What if Caroline wasn't asleep on the couch during Elena and Damon's conversation in Episode 2-05? What if Elena goes back to Stefan and sees Caroline already comforting him? DELENA.

Stefan was her first love. Damon is the love of her life. Nearly a decade ago Elena chose to live; leaving Mystic Falls and her broken heart behind for New York. What happens when a twenty-eight year old Elena is met with a face from her past?

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 - For the TVDMixingAuthor2Author exchange - aquakitty1864 : Since Elena has been a vampire she hasn't had much enjoyment and doesn't really feel like celebrating Christmas. I want to see him pull out all the shots. Baking cookies. Christmas Tree Picking. Snowball fights. Christmas tree decorating. Maybe even a custom christmas ornament or something romantic.

ONE-SHOT written for TVD Author2Author Christmas exchange. When "the gang" gathers at the Salvatore Boarding House for Christmas Eve, Bonnie gives them a special gift - a chance to experience the Christmas of their dreams. Elena is surprised at her true Christmas wish.

Elena tries to process the news that she and Damon may be sire-bonded. Elena-centric, slightly meta, post 4x07 one-shot.

It starts with his fingers wrapped around her wrist.

The past four years have built up to the moment that will define everything for Damon and Elena. When reality comes crashing down around them, they find themselves looking back on the past and trying to decide where to go from here. AU. AH.

The Vampire Diaries meets the Tudors : ... Elena comes into her birthright as Queen but is faced with the many responsibilities and consequences as she is forced to choose a husband...

"I've hurt you so many times. And yet, you're still here for me. After everything I've put you through." Elena has to say it, and Damon needs to hear it. When she comes to his room to apologize, will Damon accept her apology?

So there was I, after having remarkably good days turned into smudged mascara by a series of unfortunate events. - Donna's POV - T Rated for language.

At least she has an excuse to wear the new shoes she's been going on and on about for weeks.

"She shivered under his body, and they slid their legs together, hands fumbling at shoulders, like they were first loves on their first vacation. And then she realized that they were, and all this time, it had been a mistake that she was only now rectifying." H/D.

Some loose ends should be burned. Sequel to Self-Inflicted Wounds

"After the ritual is performed, you'll love her less and less… until nothing's left." Damon never wanted to love Elena. When Bonnie shows up at the boarding house, offering to make him stop loving her magically, does he agree? How will Elena react and what will she do about the consequences?

"Summer romances end for all kinds of reasons. But when all is said and done, they have one thing in common: They are shooting stars-a spectacular moment of light in the heavens, a fleeting glimpse of eternity. And in a flash, they're gone."

AU. Elena starts working for the Council after her parent's brutal murder and gets sent to investigate some suspicious "animal" attacks. Her quiet fact finding trip quickly spirals into something much more dangerous when she runs into one Damon Salvatore.

"I want you to get everything you're looking for." She's been everything to him for longer than he has a right to admit, the rays of light breaking through his otherwise dark and suffocating existence. But never in his wildest fantasies did he believe he'd ever represent that for her.

"...it's not about trust. It's about mistakes. One mistake, to be more exact. The one I keep making over and over again." Post season 3. Elena has been a vampire for over a month. Even though everything has changed, she and Stefan are happy together...or are they? One day Elena can't pretend any more.

When the love of Elena's life goes missing, she's left with regret, major decisions, and a mystery that she's afraid she'll never solve. AU/AH

WWII :: Damon is a cocky & crude fighter pilot. He's also Elena's patient indefinitely. It's totally screwed up! That he's more of a threat to her sanity than any battle outside. * Co-Stars: Caroline/Tyler.

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.

She hadn't planned it. No, she'd planned for a shower and a book, not for bourbon and Damon. Tomorrow, she'd probably regret it, but right now, it's exactly what she needs. My version of what should happen in 3x21.

Following a nearly fatal occurrence, Damon removes Elena's memory of his love for her. Their lives as they know it changes after the compulsion but Damon can't seem to forget the past. What happens when Elena realizes she doesn't want to either?

Best friends Damon and Elena haven't seen each other in three years after a falling out. What happens when they reconnect? AU

1800s, AU Elena Gilbert is ready to start an incredible life with her fiance Stefan. But as the wedding approaches, the secrets begin to pile up. Most intriguing is the mysterious elder brother, Damon, who seems to forever be complicating every situation.

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?

In the middle of the night, Damon and Elena binge on booze and brutal honesty. Spoilers through 3x15 "All My Children."

When Klaus threatens to take Elena, Bonnie finds a spell that will send her back in time to a place where she is safe-her soul mate; 1864 human Damon. LEMON COMPLETE

She didn't know much about 'Gone with the Wind' only that there was a woman; Scarlett, someone called Rhett and something to do with the Civil War, but she knew it was meant to be one of the greatest love stories of all time. Damon/Elena.

1920s. Paris. During one day seduction, angst, denial, refusal, lust and love drive Damon and Elena apart yet together. The outcome inevitable yet a mystery. AU. AH.

