Summary: Set in S8. Based on the song “I Don’t Deserve You.” Katherine comes back to life after being in a prison world and saves Damon from his stupidity when she finds him in a very dark place. In return, he saves her. What will ensue between them?479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8FwJGtvX1j
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You’re what I can’t live without
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It was early morning turning into dawn, as a human Katherine began walking, having escaped a prison world, when she saw someone on one of the hills past the tree line. He seemed familiar, so she began walking towards the guy that had his back to her and, once she was at the tree line, she knew who it was. She’d know him anywhere, no matter what. She could see that he was finishing a bottle of Bourbon, obviously in a lot of emotional pain. She also could see that he had his ring off. Considering the sun was starting to come up, she knew what he was planning to do. She couldn’t let him die; never.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRTiUu7L7Wj
She walked up to him and snatched the bottle from him and grabbed his ring from the ground.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuLadNXQdgP
“What do you think you’re doing? You don’t get to die, no matter what you’re going through,” she blurted at him, as she stood in front of him.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKpERB6HHzs
“One, how are you alive? Two, you don’t get to tell me what to do. You don’t know what I’ve been through. Elena’s gone and I’ve hurt many and almost killed Enzo. I killed Sarah too. She was the last of our living family. Sybil, a siren, got inside my head and made me do things. The world would be better off without me,” he replied.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwyyPFCYGIn
Hearing this, she knew what he was going through. It pained her to see him in pain, but she didn’t want him dead. She’d lied to him to make him let her go. She loved him and always would.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡko7yTPMkBl
“I ended up in a prison world after I died and just escaped with an ascendant,” she answered him. She then tried to reason with him. “Just because you did those things and you’re in pain doesn’t give you the right to do this. You have people that care about you. You can’t die. I won’t let you. Just put your ring on and let’s talk.”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF6vGtCCDD3
She held out his ring to him.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmUICn5s8Zy
“It gives me plenty of a right. Besides, why do you care? You said it yourself. You never loved me. It was always Stefan. Just leave me to die in peace.”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzMB31ukn5
“I know you’re not going to believe me, but I always loved you. I didn’t want to hurt you, but I knew Klaus was getting close. I had to protect you. If he knew we loved each other, he would’ve killed you to hurt me more. I did what I had to do to save you. And then you fell for Elena, so I figured it wouldn’t matter if I told you anyway once he left,” she explained to him.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDdMNg3RQ7a
“Why tell me now then?” he replied, testing to see if she was telling him the truth.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjKOkXmVphq
“Because I need you alive and so do the others that care about you. Please, don’t do this, Damon. I know you didn’t spare my life, but I’m asking you to spare your own,” she encouraged her elder childe.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwe5hT12KCM
He sighed, seeing that she was nearly begging him to live, making him see that she was telling the truth.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9y9L5vnGS
“Fine. You’ve been convincing enough.”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtZyIkjhWa0
He took his Daylight ring from her and put it on.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKfn9kF3lAf
She sighed in relief.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡshb5LTRvJq
“Now why don’t we go some place to talk,” he suggested.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRzP4vtcqJ9
She smiled.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ6QqoEdyQ6
“Good idea.”
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You never give up479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1wftY1EPh1
When I’m falling apart479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB7dt6FjR3j
Your arms are always open wide479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWLtDJDyDit
And you’re quick to forgive479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgjEq4BcnAe
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It’s what you do479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1YeK5e0Dde
And I don’t deserve you479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTKOWRDvx4
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You give me more than I could dream479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcAkoc3CxRo
And you bring me to my knees479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyHVZhGvuyF
You bring me to my knees479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67CeO0yN3H
Your heart is gold and how am I the one479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBCTLkDJLQC
That you’ve chosen to love? 479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvrTtBWDMBl
I still can’t believe that you’re right next to me479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZjfc9LgJMB
After all that I’ve done
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He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face, seeing that she was quite injured from her time in the prison world.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDlk2XtaEW
“You sure you don’t need any help before we talk?”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LEAzCuQWf
He looked at her, seeing that she looked like hell and had a lot of wounds and blood on either side of her head.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIFzMNIsOWK
When he asked that, she was suddenly aware of how injured she was from that prison.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2uTBoZX8w3
“I look like hell,” she commented, before everything went dim for her.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqeOzqiaGZ
Damon caught her from hitting the ground and then gently picked her up in his arms.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdrUsvkbX0d
“You’re gonna be okay. Stay with me,” he encouraged, before blurring off to get her to the hospital. He lost Elena. He couldn’t lose her too. She’d been his first love. Apart from that, she’d just saved him from killing himself. He felt like he owed her. It was his turn to save her. He needed to make up for being an ass to her when she’d been dying and for feeding her to Silas, as well as for trying to kill himself today. This was his way of making up for all of that.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHku9kABxss
She felt wind, as she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, letting her know that he was going to save her one way or another, whether he still loved her or not.
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I don’t deserve your love479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iJGrAMs2Q
But you give it to me anyway479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6kW9p7CQwU
Can’t get enough479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUrBAChfsY8
You’re everything I need479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDkPM3p5M28
And when I walk away479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBDdc7jzEbQ
You take off running and come right after me479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqz62OCh7ba
It’s what you do479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQdH4fsHoXE
And I don’t deserve you
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A few hours later, after she survived the surgery, Damon was seated on her bedside, a hand on her right one, waiting for her to wake up.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4iEgKHQnUs
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An hour later, when she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital bed with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on hers. She smiled.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKXRIyGcDT3
“Hey.”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡA5GOWDWiCn
He smiled back. “You made it through.”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiAF9y925Ar
“Well, I always do manage to survive somehow,” she replied.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNkgg62TLBI
“That you do,” he agreed. “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m glad you’re alive. Thanks for saving me from my own stupidity. I guess you made me realize when you almost died that I never stopped loving you,” he replied.479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOuka5DDYj5
“You’re welcome then.” She slowly sat up in bed. “And I never stopped loving you either.”479Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡop3eQtbMzM
A moment later, after their confessions, they began kissing romantically and lustfully.
