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?525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkEVFhYAlk
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But I’m caught between what you wanted from me525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdYNEPtpugq
And knowing that if I give that to you525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2G4nObQNlP
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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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡL0B12dfwR7
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiSWUIPqYXx
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡePkvhdnEj2
“Katherine?”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6SLvZYze9E
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcFrnflD7OV
“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 back525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYwva8e8kJt
No matter what I do you’re always mad525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoEYzj3kVWl
And I, I can’t change your mind525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1t4K3u4WYv
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVskc95cnpk
I can’t give you what you want525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW3dp4ZrTRb
And it’s killing me525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2R1R6aMkGy
And I, I’m starting to see525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSsMxgIqRpQ
Maybe we’re not meant to be525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUbTK19SuFe
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡktEK1RnXPx
“Why must you run from me?”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPxD1S4jIiw
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmFbGOItF9W
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXozpiN3AyP
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡw0OL2ovAtd
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8A5ThVgMPZ
“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 believe525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTPFjP5Wa5N
That there’s no way out for you and me525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡeheh9i9vj7
And it seems to be the story of our lives525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9mjnnzyYWS
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhfwdlq27Ed
There’s still time to turn this around525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡvTyrCHFAMV
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwT3WdM799I
But I keep thinking525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG9z2LMsWAp
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9HuLExOJ9G
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3guOcTPKl8
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjj2fPtIR8C
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡr4wWl4swbG
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuZEwToopjS
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnVZBq0Weqv
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPAKoQUhmzH
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1idlZVtDw
He pulled away five minutes later.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9RSHhg56fk
“Wait. Time out.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdXe7L6D62L
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡn1OcFLPWvr
“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.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrkScgzxdoA
She stood in front of him.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡb1Obh69rAF
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡoUuXFQCGAn
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5AX7h5Dybd
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKat4DYr04A
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbeEcGmEFF0
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 back525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXUmBx4ZWzE
No matter what I do you’re always mad525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTFNY8KAGLf
And I, baby, I’m starting to see525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFlJVK39iUx
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgcU5m00nLE
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuVKadCNZiM
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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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡutgSgWvRWP
He looked over at her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVoMMnPFjRC
“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.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡODmS1o7NVS
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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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡKeeJVE4ZAc
“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.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡU2pdzAWppR
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhftM6Rw2fS
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFNupY0KsYI
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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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEA3r6JD5TJ
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBMCgVB8IQN
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6UX5gTJ2fa
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwF71POdbLf
“Thanks,” she said.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnp2BvMUuqv
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo9mSK8b6ff
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjkGbFj2fWH
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.525Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWmc7vD52PH
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A month later, they were a couple again.
