09. The Cell

Mystic Falls, 1953.

"And that's the state of the world from your hometown TV news station on June 11th, 1953, good night, Mystic Falls".

Damon and Brayden entered their home and immediately their eyes landed on the maid in the living room.

"Hey" Damon called out, "We're looking for Joseph Salvatore".

"You found him" Joseph said, entering the living room.

"What the hell did you do to my house?" an annoyed Brayden asked, looking around the boarding house in distaste.

Joseph didn't reply to Brayden's question, just gave him a smile, "I'm glad you two got my telegram, I haven't heard from Stefan yet, but I'm hoping he'll be here soon, when was the last time you three spoke?".

"Well, he doesn't call, he doesn't write" Damon said, as Joseph poured the twins a drink each, "Of course, neither do we, in all fairness, we are the ones that abandoned him on a train platform in the middle of World War II".

"Well, there's always time to be a better man" Joseph said, holding out two glasses towards Damon and Brayden.

"No thanks" Brayden said, him and Damon going to grab the glasses off of Joseph.

However, the minute Damon and Brayden touched the glasses, another man, Dr. Whittemore came out of the shadows and vervained the two brothers in the back.

Joseph smirked seeing the two brothers being caught completely off guard, "Sorry about the vervain, money was too good to pass up".

Before he could fall to the ground, a furious Brayden used the little strength he had remaining to shove his hand into Joseph's chest and ripped his heart out.

"Well, now I won't have to pay him" Dr. Whittemore said, as Brayden fell to the floor, right next to his brother.

"Who the hell are you?" a confused Damon asked, while groaning in pain.

"I'll be both of yours doctors from now on" Dr. Whittemore informed, before injecting both Damon and Brayden with more vervain.

"I'm going to kill you" Brayden mumbled, before slumping on to the ground unconscious.

"What the hell are you doing to us?" Damon asked, before he also fell unconscious.

"Just a little vervain"  Dr. Whittemore told the two unconscious vampires.

***

Katherine sat in the Salvatore's living room, writing in a diary, after a moment of scribbling, she ripped the page out of the diary in frustration, she then looked towards Brayden, who was sitting on the couch opposite her, reading a book.

"What kind of sentimental idiot writes down everything they feel?" Katherine complained, breaking Brayden's peace.

Brayden closed his eyes in annoyance, really wishing he hadn't listen to Caroline and told Kaitlynn about her sister trying to commit suicide, because then Kaitlynn made Brayden Katherine's official babysitter, saying that is his punishment for missing Fae's welcome back to life party.

"Is this what the prophecy meant when it said our bloodlines were drawn together like magnets?" Katherine asked, "Because if it is, I want my money back".

Brayden slammed his book shut, "And I want my peace back, which both you sisters have taken away from me, one tries to jump off the clock tower while the other makes me a damn babysitter!".

"How are you going to be my baby sitter while you're having your own little panic attacks?" Katherine asked.

Brayden glared Katherine, "I'm not having panic attacks".

"Yeah, of course" Katherine said sarcastically, "You are the picture of mental health Brayden, after being locked, for three months, in a safe, at the bottom of a quarry".

"I am dealing with my problem Katherine" Brayden stated, "You should do the same".

"I know, I mean, I heard you, dealing with it, earlier today" Katherine said, "In the library, it sounded like you freaked out and broke a chair, maybe even two, how are you supposed to help me stay alive if you can't even help yourself?".

"I don't know Katherine ask your sister, who signed me up for this without my permission" Brayden snapped.

Katherine sighed, "Brayden, I can't work with people who can't give me one hundred percent" she said, just as someone knocked on the front door, "And so I may have called for backup".

Brayden let out an annoyed yell, before standing up from the couch and going to open the front door, opening the front door, Brayden let out a small sigh seeing his soulmate standing infront him, he didn't realise how much he was missing her till she stood infront of him again.

"Hey" Brayden greeted.

Caroline smiled at Brayden, "Hey".

"Katherine called you?" a confused Brayden asked.

"Actually she called Kaitlynn, who then called me" Caroline clarified.

"Kaitlynn?" a confused Brayden asked, he turned around and faced Katherine, "You called Kaitlynn to help me?".

Katherine shrugged, "I figured if not me, then her, but clearly my sister didn't get the memo and she sent her over" she said, glaring at Caroline.

