Sad Song (Delena)

Characters: Damon, Elena, Ric (mentioned)

Summary: Set in 6x7 "Do You Remember The First Time?," 5x22 "Home," 2x22 "As I Lay Dying," 5x1 "I Know What You Did Last Summer," and 6x6 "The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get."

Pairings:

Delena

*Do You Remember The First Time?*

You and I

We're like fireworks and symphonies

Exploding in the sky

With you

I'm alive

Like all the missing pieces of my heart

They finally collide

So stop time right here in the moonlight

'Cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes

It was a rainy night, as Damon and Elena stood in front of each other that night by his car.

"Come on. Time to abandon ship," Damon told her.

"No, no, no. Wait. Just give it a second. It'll clear up."

Damon kissed her and she kissed back. Then she pulled away.

"Promise me this is forever," Elena said.

"I promise," Damon replied.

A moment later, they were kissing.

*Home*

Without you

I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you

I've got no hand to hold

Without you

I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you

I'm just a sad song

I'm just a sad song

With you, I fall

It's like I'm leaving all my past and silhouettes up on the wall

With you, I'm a beautiful mess

It's like we're standing hand in hand with all our fears up on the edge

So stop time right here in the moonlight

'Cause I don't ever wanna close my eyes

It was a dismal night, as Elena sat against a pillar in a building, sobbing. Damon was dead for good and there was nothing they could do. The spell for those to come back to life that wanted to couldn't be done again.

Damon, as a ghost, came over and knelt in front of her. He rested a hand on the side of her face and she felt it.

"Please, don't leave me," she sobbed.

"I don't have a choice," he replied, though she couldn't see or hear him. "You're the best thing that ever happened to me."

A moment later, he was gone.

*As I Lay Dying*

Without you

I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you

I've got no hand to hold

Without you

I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you

I'm just a sad song

Damon lay in bed that night, dying of a werewolf bite, Elena seated on his bedside.

"You would've liked me in 1864," he told her, knowing he'd been a bad person for nearly his entire vampire life.

"I like you now," she replied.

A few minutes later, he felt her kiss him. Then she pulled away.

"Thank…you," he replied.

"You're welcome," she told him.

Then his sire arrived and cured him.

*I Know What You Did Last Summer*

You're the perfect melody

The only harmony I wanna hear

You're my favorite part of me

With you standing next to me

I've got nothing to fear

Without you

I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you

I've got no hand to hold

Without you

I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you

I'm just a sad song

It was a beautiful day. It was the end of summer and Damon and Elena were on the couch making out. She was going away to college, so they were spending as much time as they could together before it was time for her to leave today.

*The More You Ignore Me, The Closer I Get*

Without you

I feel broke

Like I'm half of a whole

Without you

I've got no hand to hold

Without you

I feel torn

Like a sail in a storm

Without you

I'm just a sad song

I'm just a sad song

It was a beautiful day. Elena was packing some things in a purse, when there was a knock on the door, so she stood in front of it.

"Who is it?" she asked.

"It's me. I just wanna talk," Damon replied.

"I can't. Not now."

"Look, I know why you did what you did, but it's not real," he replied, talking about her having Ric compel away the good memories of her. "You know what's real? The way you felt for me. You once told me it was the most real thing you ever felt in your life."

"Those feelings are gone," she told him.

"Come on, Elena. You compelled enough people to know it's just a way of covering the truth. No matter how bad you want it gone, it doesn't make it any less of a lie."

She rested a hand on her side of the door and he rested his on his side of the door, overlapping where her hand was.

"Just open the door, Elena. Everything can go back to the way it was."

She put her hand down and stepped away.

He put his hand down.

"Just open the door, Elena. Please."

That time, she opened the door, but was gone when he came in. Next time he tried though, she did open the door and this time she didn't run off on him.