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“my favourite memory of us is this summer night that we had before you went off to college. You wanted to show me this meteor shower, so we drove out in the middle of nowhere, and the moment those shooting stars started to fall, rain…”
- Damon to Elena, Season 6 Episode 7 Do You Remember the First Time?
Fluffy one-shot set in the summer between Seasons 4 and 5 of the evening that Elena drags Damon out to see a meteor shower
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Elijah Mikaelson has arrived at last to collect the Petrova doppelganger - Elena Gilbert - for his brother.
Trevor has been killed for his wrongdoings, though Rose has swiftly fled to avoid the same punishment.
What Elijah forgets to factor in, unfortunately, is the inexplicable pull he feels towards the girl he's meant to help sacrifice.
Canon divergent one-shot set in 02x08
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23-year-old Emily Charlton is plucked straight from the first movie and dropped into the present. She meets Runway's newest Features Editor, 42-year-old Andrea Sachs.
Bookmarked by shipsbeforemorals
01 Aug 2026
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On start of chapter 3
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Stefan never came back to Mystic Falls. Damon returned, but only found an empty tomb. Elena’s phone has no service the night of the party. Lost in the woods, Damon stumbles upon Elena, who looks mysteriously like his long lost love. Intrigued, he takes her back to his house where he quickly decides to keep her.
Alternatively, the one where Damon is an emotionally stunted vampire that thinks kidnapping a girl will make her fall in love with him. Not as dark as you might guess. Lots of angst, but definitely will have a happy ending.
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- Part 1 of Let Them Go
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"I would give it up in a second to be your husband, partner, father of your kids." Alternative post-s6 story. My take on Damon and Elena's happy, if slightly rocky, relationship after she wakes up from Kai's spell. Some cute, sexy, domestic, hurtful and sweet times they share along the way.
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Whenever Damon imagined being with Elena, he always forgot to account for the fact that the universe seems to enjoy torturing him
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Not a Trope in Hell by wattskerrylou
Fandoms: The Vampire Diaries (TV), The Vampire Diaries & Related Fandoms, The Originals (TV)
30 Aug 2025
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"𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻, 𝗘𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗮, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜 𝗴𝗼𝘁 𝗶𝘁. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗜'𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗴𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗼 𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝘇𝗲 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲... 𝗜... 𝗱𝗼𝗻'𝘁... 𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗿𝗲𝘁 𝗶𝘁."
Damon Salvatore doesn't believe in romance. Especially not the type of romance that novelist Elena Gilbert writes about. Stalkers? Bodyguards? Office rivals? Puh-leeze! Determined to prove to her that cheesy tropes aren't the way to a woman's heart, he acts out everything she's written... but will he lose his own heart in the process?
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"This is your chance. Run."Elena crossed her arms. "No. I'm not scared of him."
Damon glared at her impatiently. "Fine. If you won't run from him, then run from me."
"Excuse me?"
"Here's another one of your tropes: I catch you, I kiss you."
"That's not the trope! It's supposed to be 'I catch you, I...'" Elena cleared her throat and paraphrased, "'... ravish you.'"
The corner of his lip quirked. "'Ravish'?"
"Shut up, I'm just correcting you."
He stepped closer, his eyes burning into her. "Do you want an upgrade? Because I'm down for that if you are."
"I don't even want the kiss!"
His eyes widened. "Then... run."