Summary: Set in S8. Based on the song “I Don’t Deserve You.” Katherine comes back to life after being in a prison world and saves Damon from his stupidity when she finds him in a very dark place. In return, he saves her. What will ensue between them?575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjf3vWuttKR
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You’re the reason that I’m alive575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiGv69zYVTc
You’re what I can’t live without575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡi8IinZrkDj
You’re what I can’t live without
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It was early morning turning into dawn, as a human Katherine began walking, having escaped a prison world, when she saw someone on one of the hills past the tree line. He seemed familiar, so she began walking towards the guy that had his back to her and, once she was at the tree line, she knew who it was. She’d know him anywhere, no matter what. She could see that he was finishing a bottle of Bourbon, obviously in a lot of emotional pain. She also could see that he had his ring off. Considering the sun was starting to come up, she knew what he was planning to do. She couldn’t let him die; never.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu3AVxA9be
She walked up to him and snatched the bottle from him and grabbed his ring from the ground.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7H4bw8bJyv
“What do you think you’re doing? You don’t get to die, no matter what you’re going through,” she blurted at him, as she stood in front of him.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFW5G9IHiQ7
“One, how are you alive? Two, you don’t get to tell me what to do. You don’t know what I’ve been through. Elena’s gone and I’ve hurt many and almost killed Enzo. I killed Sarah too. She was the last of our living family. Sybil, a siren, got inside my head and made me do things. The world would be better off without me,” he replied.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMO8l20ww9q
Hearing this, she knew what he was going through. It pained her to see him in pain, but she didn’t want him dead. She’d lied to him to make him let her go. She loved him and always would.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFP1zLeMH6
“I ended up in a prison world after I died and just escaped with an ascendant,” she answered him. She then tried to reason with him. “Just because you did those things and you’re in pain doesn’t give you the right to do this. You have people that care about you. You can’t die. I won’t let you. Just put your ring on and let’s talk.”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ApUhRPmQp
She held out his ring to him.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlpIhIsFdF
“It gives me plenty of a right. Besides, why do you care? You said it yourself. You never loved me. It was always Stefan. Just leave me to die in peace.”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbr0nFEE5hm
“I know you’re not going to believe me, but I always loved you. I didn’t want to hurt you, but I knew Klaus was getting close. I had to protect you. If he knew we loved each other, he would’ve killed you to hurt me more. I did what I had to do to save you. And then you fell for Elena, so I figured it wouldn’t matter if I told you anyway once he left,” she explained to him.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPpFurPGvj2
“Why tell me now then?” he replied, testing to see if she was telling him the truth.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd2ZBIB56OA
“Because I need you alive and so do the others that care about you. Please, don’t do this, Damon. I know you didn’t spare my life, but I’m asking you to spare your own,” she encouraged her elder childe.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvRp0bkNGjh
He sighed, seeing that she was nearly begging him to live, making him see that she was telling the truth.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgpKTK5AWi9
“Fine. You’ve been convincing enough.”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡj7XCruQZXh
He took his Daylight ring from her and put it on.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIMfn9fwLtr
She sighed in relief.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCBtShCb3KC
“Now why don’t we go some place to talk,” he suggested.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1U3guhYQhw
She smiled.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡC7vFeyBfEF
“Good idea.”
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You never give up575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡM3hLVgjVc0
When I’m falling apart575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRHj1whFWSJ
Your arms are always open wide575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMIUTs41hI3
And you’re quick to forgive575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEuklRPJth7
When I make a mistake575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLmRlDRLr0E
You love me in the blink of an eye575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDW0xBae66S
I don’t deserve your love575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwuxxsbLcmt
But you give it to me anyway575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡniyqgp45Ya
Can’t get enough575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡm8n1DMJCxc
You’re everything I need575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs7mBYz2Rgh
And when I walk away575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4sgjJSszki
You take off running and come right after me575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6xxoJcSSp
It’s what you do575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhAEB0zXQgP
And I don’t deserve you575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkeX7jUr2NH
You’re the light inside my eyes575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY2EfE4c805
You give me a reason to keep trying575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlSamREUS88
You give me more than I could dream575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHWIRzrOCwF
And you bring me to my knees575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡccZD6kyIgd
You bring me to my knees575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgDSsDNnmvW
Your heart is gold and how am I the one575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ67qojlWtKY
That you’ve chosen to love? 575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhKHg30SeOg
I still can’t believe that you’re right next to me575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBWyDzoNPIA
After all that I’ve done
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He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face, seeing that she was quite injured from her time in the prison world.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo5roHSx90P
“You sure you don’t need any help before we talk?”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ97FTLH0jWa
He looked at her, seeing that she looked like hell and had a lot of wounds and blood on either side of her head.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy1FjcJT6B4
When he asked that, she was suddenly aware of how injured she was from that prison.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡruXBXkcyUL
“I look like hell,” she commented, before everything went dim for her.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNUq6X2s6DU
Damon caught her from hitting the ground and then gently picked her up in his arms.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeotMYZxDTI
“You’re gonna be okay. Stay with me,” he encouraged, before blurring off to get her to the hospital. He lost Elena. He couldn’t lose her too. She’d been his first love. Apart from that, she’d just saved him from killing himself. He felt like he owed her. It was his turn to save her. He needed to make up for being an ass to her when she’d been dying and for feeding her to Silas, as well as for trying to kill himself today. This was his way of making up for all of that.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKr8UpkSa2f
She felt wind, as she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes, letting her know that he was going to save her one way or another, whether he still loved her or not.
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I don’t deserve your love575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡluXaCUPCNA
But you give it to me anyway575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMa8ETKEDbI
Can’t get enough575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMFVh0UpNYa
You’re everything I need575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJi2Ub140B6
And when I walk away575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcScHF6HId
You take off running and come right after me575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvBzO3PwZG8
It’s what you do575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV2dHyMKpne
And I don’t deserve you
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A few hours later, after she survived the surgery, Damon was seated on her bedside, a hand on her right one, waiting for her to wake up.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTdgcI6xra8
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An hour later, when she woke up, she saw that she was in a hospital bed with Damon seated on her bedside, a hand on hers. She smiled.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4nOuPvZNxX
“Hey.”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCisQgN6neb
He smiled back. “You made it through.”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzfz6WgSHy3
“Well, I always do manage to survive somehow,” she replied.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYElgC9kGC
“That you do,” he agreed. “I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I’m glad you’re alive. Thanks for saving me from my own stupidity. I guess you made me realize when you almost died that I never stopped loving you,” he replied.575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgbeXpMw05h
“You’re welcome then.” She slowly sat up in bed. “And I never stopped loving you either.”575Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsHDNDnebUg
A moment later, after their confessions, they began kissing romantically and lustfully.
