"Why not? Are you really going to give up so easily?" He just likes tormenting his brother. One might say he even misses it. He thought he would never ever have the chance to see Stefan again and now he remembers exactly why he wanted to. That whole misery for eternity thing? He's going to keep that going because he can. Because he wants to. Everything else is out of his hands and out of his control. This? This is familiar. This is -- well, this is entirely selfish behavior. But Stefan deserves this. He deserves to be tormented because he wanted his older brother around and now Damon's going to make him regret it. Every second, every hour, every damn day.

"You love her. She's the reason you're feeding on bunnies. Trying to be the good guy." He gives Stefan a playful shove. Just trying to get a rise out of him. No biggie. "Come on. Don't tell me you're not upset about this whole situation." He's gotta be. His girlfriend is no longer his girlfriend. That's gotta suck.

"Elena's different, isn't she?" He lets out a low whistle. "I almost couldn't keep my hands to myself the other night."