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?521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyLUl70CXDy
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It’s never enough to say I care521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQmIiEzwXUL
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9vFACoHXSI
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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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡagYaOUXAqF
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWm1t5IHdnV
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2kG64817Mp
“Katherine?”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRg4lYQGxES
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOzDQMtb38k
“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 back521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKvAsFSOOoJ
No matter what I do you’re always mad521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0fGM2Mu3ZQ
And I, I can’t change your mind521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBylRBjIu6D
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIUlUvHvO7U
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And I, I’m starting to see521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYAtiG5O12H
Maybe we’re not meant to be521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq3b3irLhtU
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEZTBqaZ0Kw
“Why must you run from me?”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKGJM8jTmzM
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrKAxOBnBKx
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbQMWSvZiD2
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKR0sgvrfx
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiCF85RqxQI
“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 believe521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLU4EMDaWQP
That there’s no way out for you and me521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1MI5BJlgCg
And it seems to be the story of our lives521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNv8HuMegeG
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdzMYQwxMk1
There’s still time to turn this around521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1hHG7Nkbu
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqQOvxB48It
But I keep thinking521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTKyfsBxmO3
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC3QGCMfgwp
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRLR5kgJf3T
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCyqBBXFvwB
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2krk4eeWQC
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKi0MECJQlH
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLwjs3ZqNWt
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSlFYoGG6MY
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfKo2bomcEY
He pulled away five minutes later.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ07qWhaTEoV
“Wait. Time out.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ60prbHI0xW
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU9KUym6vLy
“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.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwO3uziKXp6
She stood in front of him.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9xOri7iAXa
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBiuNKc6jR3
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ174Z6El61b
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ35ecuIsUZl
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ57qxErZSgW
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 back521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpT0Hdbnw5v
No matter what I do you’re always mad521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk0apm6oF7m
And I, baby, I’m starting to see521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk46OCsyBfX
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP5ke4h95Dg
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ308G1G4K0e
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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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTnVytITIcQ
He looked over at her.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0lTmfj5Xu
“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.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdIRx8OfpSB
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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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXDdSGZZlaa
“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.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzQ5GcTnXMD
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtx2MpfDENq
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZuXlj2xsGo
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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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS5OI3cbwrz
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlyClT1qlQA
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoWYPnKYWfc
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBjZPv6bjAg
“Thanks,” she said.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ0ENpFOm6X
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnjqoXhrFPv
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTSkOsGQfcu
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.521Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡISWySidcHj
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A month later, they were a couple again.