Caroline glared right back at Katherine, "Well, unlike you, your sister doesn't go after other people's soulmate".

Brayden sighed, realising this was going to be a long day for him, "How much did Kaitlynn tell you?" he asked Caroline.

"Since Katherine told Kaitlynn everything, Kaitlynn told me everything" Caroline informed, "She figured you wouldn't tell".

A guilty look came on Brayden's face, "Caroline I--".

"Don't" Caroline interrupted, "Yes, I'm a bit mad that you didn't open up to me but at the same time, I get why, things between us are a bit awkward, I messed up and now I'm here to make it up to you".

A small smile formed on Brayden face, "Yeah?".

"Yeah" Caroline whispered.

"How do you plan on doing that?" a curious Brayden asked.

"I have a list of steps" Caroline informed, "First step on that list, is helping your PTSD, which is why I got my mom to drop off something for us to use", Caroline stepped out of the way, and immediately Brayden clenched his hands into a tight fist when he realised it was the safe Silas locked him in, "Don't worry, I sanitized it".

***

Brayden woke up and realised he was strapped down to a medical stretcher, immediately he tried to rip the straps off of him but he wasn't strong enough, that's when Dr. Whitmore entered the room and without saying anything, started shinning his torch into Brayden's eyes.

"Where's my brother?" a concerned Brayden asked, but Dr. Whitmore stayed quiet and continued doing whatever he was doing, "I'm going to go on a limb here and say if I try to compel you, I'm going to fail".

"Correct" Dr. Whitmore said, he showed Brayden the watch he was wearing, "I'm wearing vervain".

"Of course you are" Brayden mumbled, as Dr. Whitmore started checking his stomach, "At least tell me if he's okay".

"Your brother is fine, Brayden" Dr. Whitmore informed, "And frankly, you shouldn't worry about him, you should worry about yourself".

"Who did I kill?" Brayden asked, thinking Dr. Whitmore was extracting his revenge from him.

"This isn't a personal matter, it's for the advancement of science" Dr. Whitmore clarified.

"What the hell are you on about?" a confused Brayden asked.

"You and your brother are vampires" Dr. Whitmore reminded, "Your blood heals others, your body heal itself", Dr. Whitmore turned around and grabbed one of his medical tools, "You'll regenerate parts of internal organs after I remove them".

"What the hell do you mean by remove them?!" a shocked Brayden asked.

But Dr. Whitmore didn't say anything this time, instead he ended up stabbing Brayden in the eye, causing his yells of pain to fill up the entire room.

***

Brayden stared at the safe infront of him, he then looked up and glared at his soulmate, "So what?" he asked, anger evident in his voice, "Me drowning in this thing for three months, wasn't enough for you? You want me to go back inside for another three?!".

"No I don't want you to go back inside for another three months" Caroline defended, "I just want you to deal with the source of your PTSD".

"Caroline, you're a drama major" Brayden reminded, "I don't think you're qualified to talk about how I should deal with my PTSD".

"I am a drama major" Caroline confirmed, "But I'm also a Brayden major".

Brayden looked at Caroline in confusion, "Excuse me?".

"I mean to say that I might not know much about PTSD but I know everything about you" Caroline said.

"If you knew me so much then you wouldn't have just assumed that I left you" Brayden snapped.

Both Caroline and Brayden stared at each other for a moment, both of them suddenly really guilty, Brayden because he didn't mean to snap at Caroline like this, he was trying to move on, he was trying to forget but sometimes the hurt resurfaces without him even realising, while Caroline was guilty, because she knew Brayden was right, how could she think he would just get up and leave.

Caroline sighed, "I deserve that".

Brayden immediately shook his head, "No you don't, I'm sorry Caroline, I--".

"Stop" Caroline interrupted, "Don't apologise, you don't need to Brayden, I know I hurt you and I don't expect you to just forget and move on, I know that's going to take time, and I can wait, now, regarding this whole PTSD thing, I know that you tried to deal with it your own way and you failed", Caroline walked over to the safe, that was now placed in the Salvatore's living room and opened it up, "So now, we're gonna try it my way".

***

Dr. Whitmore dragged Brayden's weak and bleeding body towards the cellar his brother was currently trapped in, he shoved him into the cellar and then locked the gate before walking away.

"Bray" Damon whispered, crawling over to his brother, "Are you okay?".

