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?424Please respect copyright.PENANA5G8OLCEZZ1
It’s never enough to say I’m sorry424Please respect copyright.PENANAOyUW367kCS
It’s never enough to say I care424Please respect copyright.PENANArlaA4AfYbX
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me424Please respect copyright.PENANAk6s9kA7ayX
And knowing that if I give that to you424Please respect copyright.PENANAkqgzCprYIB
I might just disappear424Please respect copyright.PENANAaKtKkiFZgg
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAFAeQlzq9m6
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAlNWKec2CFD
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.424Please respect copyright.PENANAPS7jt0IPo2
“Katherine?”424Please respect copyright.PENANAtoYtNfoCdK
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAYEH1ivorOc
“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 back424Please respect copyright.PENANAj9UvkLUJWN
No matter what I do you’re always mad424Please respect copyright.PENANAYA28U1bEZg
And I, I can’t change your mind424Please respect copyright.PENANAUr2ume44zV
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street424Please respect copyright.PENANAweVd6I667Q
I can’t give you what you want424Please respect copyright.PENANA5K3C4Q0c1d
And it’s killing me424Please respect copyright.PENANA3kEhq7fsc5
And I, I’m starting to see424Please respect copyright.PENANAJWzHpsr1NE
Maybe we’re not meant to be424Please respect copyright.PENANAiRymYzHOQr
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAci8EaZhJK4
“Why must you run from me?”424Please respect copyright.PENANAgAdenwPvhf
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.424Please respect copyright.PENANACCGDKJ7Kzp
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.424Please respect copyright.PENANA5NyklcI8gg
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.424Please respect copyright.PENANAKJohXPfZt6
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAyiWgE4G9s3
“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 try424Please respect copyright.PENANAytDOrENMmU
It’s hard to believe424Please respect copyright.PENANAqiq9coLcka
That there’s no way out for you and me424Please respect copyright.PENANAo4OJcyuiJ3
And it seems to be the story of our lives424Please respect copyright.PENANAdl9Ar6tqkF
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing424Please respect copyright.PENANAzLi4sMe33z
There’s still time to turn this around424Please respect copyright.PENANAXgUDg6ur01
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down424Please respect copyright.PENANAaL8P5kZW3U
But I keep thinking424Please respect copyright.PENANAU563apxCRJ
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAPJybeOuc4X
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.424Please respect copyright.PENANAYcJLkPDiQy
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.424Please respect copyright.PENANAob7okhcluR
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAtqwxt0dsti
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.424Please respect copyright.PENANAgrjYHnoksP
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAvYihJZgtIe
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAXMe1tQfu6W
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.424Please respect copyright.PENANAmDC24QhNlc
He pulled away five minutes later.424Please respect copyright.PENANAHSBxoGXYNQ
“Wait. Time out.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAZQpWpKdzL0
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.424Please respect copyright.PENANALy1Xon555N
“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.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAziObg5JksN
She stood in front of him.424Please respect copyright.PENANAMvt9Or2nMw
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”424Please respect copyright.PENANANEQgAOMAL9
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.424Please respect copyright.PENANArlv32n7ouy
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAMiCR6U91He
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.424Please respect copyright.PENANAPd43pYYF0W
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 back424Please respect copyright.PENANA3AzG6EVQiu
No matter what I do you’re always mad424Please respect copyright.PENANAIDYwLtuY6t
And I, baby, I’m starting to see424Please respect copyright.PENANA09aYweMLp1
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAFXoxO5lJXu
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAIyMWYgi6kl
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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.424Please respect copyright.PENANABzwNfNaL8a
He looked over at her.424Please respect copyright.PENANAgKvs4sjDp7
“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.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAKkSzvTFAhu
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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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAhX4swUHTYb
“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.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAHRXqrji69E
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.424Please respect copyright.PENANAIutTma72OC
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.424Please respect copyright.PENANAIM2ZJzPHQe
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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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAFx4zfjpEx7
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAUpO5pjGftm
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.424Please respect copyright.PENANACX7yKilNhf
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.424Please respect copyright.PENANAlfTghBinNY
“Thanks,” she said.424Please respect copyright.PENANAp9O8SS5XXf
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.424Please respect copyright.PENANAP30cRERsbq
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”424Please respect copyright.PENANAE0kQlvA02b
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.424Please respect copyright.PENANAsQL6CQBSeM
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A month later, they were a couple again.