Disclaimer: I do not own anything of the Vampire Diaries.
Pairing: Damon/ Elena (Damon centered)
Annotation: I hope it is not that bad but regarding my English you should know that I am not a native speaker, so please be nice
Shattering Barricades
It was not when he met her first. It was not when he saved her life and took her to Georgia or even when she saved him from becoming a roast chicken.
But when he entered the tomb in the expectation of finally being reunited with Katherine he had opened his heart again in attempt to be able to receive her love.
He did not want her to see the shattered, cruel self he had become over the years. He wanted to be the man she had once loved.
But still, he had kept something behind, tucked away in his heart, never to be seen again.
He was proved right.
As devastated as he was after the discovery of her betrayal, he still had a part of his soul, his heart, left. Unbroken and pure. And he swore it would never be put on the line, remaining the only thing left o Damon Salvatore, the human.
But as much as he tried, he could not go back. He couldn't become the redeemless, cruel monster again that protected everything about him.
It just wasn't possible.
So from now on day after day was a battle when he had to face himself and what he had done and worse; he had to face Elena.
She made him want to help; for once be the good brother, the brother she could fall for. So he was by her side, came when she called and behaved as the perfect gentlemen he was raised as.
Day by day he opened up more, to himself and to her, no one else.
It was when he faced the serious possibility of being killed when he realized that he had no one, nobody that cared.
But when the fire went down and Stefan got to him and brought him out right into her arms, he knew who he was.
It was when he was standing on her porch, thanking her for believing in him that he was being completely honest for the first time in over a century, without any second thoughts.
It was then, that he finally realized that he had done it again. Without wanting it or thinking about it he had put his heart on the line, the last piece of it.
It was hers to keep it and hers to break it.
And he could only hope that she would treat it carefully, because he knew another break would be the end and he would never have a chance at humanity again. He would not be able to feel anything and would become a ruthless killer.
But here with Elena he let himself feel, he let himself fall, praying for her to catch him….
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