She's different now, and struggling to understand who she sees when she looks in the mirror. He's trying to re-find his place in her life, but his reflection is alone. What will it take to bring them together? / A walk through of episode 4x02 Memorial, through my eyes and theirs. Canon for the scenes in the episode, non canon for what happened when the camera stopped. Delena.

"I Can't Escape Myself" sequel: Mellie is more than a little miffed when the triplets are always the center of attention. She isn't about to let anyone ruin her Halloween plans.

Elena's always wondered who leaves a rose and love note in her locker every morning for months, and what she doesn't realize is he's always been closer than he appeared to be.

Elena has her life all mapped out, but after disappointing news, she's forced to take in the mysterious Damon Salvatore as a roommate. Can the arrangement work? Sure. As long as she can accept his past, embrace his demons and maintain a firm grip on her heart. AU. AH.

SPOILERS! Collection of one-shots following DE's human life together. The finale left a lot of blanks. I'm going to attempt to fill them in. Enjoy!

You fall in love, get married, fall in love again, get your heart broken. What if it got broken by a heart surgeon that never came back to fix it? Damon/ Elena - AU/AH

Damon Salvatore is a well-known and ruthless mobster who gets what he wants, when he wants. When John Gilbert fails to settle his debts on time, Damon takes matters into his own hands and kidnaps his niece, Elena, Johns most valuable asset. But is Damon her captor or her saviour? Rated M for dark gang related themes and strong language. Delena AH/AU

Damon and Elena have reunited for good this time, but there's still something to be done for their story to complete a full circle. One-shot set after Elena has woken up from her supernatural coma and Damon took the cure. D/E. Rated M for content.

AU/AH. One-shot. Prompt by seethegoodinyou on LiveJournal for the DE author-2-author fic exchange. Elena Gilbert is back in town for the holidays, and circumstances lead her to be in charge of setting up the house. Desperate to get a perfect tree, she goes out to the Salvatore Tree Farm and finds out that her long-time crush is back in town and running the farm.

It's 24 hours before Christmas and Elena is desperate to find the perfect tree. She ends up at the Salvatore tree farm and runs into someone she thought was long gone: Damon Salvatore. AU/AH. Written for the D/E holiday exchange on LJ. One shot. Prompt by seethegoodinyou.

DE Christmas Oneshot. Damon spends Christmas Eve with Elena, but not exactly in a conventional way. Slight AU. Written for the Delena Fandom Award on Twitter.

A "maybe if I had met you first" story with a major twist. Elena meets Damon the night her parents die but he doesn't compel her to forget and he isn't obsessed with freeing Katherine. Instead, he decides that this time he's going to get the girl. TVD-esque hijinks ensue with lots and lots of Delena.

Elena's request was simple. Participate in Whitmore's 'Sexy Santa' contest by stripping your clothes in front of horny housewives. Damon's in. But if he's tumbling down this pit of embarrassment, he's dragging her along with him. Written for the A2A Holiday Exchange.

She calls it the summer of her life. It's the one that changed his.

Paralyzed in a drive by shooting and abandoned by her boyfriend, Elena struggles with depression amidst a life turned upside down. Can lady's man, Damon Salvatore be the friend she needs and pull her back from the ledge?

It started at the frat party, Damon taught her how to revel. From there on in she dove head first into the new vampire world and into him. A new world opened, bringing to blows new and old enemies, and a certain vampire mother. Can Elena and Damon learn to use their bond before it consumes them? (M for Smut, no sire bond, starts at "The Five")

Elena is a human slave in a town full of vampires.. But her owner, Caroline treats her well. Until she is forced to sell Elena to the new Governor, Damon Salvatore. Elena's life turns upside down, into a world of fear and force. But she soon realizes that there is more to this frightening man. And she's driven to melt his heart of ice. To remove the shackles that chain them

Damon and Elena are the epitome of an emotional roller coaster. Read as our favorite couple experience those emotions together. A collection of Delena one-shots. Each chapter has a theme of a different emotion. Taking requests. Each installment is rated either T or M.

