desiderium ad amissam (longing for the lost one ft . TVD)

Chapter: 2- "...you don't remember?"

Damon kept thinking back to the vampire's un-shed tears in the sea green eyes, his heartstrings pulled uneasily as he recalled it. He couldn't shake the feeling that the vampire meant something to him. He looked back at the vampires unconscious forms alongside the were-wolf's, he stared at the teen.

"Damon, love, just spit it out, if something's bothering you" Enzo chimed from the driver's seat.

Damon glanced at the teen one last time before turning to look at his partner.

"Enzo, I just...I don't know I just can't shake this feeling...that kid meant something to me...I don't know" the witch-vampire hybrid said defeated and distressed.

Enzo looked at his distresses partner, slowed the van and parked the van at side of the road. He turned to look at Damon, fully facing him. Bringing his hand to caress the older vampire, he spoke.

"Day, look at me love"

Damon's ice blue eyes meet his eyes, he looked so distressed, confused and so lost. His emotions were over the place. Enzo could tell that how his partner had some strong feeling towards the vampire they had abducted.

"enzo, do you think...I should talk to him...see if he knows me...or something" Damon began but also quickly added "no matter what we find out I would never abandon you...Enzo...I promise, I love you and only you...okay"

Enzo smiled at Damon, "I know you won't and it's okay if we delay HQ their latest delivery, we can take our time and find out more about you, alright. I will make something up so Mathews won't get suspicious"

Damon gave a smile of his own before placing a chaste kiss on Enzo's lips, chuckling as his partners ears turned red and he quickly cursed under his breathe and started to drive back on the road.

The decided to stay in motel, they pumped the baby vamps with enough vervain and the cub with sedatives to knock them out for more than day. They dragged the teen, who they planned to talk to the motel room they had compelled themselves. They restrained the teen on the chair, and waited for him to come to his senses.

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When Stefan came to, he felt his hands and legs where restrained in light weight looking metal chains to a chair. He head lolled side to side before he willed his head to look straight up ahead. He was greeted with the sight of his brother kissing a man on the cheek?

'what?'

Stefan blinked his eyes a couple of eyes. Both vampires seemed to have noticed the teen was awake both drew away from another before paying full attention to the teen.

"Oh looks like our sleeping beauty is awake" the man who Damon kissed(?!) exclaimed amusedly.

Damon looked at Stefan. They were given information about the vampires and Werewolf they caught. So of course he knew the teen's name.

"Stefan Salvatore, turned in 1864 by Katherine Pierce, living relatives Zach Salvatore, Abigale Salvatore, Sarah Salvatore and Joseph Salvatore. Born 1847 to Giuseppe Salvatore and Lillian Salvatore. Aspired to became a doctor, you have an impressive file you know. Ah friends and contacts Alexia Branson...we caught this one snooping about our organization" Damon summarized the information they had in brief about Stefan reading from a file.

"also known as Ripper of Monterey..." Enzo added as he peered at the file in his hand. "Day, isn't he weak for a ripper?"

Damon nodded in understanding "you're right, he did seem weak, wonder what happened...?" Damon almost looked concerned.

Stefan watched the two men as they read his information from a file. And hearing the familiar nickname from his brother's partner made him flinch. As he heard the information on him, there was no mention of any siblings.

Mustering up some courage he asked "is there no mention of my big brother, Damon, Damon Salvatore?"

That got both vampires attention from the file to the teen. Both looked at each other as if they were talking telepathically. They both nodded with each other and then turned to look at teen. The first decided to introduce themselves.

"first things first, I am Damon and this is Enzo, my partner..."

"are you on animal diet by chance?" Enzo interrupts Damon curious to know why the teen was weak.

Stefan looked at both the men, taken aback when Damon introduced himself as if Stefan was a stranger and the question Enzo had asked.

"Yes" he replied warily looking at the curious vampire.

"Wow, I can't believe it, why did they forget to mention that...in the file...how do you even digest...that...no offense it tastes down right like shit" Enzo rambled looking at Stefan.

Damon nodded in agreement with Enzo, and was really impressed how Stefan could live only off animal blood, he checked it as guilty conscience after being ripper. He looked sympathetically at Stefan.

"damon" Stefan murmured again looking at his brother, who seemed like he didn't recognize him at all, he felt helpless and didn't know how to explain to Damon that he was his brother.

"Look kid...just tell me one thing first, are we related?" Damon asked getting really close to Stefan, his hands resting on Stefan's shoulders firmly.

"Yes, you're my brother, Damon...you don't remember?"

Damon shook his head. "I didn't know I had a brother...nor did I have any family to begin with..."

"we both didn't know anything before the 1980s...we just woke up one day...without any memories" Enzo supplied helpfully.