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?540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaNDfgU5674
You’re the first face that I see540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡokNISOL4fs
And the last thing I think about540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Wbjg9TgWL
You’re the reason that I’m alive540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWfnmHZh91b
You’re what I can’t live without540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSxIJyYjepG
You’re what I can’t live without
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡik3Ob2LJyl
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5ZeiUbMArY
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN4AggtzDFH
She walked up to him and snatched the bottle from him and grabbed his ring from the ground.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQLo46aqTLV
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQgeR9fNEp0
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7KgWzodTxD
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6g30Sp3Jlb
“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.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9Fp3xW6h3k
She held out his ring to him.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcPprKDXiA8
“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.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIfNeBxW9u9
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡst8FIdxCPF
“Why tell me now then?” he replied, testing to see if she was telling him the truth.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCqS7kEiAAt
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzoo0xqmerv
He sighed, seeing that she was nearly begging him to live, making him see that she was telling the truth.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFhpnJJnTSU
“Fine. You’ve been convincing enough.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAHqbD1LJuU
He took his Daylight ring from her and put it on.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZMyF3Y2xZw
She sighed in relief.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRdAy0gUjQ
“Now why don’t we go some place to talk,” he suggested.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu9NIN99fQt
She smiled.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB2jt48HPll
“Good idea.”
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsU1nOp7OKw
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡid9lZmFwfN
You never give up540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWNffg4QPzE
When I’m falling apart540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3BuPyjAjyK
Your arms are always open wide540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYZ9qzoObbC
And you’re quick to forgive540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYHDXXjfoWz
When I make a mistake540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMg3OFQNMwq
You love me in the blink of an eye540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhuZDZJxj6d
I don’t deserve your love540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ6IxndcDsr
But you give it to me anyway540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFr9f8ewhL9
Can’t get enough540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEbKhmVnint
You’re everything I need540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBTXxXLFJ9I
And when I walk away540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwUsUzbHrX4
You take off running and come right after me540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZAyI8Q6b7I
It’s what you do540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO4PCPQRZ8a
And I don’t deserve you540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxDXfC9HreH
You’re the light inside my eyes540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UQYiNFydl
You give me a reason to keep trying540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtdCDwsOfEa
You give me more than I could dream540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpOZM5bEyKt
And you bring me to my knees540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6klZrPtbhD
You bring me to my knees540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRhY9pwRANH
Your heart is gold and how am I the one540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIYfdG7xP1U
That you’ve chosen to love? 540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtLa6jtQGai
I still can’t believe that you’re right next to me540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL06fT0bgiQ
After all that I’ve done
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbNmuphrafp
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoYsTOg2iiX
He rested a gentle hand on the side of her face, seeing that she was quite injured from her time in the prison world.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWipAUmGJZh
“You sure you don’t need any help before we talk?”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB8IRSSCcQo
He looked at her, seeing that she looked like hell and had a lot of wounds and blood on either side of her head.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWcjycOStze
When he asked that, she was suddenly aware of how injured she was from that prison.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzeMwVIcSi8
“I look like hell,” she commented, before everything went dim for her.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡt6ldDteBXt
Damon caught her from hitting the ground and then gently picked her up in his arms.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAYVj2XnJuZ
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQp2kJa9zqO
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.
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4yWd6XS8pb
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQzi3JylRTk
I don’t deserve your love540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFHKFFuY8Ar
But you give it to me anyway540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡttWEsl5qS1
Can’t get enough540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY3roxmig46
You’re everything I need540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7ZVIxkD44H
And when I walk away540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrC9VUz6hVe
You take off running and come right after me540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL4uz5UiOW4
It’s what you do540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI0vo9t8YoR
And I don’t deserve you
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5HRcR0Jvij
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0ZYVyTH9G
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrfuhEnTKJo
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBU8e8i2HiW
540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡetZ9i0OY9D
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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0qyJEqV8L6
“Hey.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkMt76ASk5w
He smiled back. “You made it through.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCpO5xJopNX
“Well, I always do manage to survive somehow,” she replied.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZ8yiwllPvn
“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.540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD9ewz4Po6X
“You’re welcome then.” She slowly sat up in bed. “And I never stopped loving you either.”540Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0IoCGsQo9i
A moment later, after their confessions, they began kissing romantically and lustfully.
