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?447Please respect copyright.PENANATezpbKT46Z
It’s never enough to say I’m sorry447Please respect copyright.PENANAltwmwLCS0U
It’s never enough to say I care447Please respect copyright.PENANAkgezQmULCA
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me447Please respect copyright.PENANA9DKZMqIhdm
And knowing that if I give that to you447Please respect copyright.PENANADTXIFnEbaF
I might just disappear447Please respect copyright.PENANA48ZVLbpeO1
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAQZWoFJbhNf
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAtiXJCCsS43
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.447Please respect copyright.PENANAFNHFspq5B3
“Katherine?”447Please respect copyright.PENANAH3DpxBOFqe
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA2nW8wbDWb9
“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 back447Please respect copyright.PENANA8TThKKozAv
No matter what I do you’re always mad447Please respect copyright.PENANA1837VZk9YM
And I, I can’t change your mind447Please respect copyright.PENANAmroZwWyrcl
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street447Please respect copyright.PENANAdX1NLSLCJH
I can’t give you what you want447Please respect copyright.PENANArGmzB4zTMM
And it’s killing me447Please respect copyright.PENANAslKNOZ6X40
And I, I’m starting to see447Please respect copyright.PENANA9I1WQRImV5
Maybe we’re not meant to be447Please respect copyright.PENANA9YtAPeZVe1
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAjNviG0bRE0
“Why must you run from me?”447Please respect copyright.PENANAOMeHCOKi41
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.447Please respect copyright.PENANARqVNjA8nDx
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.447Please respect copyright.PENANADVvicLDjYt
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.447Please respect copyright.PENANAObTAHM61oT
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAPANhYOgvIn
“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 try447Please respect copyright.PENANAz5CSxVcbU3
It’s hard to believe447Please respect copyright.PENANABK77awLERC
That there’s no way out for you and me447Please respect copyright.PENANA5f8NrpMAfl
And it seems to be the story of our lives447Please respect copyright.PENANA3dRu3g86gO
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing447Please respect copyright.PENANAElTZYS0wuS
There’s still time to turn this around447Please respect copyright.PENANA0msmn6nm4G
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down447Please respect copyright.PENANAL9TpaCGCnc
But I keep thinking447Please respect copyright.PENANAEhRFZjLH4M
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAwBpHgX7CbA
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.447Please respect copyright.PENANA5eaIIfpuBz
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.447Please respect copyright.PENANARchOct1hEm
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANASyXY9HPwsc
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.447Please respect copyright.PENANAI6fu4FSEsy
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAOEaSdhB6JY
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAUTV1z1G8No
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.447Please respect copyright.PENANA75NVMSzBEa
He pulled away five minutes later.447Please respect copyright.PENANAwuUX4GzMKP
“Wait. Time out.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAYYDrnLnIsI
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.447Please respect copyright.PENANA6jpWw6dMF8
“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.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAxVgUr2VuCv
She stood in front of him.447Please respect copyright.PENANAt0YC9XsrSb
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAP4qlZQv7Cg
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.447Please respect copyright.PENANA7XZVv81r6y
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”447Please respect copyright.PENANA5xtJXgkdZn
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.447Please respect copyright.PENANALtgdpXwuKi
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 back447Please respect copyright.PENANASpAZLTOgNp
No matter what I do you’re always mad447Please respect copyright.PENANAV5XgyA1efi
And I, baby, I’m starting to see447Please respect copyright.PENANAgenyJNxrtx
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA4bftY51fK1
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA9w5riBw5Ew
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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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAyfnUqafobH
He looked over at her.447Please respect copyright.PENANAKwkanTXtNC
“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.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAbEUgwt2bXl
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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.447Please respect copyright.PENANA39VpYJo8ay
“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.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAyHvr87y7ro
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.447Please respect copyright.PENANAzVHd6CUNo6
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.447Please respect copyright.PENANAyaka56GEUB
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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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAYHaSJZpBAc
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAJE3g0QBRPi
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.447Please respect copyright.PENANA13MxhGN9XK
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.447Please respect copyright.PENANA4em6gJOH3i
“Thanks,” she said.447Please respect copyright.PENANAeqxzg9m8vI
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.447Please respect copyright.PENANAOVD7ikEB9p
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”447Please respect copyright.PENANAqadtJqVNvH
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.447Please respect copyright.PENANAJg95wtgLMW
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A month later, they were a couple again.