After spending 9 years in the Army, willingly isolated from home Damon Salvatore returns to Mystic Falls to see Elena Gilbert, his brother's girlfriend and his first love. What he finds is a battered and broken Elena and he'll do everything in his power to make it right. Can he help her and overcome his own demons or are they both too damaged to take a chance on each other? AH/AU

Damon and Elena navigate the joys and sorrows of a new relationship while fending off unpredictable attacks from terrifying supernatural enemies. But when they're confronted with the shadows of Damon's past and messy moral dilemmas, will they be able to build a life together that they can be proud of? A whole new version of Season 5 without the heartbreaking events of the finale.

Elena is a disenchanted trophy wife, Damon is her new security detail... AU/AH, DELENA

**THIS STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED TO PURSUE AS AN ORIGINAL FICTION***

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

SEQUAL TO HOPELESS. Assortment of one-shots in chronological order highlighting important points in Damon and Elena's life. I recommend that you read Hopeless first.

AU/AH / If Damon Salvatore believes in one thing, it's second chances. And fun. And the word "yes." Okay, so three things. But when asked if he wants to go rock climbing, skydiving, mountain biking, the answer is unequivocally in the affirmative. But dealing with his control-freak tyrant of a boss, Elena Gilbert? That proves to be far more difficult than anyone planned. / Delena

Elena left Damon for a family dinner after admitting her undying love to him. Situations arise and Damon drops in to help out. Elena, despite being in the presence of Alaric and Jeremy, can't seem to keep her hands off her boyfriend. Damon and Elena have to face trials to their newfound love. Angst, fluff, smut. Something for everyone. Sequel to Vampire's Heart.

AU/AH/ Damon Salvatore's life is going nowhere fast, unless he's racing to his next stop as a pizza delivery driver. But when the cute brunette he delivers to every Friday night applies for a job as a CSR, reality is quick to take hold. Can Damon justify following his heart towards a girl that is off limits? And if he does, where exactly is it going to take him in the end? / Delena

Damon and Elena come home from a night out to enjoy what they really want: each other. They've been together for a year and are more in love than ever, but tonight turns out to be very different than any other they've shared. A fluffy, smutty two-shot that picks up where the epilogue of the AU/AH story, River Deep, Ocean Wide left off, with a surprise twist. AU/AH, Delena.

She's a haunted literary agent in NYC and he's a successful therapist who has closed himself off from life, but she sneaks past all his defenses. A story about facing your fears, and having the courage to overcome your past and make the future you want. AU/AH, Delena, Steroline, Jalaric

Sequel To Blinded / After the blindfold comes off, what comes next for Damon and Elena? Should they stay in Mystic Falls and face the judgment of her friends and family, or is there someplace they can go to finally learn what it means to really be together? And more importantly, where they are free to love one another, with hearts and eyes wide open. / DELENA / AU Ssn 3

After being med school sweethearts, Damon and Elena separate in order to go off and conquer the world of medicine. Years later, their paths cross once more. Oneshot for the A2A Christmas exchange.

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.

Damon Salvatore is the top-hit chart stunner. What happens when he comes back to his hometown, Mystic Falls, and meets Elena Gilbert, his new musical muse. AU/AH, Rated M for later. Full Summary Inside.

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?

A oneshot colab with PorkChopSmall, very loosely based on next episode's (5x10) promo. What if Wes decides to torment Damon using Elena? Mature theme, psychological and physical torture. Some sexual references. Please read and review.

Set in the near future, four months into Elena's first year of college. She comes home for the winter holidays and Damon is very happy to have her back. Fair warning: serious smut ensues! A smut-athon, one might even say - I was inspired after watching them all over each other in the season premiere. Season 5 compatible so far, trying to keep it as true to the series as possible!

Damon and Elena's life together was perfect, was supposed to always be perfect. Until it wasn't. Elena discovers picking up the pieces is a lot harder than she ever thought it could be. AU/AH.

AU. AH. Elena has found that she likes her older sister Katherine's best friend Damon a lot more than she should. Little does she know he likes her more than he should too. Through the years things start to change between them, but if anyone found out they'd be in big trouble.

She's a piano-playing graduate student who's writing a historical novel. He's the new professor in the History department who has gone out of his way to avoid music since he was a boy. A story about choice, transformation, and the people who inspire others to do both.