ONE-SHOT /(Based on preview for 6x15) Following the death of Sheriff Forbes, Elena is struggling with how to comfort a grieving Damon as they prepare for the funeral. And knowing what he needs would be a thousand times easier if only she had the memories she erased. But sometimes, saying goodbye to the ones you love sets you free, in more ways than one. / Liz Forbes tribute/Delena

D/E, post-6x06. Takes place directly after the end of the episode. Damon is underwhelmed after seeing Elena for the first time. He starts to wonder if he should've come home when a late-night phone call changes everything. No longer a one-shot. WARNING: Contains spoilers for the episode.

My name is Elena Gilbert. I am a sophomore in high school. I get straight A's. Have great friends. Oh yeah and I'm pregnant. DELENA. AH/AU

Right after Episode 5 from season 6. A two-shot about Elena's refusal to let her memories of Damon in and why and how will Damon react to it. What will happen if, once Elena does get her memories back, Damon is not ready to forgive and forget. Will Elena fight for Damon, or look for an easier way out? Rated M for mature subject, language and all.

AU. AH. Elena Gilbert and Damon Salvatore are juniors at Mystic Falls High School and they have been best friends and partners in crime for as long as they can remember. When Elena needs Damon to pose as her boyfriend things start heating up between them, but complications arise when you're dealing with such emotionally damaged people. Is it worth risking a friendship for love?

Elena left after Damon's death, unable to cope. But something calls her home...Rated M for now, cuz my mind is known to get steamy

Canon-ish DE one-shot. Set sometime in S2, but not specific. Elena can't sleep. She's waiting for someone. Someone who shouldn't even be there. Even though they both know it's wrong, that it can't last, they just need each other to hold onto for these short, stolen moments. So she waits. Rated M.

D/E. Jeremy & John Gilbert get into a mess involving a criminal organisation. As a result, Jeremy's sister Elena is kidnapped and used to get the Gilberts to do what the organisation wants. However, things get complicated when Elena meets the newest member of the organisation, Damon Salvatore. "In my story you're the villain. But in my heart, you're still the reigning king."

AH/AU Their parents are in love, and Elena is forced to live under the same roof as the infamous Damon Salvatore. Can she unbury something in him that even he has forgotten existed?

AU/AH /Life is wonderfully uncomplicated for Damon Salvatore. Take accident claims as a call center rep by day, charm his way into a new bed each night. Go to work, drink with friends, sex. Simple and straightforward and fun. Until a coworker, Elena Gilbert, makes him question whether some things are worth changing for. But is he the only one who needs to let go of a previous life?

Post 5x13-ish. Damon & Elena have to deal with pervasive consequences of the damage Katherine's caused, including the tragic turn of events that makes one of them a lethal threat to the other. Enlisting Enzo's help, Elena will stop at nothing to prevent the worst from happening, but is love enough to save all of them? Sometimes it's the right choices that turn out to be deadliest.

After failing to turn Elena's feelings back on through torture, will Damon find a breakthrough to finally help Elena? 15 reviews for next chapter :) and i do apologize for the uploading confusion. definitely a large chunk of story missing

Damon thought he was doing the best thing for Elena by breaking it off before she went to college. He couldn't have been more wrong. Canon-ish.

Written for This Is My Escape for the 2013 DE Holiday Author2Author exchange. Damon has become everything he swore to Elena he'd never be, driving her away in the process. When he realizes his mistake, Damon will stop at nothing to win back the love of his life and prove to Elena that he's still her Damon, always.

Elena never intended to fall in love with a soldier, but she does anyway. It's why she finds herself making the trip to Damon's cabin every Christmas Eve to meet him. A four year journey written for the A2A Holiday Exchange. AU. AH.

