Summary: Set in S5E1. Based on the song “Cut” by Plumb. Damon finds an injured Katherine. Will he save her?
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A fragile frame aged531Please respect copyright.PENANAfCgjpNoVL2
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And when our eyes meet531Please respect copyright.PENANAgLGMmavDNo
I know you see531Please respect copyright.PENANAMhHlXHOtyQ
I do not want to be afraid531Please respect copyright.PENANAW2pRdKfQ58
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in531Please respect copyright.PENANAgL20jk5DUr
I’m tired of feeling so numb531Please respect copyright.PENANA3b29FQ35W8
Relief exists I find it when531Please respect copyright.PENANAKunuJPjPdH
I am cut
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It was a nebulous night, as Katherine walked through town. She’d left town for a whole summer after being turned into a human when Elena had shoved the cure down her throat. Now she was back in town after suffering from being homeless, hungry, tired with blistered feet from heels, and suffering from fear. She was also hurt emotionally and physically. She was hurt and angry for being left in the dust by Elijah. She was physically injured because she was worthless as a human and could barely defend herself. She knew she was taking a risk, but she decided to try and get to Damon. He had once loved her the most. Surely he wouldn’t turn her away in her time of need, no matter what she’d done in the past.531Please respect copyright.PENANAr5XIOywts1
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An hour later, give or take, she grabbed hold of a building wall by an alley, weak with blurry vision and her sight was going. She knew that this meant that she’d lost a lot of blood. She didn’t want to die; especially, alone, but she couldn’t do anything to prevent it. She could only hope to be found in time.
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I may seem crazy531Please respect copyright.PENANAkQ4KGQ1UK7
Or painfully shy531Please respect copyright.PENANAY2hCBW4DfB
And these scars wouldn’t be so hidden531Please respect copyright.PENANAIytxYtR5Wt
If you would just look me in the eye531Please respect copyright.PENANA4lTiWuzABV
I feel alone and cold here531Please respect copyright.PENANA8cW2lS1WVO
Thought I don’t want to die531Please respect copyright.PENANAywLah8h8Ue
But the only anesthetic that makes me feel anything kills inside
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Damon was on his way home, not far from an alley after feeding in the woods, when he smelled human blood. And so he decided to follow it.
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I do not want to be afraid531Please respect copyright.PENANAtWSxx518to
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in531Please respect copyright.PENANA7snpsI7E7M
I’m tired of feeling so numb531Please respect copyright.PENANAGTVzMl2S4k
Relief exists I find it when531Please respect copyright.PENANAvMDhVP7wBE
I am cut531Please respect copyright.PENANAkBJcT3qqeF
Pain531Please respect copyright.PENANAk5V6KnBjH8
I am not alone531Please respect copyright.PENANAAyNosOY7Ab
I am not alone
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When he arrived a short while later in an alley, he stood silent for a moment, debating whether to help her or not, seeing her seated on the ground with her back against the brick wall. There was a dagger in her lower stomach. She was very pale too and had lost a lot of blood; too much blood.
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I’m not a stranger531Please respect copyright.PENANAEX3IEqo2I5
No I am yours531Please respect copyright.PENANAajS3KbBVvf
With crippled anger531Please respect copyright.PENANAPRP2K5NOJO
And tears that still drip soar531Please respect copyright.PENANAbtYAZR5jNR
But I do not want to be afraid531Please respect copyright.PENANA2ZLOnm3PpS
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in531Please respect copyright.PENANAAQcjvSf03h
I’m tired of feeling so numb531Please respect copyright.PENANAFsj8tb1nhI
Relief exists I found it when531Please respect copyright.PENANAjP3rEXcwyS
I was cut
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He blurred to and knelt in front of her. He could see that she was barely awake. He rested a hand on the side of her face.531Please respect copyright.PENANAyrNiErdMvo
“Stay with me. I’m going to save you. Just keep fighting.”531Please respect copyright.PENANAkmRbE6jzp8
He gently picked her up in his arms and blurred to the hospital. He would have healed any normal human, but no one had ever taken or, in her case, gotten the cure shoved down their throat before. He didn’t know if she could digest vampire blood and he wasn’t taking any risks.531Please respect copyright.PENANAHiCmf0GSec
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An hour later, after surgery, he was seated on her bedside, a hand on top of hers, waiting for her to wake up. She’d be okay now and he promised himself that he was going to keep her safe and alive.