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?520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu8hwgGfs97
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It’s never enough to say I care520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5Yq9fZ74EU
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW7tRmeFWPX
And knowing that if I give that to you520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡB0jcQJGwHr
I might just disappear520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1GekhxwILQ
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiWZZ0ChNPU
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxVRvWOI2Yy
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoOGQlPKndk
“Katherine?”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI2ZhsW9cbn
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVrPkx24QQd
“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 back520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡazOSJ8BRLu
No matter what I do you’re always mad520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZxssRZg4eN
And I, I can’t change your mind520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuX2XBc0Ld6
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡibMbX8nnj4
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And it’s killing me520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK6i4H0xMPR
And I, I’m starting to see520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwKIsYnAbiN
Maybe we’re not meant to be520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvFKMddEQ0e
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWsLvViQ5ez
“Why must you run from me?”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkzamfvOXiQ
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNzyAMAGsXT
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyBGWERDBRv
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkaT3wd5z5
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ05mYrAHDTI
“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 believe520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvAzWvEXhYa
That there’s no way out for you and me520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxz8J8Z7fFN
And it seems to be the story of our lives520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdeWiVQMv7t
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjZQJDcghNj
There’s still time to turn this around520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pnsyCOx8D
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJm3SxRiFWx
But I keep thinking520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5OGsreECgh
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlEXkU874eg
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNownNbLqDn
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqBw8f5uz0E
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcp0SJDatqb
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgkpqJgY7jC
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpanV2XPyME
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5hkt0ZnLo0
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8fvBiXDJzG
He pulled away five minutes later.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡNRcSIm4EYB
“Wait. Time out.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYRAVBrEPyU
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ16z7aB8Cjg
“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.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVFNYRobwQL
She stood in front of him.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfVMVEKz651
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3xaAFx838
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUHzTdAvaI
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpevMlIe4Np
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡh0SUGEymwk
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 back520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡs1saV3ds22
No matter what I do you’re always mad520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVz8GAPqLh
And I, baby, I’m starting to see520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfOkuLjvK1
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdwCBua7lcl
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡK1t5CNjxEZ
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrnshghpOf3
He looked over at her.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyCRaV7fYhk
“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.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHmze2VwS3g
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJyDQEM3FMh
“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.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrHcfvZuZeA
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvEcoZ116w2
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡonlnL2Qpjz
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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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡP6kNYIQVsu
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw84OBEZIxb
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyj2IOgTGA
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqWmyjjamWi
“Thanks,” she said.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ3kqcL5WaZ
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5UQNa9lDs1
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKgTgJuR7lZ
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.520Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ86PPM9Jg5Y
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A month later, they were a couple again.