ONE-SHOT / Post 5x10 / Immediately following his breakup with Elena, harsh reality begins to set in for Damon. Because when you've devoted your life to loving another, how do you continue once you've pushed them away? And in the end, what does it take to right your wrongs once you are truly honest with yourself? Could a Christmas lie be the key to forgiveness? / DELENA

A Christmas one-shot based off the story, Rock Hard, Love Harder. In the snowy mountains of Colorado, Damon and Elena gather with the guys of The Mystic Republic and their wives and kids to celebrate Christmas like they have every year - together. But when an unexpected guest arrives, Elena must face her past in a way she never expected, making it a Christmas no one will forget.

AH/AU–Love hurts. This story takes on a literal meaning when Elena is a victim of abuse by her boyfriend. A journey of the silent sufferings of a girl with no one to turn to and unwilling to ask for help. Enters Damon, a social worker determined to rescue a damsel in distress and falling for her along the way. What is he willing to sacrifice in the end to save a girl he loves?

What makes someone feel? Why would they want to? Elena's humanity is off, Damon struggles to help her, but maybe she's not the one they should be worried about. Sacrifices are made, grudges are held, and plots are set in motion that threaten to destroy Mystic Falls completely. Some things just can't be taken back. Post-4x15

Damon Salvatore, the lead guitarist of the world-famous band, The Mystic Republic, is used to getting what he wants - women, alcohol and music. But when he realizes he's falling for the one person who is off limits, the world as he knows it shifts from right under him. What will loving his best friend's little sister and band manager mean for the band and ultimately, his heart?

A mouthwateringly lemony one-shot about Damon and (vampire) Elena sharing a feed, and the passionate aftermath that helps her accept her vampire nature. Rated for mature audiences only.

Elena has been sold to Damon and is now his slave. At first, Damon is cruel and heartless, and does terrible things to her. Elena hates him with a passion, but will she find herself falling for the man she's supposed to hate? And will Damon fall for the woman who's supposed to be his slave? AU DELENA

In the fallout of Katherine's betrayal [Fool Me Once 1.14], Damon is back at his hedonistic best. Stefan goes to Europe to track Katherine down before matters escalate, leaving Damon in Mystic Falls to watch over Elena. As Elena and Damon grow inexorably closer, she struggles to deal with the reality that Stefan might not be the only Salvatore brother with a place in her heart.

Collection of unrelated one-shots full of Delena moments. Summaries for each inside! Chapter 28, based on the most recent episode. Elena doesn't switch off her emotions; what does she do? And will Damon be there for her?

AU/AH: Damon Salvatore, the new star swimmer and transfer student at MFU, befriends the dark and mysterious Elena Gilbert, a girl the rest of Mystic Falls considers crazy. When he discovers the deep, haunting secrets she keeps from the world, can he handle the truth or will it cost him his heart and even possibly, his sanity?

Damon comes home from the Navy SEALs a damaged man. Can Elena help him? AU/AH Delena

ONE SHOT / Graduation brought a lot upon the gang of Mystic Falls, but one massive change that no one saw coming. And now that forever may not mean the same, how do you make the most of what you have left? By spending it all with the person you love, and making every minute count. / AU/AH / Delena / Unabashed fluff to celebrate a friend's birthday.

Sequel to Mirrors and Broken Things. Much has happened since the memorial, and time changes everything. So now that the end has come for Stefan and Elena, will the door finally be open for Damon to be with the one he's waited for? A walk thru of episode 4x07 My Brother's Keeper. Canon for the scenes in the episode, non canon for what happened when the camera stopped. Delena.

After all is said and done Damon is about to leave, but decides to say goodbye to Elena before he does. It doesn't really go as he thought it would.

Stefan has left Elena to care for their children, and Damon comes back after 4 years he finds that their relationship has been rocky since before the youngest was born. But when he come in and takes over the male role in the household what happens? How does Stefan react when he isn't welcomed home with a hug from his family. DELENA AH *Please read and Review!*

One Shot: In the aftermath of 4x19 Pictures of You, Damon is setting in motion the plan to make Elena recover her humanity by keeping her imprisoned in the cellar of the boarding house. But what will it take to break her? And in the end, is it even worth it? / DARK / Delena.

