Summary: Set in S8. Based on the song “Not Meant To Be.” Katherine comes back to life after escaping the 1994 prison world and Kai. Will Damon save her or not?485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIKkWLOZFYj
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And knowing that if I give that to you485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzbMGEDux1b
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Nobody wins when everyone’s losing
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It was a nebulous night, as Damon drove through Mystic Falls, on the way out of town. A few weeks ago, he and Enzo had been saved from the siren, Sybil, when they’d destroyed it. Just last week he’d gotten his humanity back on. Now he was on his way out of town for a break from Mystic Falls and everything that came with it.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbwoaUUEXGf
Suddenly, on a road, close to the edge of town, he stopped the car, seeing someone on the road. Deciding to see who it was and if he could help, he got out and walked towards the shoulder of the road.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhYH8vbmNyu
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaBl30bvER9
“Katherine?”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSQ7dBbLaSG
He knelt by her to assess her condition and wounds with his eyes. When he did and saw the arrow in her lower stomach and the ascendant not far from her, he knew where she’d come from.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvtsSD6DAVZ
“I’m so sorry. You didn’t deserve this,” he said, knowing she’d just escaped Kai and it was partly his fault. He was the one that killed Kai to save Bonnie, and Stefan was the one that had killed her. Damon had just watched instead of trying to keep her alive, because he’d loved Elena. He couldn’t deny that there was still connection between them, though. She’d taught him everything he knew.
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*As I Lay Dying*
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No matter what I do you’re always mad485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1yweDHsoj1
And I, I can’t change your mind485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUsWnju8oPU
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2rlJQ5lXn
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And I, I’m starting to see485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLrZHmrlhrp
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It’s never enough to say I love you
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It was a dismal night in the Mystic Falls woods in 1864, as human Damon stood in front of her, her standing against a tree.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2MJfe7LAI
“Why must you run from me?”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOwVbN0uhPd
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuFUvhciS5c
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU979cwoSH8
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNYxwH2yOV
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhPbOxIsScc
“I choose you, Katherine,” he said, before he began to drink from the cut. That was the first lesson she taught him; take what you want without consequences.
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*500 Years of Solitude*
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It’s hard to believe485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJVEKCdlwzt
That there’s no way out for you and me485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoBtPYY4Z2Q
And it seems to be the story of our lives485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4auZo3qkz
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFjOsWcsod5
There’s still time to turn this around485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0kjCut7SOY
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpXDF3icZXT
But I keep thinking485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwd6cgK6MCF
Maybe it’s too late
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As Katherine lay in bed, resting, stuck in the memory of her parents slaughtered, Damon appeared in her memory, ready to torment her about it.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2jgNDaSxkl
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwcgpeGUuGM
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡowfzp1YwzM
He didn’t heed, but instead, went on to comment about the style that Klaus used, saying that he admired how he’d put the sword through her father and made him hang on the wall.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ5iBSIH2D
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OLxlpt7JQ
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvOPYYzQ6oL
He pinned her to the floor with a hand around her throat. He thought about the latter, but then a moment later, he let go of her and kissed her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAZlPADQayx
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OdB9CyUMY
He pulled away five minutes later.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ3bqYY4JbX
“Wait. Time out.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpIiqoJfKAz
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5qfzkH21OO
“I have a question. Answer it and it’s back to rockets and red glare. Answer it right and I’ll forget the last 145 years I spent missing you. I’ll forget everything and we can start over. That’s the beauty of eternity. See, we have time. I need the truth just this once.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLTH8bzHa4
She stood in front of him.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQLMJj1XWd
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuvO7YcvvBm
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡInKn98zsUf
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ42TIdmw6S
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnuojMx3o1m
As she walked off, everything she said sunk in and he grabbed a shot glass, chucking it at the fireplace. As a result, it shattered into a million pieces, just as he felt like right now.
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*Present*
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No matter what I do you’re always mad485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlrhFdMM7xG
And I, baby, I’m starting to see485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEtPBlO4PlK
Maybe we’re not meant to be
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As he scanned her, he saw a dagger in her thigh and her lower stomach and side were bleeding. To top it off, there was blood on either side of her head and she was pale from blood loss.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJsfZfv0cns
After another moment of looking her over, he pulled the arrow out and gently picked her up in his arms, taking her to his car.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrCXJqTPbOY
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As he drove out of town to the nearest town and hospital, he hoped that she’d make it. All he could do was hope. He’d hated her for so long and now he cared for her. He didn’t hate her anymore. He just wanted her to live. His hatred had died when she had died. Besides, no one deserved to be treated the way Kai liked to treat others.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYWCQEWfImy
He looked over at her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8K27KScoB5
“Katherine, can you hear me? I need you to open your eyes. I know I was an ass before you died and I’m sorry for that.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6lJrxNr234
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When he got parked in the hospital parking lot and opened her side of the car, she began to wake up and he went to her side. He could see that though she was awake, she was fighting as to not go under again.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWo3G5HA4hV
“Hey. You’re finally awake.” He gently picked her up in his arms and walked to the hospital building. “Stay with me. You’re going to be okay. Just stay with me.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWga7kl1eNa
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoG28GlhRra
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSx7KMV5RB7
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A few hours later, he entered her hospital room after she’d survived the surgery, and sat on her bedside, his hands in hers.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcF9zjZMKgO
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9cnq0H7a99
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtWdmcjK81C
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTvk2W3VfKT
“Thanks,” she said.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ21LDfBAsQI
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs6k69Kf6FA
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtfMWN6nAiK
She slowly sat up in bed and gave him a kiss, which he lustfully returned. After her death and near death experience, he realized that he loved her.485Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK7FWZH5cCe
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A month later, they were a couple again.