A tried Brayden opened his eyes, "Fantastic".

"God, I was so worried" Damon whispered, breathing a sigh of relief seeing his brother alive.

"Same pinch" Brayden said, letting out a groan of pain as he sat himself up and leaned his back against the wall.

"Welcome" the man from the cellar besides theirs said, gaining the attention of the two brothers, "Dr. Whitmore never gets tired of watching us vampires heal, but he gives us one glass of blood per day just enough to keep us alive, pick yourself up soldiers", the man crawled over to the small window between his and the brothers cell, "My name's Enzo" he introduced, forwarding his hand through the window.

After a moment of hesitation, Damon shook Enzo's hand, "Damon" he introduced, he then looked towards his brother, who had his eyes closed while leaning his head to the wall, "And that's my little brother, Brayden".

When Brayden didn't correct him about being only three minutes older, that's when Damon's concern came back, he hoped and prayed that Stefan will find them before his twin was left with nothing but a shell of his old self.

***

"You two are doing it wrong" Enzo said, sipping his small cup of blood while watching the twins down theirs in one go, "You guys are living for the moment, you need to live for the future".

"What future?" a bitter Damon asked, no longer believing him and Brayden had a future anymore, that was unless their other brother realised that they were missing but from the way they left things off, that seemed very unlikely.

"The one where you two get your revenge" Enzo replied, "For instance, in my future my revenge will start with killing Whitmore's dog and mailing it to his house, postage due, go on, picture your revenge, use your imagination".

Brayden looked towards his brother, and the look on his face let him know he had the same idea as he did, "Yeah, we have the perfect revenge for Dr. Whitmore and his whole family".

"A revenge that will be remembered throughout the Whitmore generations" Damon whispered, slowly going over to the wall Brayden was leaning on, he grabbed a rock from the floor and went on to crave his and Brayden initials, wanting to make sure that these people never forget Damon and Brayden Salvatore, the two brothers, who will destroy the entire Whitmore bloodline once they are out of here.

***

After much back and forth, Caroline had finally managed to convince Brayden to try her method out.

"Caroline?" Brayden called out, locked up in the safe, suddenly feeling really claustrophobic, "Please tell me you know what you're doing".

"Yes, well, it's in my textbook" Caroline informed, going through the textbook she brought along to help Brayden, "Let me find it".

Katherine leaned against the wall and looked at Caroline with a curious look on her face, "So how is he?".

Caroline looked at Katherine, "Can't you see how he is?".

"I meant, how is he in bed?" Katherine clarified, walking closer to Caroline.

"Oh my god Katherine, seriously? Ugh" Caroline complained, not liking Katherine's interest in her and Brayden's sex life.

"That didn't answer my question" Katherine pointed out.

Caroline let out an annoyed sigh, "I am not discussing mine and Brayden's sex life with you".

"Shame, I always wanted to find out how he is in bed, but your boyfriend never gave me a chance" Katherine said.

"And I am so glad for that" Caroline mumbled, turning her attention back to her textbook, "Here, okay, Brayden, prolonged exposure therapy, in vivo exposure gradually introduces elements of prior trauma e.g. physical objects, circumstances of duress trauma--".

"Okay, yeah, yeah, got it, got it" Katherine interrupted, shutting Caroline's textbook, "Stop talking, you're giving me a headache".

Brayden, who was still locked in the safe, found himself panicking more and more the more time he spent locked up, "Caroline? Caroline?!".

"I'm just trying to help Brayden understand what I'm doing" Caroline defended, not realising that Brayden was starting to panic.

"This book isn't helping" Katherine stated.

"Help" Brayden whispered, gasping for air, "There's no air, I can't breathe".

"You are right about one thing, he needs to get over the root of his problem because right now, the score is safe one, Brayden zero" Katherine said, "So how do you help the guy, who claims to be the villain, yet always comes to the rescue? Brayden wants to believe he is the villain, but you and I both know that in reality, he's the actual hero, he can't always come through for himself, but he can always come through for everyone else", Katherine suddenly looked at Caroline, "I've got an idea".

