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?513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡomjWnkPwCB
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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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxo50qZiQtH
She walked up to him and snatched the bottle from him and grabbed his ring from the ground.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugLcCDu3b8
“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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb7tFdZ3d7U
“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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtVDdcoOCal
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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡx2XjGvEx0C
“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.”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡV5R93zoP8E
She held out his ring to him.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWYKoD2SB0s
“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.”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbrBdh6K9hA
“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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ50QIR0HYBm
“Why tell me now then?” he replied, testing to see if she was telling him the truth.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrQqG0vhpNU
“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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFbLhCPmYY9
He sighed, seeing that she was nearly begging him to live, making him see that she was telling the truth.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzHHVg6vQj9
“Fine. You’ve been convincing enough.”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWFvaGkJZzP
He took his Daylight ring from her and put it on.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaS1qHD9VsI
She sighed in relief.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7LeabBo0g1
“Now why don’t we go some place to talk,” he suggested.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYb9MdKouPA
She smiled.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyZqzM69a9X
“Good idea.”
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You never give up513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiBAz3Kiq2h
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And you bring me to my knees513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVcCJHea05M
You bring me to my knees513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfUvSQYbvx
Your heart is gold and how am I the one513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5sZWqDW0a9
That you’ve chosen to love? 513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzsI88sQhPF
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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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJvCvFHeIov
“You sure you don’t need any help before we talk?”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbGEq49NCDh
He looked at her, seeing that she looked like hell and had a lot of wounds and blood on either side of her head.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI16qdzh9gO
When he asked that, she was suddenly aware of how injured she was from that prison.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMhifOn5gpe
“I look like hell,” she commented, before everything went dim for her.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCd4yysc7ff
Damon caught her from hitting the ground and then gently picked her up in his arms.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsVQUysnEkg
“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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrWUvPonvDW
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 love513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡq1N76TBHio
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Can’t get enough513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF2ea1rfLf3
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And when I walk away513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz4STC19gnb
You take off running and come right after me513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfPQYQcd17d
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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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqMsBRANIpz
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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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiS2OEH4m8Q
“Hey.”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI1ePpGR8r8
He smiled back. “You made it through.”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCkkMc3EoUU
“Well, I always do manage to survive somehow,” she replied.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbiuLDLFHqS
“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.513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHtgzmWciSl
“You’re welcome then.” She slowly sat up in bed. “And I never stopped loving you either.”513Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVyLIBgrZv0
A moment later, after their confessions, they began kissing romantically and lustfully.