Elena Gilbert has been in love with her best friend Damon Salvatore for years, but when he asks her to help him win back the woman of his dreams, Elena decides she's had enough. Now Elena wants to move on, but Damon's not making it easy on her. AU/AH

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.

Two words changed his life and threw him for a spin, one that he couldn't help but find himself exhilarated by. Was he about to get everything he wanted? AU/AH.

This is a full on smut story. A different first time for Damon and Elena,plus hot,crazy sex and a little Dalaric bromance. Warning: Rated MA for explicit mature content! Lots of LEMONS and smutty goodness! xD Just go ahead and R&R!

True to his word, Damon leaves MF without a word to anyone. Years later, Elena has slowly realized that she can't continue to live without Damon, and tracks him down just in time for the holidays. Written for the A2A LJ Holiday Exchange. Damon/Elena. AU. M-Mature. Please read and review.

When the gang have no holiday spirit, Bonnie suggests a dream spell which will show them their idea of a perfect Christmas. What will happen when Damon and Elena realise their dreams are interlinked?

Damon disappeared three years previously after his mother's death. Now, back in Mystic Falls, he has one goal in mind; to mend Elena's broken heart. AU/AH O/S Written for the A2A Holiday Exchange on LJ.

What if Elena got into a car accident and woke up with no memory of the last four years? As she learns to cope with her amnesia she has to also cope with her new life... it was certainly not what she expected. Canon until 1x15. Delena fic.

He's the former bad boy with a tattoo that makes her curious. She's the good girl that dreams of escaping the small town she lives in. Meeting him shows her a way to escape and a love that burns red.

She broke the cardinal rule of living in Mystic Falls and to survive, she must rely on the one thing the rule was in place to protect her from. Until she discovers that the rule she broke, is one that will keep her from the man she could love most.

Right after the EPIC Damon and Elena Denver kiss. Probably a oneshot.

Elena's established rules and guidelines for her relationships. She knows how to stay emotionally detached and when to cut the cord. But then she meets Damon, who could potentially change everything. AU. AH.

During one of their training sessions, Damon suggests Elena should learn how to resist compulsion but Elena might find harder things to resist than mind control. AU. Rated M.

Set sometime after 3x22. Can Damon show Elena that she's different to Katherine, despite her being a vampire now too? Rated M for lemons&bloodplay.

Join our favorite couple in a trip around Europe and see just how much stamina does a vampire really have! Plus Damon shares some memories... Warning: Rated MA: LOTS of SMUT and LEMONS!** Please R&R!

It's a different world now. Elena is a vampire. What does this mean for her feelings towards Damon? And for his feelings towards her? How Season 4 should start, if I had anything to say about it. Damon/Elena. Oneshot

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.

Damon has to take a life-drawing class, what happens when his model just so happens to be Elena? AU/AH Rated M.

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!

Stefan has returned, but things have not been the same between him and Elena. Elena turns to Damon for help and ends up falling deep into a world of obsession and control that overtakes her. Season 3ish, Major naughtiness ahead:

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?

Late entry to the TVD Mixing Valentine's exchange - Damon and Elena end up on a blind date. Actually, fairly canon-compliant. Spoilers for episodes through 315.

A fic for the Valentine's A2A exchange on LJ for LoveEpicLove. Rated M as always for a reason...Prompt: Jealous! Elena and Moody Damon at a Valentine's Day Ball.

Mystic Falls organises another event: a dance competition! Elena is desperately in need of a dance partner... When Stefan refuses, will Damon oblige? Be warned for slowburn and a T-rating that occasionally comes dangerously close to the edge...

After Damon kisses Elena, everything turns into a guilt trip, but he decides that a simple kiss isn't worth it and goes back to her house. Fic written for the Author2Author Valentine's Day exchange. Rated M for a reason!

Damon Salvatore is a sexy substitute at Mystic Falls High. What happens when Elena Gilbert catches his eye? After school detention has never been so scandalous. !Rated M!AU! SECOND CHAPTER HAS BEEN ADDED!

It's Valentine's Day and Stefan's trying to get Elena back. She almost gives in, but soon she realizes he is not the vampire she wants. One shot written for the Valentine's Day Author2Author Exchange. Rated M for easy smut.

