A/n-one shot that sweet and sappy and totally not something that I would usually write but I was listening to the song and it just fit. Anyways the song is You by Evanescence. Normal disclaimer of I own nothing and this is just for fun. If anyone would like to see any one shots written just give me a review/PM and ill do what I can to get it out. Please don't forget to review and as always happy reading.

-Jayden

The words have been drained from this pencil

Sweet words that I want to give you

And I can't sleep

I need to tell you

Goodnight

Elena let out a slow breath as she laid her head down against her vanity her eyes blurry as she tried to keep her thoughts from straying to Him. Damon. Reaching for her cell phone she dialed the familiar number and listened to it ring until voicemail popped up and Damon's voice came through the speaker. It was the same, he wasn't answering, he hadn't answered every time that she had called so far. Sucking in a sharp breath she tried to tell herself that it was for the best, Damon and Stefan had made a deal and because of it Damon had left and she hadn't felt complete since then.

When we're together, I feel perfect

When I'm pulled away from you, I fall apart

It wasn't until he was no longer there to support her that she realised just how much she actually relied on him. Damon wasn't just a friend, he was the man she looked to for support In every aspect of her life, not just when things got hard. The soft beep of the answering machine starting to record brought her back to reality.

"come home please..." she whimpered softly feeling almost pathetic As she clutched the phone to her turned head, "I need you." the last words were whispered, barely a breath but she knew he would hear them. Squeezing her eyes shut against the onslaught of emotions she hit the end button and laid the phone down once again on her vanity.

The next day at school went by the same, dragging on slow and empty, she feels like she has the weight of the world on her shoulders. When she gets home she walks dejectedly up the stairs to her room, her book bag half hanging off her shoulder. Pushing open the door she makes her way towards the bed, exhausted both mentally and physically. Laying down on her bed She almost missed the dark figure standing in the corner of her room. "Damon?" she whispered not quite believing her eyes. For the times she had called he had never responded and then there he was, leaning on the edge of her vanity, almost like he had never left to begin with, his arms folded across his chest as he watched her struggle with words. Half convinced that shes dreaming after the long moments of silence she curls onto her side, her hands reaching for the bear that he picked up every time he was in her room, the soft fur that at one point faintly smelled of his cologne bringing a comfort to her that only a reminder of him can hold. Struggling against the onslaught of emotions Elena tried to keep the tears from falling, her eyes closing. Curling the teddy bear closer to her body the dam finally broke and softly she sobbed, feeling completely helpless and even more pathetic. Stefan was around still, was still trying to be with her trying to fix everything but it wasn't working and it never would work... He wasn't Damon. Struggling to catch her breath as the sobs continues Elena rolled onto her side her hands clenching the bear tighter. Damon tried to stay still from his spot next to her vanity, but the moment that his name was whimpered from her lips he knew it wasn't going to happen. He couldn't bring himself to stand by and watch her suffer, let her hurt while there was something that he could do about it...where she was concerned he would do anything. He had tried to ignore her, deleting the countless voicemails that she had left but then one day he didn't delete it and instead listened to it and just like that he was on his way back to mystic falls... On his way back to her. Sinking onto the mattress behind her Damon took Elena into his arms and curled close to her, pressing his lips softly to the skin just behind her ear. Elena sucked in a sharp breath as Damon's scent flooded her senses, her body tensing as her mind screamed at her that she was once again dreaming. Too many times she had fallen asleep and found him in her dreams...and too many times she had watched him disappear the moment that she opened her eyes again, her heart shattering as once again she was left without him.

"Damon?" She questioned softly even as she knew that dream Damon wouldn't respond-he never did. Elena sucked in another sharp breath as the lips against her neck moved.

"I'm here Elena." He whispered, the words sending shivers racing up her spine and causing her heads to feel like it was going to beat its way out of her chest, "I'm here."

Eyes flying open Elena rolled over, coming face to face with the man that had haunted her every moment since the second he had left.

"Oh my god... You're really here." She whimpered her hand reaching up to cup his jaw, "Damon." Damon sucked in an unneeded breath of his own as her hand trembled against the smooth skin of jaw. "You're finally here." Tears filled Elena's eyes again as she curled herself into his body once more, unwilling to allow any space between them, and in that moment Damon saw what his leaving had done to her. "I've needed you so much." Damon clenched his jaw tugging Elena as close to his body as he could possibly get, his lips resting against her forehead.

All you say is sacred to me

Your eyes are so blue

I can't look away

As we lay in the stillness

You whisper to me

"I'll never leave you again..." He promised and he meant the words, even if it killed him, even if she came to her senses and went back to Stefan he wouldn't leave her. He needed Elena just as much as she needed him.

"I love you." Elena murmured pulling back slightly to look at him. "You're my everything and I'm sorry that it took you leaving for me to realise that." Damon swallowed reaching down to push her hair back from her hair.

"Say it again." He finally choked out, cursing himself as his emotions got the best of him. Over 150 years of building up walls and Elena had managed to shatter his defence completely with just three words and he couldn't bring himself to care.

"I love you Damon." Leaning down Damon pressed his lips swiftly into Elena's, feeling for the first time that he had come home.

"Baby, marry me

Promise you'll stay with me"

Oh you don't have to ask me

You know you're all that I live for

You know I'd die just to hold you

"I love you too." He murmured against her lips, his fingers pushing into her long chocolate hair, "I'm never leaving you again..."

"I'm nothing without you." Elena whispered her hands untangling his from her hair and clasping them with her own. "I need you as much as you love me and will love you forever Damon."

"You're my world." He finally admitted letting out a rough breath. "As long as you're mine I can face anything, with you I'm a better person." Elena smiled softly the tears from earlier beginning to dry.

"With you Damon, I'm complete."

So many nights I cried myself to sleep

Now that you love me, I love myself

I never thought I would say this

I never thought there'd be

You