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?518Please respect copyright.PENANAXcTRiGaQZ0
It’s never enough to say I’m sorry518Please respect copyright.PENANAwmmap22bQD
It’s never enough to say I care518Please respect copyright.PENANAKQ9SGOIWDk
But I’m caught between what you wanted from me518Please respect copyright.PENANAsVCasc8P1j
And knowing that if I give that to you518Please respect copyright.PENANASuKoz30lCI
I might just disappear518Please respect copyright.PENANAXGnBnA1yhm
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAjeJMEIw7Oi
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAJ6MmvCyVBL
Once there, he immediately knew who it was. She wasn’t Elena, but he’d know her anywhere.518Please respect copyright.PENANAUlUFifzdgp
“Katherine?”518Please respect copyright.PENANARpfKKRqPNA
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAp4Nn09KGPR
“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 back518Please respect copyright.PENANAPcmGMWqZuD
No matter what I do you’re always mad518Please respect copyright.PENANAZV6g7zHPWZ
And I, I can’t change your mind518Please respect copyright.PENANAKtlvxHb67z
I know it’s like trying to turn around on a one way street518Please respect copyright.PENANAN8l6U9W2w5
I can’t give you what you want518Please respect copyright.PENANAWZjZF9ftly
And it’s killing me518Please respect copyright.PENANACmcH0SAfyk
And I, I’m starting to see518Please respect copyright.PENANAK4QaRcKkBa
Maybe we’re not meant to be518Please respect copyright.PENANARmwahTnCvN
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANACNUiGeGAH3
“Why must you run from me?”518Please respect copyright.PENANApXdw25eRhg
“Because I know that you will chase,” she answered with a smile.518Please respect copyright.PENANAjHwk8rYL3N
“Then let me chase you forever,” he replied.518Please respect copyright.PENANAPnA5HK9SRx
She used a fingernail to make a cut by her collarbone.518Please respect copyright.PENANAdHTaOA41cw
“I’m not going to feed you, Damon. If you want it, take it. Choose.”518Please respect copyright.PENANArdF3UUuyVU
“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 try518Please respect copyright.PENANAWBza5VC9PS
It’s hard to believe518Please respect copyright.PENANA7DbIp8pLcv
That there’s no way out for you and me518Please respect copyright.PENANAGs1dRUApqR
And it seems to be the story of our lives518Please respect copyright.PENANA8i1QRP9FI7
Nobody wins when everyone’s losing518Please respect copyright.PENANAmasivJlP1h
There’s still time to turn this around518Please respect copyright.PENANA80qfacOUY8
You could be building this up instead of tearing it down518Please respect copyright.PENANAG4t8FZc7U9
But I keep thinking518Please respect copyright.PENANAEAKVxNxrWB
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAH0sG3QoT2b
“You know, your family’s death was all your fault,” he told her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAt47BJKr5eS
“Get. Out. Of. My. Head,” she said angrily, mad at him for being inside her head and trying to torment her.518Please respect copyright.PENANALV7Y02nqmc
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANA3Kaj41mTQr
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*The Return*
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Katherine stood in front of him in the living room.518Please respect copyright.PENANAYshozJBCLt
“Kiss me or kill me. Which will it be, Damon? We both know you’re only capable of one.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAYFWnoHN4cB
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAtRJ43o1QM9
She kissed back with a smile and they blurred towards a wall, her against it, and they continued kissing.518Please respect copyright.PENANAHwjeQjeUeT
He pulled away five minutes later.518Please respect copyright.PENANAPdlsriFfwb
“Wait. Time out.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAbPIFn7to8T
She pushed him away and stepped back, waiting for him to continue.518Please respect copyright.PENANAzIUnAsgzai
“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.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAqWfWYO1U4f
She stood in front of him.518Please respect copyright.PENANATY8vStVFXG
“Stop. I already know the question and its answer.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAHtWn12mfl5
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.518Please respect copyright.PENANAeVhY9ZlZEk
“The truth is…I’ve never loved you.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAvCFQwL7DYq
She took his hands and put them down, before walking off.518Please respect copyright.PENANAWY1bLuaDIl
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 back518Please respect copyright.PENANAOElOxdebef
No matter what I do you’re always mad518Please respect copyright.PENANADwS19pUdUL
And I, baby, I’m starting to see518Please respect copyright.PENANABYuZUis0Eq
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANADNqKLIw9GX
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAnDHxIUFnSo
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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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAQVcpKX0PrJ
He looked over at her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAXLPDKfRW7D
“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.”518Please respect copyright.PENANA1a0c3cNpFB
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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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAfcP8YrkLHi
“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.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAaOK22nVFXq
She was barely awake, as he entered and got some help for her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAQEyHL5QI5R
A few minutes later, she was rushed down the hallway with a breathing mask on her.518Please respect copyright.PENANAgLJfvHCYgz
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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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAPIsIayLCBB
“You’re lucky. You know that? You’ve been through hell and back and survived.”518Please respect copyright.PENANAVA2MFD9XTK
He gave a smile, though she wasn’t awake yet.518Please respect copyright.PENANAPt6ZhWGs2W
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An hour later, she woke up and he gave a smile, which she returned.518Please respect copyright.PENANAeEJymZnlX0
“Thanks,” she said.518Please respect copyright.PENANA2dXzsKBw4v
“Well, you didn’t deserve that and I don’t hate you anymore,” he replied.518Please respect copyright.PENANA7SxUqPVavQ
“Well, thanks for the save anyway.” She smiled. “If it’s any consolation, thinking about you kept me going.”518Please respect copyright.PENANA52hleVntbO
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.518Please respect copyright.PENANAdb9Nvdod1a
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A month later, they were a couple again.