Summary: Set in S5. Based on the song “Awake and Alive” by Skillet.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG8mAZaexGn
*I Know What You Did Last Summer*
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You breath into me at last633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZmL0QdxuhJ
I’m awake and alive633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsBFw1HVPsh
Now I know what I believe inside633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhL1AYmONQ1
It’s my time633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6OpAE7EJU
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2FluNhx9C4
Here (right here), right now (right now)
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It was a nebulous night, as Katherine sat in the driver’s seat of Damon’s car, human and injured, trying to stay awake, but she knew it was useless. Everything was going black and it all seemed so far away. She’d tried running, knowing Damon wanted to hand her over to Silas. She knew he had to have had a reason, but she would never know what that reason was. She’d never get the chance to say goodbye or to tell him the truth about her feelings for him, either.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXIaioIpivn
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Half an hour later, after making up his mind to look for her, he spotted his wrecked car. He could see her still inside and he could smell blood. By the smell, he knew she was injured but hoped he could save her. This was all his fault. He’d broken his promise to protect her. She’d ran because of it.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNWSfyRgGET
He blurred to her side of the car and forced the door open. He then assessed her condition, scanning for what her wounds were. He saw her lower stomach and thigh bleeding, along with blood on either side of her head. He could hear her barely breathing and her heart slowing. He knew it was from her wounds.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ZwX9xxlY0
He gently pulled her out of the wreck, in his arms, and layed her down. He knew she needed the hospital, but also knew she probably wouldn’t make it in time. As he made that assessment, he heard everything stop altogether. He knew he had to bring her back, whether he hated her or not. She’d been right. A part of him didn’t want her to die.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGP1NvcyyE3
He kissed her, giving her air, and then began heart compressions, trying to revive her.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2IF7MFW5H
“Come on, Katherine. Breathe. Come back to me. You’re a survivor. You always survive. Please, Katherine. Now is not the time to give up or be stubborn.”633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUZWzQpWqF2
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Ten minutes later, she began to wake up, coughing.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmoLWpMTJ2l
“Damon,” she half-whispered with blurry and dim vision.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuiBJSUeJZu
“Hey. Welcome back,” he said, before gently pulling her into his arms and getting to his feet with her in his arms. As he did, she rested her head on his shoulder and wrapped her arms weakly around his neck.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Q7ZnWTHyg
“Stay with me,” he said, before blurring to the hospital.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJAMDFSI5FE
A few minutes later, he got her to the hospital and she was rushed down the hall with a breathing mask on.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgzu14LpyXi
He could only watch, as they rushed her down the hall to save her life. He could only hope she would survive. She had to. He needed to apologize for almost handing her over to Silas. He’d made a mistake and wanted to make up for it, even if he couldn’t make it work. He had to try.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW6MccuiGdK
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I’ll stand my ground and never back down633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgzElJAYOB
I know what I believe inside633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGTxk37sGio
I’m awake and alive633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqeXii9vT0L
I’m at war with the world ‘cause I633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRGi9XvoquU
Ain’t never gonna sell my soul633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡneMg58I1Fd
I’ve already made up my mind633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzU4TS5cVbz
No matter what I can’t be bought or sold633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0V6vnieD1h
When my faith’s getting weak633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnzs1WfUm1u
And I feel like giving in633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡocACTac5Ah
You breathe into me633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUS1CLXYv2T
I’m awake I’m alive633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKmbU70BJaf
Now I know what I believe inside633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1xBLyZIkk
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Five hours later, after she was in a recovery room, Damon was silently seated on her bedside, waiting for her to come to. She was in bad shape and they’d had to revive her a couple of times, but they’d brought her back and she’d survived. Now she just had to heal. He was happy that she hadn’t given up, because the Katherine he knew fought like hell.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPb6NyLY4ca
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A few weeks later, she was fully healed and Damon took her home with him. He apologized to her and she forgave him. They even rekindled their relationship.
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*Dead Man On Campus*
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Now it’s my time633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtPdFM4qRJM
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJjmebldRmY
l'll stand my ground and never back down633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡefYOiFk2lW
I know what I believe inside633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡak1PpNgokm
Here (right here), right now (right now)633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMazk8L7HOj
I’m awake and I’m alive633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpCHiTp4QSv
Waking up, waking up633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjMcQzWUR2z
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Waking up, waking up
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It was a beautiful night, as she stood on the clock tower, overlooking the town square, ready to step off to end her suffering. She’d just found out that she was dying of old age at a rapid pace and had a few months to six months, give or take, to live. She didn’t want the pain of dying of old age.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfUh6rFszbg
Before she could turn around and jump off the ledge, she had a thought about Damon. If she died, what would happen to him? He finally loved her once more, as she did with him. She knew how deeply he felt things. Thinking this through, she realized that he’d be devastated and probably end up wreaking havoc everywhere. That’s what made her realize that she couldn’t do this to Damon. She couldn’t kill herself; especially, without a goodbye.
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*500 Years of Solitude*
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In the dark633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkdGrG09kXu
I can feel you in my sleep633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7iBDrxwpNx
In your arms I feel you breathe into me
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It was a beautiful day at the boarding house, as Katherine lay in bed after having a heart attack the night before, Damon seated on her bedside. He wanted to give her peace in her last moments, so he gave her old memories that only they shared. Their most fondest memory of all, he gave to her last.
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*Flashback-As I Lay Dying*
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Forever hold this heart that I will give to you633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBofCOEF9x
Forever I will live for you633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUOPWfbB6y9
I’m awake I’m alive633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7Kqlix07Wy
Now I know what I believe inside633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqkpnkRD9tw
Now it’s my time633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ18LiMmzC99
I’ll do what I want ‘cause this is my life633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCagQLbo1cy
Here (right here), right now (right now)633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3fdTLBf7Wu
I’ll stand my ground and never back down633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5eykDZhEY6
I know what I believe inside633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoVNHVCZzk1
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Waking up, waking up633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV6jmnZzhq2
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Waking up, waking up
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It was a nebulous night in the woods in 1864, as he chased after her. He was still human and loved her unconditionally.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzZ9ODs1uem
He caught up to her and now they stood against a tree, her back against the bark, him just inches in front of her.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxmkMWBiX8M
“Why must you run from me?” he asked her.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgtMiYTigWd
She smiled.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8oCMeUWKPw
“Because I know that you will chase.”633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oGrlHd1u5
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsm9P9jbz23
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose,” she instructed.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1d52Ou0jcB
She cut her collarbone with a fingernail.633Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZqqZjAvnx7
“I choose you, Katherine,” he said, before drinking from the wound, learning to take what he wanted without consequences.
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*End*
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*Present*
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Damon left her head and kissed her goodbye when she became no more. He was silent, as he looked at her. He was grief-stricken. They’d found love with each other, only for her to die, this time for real and permanently. He refused to become a monster because of his emotions though. He was better than that now.
