to life, I had to get rid of the one weapon that could kill you again. Now I know you will be safe." I told him, relief washing over me as I realized he would never die again.

"Now you really have to stay by my side, because there are still things out there that can kill you, very easily." He said, putting his arms around me tightly, not wanting to let go.

"What would you call us? Because I think that boyfriend and girlfriend wouldn't do much justice considering what we just went through." I said, truly wondering what we were.

"I agree, it seems we have already passed that stage. Even though we have only been together technically since last night, we have been bound for more than a thousand years. I am not exactly sure what to call us, but I know that I will be by your side for eternity, if you will have me. любовница " I wondered what he said at the end. I knew it was in a different language, I just didn't know which.