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?707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡEGrhJ6RFZ1
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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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡTbWkQDyPXV
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRwhTF50yG6
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhTV1ehPu36
“Katherine?”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡtV16ZqJX44
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhkt1OuwTrc
“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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No matter what I do you’re always mad707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQnlgvVHqrh
And I, I can’t change your mind707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡy9x7lbQX5p
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And it’s killing me707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡajsQhWVyrK
And I, I’m starting to see707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡboi6DxnhdP
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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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡjmyfL4FmNf
“Why must you run from me?”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ6szeqemdvG
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡHsJ1u7JOiH
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡk4UEDwW3aG
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡBU4rJrKaON
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFkFQdxhHLI
“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 believe707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQv3HidBBgR
That there’s no way out for you and me707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ10Qrm86jv8
And it seems to be the story of our lives707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡThh7KhuCh3
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ8jgkp7x18r
There’s still time to turn this around707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡR51KPelOu0
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7NiZY66wkQ
But I keep thinking707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ84aIqNXfPI
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡacTunK0mPu
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡmo0eqfZkuk
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqPHQTzUnPc
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhQZ2ECaOPz
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡehm3MDu9v1
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlICitNyNLF
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡz9AVEJte3O
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡS4DPcmfknx
He pulled away five minutes later.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡENRXigu6dD
“Wait. Time out.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2iR54kjNzu
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIkLAq0wxAJ
“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.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡE7REJByGqL
She stood in front of him.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlGaTIauqGy
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡsyVARdgsdG
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡErYxnS0IOu
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡhXy4F63547
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuqVc759n2a
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 back707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ7nVHj9KKLL
No matter what I do you’re always mad707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡQuroFmM7P6
And I, baby, I’m starting to see707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡXxjBzdG8m6
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡIOb0sUkRFy
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡd8M9Ym1qvL
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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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡUBvMui8mnB
He looked over at her.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9uYKMPPUB9
“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.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVc8MGe6Rfa
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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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡOvgW8EPPOH
“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.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2v22Rp8YXh
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡI7nsGdILSv
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡlfEyd7Vmfs
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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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡH6fffWcxiQ
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡRNttQeLMzA
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2EYSKpbV4b
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ2SWB6ciqyt
“Thanks,” she said.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡG3GPTG30dW
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡAjK31MgUkE
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡyEKKa9cn30
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.707Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡWn9MgeWFxj
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A month later, they were a couple again.
and then Add to home screen.