7 nights. Alone. In a motel. In the middle of nowhere. With Damon Salvatore. How will Elena ever survive this? Night One: Teaching Damon about personal space and boundaries...while they're forced to share a bed. DELENA STORY

Based on 4x04. Elena needs to learn to hunt and Damon is the only person who can teach her. Will their feelings get in the way? Contains sex scenes. REPOSTED.

Elena's humanity may be off, but Damon's making sure that won't be for long. Whether the switch goes on nice and slow, or not, our favorite Salvatore is determined to bring back the girl he loves. The only question is, how long will it take until Elena's salvation?

AU/AH. Damon Salvatore is everything Elena ever dreamed of, but he's also her older sister's best friend, and she knows he'll never see her the way she wants him to. However, that doesn't stop her from falling for him anyway…

Two-Shot: Damon takes humanity-free Elena to NY after 4x15, needing a change of scenery and trying to handle an out-of-control baby vampire. He's searching for the strength to keep the fragile strands of their relationship together, while she hunts blood. But sometimes, even when you don't find what you were looking for, it's just what you need. / Delena

O/S Post 4x07. Elena wakes up after her first night with Damon to find he's left without warning. At first she refuses to accept it, but as the weeks go by and he continues to ignore all her calls, it becomes more and more evident that he's never coming back… but then he answers his phone.

Elena Gilbert, 23, is a 'how to' journalist at a top fashion magazine. But what will happen when she has to write an article on how to change a womaniser into a one-woman man? Even more importantly, what will she do when the man she has to change is Damon Salvatore, 27, the renowned and successful businessman? One thing's for sure, sparks will fly. AU/AH

One of the consequences of Elena's transition is remembering the times she's been compelled and she soon realizes there are a whole lot more than just Damon's. The ramifications of all these resurfacing memories make her rethink her past choices and what she wants going forward. And a startling realization of who she wants.

Elena Gilbert is a medical intern, fresh out of college. Along with her two best friends she must now work her way through her intern year under the watchful eye of her superior, Dr Damon Salvatore; who is less than impressed with his new intern. AU/AH

Elena is the constant woman in Damon Salvatore's life, but she's never the only woman.

Picking up after S. 3 finale, Elena's a vampire. She made her decision as a human, but now tht she remembers the things Damon compelled her to forget and her vampire lust is making her crazy,can she really forget the things she felt while Stefan was gone?

"How he knew where to find her, she didn't know. But he came, and that's all that mattered." Tag to 3x11. Damon picks Elena up from Wickery Bridge after Stefan drives away. One-shot.

Enter Elena Gilbert, 24, hardworking, lovely, and insatiably in love with her long time best friend, Damon Salvatore. Can she make him see that they belong together? Delena. AH/AU.

Oneshot: Elena has been sick all day and is generally feeling a bit down, but Damon comes round to keep her company and look after her while she is unwell. Delena drabble, very fluffy.

Elena's living a stressful life in the city when she finds out she inherited a house in Virginia. She's in for a surprise when she finds two brothers living in her house. And they are not planning on leaving soon. Full summary inside.

Damon Salvatore finds a 14 year old orphan with a secret. However he hardly knew that the girl will change his world completely...D\E, AU. Warning: The story contains a lot of mystery element and twists. I suck in summaries so please read and review!

"Is it so hard for you to believe someone would choose you?" "Hasn't happened yet." "Challenge accepted, Damon." Can Elena convince him he's the one she wants, body, mind, and soul?

What if Damon had just simply said "Please?" An a/u oneshot of 2x20 The Last Day

Damon is friends with Grayson Gilbert. When he meets his daughter Elena, sparks fly. Considering the age difference and the fact that she is his friend's daughter, he tries to fight the pull every step of the way. Will he succeed in keeping her at bay?

Post 3x20. Elena goes over to Damon at the boarding house, intent on admitting things and extending a very special invitation. After all, what better way is there to realize great things, if not a long road trip?

When Elena gets the flu, she expects it to be her usual routine of ignoring the fact she's ill and occasionally pausing to drink soup. But since it's Damon who finds her dizzy and in pain in her room, things might just go a little differently...

