- Set after season 1 episode "Isobel". Contains spoilers.
Goodbye My Almost Lover
It was the loud bang of a closing door announcing Jenna's leaving for work that woke Elena from her sleep. She opened her eyes to find that her usually bright lit room was covered in near darkness, as if reflecting the melancholy mood of the stormy skies. The view outside her window was a violent battle of wind and rain, a foreshadowing of a less than perfect day to come.
The recollections of the previous night flooded her mind. Her mother, the invention, a revelation of love. She found herself questioning the truth behind Isobel's words. "He is in love with you." Unknowingly she found herself praying that he was not. History could not repeat itself. But before she could ponder the subject any further, her eyes fell upon a neatly folded paper on her bedside table. It was not there the night before. As she gingerly reached to pick it up, a sense of dread washed over her. The letter was from Damon.
Elena,
What I'm about to tell you will not come easy. Last night your mother, Isobel, she said something that I never wished for you to find out. I know both you and my brother would prefer it if I denied her statement but I don't think I can. Not anymore. There comes the first time for everything and so has come the time for me to tell the truth. I am in love with you. I don't know how or when it happened, for it is against my very nature to feel the way I do, but there came a moment in which I realized that I would do anything for you. For the first time in my life I would not hesitate to put someone else's life before my own.
And this is why I have made my decision. I will be leaving Mystic Falls. Isobel was right when she said that having a Salvatore on each arm would lead to your demise. That is not a fate I wish on you. And so I have decided to remove myself from the equation. At last, my brother will be at peace. He will make you happy. This I know. Believe me when I say that I would not be leaving if I had any doubt of whether he could keep you safe. And in return, I am quite certain that you will continue to bring out the best in him. I know this because that you have done for me. You are the only person in over a century that has managed to reignite in me those last traces of humanity, ones I have believed were lost forever. You let me know, that maybe, just maybe I was not a monster. And for that I will be eternally grateful.
A dry sob escaped Elena's lips as the letter slipped from her hands and fell unnoticed to the ground. Damon was leaving. That was the only thought that passed through her mind. His revelations of love came as a sort of security blanket, wrapping her in comfort and warmth, only to besnatched away from her with the devastating blow of his departure. For yet another time in her life she was losing someone who meant the world to her. In a way, Elena felt like she was losing a part of herself. A very important part at that.
Damon was leaving. Leaving Mystic Falls. Leaving her. She found that this thought broke her heart. And as she bend down to pick up his letter, to get a hold of the only thing that she had left of him, a solitary tear ran down her cheek.
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