***

"Either of you a sports fan?" a curious Enzo asked, leaning against the bars of his cell, none of the brothers replied to him, Damon was lying on the floor, having just returned from being experimented on, while Brayden sat on the floor, with his back leaning against the wall and his head on his knees, both the brothers slowly but surely giving up on ever getting out of this hell, "No, neither am I, any other interests? Fine wines, travel, cars? I'm partial to Jaguars, myself, convertibles, the kind you take on a sunday drive to impress a pretty girl, ever done that?".

"Once or twice" a weak Damon replied.

"Oh, come now, gotta be more than that" Enzo said.

"The two girls we were trying to impress weren't too fans of cars" Brayden whispered, finally lifting his head up, "They were the types of girls that travelled in a horse and carriage".

"What, just one girl each?" a slightly shocked Enzo asked, not expecting that from the notorious Salvatore twins.

A sad smile formed on Brayden's face as he remembered Kaitlynn, "That one girl was everything I could ask for".

"Well, fair enough" Enzo said.

Damon groaned as he moved from his side to his back, he then looked at Enzo through the small window between their cells, "What about you?" he asked, "Any pretty girls?".

"Ah, too many to count" Enzo replied, "Actually, there was one, her names was Maggie".

"Where'd you meet her?" a curious Damon asked.

A small smile formed on Enzo's face as he remembered his moments with Maggie, "Here, of all places" he informed, "She was working for Dr. Whitmore".

"You fell in love with a woman who worked with your torturer?" Brayden asked, wondering if everything was alright with Enzo's head.

"She was very charming" Enzo defended, "She was also very kind to me, she used to sit here in the hallway, taking notes while she observed me".

"That's how you fell for her?" Damon asked.

"Well, she was also stunningly beautiful" Enzo added.

"Ah" Damon simply said.

"Now you have to understand, she wasn't part of the torture and the experiments" Enzo clarified, "For the longest while, she didn't realize that Dr. Whitmore was doing more than just observing my behavior, I didn't have the heart to tell her, I was just so glad of her company, you know?".

"Yeah" Damon whispered.

"When she finally realized what was going on here she couldn't bear it" Enzo continued, "So she said she was sorry and she left".

"Well you know", Damon laid on his stomach, "Never really would have worked, anyway, you're a vampire, she's a human, relationship would have been doomed from the beginning".

"You need a more positive outlook, mate" Enzo said, just as the door opened and Dr. Whitmore's footsteps could be heard, immediately causing Damon to stand up while Brayden and Enzo stayed in their position.

"Who's next?" Dr. Whitmore asked the three vampires, he looked between the three vampires and realised Damon was the only one who looked even remotely energized, "21051, you seem to have more energy".

"I take that as an insult" Enzo snapped, pulling on the bars of his cell, "I'm far more energetic than my neighbor, here", Dr. Whitmore took a step back from Damon and Brayden's cell and walked over to Enzo, "Can't believe you didn't notice".

"I'll return, then" Dr. Whitmore said, opening the door of Enzo's cell and dragging the vampire out.

"I'm gonna kill you" Brayden said, as Dr. Whitmore passed his cell with Enzo.

"Excuse me?" Dr. Whitmore asked, stopping in his step and looking at Brayden.

Brayden glared at Dr. Whitmore, "I said, I'm going to kill you" he repeated, "You don't know me, maybe that's why you captured me, but there's a reason as to why I'm known as the ruthless brother, the day you expect it the least, will be the day I rip you apart, just like you do to us, only difference will be is that you won't heal".

Dr. Whitmore glared at Brayden, the next moment he put Enzo back into his cell and walked back to the cell Damon and Brayden were in and dragged Brayden out.

"Why did he do that?" a confused Enzo asked, once Dr. Whitmore had taken Brayden away, "I had managed to deter Dr. Whitmore away from you two!".

"My brother doesn't like taking favors from others" an extremely worried Damon said, he put his hands over his ears to block out Brayden's painful screams, after what seemed like hours, Dr. Whitmore finally brought a bloodied Brayden back into his cell, "Bray" Damon whispered, kneeling next to his twin's weak body, "Are you okay?".

"Never better" Brayden groaned out, laying on the dirty floor, to weak to even open his eyes.

Damon glared at the person responsible for his brothers state, "Why are you doing this to us?!" he asked Dr. Whitmore.

"Because, 21051, I'm seeking out the smallest indivisible unit of your biological makeup" Dr. Whitmore replied, "And once I can understand you from a cellular level I can put you to use".

