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?514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6jyconbNH0
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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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfqwM7viaS7
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfYrNU6TGb
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb2izJ6BYQM
“Katherine?”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLYlLiHQDqR
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwp1dYWTZhG
“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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No matter what I do you’re always mad514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCP2NoFvViu
And I, I can’t change your mind514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfdHNXfXoKg
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And I, I’m starting to see514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfEg3JXz1oa
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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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZdE35Rmt93
“Why must you run from me?”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qyjhY2cuB
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5TtU7579cC
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3XSXRmpJ2F
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB497YQlL71
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ1wKWdlPHS
“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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It’s hard to believe514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlIXG2IC1Tq
That there’s no way out for you and me514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61MtPmUqld
And it seems to be the story of our lives514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxYNZrsHwmw
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ76OHJVw3yg
There’s still time to turn this around514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2eKiSJZhT8
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCgt7hWkzEF
But I keep thinking514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYsVGoFljH
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡObLX4Axwwk
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGy9sKzfjrm
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAoiTYd8bqQ
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn66nSMwL85
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc1Y3VWQiCl
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGckS5oVoK2
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7htsX4xhG
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATFpqHi7v8
He pulled away five minutes later.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqaY0kS0Hur
“Wait. Time out.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhWdf7GUSo5
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiaBYDKw3cY
“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.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNOz4OSQEK
She stood in front of him.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaF4VzJSfCB
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsGWFsduSry
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3QQsjNKVNE
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWT3QOpt2s4
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKSKSD9MMR0
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 back514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡit9cgIbWrU
No matter what I do you’re always mad514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyqEC1azGqs
And I, baby, I’m starting to see514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs99gkQzeyS
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL66KI3hlvO
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYsQ3QKBI7A
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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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNi8KmUFcQZ
He looked over at her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1Qyope2iJ8
“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.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt9ZrtK9pBS
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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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvemrBZN5vZ
“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.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2ppa7Eabc
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaIjs2lKUrQ
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9lIMtbvToB
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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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU8GcFgXBoh
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzTpT8deJj4
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX2eQUmu9lR
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7kuNQ10A3
“Thanks,” she said.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcwPRFAxtCJ
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwBO0q8QMwB
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjY90aGdu1V
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.514Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWBmg39eFXB
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A month later, they were a couple again.