Private moments from late Season 2 narrated by Damon Salvatore. "As exciting and sexually charged our dynamic can be, it's mostly infuriating, torturous, depressing and the many other joyous emotions that she insists on making me feel." - D/E.

Takes place after "The Homecoming" Elena goes to see Damon the morning after their plan goes disasterously wrong, unsure what to expect from him. He suggests that he treat her to a day of absolute perfection, to take her mind off of things. Complete

One-Shot now expanded to full-length ... Stefan returns to Mystic Falls after being gone for over 50 years, not expecting what he finds ... don't want to give away too much!

Companion piece to "All This Time" - a collection of one shot flashbacks over the course of Damon and Elena's life together. Please read "All This Time" first!

Set after a possible 'Dangerous Liasons' episode. Elena sets off on a path she doesn't realize she's already started. Written for the A2A V-Day Exchange.

"Home isn't always a place. It can be a person". Elena's thoughts of her home make her discover where she belongs. How is she going to deal with what she can't deny anymore? Post 3x11-3x12. Complete.

Spoilers thru 2:22-As I Lay Dying. "If I had chosen differently, I never would have met you." Elena chose to kiss Damon. Stefan chose human blood. Katherine chose redemption. Damon chose to confess. These choices change everything. D/E, S/K.

She didn't know why she did it. Why she continued to do it night after night. She loved Stefan, right? Why then, did she sneak into Damon Salvatore's bed every night? Explicit.

Elena Gilbert lost her memory following a car crash. Damon comes along wishing to bring her back to her old life but what happens when he realizes he's falling in love with her? Will he still help Elena find out who she really is? *Longer Summary Inside*

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.

She catapults herself forward, towards the only boy she's ever understood completely, and relief saturates his features, such potent love in the set of his jaw that she swallows, hard. He catches her with open arms. Missing DE bridge scene from 3x11.

Damon writes the hardest letter he's ever had to pen... A/U. POST S3EP11. T FOR LANGUAGE ONLY.

Missing scene from 3x11: Damon picks up Elena at the bridge. SPOILER ALERT for 3x11. "He answered immediately, as if he'd been waiting for her call. Of course he was. He had always been."

"In the end, if Damon can't conquer Elena's heart, his only escape will be death" Elena arrives at the boarding house in the middle of a storm. She attempts to wash her clothes and chaos ensues, chaos that neither of them are ready for A/U M for language

Like everyone else, Elena goes through the four stages of saying I Love You.

Caroline is well known for her parties: they're fun, loud and there's usually a lot of alcohol. When she decides to throw a New Year party at the boarding house, is it finally time for Elena to step out of hiding and into Damons arms? *READ A/N*

Just Elena's thoughts about her&Damon and the conclusions she can't but make. Post-Homecoming, but no plotline, so it won't spoil what you expect from 3x10. For those who spend the last hours of waiting here on ffnet. The title I believe you know

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

The open road, heavy drinking, & all kinds of snark involved in Damon and Elena's New Year adventure. Set in Season 3, Post 3x09. - COMPLETE -

"Who are you trying to deceive, yourself?" Elena thought grimly."If you had wanted him away, you would've told him so and he would've done whatever just to please you" My version of the morning after episode 3x08.

"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.

It's easy to see she means it; she's ready to let Stefan go. Problem is, Damon's not sure he's ready to let go with her.

Damon and Elena give in to their feelings for each other and decide to leave Mystic Falls. Elena leaves Stefan a letter but can she really walk away. My take on what could happen after S3E09. A/U.

Set 42 days after a possible 'Homecoming' episode. Because sometimes it's impossible to forget. Rated M for language and Adult Content.

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.

Damon deals with the myriad of emotions that plague him: desire, frustration, jealousy, anger, bitterness, guilt, love, and his struggle to remain in control of his demon; especially when Elena continuously tests the limits of that control.

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.

AU after 2x22: "I'll always look for a reason to stay and fight, whether it be with you or for you."

When the cure doesn't work, Elena must prove that Damon's life is worth fighting for. Seven chances. Seven trials. Wrath. Greed. Sloth. Pride. Lust. Envy. Gluttony. AU after 2x22. D/E.

They start criss-crossing the country in search of Stefan, but somewhere along the way, they end up looking for something else: the love that will set them both free. D/E, on a road trip to salvation. 10-parter.

Post 2x22. Elena's not handling Stefan's absence well and Bonnie offers her the option of peeking into her future. It's nothing like she expected, but the moments may be exactly what she needs to jump-start her life in the right direction.

No one wins in real life and dreams can't be mistaken for reality. Elena/Stefan, Elena/Damon.

She's not sure how her life inexplicably intertwined itself into his. All she knows is that it had. And it's the reason she'll be there until the very end.

Later, she'll wonder why she does not hesitate. But if only for tonight, she falls into his arms and lets him hold her. If only for tonight, they dance by the light of the moon. If only for tonight, he makes her feel whole. D/E, grieving post Season 2.

1864 :: Ripper!Stefan brings Elena home one night and Damon finally snaps... DARK VERSE. D/E.