Damon Salvatore, Hollywood's highest paid actor, is reluctantly cast alongside an unknown daytime actress, the fetching Elena Gilbert, in a major motion picture. He is not pleased.

Elena has a bad experience at a party, with rather large consequences. Can both Salvatore's suck up their pride and help her, or will both of them walk away?

Damon was a geek who had been in love with Elena since forever in highschool. She played him and broke his heart - Now that he's back in Mystic Falls fully changed after all these years, is she the one who's going to find herself falling hard for him?

roadtrips are their thing, this one will be no different

Damon tells Elena that he knows exactly what she looks like naked because he dated her doppelganger. Little does he know that Elena has a unique birthmark located in an intimate location...

Sequel to The Truth of Twenty Questions. The game is over and they are together but now they have to deal with the rest of the world. That includes the dreaded ex's. They can only hide in the bedroom for so long.

John Gilbert owes money to the notorious Damon Salvatore and Klaus Mikaelson. What happens when he doesn't have the money to pay them back and the only thing he has that is of any value is Elena? AU/AH Damon/Elena and some Klaus/Caroline!

O/S - but it's really long, sorry - set sometime in S3, but some details altered. Elena is being held captive, and time is running out. Will Damon be able to save her in time? And what's going to happen after Elena's had all this time to think?

Elena is attacked and in a coma with a supernatural cause. Damon fights to save her. Can she be brought back from the confines of her mind and saved from the evil that always seem to lurk near her? Rated M for language, violence, and mature content COMPLETE

Preparing for her wedding to Stefan Salvatore, Elena Gilbert still feels the loss of someone who died 5 years ago. But is he really gone?

Damon finally realizes he's had enough and leaves, breaking Elena's heart. Would he come back? Of course he will. This contains the second part for the story 'Let me let you go'. Rated M for the second part!

Elena wants to learn to fight compulsion. Damon's all-too willing to help, but will either of them be able to deal with the consequences?

"She wants to be the girl who shows him what it's like to be loved more than anything else, she wants him to know that there is one person in the world who will always choose him." Oneshot inspired by the spoilers for upcoming episodes. Delena of course!

Set after 3x05, Damon is trying to protect Elena but it's getting harder and harder. My take of Delena. Please read, i suck in summaries. Don't forget to review!

Elena's Birthday goes a bit differently. *WARNING* GRAPHIC IN LATER CHAPTERS

Journalist Elena Gilbert is disgusted by lawyer Damon Salvatore, and his four live-in girlfriends. But when he offers her a place in his home, and her life falls apart around her, can she convince herself to turn to him? AU/AH

A very late prompt response to the DE Holiday Exchange; prompted by TemptressKitten. Elena doesn't care that it's the holidays; she just wants to get to training. But Damon knows how to get her into the Christmas spirit. M FOR SEXUAL CONTENT AND LANGUAGE

Damon mysteriously disappears and Elena's life is turned upside down. Tragedy strikes and Stefan does something she can never forgive. Alone and broken Elena sinks into depression. Damon returns but is he too late? Mild adult themes & sensitive content.

Elena grew up believing in true love. She just never thought she'd find it with Damon. D/E one-shot post 3x09.

Damon wakes up Christmas morning to find Elena wrapped up under his tree. Smut ensues. Part of the Damon & Elena Holiday Exchange on livejournal. M for sexual content. DarkDamon.

Damon & Elena have been best friends for years. While they are well acquainted with each other they somehow keep missing the amazing chemistry between them. Join them for some cluelessness, playfulness, and some funny moments! Rated M for later chapters.

"When I look at you, I think I could never explain to you how much I love you," he says. She feels simultaneously warm with desire and cold with fear, and she can't reconcile the sensations. She's never really been able to, after all. D/E o/s post-3x09.

On her eighteenth birthday, Elena decided to throw a huge party at the Grill. Totally drunk, she slept with a blue eyed stranger. What will happen when four years later, he'd turn out to be her new boss? Totally D/E like usual!

During the night, after 3x08, Elena wakes up to find a certain someone still watching over her in bed. One shot.

