Brave (Damon Salvatore x OC)

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The Salvatore brothers walk into the parlor of the boarding house with Stefan following Damon.

"We're gonna lose her, Damon." Stefan tells him.

"She needs time. It's only been a couple days." Damon insists.

"Her humanity's off. She's basically numb to everything that makes her who she is." Damon pours himself a glass of bourbon.

"She's a vampire. Off switch is one of the biggest perks. If being undead gets you down." He snaps his fingers. "Voilà, vampire Prozac." He takes a swig of bourbon.

"She burned down her family home with her brother's dead body still inside." Stefan points out.

"Saves us the trouble of having to do it ourselves. I call that a win." Damon shrugs. "Worst case scenario: I'll invoke the sire bond and tell her to turn it back on."

Stefan shakes his head. "No, her brother just died. If you force all that grief on her at once, it's going to overwhelm her. We need to give her a reason to want to turn it on."

"Fine, we'll show her a good time." Damon suggests and Stefan gives him a doubtful look. "I know it's controversial, Stefan, but people actually like to have fun."

"You really think that's gonna work?" Stefan asks.

"There's only one way to find out."

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It's night-time. Elena is slowly walking down the middle of an empty road near the Falls. She stops  turns and looks around her for a minute before lying down on the road, spreading her arms out and closing her eyes as she waits.

A car approaches the spot and slows down as they see Elena in the middle of the street. It comes to a  stop her car a few feet away from her. The woman inside gets out of her car and runs over to Elena.

"Are you all right? Was there an accident? Where are you hurt? Are you in pain?" Elena opens her eyes.

"I don't feel anything."

"I have a blanket in my car. Try not to move. I'll call for help." The woman gets up and runs to her car and opens her trunk. She turns around with a blanket and jumps to see Elena standing right behind her. "What are you doing?"

Elena smiles and vamps out with a growl as she bites into the woman's neck. She struggles tor a moment then goes limp.

Someone steps around the side of the car. "That's enough." Damon orders but Elena ignores him and continues to feed. With a huff he grabs Elena's arm and pulls her off the woman. "I said that's enough." He turns Elena around to face him. "We agreed no killing."

"This is the first person I've seen in days whose body isn't laced with vervain and I'm hungry." Elena complains.

"If you leave a trail of bodies, people are gonna start asking questions." Damon reminds her.

"I don't care." Elena turn back to the woman but before she can begin feeding again another voice stops her.

"Elena, don't make me stop you." Elena turns to face Ember. "Show a little restraint." Ember looks annoyed at her and Elena pouts.

"You're really gonna choose a stranger over your hungry sister." She asks.

"My sister can have a blood bag when we get back to the boarding house." Ember points out.

"I thought this was supposed to be fun." Elena pushes the woman towards Ember and walks away with blood staining her mouth. Ember watches her walk away and sighs.