Hello my dear reader chums :) So, ever since I finished 'You can run, you can hide' a few days ago I've been missing writing about Jessica and Damon. The inspiration for this came from the song 'Wings' and the trailers I've seen for the TVD finale (which I have yet to watch the last two episodes!). I hope you all enjoy it. Please don't forget to review :) xxx

Prologue

"It was always going to end this way for us, Damon." Jessica whispered; her fingertips gently grazing the stubble on Damon's cheek.

Squeezing his eyes shut in a failed attempt to stop the bitter tears from falling from his eyes, Damon pressed his lips desperately against Jessica's.

"We were never going to get a happy ending."

Pushing through the red haze of grief and anger that was clouding his mind, Damon clung onto Jessica with a ferocity of a dying man clinging onto the life remnants of life.

"I can't let you go."

"You have to."

"It's not fair."

"No-one ever said life was fair." sobbed Jessica.

As the clock ticked by, signalling the inevitable countdown, Jessica tried to block out the sound and concentrate only on the man holding her. Their time together had not been long enough and it hurt her to imagine how Damon would survive without her.

"You promised you would never leave." argued Damon; his anger at the injustice of the situation blazing through.

"I don't have a choice. I don't want to leave. I wish I had more time but…"

"We'll find another way."

Pulling away from the vampire she called her husband, Jessica took a number of steps back; putting some distance between herself and Damon in an attempt to clear her mind and compose herself. The lack of contact pained Damon. His arms felt empty.

"There isn't another way."

It was as if all of his emotions had built up inside of him and now the dam had exploded. The fury inside of him boiled over and Damon's fist connected with the wall of the bedroom he shared with Jessica. They had been through far too much over the years for them to just give up now. There had to be another way; an option that they had yet to uncover. He adamantly refused to let go of the woman he loved with every fibre of his being.

"So that's it?! You're just giving up?!"

"Damon -"

"You've made your decision and I just have to stand here and let you get on with it?!"

"Damon, please…"

"No! You're my goddamn wife! I have a say in this! And I will not stand by and-"

"Damon!" Jessica screamed, shoving the angry vampire. "Don't you think if there was any other choice I would take it? I don't want to leave you."

"Then don't."

Pulling at her hair, Jessica cried out in frustration. She was finding it difficult to come to terms with the situation herself; Damon's resistance was only making matters worse. She understood completely why he was so reluctant to let her go. They were madly in love and letting her go meant an end to that. But they couldn't be selfish any longer. A sacrifice had to be made and it was vital that Damon was accepting of her decision.

Grabbing Jessica's wrists, Damon forced the young woman to face him. His eyes were smouldering black with determination and pain, and his was unwavering in his plans to alter the outcome of his wife's decision.

"You don't get to make decisions for me." he stated heatedly. "We're in this together. The problems of your future are my privilege to deal with and I will not allow you to choose our future for us."

Staring into Damon's ocean-blue eyes, a wave of gratitude and love washed over Jessica and she let it squash down her feelings of annoyance at Damon's stubbornness.

There were moments throughout their relationship where the vampire infuriated her beyond belief; where she wanted nothing more than to bang his head against a brick wall in the hopes that it would knock some sense into him. In that second, she wanted to just do that but his loyalty to her in such a time of insecurity and touched her heart.

"I love you and I don't want to leave you." Jessica whimpered; her voice breaking on a fresh wave of tears.

"You're not going anywhere." Damon reassured her.

His words were true and he meant every single one of them. For Damon, he would move heaven and hell to keep Jessica safe. He would destroy any obstacle in his path that threatened his happiness with her. There wasn't a soul in the universe, dead or living, that would derail his from his cause.

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