This is now a collection of one-shots featuring Elena and Damon. Some one-shots will be sweet and fluffy while other will have more angst and drama to them. All stories will include Damon taking care of Elena while Stefan is gone on his ripper-tour.

rather then Caroline being kidnapped by Jules, its Elena. How would Damon react when he finds out?

Adjusting to having a daughter is driving Damon crazy so he hires someone new to help out. Elena has her own secrets & her past but she puts everything aside, falling in love with her employer and his daughter. Juggling therapy, secrets, and exes. M later

Post 2x22: during their road trip to find Stefan, Damon and Elena learn new things about each other.

After Damon convinces a reluctant Stefan to leave his exile, things quickly go wrong when Stefan's reunited with Elena. The outcome leaves Elena shattered, and Damon is there to pick up the pieces. Alt version of S3

When the unthinkable happens, it's never the thing you expected. It's the thing you never even thought you should be afraid of. - Damon/Elena deals with Stefan/Elena Post 2x22 Fic. Rated M for language, violence, and adult stuff in later chapters.

Anybody else think that Damon and Elena's story is a lot like Beauty and the Beast? The parallels are unbelievable and I've always wanted to write a story about that! Based on Disney's Beauty and the Beast story. Enjoy and Review!

Elena is plagued with a reoccuring nightmare in the following nights after Stefan's disapearance. Will Damon comfort her? LEMON

At the Masquerade ball what if Jeremy hadn't stopped Stefan and Damon in time and they killed Katherine. Elena dies but is she really dead? A Delena Story!

Damon finds Elena half beaten to death, and St. Stefan? Nowhere to be found. What happens when Elena finds her only real comfort has always been in Damon Salvatore...

Elena lived her entire life next to the Salvatore mansion. One day, her father decides to arrange a marriage, only it's not to her great love Stefan but his older brother Damon. How can this possibly work? Rated M for smut in later chapters.

Damon leaves Mystic falls so Stefan and Elena can have their happy ending. What no one counted on was Elena's reaction to his departure.

Damon rescues Elena from a desperate situation. Delena.

AU/AH. Elena Gilbert is in an abusive relationship. One day, her boyfriend's brother shows up on her doorstep. Can he bring her back to life?

Damon and Elena go to the Lake House and Elena reveals to Damon something that happened to her before her parents died. TW warning.

This picks up during the episode "By The Light Of The Moon" But Stefan really does have sex with Katherine in the tomb... hurt and betrayed Elena turns to the only Salvatore brother who has always been there for her. Damon/Elena

When Elena asks Damon Salvatore for a loan, he agrees on the condition that she marries him. What happens when she finds herself falling in love with a man who has told her he will never love her? AU. All human.

Damon Salvatore is tired of playing nice - he's a dangerous predator after all. No longer content with mere flirting, he decides to take things much further with Elena, in a deeper and darker way no-one saw coming.

Fate has delivered Elena into Demon's mercy. Will his pride and cruelty push them apart or push them together? Damon/Elena. Rated M for Adult Content.

Damon and Elena need each other. They don't realize that until it's too late. D/E; Post 2.09 - "Katerina." Please R&R.

Stefan never moved to town. Damon returns to Mystic Falls after Zack's death to take care of the boarding house and is stunned when he sees Elena for the first time. A Delena story, of course

She knew this river, this place, what it had already taken from her. She did not want to go back into that water.

Damon has Elena's body, but not her heart. Will it bother him? AU 1x20 'Blood Brothers' - COMPLETE -

After falling off the wagon and attacking a human, will Stefan ever return to normal? Elena is hurt and reeling after a turn for the worse, and finds herself turning to the other Salvatore brother for comfort. Delena

Sequel to Falling In Love the Hard Way. Damon and Elena are finally together. They never realized how difficult it would be to stay together when everyone around them wants them apart.

yep you guessed it. another story to hold us over until season 2.

Damon goes to apologize to Elena after the bachelor auction, but will she let him?

One night with Damon Salvatore leads to a pregnant Elena.