Summary: Set in S5E1. Based on the song “Cut” by Plumb. Damon finds an injured Katherine. Will he save her?
I’m not a stranger501Please respect copyright.PENANAM1ln6UE4Uy
No I am yours501Please respect copyright.PENANAbKn0cXgZhZ
With crippled anger501Please respect copyright.PENANAKbIwIJPMBX
And tears that still drip sour501Please respect copyright.PENANAbncwH3tAdx
A fragile frame aged501Please respect copyright.PENANAHLUWZxbmpA
With misery501Please respect copyright.PENANAtE1ZdCGPAw
And when our eyes meet501Please respect copyright.PENANAkAcPiaNBmy
I know you see501Please respect copyright.PENANAIFTvyOO4L8
I do not want to be afraid501Please respect copyright.PENANAVeUEDjaSx0
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in501Please respect copyright.PENANAeUHnLqjMzU
I’m tired of feeling so numb501Please respect copyright.PENANAPX9MqsfcpF
Relief exists I find it when501Please respect copyright.PENANATvpkywY6kt
I am cut
501Please respect copyright.PENANAXTy4u4zHDp
501Please respect copyright.PENANAGkNFKv4OJU
It was a nebulous night, as Katherine walked through town. She’d left town for a whole summer after being turned into a human when Elena had shoved the cure down her throat. Now she was back in town after suffering from being homeless, hungry, tired with blistered feet from heels, and suffering from fear. She was also hurt emotionally and physically. She was hurt and angry for being left in the dust by Elijah. She was physically injured because she was worthless as a human and could barely defend herself. She knew she was taking a risk, but she decided to try and get to Damon. He had once loved her the most. Surely he wouldn’t turn her away in her time of need, no matter what she’d done in the past.501Please respect copyright.PENANAtWjZHeJP5A
501Please respect copyright.PENANAHQyJJvVcUa
501Please respect copyright.PENANAf55LVBrkaF
An hour later, give or take, she grabbed hold of a building wall by an alley, weak with blurry vision and her sight was going. She knew that this meant that she’d lost a lot of blood. She didn’t want to die; especially, alone, but she couldn’t do anything to prevent it. She could only hope to be found in time.
501Please respect copyright.PENANAcJGHLKM35Q
501Please respect copyright.PENANAxHjM1OFS7r
I may seem crazy501Please respect copyright.PENANAHkQdrNS8jd
Or painfully shy501Please respect copyright.PENANA1Vk6nYD7YY
And these scars wouldn’t be so hidden501Please respect copyright.PENANAaGoENqwN3c
If you would just look me in the eye501Please respect copyright.PENANAFyUBKdryAx
I feel alone and cold here501Please respect copyright.PENANAMOxTdUcJxZ
Thought I don’t want to die501Please respect copyright.PENANAGob9O9dtC8
But the only anesthetic that makes me feel anything kills inside
501Please respect copyright.PENANAzU34tDrx64
501Please respect copyright.PENANAYD78DfbdYQ
Damon was on his way home, not far from an alley after feeding in the woods, when he smelled human blood. And so he decided to follow it.
501Please respect copyright.PENANAg8eirIY6fc
501Please respect copyright.PENANAn91FtI2TTm
I do not want to be afraid501Please respect copyright.PENANAkztQZW4v0t
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in501Please respect copyright.PENANAsvtB7UCB7g
I’m tired of feeling so numb501Please respect copyright.PENANAD2AQgPXB1i
Relief exists I find it when501Please respect copyright.PENANAtkquOS5Rab
I am cut501Please respect copyright.PENANAJxkVxXRcyf
Pain501Please respect copyright.PENANAwoVEW9kET9
I am not alone501Please respect copyright.PENANAIii9lDwIkl
I am not alone
501Please respect copyright.PENANAUrnZr9LvZO
501Please respect copyright.PENANA8ShCrAXqG0
When he arrived a short while later in an alley, he stood silent for a moment, debating whether to help her or not, seeing her seated on the ground with her back against the brick wall. There was a dagger in her lower stomach. She was very pale too and had lost a lot of blood; too much blood.
501Please respect copyright.PENANATG0YUfGP4Q
501Please respect copyright.PENANAev1xhefgOn
I’m not a stranger501Please respect copyright.PENANA2szCnXm6tu
No I am yours501Please respect copyright.PENANARXVwJB6oQI
With crippled anger501Please respect copyright.PENANA2qb0pjTgph
And tears that still drip soar501Please respect copyright.PENANATCbH4xc5oS
But I do not want to be afraid501Please respect copyright.PENANAgrxeTsUzPo
I do not want to die inside just to breathe in501Please respect copyright.PENANAmMNRDP14W7
I’m tired of feeling so numb501Please respect copyright.PENANAikYxZqAyWG
Relief exists I found it when501Please respect copyright.PENANAJDcNWxAMLy
I was cut
501Please respect copyright.PENANATehgLPleED
501Please respect copyright.PENANAgEngC7RYzn
He blurred to and knelt in front of her. He could see that she was barely awake. He rested a hand on the side of her face.501Please respect copyright.PENANAyfVkjmw20X
“Stay with me. I’m going to save you. Just keep fighting.”501Please respect copyright.PENANAt9bPoPyzeg
He gently picked her up in his arms and blurred to the hospital. He would have healed any normal human, but no one had ever taken or, in her case, gotten the cure shoved down their throat before. He didn’t know if she could digest vampire blood and he wasn’t taking any risks.501Please respect copyright.PENANAmEnk5Y9dgX
501Please respect copyright.PENANARb80XzFPoD
501Please respect copyright.PENANA1tvXYBEVv3
An hour later, after surgery, he was seated on her bedside, a hand on top of hers, waiting for her to wake up. She’d be okay now and he promised himself that he was going to keep her safe and alive.