***

One night, after Dr. Whitmore's annual new years eve party, where he showed off to everyone what he had discovered about vampires and their healing powers, Enzo sat in his cell, coming up with the perfect plan that will help the trio get out of Dr. Whitmore's captivity.

"Well, the thing about our daily ration of blood is there's barely enough for one vampire to survive on" Enzo said, "But if one vampire were to drink three rations every day for the next year he'd be able to build up his strength, so that by the time New Year's Eve comes around again that one vampire will be ready to fight".

"You sure that would work?" Damon asked.

"I'm sure I can only try it with your help" Enzo replied, "We've just got to choose between us".

"I'll pick your jobs slightly easy" Brayden said, after taking a small sip of the blood, he slid his glass over to his brother, "The choice is going to be between you two".

"You're much better at all this then me" Damon argued.

Brayden shrugged, "I'm too tired Damon" he admitted, "I'll be honest and say that I have no hope left in me, but clearly you two do, so one of you has to be the one to do this".

"All right then" Enzo said, "Damon, we're gonna play scissor paper stone to decide".

Enzo and Damon played scissor paper stone, Enzo chose stone while Damon chose paper, meaning Damon was going to be the one to drink Enzo and Brayden's rations to make himself strong enough to fight and escape from this cell.

"Paper covers rock" Damon informed, seeing Enzo's rock.

"All right, then, a win's a win, you'll lead the way" Enzo said, "Here's my ration, now, we've got 364 days to get you ready for the party, cheers".

"Cheers" Damon said, grabbing Enzo's glass and downing it, before doing the same with Brayden's.

***

"Okay" Brayden heard Caroline say, "Just remember Brayden, whatever I'm doing, I'm doing for you", Brayden slowly opened his eyes and realised he was still in the safe, "I'm sorry I didn't realise you had passed out, but hey, at least that made it easy for me to get in, trust me it wasn't easy as Katherine wanted to come in but I had to remind her that I'm your soulmate, this is my job, not hers, so here I am".

"No, no, no" Brayden whispered, Caroline's voice not reaching his ears, instead he started rapidly banging on the safe walls, "I need to get out! Let me out!".

"I know it's a little extreme" Caroline said, "But the baby steps approach wasn't working".

"You're insane!" Brayden yelled at Caroline, "I am not in the right mind set Caroline, I could hurt you!".

"If you get over your PTSD triggers, you're not going to hurt me" Caroline assured, "If you don't, then yes you're right, you most likely will hurt me".

"This is stupid" Brayden said, his breathing very heavy, "You're risking your life".

"And whenever my life is at risk, you save me" Caroline reminded, "Let me save you this time".

"I need to leave, I can't be in here" Brayden panicked.

"Brayden, I'm going to say this as politely as I can" Caroline said, "You're Brayden freaking Salvatore, you don't fear things, you are people's fear, it's time for you to get over this fear".

"No" Brayden whispered, "I can't, I can't!".

***

After 364 days, Dr. Whitmore's annual new years eve party arrived once again and Damon, Brayden and Enzo were ready with their plan, currently Damon and Brayden were trapped in one cage, while Enzo was left in another.

Damon looked down at his hand before he exchanged a look with his brother and Enzo, both of them gave him a small nod.

"Ladies and gentleman, as it is almost midnight, I think its fitting we toast the new year with a glass of vampire blood" Dr. Whitmore said, walking over to the cage Damon and Brayden were in, "Wouldn't you agree?", Dr. Whitmore opened the cage and dragged Damon out.

As soon as Damon was out, he broke the bones in his hand and removed his hand from the chains, as soon as Dr. Whitmore walked back to him, he was shocked seeing Damon's hand free, Damon smirked at the shocked doctor and snapped his bones back in place.

"Now you see it" Damon said, showing his healed hand to Dr. Whitmore, and before the doctor could do anything, Damon stuck his thumbs into his eyeballs, causing Dr. Whitmore to scream out in pain and the rest of the guests to scatter in panic, after biting into Dr. Whitmore's neck and drinking his blood, Damon threw his dead body to the floor and went on to attack all the other guests, not realising that a candle had fallen on to the floor and was starting to burn the place to the ground.

"Damon, we gotta get out of here!" Enzo yelled, gaining Damon's attention.

"Damon" a worried Brayden called out, as the fire around his cage got higher and higher.

