This is set during 'Fool Me Once'. This is just a little ONESHOT of Damon's feelings at the moment Elena hugged him. I have never written from Damon's P.O.V. before so I really hope I do his amazing character justice and I hope you enjoy it!!!

She wasn't there, how could she not be there!? After all these years my sole purpose had been to get that tomb open, and I did it, but she wasn't there. Was she dead? No, we would have heard if they burned any of them. Had they put her somewhere else? Maybe there was another tomb that they put her in, not likely though, we would have heard of that as well. Did she get away? If she did get away, why didn't she come look for me? Was Stefan right, did she not really love me? I barely made it out of the tomb; my legs and arms were numb. I had never felt more weak and vulnerable before. Once I was out I stopped and stood there staring off into space trying to figure out what had happened.

I turned to see Elena walking towards me. She stood there for a few seconds staring into my eyes. Surprisingly even though she looked identical to Katherine it didn't hurt to look at her. I had never thought of Elena as Katherine and that wasn't going to change now. She wrapped her arms around me and pulled me towards her. She rested he cheek on my shoulder and whispered "I'm sorry." As much as I wanted to wrap my arms around her, I couldn't, it was like my arms were not responding. Elena hugged me a little tighter. Her heart beat was steady; she was not anxious or nervous at all being close to me. She smelt amazing, not in a way that made me want to bite her but in a normal guy thinking a girl smells amazing way. She was the only person that has ever showed me any compassion; family included. And there was just no denying that I cared deeply for her.

Out of the corner of my eye I saw Stefan watching us. Of course, I knew he didn't trust me around Elena, even though I would never physically harm her. I knew he was angry that Elena didn't hate me as much as he wanted and hoped she would. I was thankful that she looked passed whatever Stefan had told her, she made up her own mind about me and it seemed like she thought I wasn't all that bad. She was too good for him. Stefan had his secrets; he wasn't the saint everyone thought he was, and one day I was hoping she would see that. At that moment he actually looked hurt that Elena, his 'soulmate', came over to comfort me…the monster.

But I didn't let Stefan bother me; I quickly forgot he was even standing there. In that moment it was just me and Elena.

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I AM THINKING OF DOING A ONESHOT OF THE SCENE WHERE ELENA TAKES HER NECKLACE OFF…FROM DAMON'S P.O.V. OF COURSE!