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?552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIwazoaS5Rv
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It’s never enough to say I care552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqhTBFGhFCo
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡo3Lx0k6SF9
And knowing that if I give that to you552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡekAHwie2Xl
I might just disappear552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8RBUEIy0HX
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmulSt7w3pa
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1zhHDeicz0
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5fm7kOyJvZ
“Katherine?”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡedu2qcUz0Q
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ3OG3WrDNoG
“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 back552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9F1lYWP6g
No matter what I do you’re always mad552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEDpPqb1bws
And I, I can’t change your mind552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6D68MpTtfp
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡivwoxSt5aC
I can’t give you what you want552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡkKuG3dBoyU
And it’s killing me552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsbIBl7cNPx
And I, I’m starting to see552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN3SsHdjIMr
Maybe we’re not meant to be552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡpugnxf0geT
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡzA4HJO8qTG
“Why must you run from me?”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡa6GdBJ7x37
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgquzGgzVW8
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEqRsESbDXy
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuu7DUimydO
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡMYtEeXg9Yl
“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 believe552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡF5UpJTxuAo
That there’s no way out for you and me552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡnQ8l46oB0c
And it seems to be the story of our lives552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZGWCoSlEj8
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡJeMMAhoGAG
There’s still time to turn this around552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbPlj9zsQRk
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuteem0mnjs
But I keep thinking552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ42vLtnqne8
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡSF6A1kF8Ms
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡegrKBN301j
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlgb1O8rgoD
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGwju9dfaNQ
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡGOK31HRvCr
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡLAm7R1kYb6
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2JQe1FwbCL
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡN5TSjp1zyS
He pulled away five minutes later.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ66HJvtLXTw
“Wait. Time out.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZFTysxWDDU
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0gVitUejFe
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy5jfVjuA7U
She stood in front of him.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡaEOBCEvPkD
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv9NdJPGyeG
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlCF3M4aqvk
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡfa4eCL7OqM
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9CIhCLU9IU
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 back552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdiW4gxugOm
No matter what I do you’re always mad552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡp6MYMOfJsS
And I, baby, I’m starting to see552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡO0nOdTAm6u
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhx2CckiB9D
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuNX1thuIFp
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡv4xUtSUCA3
He looked over at her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡgmRRjIg49Y
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBJdHcmTigX
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ1ml9G2G1vg
“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.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡbHBLYtloCf
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZOL36xAXyk
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡYfYcGAKw0A
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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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zLSu5dpkg
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡZDE7t0Vvts
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTEosS2p5m1
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡe4ciyj9ovR
“Thanks,” she said.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡapPeElr3FK
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5oTaCCQGLq
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡumiXf7PTfc
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.552Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUkZNjTIvmW
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A month later, they were a couple again.