"It's okay to love them both." Takes place after 2x22: Because every choice has an unforeseen consequence...D/E.

"She was supposed to live a normal, happy, human life complete with the white picket fence. She wasn't supposed to destroy herself." Set in the future, Elena is now in her twenties living a hollow existence. Damon finds her. Smut warning!

Damon takes Elena on his little road trip to Georgia. Elena, distraught over her resemblence to Katherine, decides to let loose with surprising consequences. Canon through "Bloodlines." Follows most of the show plot with Damon-ic twists...

Things are heating up in Mystic Falls. Will Damon be able to hide his true feelings from Elena? What will Elena do? What will happen between them if emotions starts running high? Smut, romance, blood sharing

"I was ready," she whispers tearfully into his hair, unable to comprehend that in his delusional state, he probably can't even hear her. "I was ready to love you, and now you're dying. It's not fair." D/E post 2x21.

Elena discovers the true extent of Damon's love for her... but is it all too late? rated M for smut... Also some Caroline, Tyler and Matt Drama...

She grins like the Cheshire cat, eerie and fascinating and altogether so beautiful that his heart would stop if he had one. "Because," she breathes, almost giddy with the weight of her words, "I love you." D/E post-2x19, because we need this right now.

Even though every part of her that breathes wants to love him, she can't. So she lets him go instead. And she discovers that cutting someone who has somehow become a part of her out of her life is much the same as dying anyways. D/E post 2x19.

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...

2x20 My take on the scene where Damon forces his blood onto Elena, minus Stefan of course.

She shakes her head angrily. "Because," she grits out, struggling to maintain some semblance of composure, "I'm willing to die for you. I will die for you. I will. You're not the only one who can choose." D/E 2x18 extension.

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.

Klaus has been defeated and Elena died in the process. When she reawakens as a vampire and remembers a certain memory, she finally realizes her need for the darker brother. Unfortunately, he doesn't exactly welcome her with open arms.

The first time Elena chooses Damon over Stefan, Klaus' fangs are perched on his neck. D/E post 2x16, a series of firsts.

She never meant to hurt him. But here they are, in the throes of something she can't even put a name to. Something she has no idea how to fix or break or anything. Something that scares her more than Klaus ever could. D/E post 2x16.

AE to 2x11. Damon deals with his unexpected emotions in response to Rose's inevitable death and as a result pushes Elena away. He soon discovers the best way to protect her is the exact opposite of what he has thought all along. Rated strong T for language.

He leans against the smooth oak, pressing his cheek to where he imagines her heart might be, if she were right here beside him. He closes his eyes and focuses on her steady pulse. Finally, he is ready for her anger. He opens the door. D/E, running away.

Post-Klaus. 'Could it be true that he won the battle and the heart of the girl? That couldn't possibly be right, he wasn't what dreams were made of, more like nightmares. Yet the picture in front of him looked like his own happy ending.' - COMPLETE -

"I don't know," he whispers, jumping into it as if there's no point in lying anymore, and maybe there isn't. "But I can't hide from you anymore. Hell, I don't want to hide. You make me feel –" His eyes are full of wonder. "You make me feel human." D/E.

Blistering joy breaks out on his face for a moment, a moment she feels more keenly than anything else, and she feels full, full and right. And then she is flying, flying, flying like the butterflies she used to cry over. D/E, making every moment count.

Set mid-to-late Season 1 through to "The Sacrifice". Begins when Damon overhears Stefan and Elena *chokes on bile* making love, and his mind starts wandering. Self-pleasure and fantasy, you have been warned.

He never dreamed that in taking away most of her past, he took away most of her, too. But he doesn't regret it, because she's happy. And that's all he ever wanted for her. Damon observes the aftermath of his sacrifice for her. Sometime in the future. D/E.

You're a vampire. You don't have to feel. You haven't had a real human relationship in how many years? Then you have the audacity to tell me that life is worth living, when you can't even remember what it was like to be alive. 2x10-2x11. - COMPLETE -

Elena accidentally asks for her soul mate. What happens when magic delivers 1864 Human Damon? How will the Vampire Salvatore brothers deal? Vampire Damon is tortured by intimate memories of Elena. He feels so close yet far away from her. AU1x14 - COMPLETE -

Or, the four times Elena Gilbert slaps Damon Salvatore, and the one time she doesn't. D/E through 2x09. Five-parter.

A one chapter sequel to 'Lockdown'. Mostly Delena fluff as they try to figure out how to be in a relationship with each other. Just a little closure for those who weren't entirely satisfied with the ending to 'Lockdown'.

Takes place after 2x03. Damon and Elena are locked up in the boarding house together after an ancient spell is released. How will these once upon a time friends cope? Final chapter is up! One chapter sequel can be found on my profile.

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

Just something that came to me while I was sleeping last night. Set after "Rose". Don't read if you don't like smut! One-shot, but may be more after I finish "All I Need" if enough people beg me to continue this ;

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.

A series of late night encounters between Damon and Elena finds them growing closer and Elena has to fight her growing attraction to the other Salvatore brother. First chapter is set during the ride home from Atlanta.