When Stefan leaves with Klaus, Damon takes Elena on an island holiday to help her recover. But when Stefan returns to the boarding house in a pool of his own blood, Caroline makes a decision that has far reaching consequences for them all. Adult themes

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

o/s for the DEEX. Prompt from Lauren - Damon has been away from town after Elena and Stefan got back together but now he's coming home for Christmas.

sequel to Third Annual Mystic Falls Single's Mixer. written for Holiday exchange. Damon and Elena decide to get away for New Years after winning the couples trip. How will they ring in the new year? slow burning LEMON second chapter in turning series

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.

Elena invites Damon to a black tie holiday event at the Lockwood's. After arguing about the attire, Damon agrees to go on one condition; he gets to have Elena whenever, wherever he wants.

Vampires don't do Christmas - not voluntarily, at any rate. A silly, fun D/E holiday ONESHOT that's way too long - dedicated to my amazing reviewers and much happier than my usual fare. : Rated M for language and a somewhat naughty scen

AU written for Holiday Exchange: Damon and Elena are coworkers trapped in a love/hate battle of wills and pride. Christmas Eve finds them in a compromising position...LEMON

Mistletoe kisses are just a silly tradition, right? Damon doesn't think so. What will happen when he sees Elena kiss someone under the mistletoe? O/S.AU.Rated M.

It is very early Christmas morning. Damon and Elena will exchange gifts... But what is Elena willing to give up for him really? It's a fic with a twist. Merry Christmas to all of you.

Elena's ready for new Christmas traditions; ones that no longer involve Stefan. She wrangles Damon into helping her out, but gets more than she bargained for. Written for the A2A Holiday Exchange.

Takes place after epi 5 'The Reckoning' Damon and Elena are feeling something for each other-even Stefan can see that and for once Elena is tired of running. With Stefan lost to her, Elena is forced to face her feelings for Damon in the most bizarre way.

A Damon and Elena one-shot. A moment on the dance floor leads to a deeper revelation. Really? You need more of a description than that? M for a reason. If you read me often, you know I do not jest.

What? It's Damon's birthday? Yup... Unlucky in love and life his curse seems to have always been, but what happens when Elena makes it her business to make his day special and things change. M-for smut in future. Damon/Elena. Please read and review!

Elena and Damon. Damon's room. A thunderstorm. They've been dancing, and Elena is ready to take it one step further... My take on Elena's POV - one-shot spin-off for Shadowdancing.

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.

In which Elena has a date with the devil, and Damon doesn't like it. No plot, just smut. M for language and sexual content.

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.

An expert on the dynamics between men and women, Damon Salvatore knows his uptight new publicist could use his help getting a date. The only problem is, the more time he spends with her, the more he realizes he doesn't want her dating anyone but him!

AU/AH. At the risk of being deported, Damon Salvatore forces his young assistant to pretend to be his fiancée. How far will they have to go to keep the charade up?

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...

Elena and Damon search for Stefan, but the real battle is with their feelings. Takes place after the season 2 finale.

Spolier warning S2 Ep 21. Damon knows how he wants to spend his final moments. Adult content. One shot romance for Delenas.

Feeling vulnerable, Elena complains to the Salvatore brothers that she wants to be more than just bait. Their subsequent actions leave her gasping for breath. There is some adult content and strong language. Complete.

"It takes you leaving without a word to anyone but three of us, eight months and two hundred and four A4 pages to tell me that you love me. This proves my theory that you, Elena Gilbert, are an emotional idiot."

Becoming overwhelmed by the predetermined affairs of her life, Elena escapes the palace for an evening only to come in contact with our favorite bad boy. Pure lemony goodness. AU. AH. One shot now turned into multiple chapters.

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.

He begins to think of these moments of domesticity as a moment happening in an alternate universe that has nothing to do with the one they're living in now.

A DE one-shot inspired by the book, "A Ring of Endless Light". This story is sexual in manner and tone.

Under the umbrella in the rain Damon and Elena finally reveal something important to each other. Truly hard to write a summary for this one. Inspired by a picture of a scene to come, so it's a spoiler for the upcoming episode 1x17. Just go and read it.

Season 6 written a little bit differently. Rory and Jess have always had chemistry; it just took them a couple of hours and a few of spectators to realize how much.