Summary: Set in S2 finale with VD S4 “American Gothic” as flashbacks. Elijah finds an injured and human Kat. Can he save her, or is he too late this time?461Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgIxD0OuYRh
*Pennsylvania*
You’re giving me a million reasons to let you go
You’re giving me a million reasons to quit the show
You’re givin’ me a million reasons
Give me a million reasons
Givin’ me a million reasons
About a million reasons
If I had a highway, I would run for the hills
If you could find a dry way, I’d forever be still
But you’re giving me a million reasons
Give me a million reasons
Givin’ me a million reasons
About a million reasons
I bow down to pray
I try to make the worse seem better
Lord, show me the way
To cut through all his worn out leather
I’ve got a hundred million reasons to walk away
It was a beautiful day, as Katherine and Elijah stood in front of each other in an alleyway.
“Is that what I am to you? A means of survival?” he needed to know.
“No; Of course you’re not a means of survival. You looked out for me when I had no one. You’ve given me a second chance now, when no one else will.” She rested a hand on the side of his face. “I love you. Elijah.” He turned his face away and she put her hand down. “You don’t believe me,” she realized.
“I want to,” he replied, looking at her. “It’s my disease. I just keep wanting to believe you, but how can I when, at every turn, you give me a reason to doubt you? I don’t know you. I don’t think I ever will.”
She watched, as he walked away, before catching up with him and putting a hand on his arm.
“Wait.”
He looked at her hand and then her a couple times.
She got the hint and let go.
“Goodbye, Katherine.”
She could only watch, as he left, knowing that she’d lost his trust in her.
*Night*
But baby, I just need one good one to stay
Head stuck in a cycle, I look off and I stare
It’s like that I’ve stopped breathing, but completely aware
‘Cause you’ve given me a million reasons
Give me a million reasons
Giving me a million reasons
About a million reasons
And if you say something that you might even mean
It’s hard to fathom which parts I should believe
‘Cause you’ve given me a million reasons
Give me a million reasons
Givin’ me a million reasons
About a million reasons
Elijah stood on a sidewalk with her standing in front of him.
“What do you want?” he asked, clearly not interested in what she had to say.
“To tell you that you’re right. I’ve spend so much time running and lying just to survive, I---I’m starting to believe my own lies. I don’t even remember who I was when we first met. And I want to find out.”
“How do I know this isn’t another lie? Katherine Pierce deceiving yet another man,” he replied.
“Because I meant what I said about my feelings for you.” She took a little black box out of her purse. “And I’d like to think that you feel something for me, too.” She opened the box.
“You have the cure,” he stated.
“Yes. And I can shove this down Klaus’ throat and try to kill him, but even if I managed to do it, I’d lose you. And I don’t want that to happen.” She set the vial of the cure in his hand. “I need you to trust me. I want you to trust me. Just like I’m trusting you. You don’t owe me anything. I’m going to let you decide where we go from here.”
He watched her walk away, before looking down at the cure in his hand.
*Mystic Falls- Mikaelson Mansion*
I bow down to pray
I try to make the worse seem better
Lord, show me the way
To cut through all his worn out leather
I’ve got a hundred million reasons to walk away
But baby, I just need one good one to stay
Aye-eee-ayeee-ay-ayyee
Elijah stood in front of her, hating that he was breaking her heart yet again.
“Elijah, please. It’s our turn,” she pleaded.
“Katerina,” was all he could find to say.
He kissed her on the forehead and then was gone, following his family to New Orleans.
*Present- New Orleans*
Oh, baby I’m bleedin’, bleedin’
Aye-eee-ayeee-ay-ayyee
Can’t you give me what I’m needin’, needin’
Every heartbreak makes it hard to keep the faith
But baby, I just need one good one
Good one, good one, good one, good one, good one
When I bow to pray
I try to make the worse seem better
Lord, show me the way
To cut through all his worn out leather
I’ve got a hundred million reasons to walk away
But baby, I just need one good one, good one
Tell me that you’ll be the good one, good one
Baby, I just need one good one to stay aye-eee-ayeee
It was a dismal night, as Elijah walked home after a few shots of Bourbon. He’d needed it after giving up on Klaus. He didn’t know what he’d do now that Klaus wasn’t in need of being saved. He’d spent too long looking out for his family, he didn’t know where to go or what to do.
He stopped in his tracks, smelling the familiar scents of Katerina, human, and quite a lot of blood. Then he followed the scent trail, all the while, wondering why she was in town.
Soon, he saw an injured and human Katerina in an alley, from afar. He immediately was at her side, where she lay on her back. He scanned her and seeing an ascendant not far from her, knew that she’d come from a prison world.
“Katerina.” He rested gentle hands on either side of her head. “Can you hear me, Katerina?” he called, though he knew she’d lost a lot of blood. “Open your eyes if you can hear me, Katerina.”
He waited, but he didn’t get anything.
“Stay with me, Katerina. Please.”
He gently picked her up in his arms and blurred home.
Please, don’t leave me, Katerina, he thought.
Half an hour later, upon his request, Freya had healed her. He now sat on her bedside, waiting for her to awaken. He may have always acted calm, but when he’d nearly lost her…he’d never been so afraid of losing her before. He knew that if she was still willing, it was time for their own happiness. He knew now what he’d do now that he wasn’t needed by his siblings.
In the end, he and Kat got back together and went on their own journey.
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