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?484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB6uPPVDoTT
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It’s never enough to say I care484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeLZIBScspO
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP4qh5hfPH9
And knowing that if I give that to you484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTTxD9V9g1O
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡes7mNEl77A
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpdzMLvKJF1
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhDNpF7kAL7
“Katherine?”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNxCYZSCQR9
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCsCCYv8cIQ
“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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It’s like one step forward and two steps back484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPHRUMqnmC2
No matter what I do you’re always mad484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpToyMhSV2s
And I, I can’t change your mind484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhT214z6ejz
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW8wHYsRdUg
I can’t give you what you want484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJG8hHZZDwk
And it’s killing me484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvkrJHOGzX2
And I, I’m starting to see484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9XkPTEOJ4J
Maybe we’re not meant to be484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxAaHfeglBP
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1vWfbaIqz8
“Why must you run from me?”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGlYZvxxFik
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0rDycFjGrI
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUWTKliMh4
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmjoINw20Vf
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzLOmU5VXnf
“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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No it’s never enough to say I try484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyDuJsiTzkC
It’s hard to believe484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7xv6s4EW9X
That there’s no way out for you and me484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfWReek282S
And it seems to be the story of our lives484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdgrjv1A3qU
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzcqUOgASLX
There’s still time to turn this around484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX53FdxFLPB
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4IKIClxTW0
But I keep thinking484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYXHCcYTZG
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeQANwEk9TT
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRk6hv8dNg1
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlpSmAKtjWF
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡT93c45qsUz
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhOIjdgGmdR
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXFMiybX5Cy
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu0bSpIqieh
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSCvHbNpbos
He pulled away five minutes later.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2DTcx0bkJt
“Wait. Time out.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7R1ORr4Kgx
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPfa53g2DOl
“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.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXY0y3a0yf0
She stood in front of him.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrDQcNrwDhS
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡszAXXN0Qjc
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZZufuDfBgx
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLtSPLpdA55
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTucwuU02Tr
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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It’s like one step forward and two steps back484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuJ6Jyewp5W
No matter what I do you’re always mad484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFmBKazLKTE
And I, baby, I’m starting to see484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8fYgWCv0z
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9loWf2KwHZ
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdJP4DLgThE
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKM47mmHLk
He looked over at her.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYiw0CVaQs5
“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.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1gnPvXdK0
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVlgTCn6HS2
“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.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY6SMKifPhT
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUd52gVIuzq
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUCcPgltGIO
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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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeTspaQuQj2
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJuGg978Vcb
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2Q2Zt2zPMW
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6pEZJ9ClL5
“Thanks,” she said.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmr36FRLX1j
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6wZrmAJvu9
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo7cpgnQw8o
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.484Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6UvRLa8Ou
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A month later, they were a couple again.
