Brave (Damon Salvatore x OC)

Sired

Damon is lying in bed asleep and wakes up slowly. He looks at the other side of the bed and frowns realizing Ember isn't next to him... which is strange. "Ember?"

Ember comes out of the bathroom wrapped in a towel fresh from the shower and heads straight to the closet.

"Babe?" Damon calls out confused and she emerges a moment latter in a pair of warm leggings and a long sleeved tee.

She hops up on the bed and bends down to kiss him slowly. "Hey."

"Hey." He responds and wraps a hand around the back of her neck to pull her down to him. "Thought you had already left."

"Hmmmm" She hums and snuggles into his chest. "No, I don't have to be at school for at least another twenty minutes." They kiss softly until Ember pulls away, Damon plays with the tips of her hair where it hangs over her shoulder in a ponytail. "Oh. I hate to ruin your mood when you do that." She tells him brushing the corner of his mouth where his lips are turned up in a small smile.

"Do what?" He asks.

"Smile." She kisses the spot.

"I'm happy." He tells her and reads her expression before he groans. "Please Em? Don't start this again." He asks.

"Just because you don't want to agree with me doesn't mean I'm wrong." She points out.

"Your sister is not sired to me Ember." He sits up and pulls her into his lap so her legs straddle his. "I have seen sired vampires before, this isn't that."

"What makes you say that?" Ember asks and Damon looks down and clenches his jaw. "Damon?" She questions.

"I have had a vampire sired to me before." He admits.

"What? When? Who?" She demands.

"Her name was Charlotte. I turned her in the 40's... she got a little... obsessed after that." He admits. "That is definitely not what is happening with Elena."

Ember gives him a curious look. "Was this Charlotte in love with you before you turned her?" She asks.

"I don't think that's really the point here kitten." He avoids the question.

"But it is Damon. Elena wasn't in love with you as a human, but clearly there was some strong emotion going on. Look at Tyler. He and the other hybrids hate Klaus, but they're still sired to him." She thinks aloud. "We need to talk to Ty." She declares.

Damon sighs. "Fine. But can you not say anything to Stefan or Elena. Things are already weird between them."

Ember tilts her head and smiles at him. "Ah, are you actually concerned about your brother and my sister's happiness?"

He nips at her earlobe. "Don't tell anyone. You'll ruin my reputation." He warns.

Ember smirks and pushes him back on the bed and leans over him to kiss him one last time before rolling off the bed. "Oh, I left you something under your pillow." She calls over her shoulder and Damon reaches under the pillow to feel the delicate texture of a scrap of lace. He pulls the gold boy cut panties out and growls low in his chest.

"Oh you are so gonna be late for school!" He throws back the blanket and Ember shrieks in laughter as he speeds after her.

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At Caroline's house she is pacing back and forth. "This is a disaster!"

"Look, we don't know anything for sure." Stefan tries to calm her.

"Yes we do! Elena is sired to Damon! Which means her one singular burning desire is to make him happy, just like Klaus and his hybrids!" Caroline is hedging towards hysteria.