Damon looked between the two cages Enzo and Brayden were in, suddenly realising that if he saved Enzo first he would lose his brother, and if he saved Brayden, he would lose Enzo, he didn't have time to save them both, the fire was getting worse and worse with each second.

"Damon" Enzo said, realising the same thing as Damon, "Damon please".

Damon looked at Enzo, then at Brayden, "He's my brother, Enzo" Damon whispered.

"And I'm your friend!" Enzo reminded.

Damon ignored Enzo and rushed towards his brother, after a little bit of difficulty Damon managed to open Brayden's cage and pull him out just in time as a piece of the burning roof fell onto his cage.

"Brayden! Damon!" Enzo yelled.

Damon and Brayden looked at each other, then at Enzo, the twins tried to make their way over to help Enzo but the flames of the fire were too high, if they stayed any longer either they will burn to death or will be captured again, neither of the things that brothers wanted to go through. 

"I'm sorry, Enzo" Damon apologised.

"Damon, please" Enzo pleaded, Brayden looked towards his brother who had suddenly closed his eyes, making Brayden realise he was turning his humanity off, while Brayden was never attached to Enzo, Damon had genuinely consider Enzo his friend, and the only way Damon could leave him behind is if he stopped caring, so that's exactly what he did, he stopped caring, he turned his humanity off and walked away from Enzo.

"No, no, don't leave me here!" Enzo cried, "Don't go, please, Brayden!".

Though it was hard for Brayden to listen to Enzo's cries, he managed to ignore them long enough for him to walk out the Whitmore house, with immense regret in his heart, but at the end of the day, him and Damon had no choice, at least that's what Brayden told himself so he didn't have to feel guilty about Enzo, and that was the last time either of the twins mentioned Enzo or Augustine.

***

"So, how's it going?" a curious Caroline asked, still locked in the safe with Brayden.

"I can't breathe!" Brayden snapped, "I'm going to die!".

"You're not going to die" Caroline promised, "You know, for a second let's forget that we're trapped here in this safe, instead let's talk about us, I never told you why it was so easy for me to think that you left me, I know you love me but sometimes I can't help but think I don't deserve you and that you deserve someone much better then me, it's stupid I know, but that night when I got your text and you never came back to me, all the insecurities that I tried so hard to leave behind, they all resurfaced at once, I decided to hate you because if I didn't then I would have to wonder what went wrong and then all my flaws would come infront of my eyes and honestly I just wasn't ready to go through all that, it was easier to hate you, then to face my flaws".

"Why are we having this conversation in here?!" Brayden asked, looking at Caroline, who had noticed that Brayden's breathing had gotten slightly better.

"Because the safe isn't the problem, Brayden" Caroline whispered, her one hand going towards Brayden's cheek.

Brayden grabbed Caroline's hand in his, "The safe is the biggest problem".

"No it is not" Caroline said, moving even closer to Brayden, "The problem is that you felt forgotten, you were dying in that safe over and over again, waiting for your brothers and me to come and save you, but we never did, the physical pain is easier to focus on then the emotional pain that me and your brothers thought that you left us, when all you've ever done is be there for us, and I am so sorry for that Brayden, give me on chance, and I promise I will never disappoint you again, fight this Brayden, come back to me".

Caroline leaned forward and placed her lips on to Brayden's.

"Come back" Caroline whispered against Brayden's lips, "I promise to be here with you every step of the way, for the rest of eternity".

***

Once Brayden had calmed down, Katherine had opened the safe and let the two soulmates out.

Currently, Brayden leaned against the door of his bedroom, watching Caroline gather her things.

"What are you doing?" Brayden asked, announcing his presence to Caroline.

Caroline turned and gave Brayden a small smile, "Um, a few of my things were still here, I figured I'd grab them today".

Brayden nodded his head in understand, "So, turns out, you were right" he said, stepping closer to Caroline, "I was focusing on the physical pain, because I did feel forgotten by Damon and Stefan, and by you".

Caroline sighed, "No apologises in this world is going to be enough Brayden, I know that--".

"Then don't apologise" Brayden interrupted, walking closer to Caroline and stopping right infront of her, he cupped her face in his hands, "Just make it up to me".

"How?" Caroline whispered.

"I don't know" Brayden whispered back, before pulling Caroline into a heated kiss.

***

Presenting 5x09 of They Don't Know About Us!

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