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A/N: Thanks so much to those who have been reading, reviewing, etc.! I can't tell you how much I truly appreciate it and thanks for sticking with me till the end!

Enjoy!

Things aren't easy when they return and people begin to find out about their relationship.

Caroline can't quite believe it, but as long as Damon treats her well, she accepts it. She and Elena were slowly be getting back on track, but they had an unspoken agreement to not unnecessarily bring up her relationship with Damon.

Jeremy doesn't speak to her, not that she blames him. She still feels bad about everything that went down, but she's not sure if anything can be done to make it better.

For the most part, things are good with Damon. There's hiccups here and there, but nothing they haven't managed to get through.

Bonnie eventually finds herself ready to take the next step. It probably shouldn't be that big of a deal because it's not like she and Damon haven't had sex before…they'd had a lot of sex. Except, this time they were in an actual relationship and she couldn't help but feel some butterflies fluttering in her stomach.

She chooses a time that she knows Stefan and Elena will be at the Gilbert's lake cabin so that they don't have to worry about interrupting.

"Hey," Damon says as he walks in. He glances at her as he sheds his leather jacket and then quickly does a double-take.

She's sitting on his bed, back up against the headboard. A white corset pushes her breasts up enticingly while white lace panties cover up some choice bits. Her hair frames her face in soft curls and she looks like an angelic vision of desire.

"Happy birthday to me," he says. "What did I do to deserve this?"

"Well," she suddenly becomes bashful, looking down and picking at her cuticles. "I mean, I know we've done this before, but now that we're in a real relationship, I want to make it special and…"

He interrupts her by striding over to her and sealing his mouth over hers. She moans a little as their tongues entangle and her arms come up to wrap around his shoulders. His mouth moves from hers to her check and down her neck until he reaches the top of her breasts where her flesh met the fabric of the corset.

"Much as I'm happy with you taking your sweet time, do you mind getting me out of this thing? I think my spleen is about to rupture from this," she says with a breathy little laugh.

"And here I was hoping to talk into wearing these all the time," he says, running his fingers along the strings at the front of the corset. His fingers nimble undo the knot and pulls the laces out, freeing her from the constricting garment.

He wastes no time, his mouth quickly latching onto a nipple while a free hand comes up to grip her other breast, teasingly squeezing the fleshy globe. She gasps and arches into his touch. Her fingers dig into his shoulders a little harder when his mouth switches to her other breast.

He pulls back to press his lips to hers again. Not breaking the kiss, Bonnie pushes him back a little bit and follows him until they're both on their knees. She fumbles a little with the buttons on his shirt, but eventually manages to get them undone.

Bonnie pulls back so that she can take breath. Her hands run across his alabaster chest and she leans in, pressing her lips against his clavicle and trailing her kisses down to his sternum. She smiles against his skin when she hears him groan slightly.

His hands trail down her bare back until they hook under her thighs. He picks her up and lays her flat down against the crisp, white bedding. Her hair fans out around her head like a dark halo.

A hand trails down his stomach until it reaches between her legs. He teasingly runs his knuckles across her center, which was still covered with the white lace of her panties. She lets out a small gasp and arches a little into his touch.

His fingers hook underneath the waistband of the white fabric and she lifts her hips so he can slide it off of her. He pulls back so he can gaze at her head to toe. Normally, she thinks she would have felt a little shy and have tried to have covered up. Instead, she feels sexy, wanted, desired.

He reaches down and pushes lightly on a thigh, encouraging her to spread open for him. He then settles between her legs and Bonnie's convinced that she's actually going to explode before he even begins.

He presses a chaste kiss on top of her mound before moving to engulf her with his mouth. She groans and her hands shoot down, fingers entangling in his dark hair as his tongue seeks out her sensitive clit.

"Fuck, yes," she gasps, her hips moving against his face as he suckles the little nub into his mouth. He slips two fingers into her, her channel fluttering around the digits.

As she comes down from the high, he presses soft kisses against her belly. He pulls back to shuck his pants off and she sits up. A hand on the back of his neck pulls him down for a kiss while her other hand moves down to firmly grip his erection. He groans as her hand moves lightly up and down, teasing him.

He kisses her harder, pressing her back until she's lying back down. His hands move down to grip her thighs and guides them up, so that she wraps her legs around the small of his back. Her lips break away from his with a gasp as he smoothly slides into her.

"Mmm, I've missed this," he whispers in her ear before nibbling at the lobe, which tickles and makes her laugh a bit.

"I think it's so much better this time around, though," she whispers back.

He smiles and kisses her again before he begins to move. He keeps the pace slow but steady while her hands cling to his biceps tightly.

"A little faster?" she asks breathlessly, her hips moving up to meet his. He's more than happy to comply with her request.

She moans and throws her head back. There's the familiar sensation of something like a rubber band being stretched in the pit of her belly. His hand reaches down to gently massage her clit and that rubber band feeling snaps inside of her.

After a few more strokes, he finishes after.

When she comes back to reality, she opens her eyes and looks back up at him and sees that his vampire face has come out. She reaches a shaky hand out to trace the prominent veins beneath his eyes.

"It's okay," Bonnie says, her voice coming out in gasps. "I trust you." She tilts her head back, baring her throat in silent invitation.

He looks at her, his surprise almost showing. He'd never expected it in a million years. A strange feeling enters his chest and his heart almost feels like it's about to burst.

He presses his lips against her neck, tongue darting out to taste her skin. He finds her pulse point and gently sucks on it, making her moan.

There's a moment of pain where his fangs slide into her neck, but it's only momentary. She finds herself becoming lost in the moment, feeling his mouth against her vein, the small sounds of his swallows, her hands clutching at him tightly. She doesn't think she's ever been this close to anyone her entire life.

It's intoxicating.

When he pulls back, she's a little dazed and he rips into his wrist and presses it against her mouth, encouraging her to drink so she would heal.

"You know I'm never letting you go now, right?" Damon says when she lets go of his wrist and he flops down on the bed and gathers her up and pulls her closer.

"I think I'll be okay with that," she replies, resting her head on his chest. "I love you," she whispers.

"I love you, too."

A/N: Okay, so truthfully, this last chapter was basically all smut. But, hey, this started with smut, so why not end with smut? ;)

Wow, so much to say! First off, a huge, huge thanks to everyone who has been reading and reviewing! I started this off, thinking this was some stupid thing I'd write because I loved the movie Friends with Benefits and that maybe a couple people would enjoy reading this fic. I am so blown away by the response I got! It was so much fun reading everybody's very different thoughts about this and I can't thank you all enough for sticking with me!

So, what's next?

I know some of you have been asking about a sequel and, honestly, I got zero plans of writing one. I feel like this one is wrapped up enough and a sequel is really not needed. I know better than to say never, but I'm almost positive there will not be a sequel (and I'm sorry to disappoint those of you who really want one). However, this is far from the last Bamon fic I will be writing.

I'm going to be working on finishing my Find Me in the Shallows so you can expect some rapid fire updates on that (hopefully) soon. After I finish that, you can expect me to get back to updating Lego House (there won't be rapid fire updates on that one, though, sorry).

I'm planning on starting a new Bamon fic that'll be written in epistolary style and picks up where season 6 left off. I'm also planning a Damon/Bonnie/Kol fic where I utilize the idea of the deadpool plot from season 4 of Teen Wolf (for those of you who don't watch Teen Wolf, it was basically a mass hit put out on all supernatural creatures).

So I hope you'll all stay tuned for those.

Once again, thanks so much for reading, reviewing, etc.!