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?522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTiZaMkUsc1
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It’s never enough to say I care522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1OMrTHibel
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ8M9zPq9kB
And knowing that if I give that to you522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmub5PcKNFn
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIslCpaCPWi
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡugUthhEtkj
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbdlYx9hOox
“Katherine?”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9UNdgQrnDA
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9ct1vXw3M9
“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 back522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEeTbe39xBJ
No matter what I do you’re always mad522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0JdJPJg1mn
And I, I can’t change your mind522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgqBScqqcu8
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8dRkk7pNf
I can’t give you what you want522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwdzxvlo97X
And it’s killing me522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGeMR3aLDrG
And I, I’m starting to see522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO2KtWT6k7k
Maybe we’re not meant to be522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIIStyP6yue
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡu2K1IvnO9U
“Why must you run from me?”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6u1shunRgs
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDKXk8r4nfj
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡxxBEz1GBTo
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBxd9DHrXiu
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8IkXmmG2nK
“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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No it’s never enough to say I try522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRqOePQjk4G
It’s hard to believe522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1j0Z4vqMka
That there’s no way out for you and me522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡiDTAn8fT3D
And it seems to be the story of our lives522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7IThFetmi7
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfP3ZScrljm
There’s still time to turn this around522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡl97WzWL6n8
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡX8JD0zoGhf
But I keep thinking522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbX3qaTuwHR
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUqDneZ3JfM
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡogeQqkwBYE
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZhPiW6xm51
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡg3QDayJCYP
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8OlvEJ2jdn
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXO9I54SUeq
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjhkRCv8jJr
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQ8OHo2KAhX
He pulled away five minutes later.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMkWHYZgw0l
“Wait. Time out.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5yWDpw6v2I
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡW9rNsUexWw
“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.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkPf8N54U3n
She stood in front of him.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6KmMQdp7cN
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlNHrANbZzp
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOSpSHc4CEp
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsDM4I9tXe3
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9OHrE1r6nr
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 back522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbi8w9wn41Y
No matter what I do you’re always mad522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo2xVIe3CmT
And I, baby, I’m starting to see522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz7V8LIJxVU
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbOm7j6qJej
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhSBgWN6vI7
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOoLAGHfcfo
He looked over at her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡDBJlvnLCVg
“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.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJ2nFRQ26kZ
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1LFZhBAauW
“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.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjCO80HLXqS
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXaNJX1IV9v
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEYQoPl5AWx
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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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ673iAmay26
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ028KL1BTTR
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ61RmfkV3ee
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgaDRZzC38S
“Thanks,” she said.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbylvuzrg7w
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡrPQGfzzSLn
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7CRsjHJnnL
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.522Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPmpcBTLgDN
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A month later, they were a couple again.
