Title: Charade
Pairing: Damon/Rose
Disclaimer: I don't own Vampire Diaries.
She doesn't know how long she can keep pretending.
She's not supposed to love him, didn't she tell him that? They're friends—special friends—but still, just friends. That's all they'll ever be.
But sometimes though, she can't help herself from getting hurt. Not when she knows that he's never going to look at her like the way he looks at Elena, that he doesn't feel the same, that she won't be able to make him truly happy.
She has her place, and there she stays. She hides her tears, quiets her sobs. Damon doesn't need to see what he shouldn't, doesn't have to get these things he didn't want.
He doesn't—shouldn't —know that he makes her feel what he feels. Everyday.
So she keeps her emotions to herself, and buries the pain inside. She has to live up to this arrangement, this farce; has to maintain appearances, feign her resolve, and conceal everything else, even the one truth that slowly eats her away:
He is not hers to have.
A/N: First Damon/Rose fic! I love this pairing to bits and have always wanted to write something for them. It took me so long to finish this one (even though it's short) because I keep losing track of words and ideas. XP
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