A Brother's Pain

By UnilovesDean

Watching Elena leave, Damon badly wanted to go after her, but he knew it wasn't a good idea. After all, Katherine could still be watching, through her eyes or someone elses.

He heard a choked sound, and quickly walked into the other room. He had to use his vampire speed to rush forward and catch Stefan as his knees suddenly gave out. He put him on the couch quickly.

Tears were streaming down Stefan's face, and Damon didn't know what to do. He felt almost panicky when he started sobbing. Even after all the things he had done to his brother in the past, he had never seen him this way, not even after he killed Lexi. Even the things he had done to make him upset, had also made him furious. Now he was just... broken.

"No... no, no, no... don't, don't do that. Stefan we'll figure something out!"

He wasn't good at comforting upset people. He never had been. He awkwardly patted Stefan's back, and was shocked when he suddenly turned and clung to him like he had when they were small children, and he'd been frightened. After a moment, he put his arms around him and held him, just as he had done in the past.

"We'll stop Katherine, and you'll get Elena back, and everything will be okay. I know this is my fault, and I'm going to help fix it. I swear I will."

Damon had to swallow hard and blink back moisture in his own eyes as his brother just clung to him even tighter, making his shirt damp from his tears. After Stefan let out a particularly painful sob though, his feelings suddenly changed into rage.

Nobody made his brother cry like this. Katherine was so going to pay.