"The best love is the kind that awakens the soul and makes us reach for more, that plants a fire in our hearts and brings peace to our minds. And that's what you've given me. That's what I hope to give you forever" *Delena Christmas 2018*

Old adversaries reunite when a long missing person's body turns up on her property. Raw passion ignites, haunting memories return and suspicion burns white hot... And which one will claim victory the deadly game of cat and mouse that ensues?

His name is Damon Salvatore. He falls like an angel from the sky, braving the fire and flames to save the woman he loves but knows he cannot have. Fellow smokejumper Elena Gilbert is fearless yet slow to trust and harbors a secret that threatens to burn a brand on all of their hearts.

"They didn't agree on much. In fact, they didn't agree on anything. They fought all the time and challenged each other ever day. But despite their differences, they had one important thing in common. They were crazy about each other." *November Rain* story-verse *Happy Birthday KeepTheFlameBurning*

The emotion that can break your heart is sometimes the very one that heals it.

A day at the amusement park leads to some fun and sexy hijinks for Damon and Elena. *Happy Birthday LittlePrince8*

As a little girl Elena was terrified of monsters. Her daddy assured her they didn't exist. She wishes he had told her the whole truth. Monsters do exist, they're not just hiding in closets and under the bed. **Happy Birthday Eos Blaze 0402**

"This life will be good and beautiful but not without heartbreak. In death comes peace, but pain is the cost of living. Like love, it's how we know we're alive." – Elena Gilbert ***HAPPY BIRTHDAY Short on words***

Damon Salvatore's plan is simple: hop on his Harley & experience life. The grit. The heat. The passion of the Sturgis motorcycle rally. For two life-changing weeks every August he returns to a certain doe-eyed bartender. Faced with the prospect of losing her forever, can Damon get past his fear of abandonment and let Elena take her place in his heart?

One moment the air is calm; the next the sky explodes in a raging chaos of horizontal snow and hurricane-force winds. Temperatures plunge as an unprecedented cold front rips through the plains. When the storm poses a very real threat to their lives, it's up to Miss Gilbert to get the children to safety, the reclusive and enigmatic Mr. Salvatore being their only option.

When a catastrophic accident leaves him unable to distinguish real from make believe, Damon is thrust into a world that he doesn't understand, his only solace being a mysterious brown-haired girl. Summoning a strength she didn't know she had, Elena vows to find Damon because he not only left her, he also left a part of himself behind.

Will you be there beside me if the world falls apart? And will all of our moments remain in your heart? Will you be there to guide me all the way through? I wonder will you walk by my side and follow my dreams? With the Nazi reign of terror at its zenith, Damon and Elena form an unlikely friendship in WW2 era Czechoslovakia.

Dancing with heartbreak is the strangest thing. It's like playing with fire, you know you'll get burnt but you are still captivated by the flickering flame and the magnetic heart.

Damon thought the worst thing he'd ever have to endure was Elena's sudden disappearance. Little did he realize that her kidnapping was only the opening salvo in the nightmare that was to follow.

Damon Salvatore is a nightclub owner in San Francisco's famed Barbary Coast. When Elena Gilbert returns home after spending the last ten years attending boarding school in New York, Damon finds himself falling hard and fast much to the chagrin of his best friend, Fr. Brady Gilbert.