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?548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6F62JAYpCx
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It’s never enough to say I care548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMvPDnPiux
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0SiuIf5Q2z
And knowing that if I give that to you548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtpL0KdzqV7
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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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy6jFBeV5Um
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKPlRHsF2lH
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrJo6FYbasE
“Katherine?”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF4uSkoL8wC
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzKEdkuVBjn
“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 back548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡY4hK5DWa7H
No matter what I do you’re always mad548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo90NXroWp7
And I, I can’t change your mind548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlOE0qaoH2z
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6P5ir97SiL
I can’t give you what you want548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwLcAI8Fbr3
And it’s killing me548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkc03tsWi4J
And I, I’m starting to see548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNQi0qNtpBe
Maybe we’re not meant to be548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ6kBQ3NXQD
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8Lrn166Lkf
“Why must you run from me?”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiQEtCcxzie
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcMdycO7vOH
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXATB4YW4Ub
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaFntoQ5QN3
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡc3NDgBV7Aw
“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 believe548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7YePcqGWOt
That there’s no way out for you and me548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe1BXxX9wrs
And it seems to be the story of our lives548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbhJTz81cKG
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡub2qAKpuQr
There’s still time to turn this around548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsRvr7SPGeR
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeTJNqSRDW
But I keep thinking548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXKROE69aSS
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP8PHD2U3pO
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH8GPcHIJbI
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzO7RVp3n6Z
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMSg8NGWOTO
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjAU83Pjy4u
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgb3aJQLK9U
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4QtU2CZp9r
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVDdy10xp2l
He pulled away five minutes later.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfMHlsi5AE
“Wait. Time out.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWv1Pb0oVyY
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6Ugd0Nv0qJ
“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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLgD7Hk2qES
She stood in front of him.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAmBlVr7bHY
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡATvPosDvi1
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrxObQ1LWFE
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxRfaX67M1N
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡD2fJUAhzWD
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 back548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiMdJyA8i9G
No matter what I do you’re always mad548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg2W4zBU8Yk
And I, baby, I’m starting to see548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7VbR68iVq1
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwvW9Ku16OY
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVAVdOt7mPC
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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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDYtJKyJufQ
He looked over at her.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnN2yxZpAXS
“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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa1ZSyyt9c0
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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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmS2mGvOTvv
“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.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcrBUxJRTzt
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU844UH3G8F
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXTHwKN9AkM
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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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPiJKQhWLqH
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6ADcj77iuj
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuyipTgI3ZL
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMeYJk5vjjw
“Thanks,” she said.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUl5Yz9puIx
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4oGLNeYghk
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6BNdwDiaDB
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.548Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqsiibRcWSE
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A month later, they were a couple again.
