"Being brave is when you have to do something because you know it is right, but at the same time, you are afraid to do it, because it might hurt. But you do it anyway." Will Damon be brave enough to let the love of his life go and only hope one day she'll come back? Will Elena be brave enough to risk a seemingly perfect life and admit her feelings? AU/AH.

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Damon wants into the tomb to kill Katherine not save her but instead of Katherine he finds someone he thought he'd never see again, his wife.

Hellbent on escaping the night that changed her life three years ago, 17-year-old Elena Gilbert ran away from her home. Now 20, She's built a new life for herself. But when her estranged best friend Damon Salvatore is in town one night, the two come face-to-face, and he wants answers. Plus, someone out there is refusing to let her forget that night. And they're out for blood. AH.

Delena's breakup in 5x16 and how the morning after should've gone.

There's a reason I've got a list as long as it is, full of people wanting and waiting for me to put my hands on them. It's because of this talent o' mine that I've got the love of my life. She's the reason I exist, my reason for breathing. Salvatore, Ink: my tattoo shop. Rated M. AH. AU. DE.

5 years ago a horrific event caused Elena Gilbert to flea home right before graduation, leaving everything behind, including her best friend and boyfriend Damon Salvatore. When she attends her high school reunion, she hopes to keep Damon where he's been for years now; out of her life. But when a secret she kept from him all those years ago arises, she's forced to keep him around.

We don't meet people by accident. They are meant to cross our path for a reason.

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.

Damon and Elena divorced four years ago, when something big happened between them. Now, Elena lives in L.A. with a new man and a whole new life. What happens when Damon is left without any memory of the past five/six years after an accident and wants his wife back? Will Elena give in? Let's find out, along with Damon, what really happened between them...

Five years ago, I left everything behind. My family. My hometown. Him. I stayed away and vowed to start over, but I'm catapulted back in a heartbeat by the only thing on earth that could bring me home - the possibility of really losing him forever. **THIS STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED AND CONVERTED TO AN ORIGINAL STORY**

Don't keep holding on the way you do. We should kiss yesterday goodbye and all the heartaches. No matter how dirty your past is, your future is still spotless. That is how we should look at one another.

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

Its been five years since my ex-wife died, five years since I've been home and five years since I swore I wouldn't go back. Looking to erase my demons I finally returned- only to have my younger brother thrust his relationship with a woman who looks like my ex-wife in my face. Now my demons don't want to go anywhere, instead they want play, now I know exactly how to get my revenge

They have the same friends. Their families get along. But ever since the most tragic night of her life, Elena and Damon cannot stand the sight of one another. "Please tell me I'm not too late," he pleads desperately. "You are," she concedes. "Please-" "Don't," Elena cuts him off. "I needed you the most and you weren't there. You're never there," Elena cries.

*SEQUEL TO: INTO THE MYSTIC* It's been 5 months since Damon flipped the switch on his humanity and disappeared from Mystic Falls without a trace, leaving a newly turned Elena to try and pick up the pieces without him. Will he find his way back to her and more importantly...will he find his way back to himself?

Sequel to Cannonball - Finally free from the clutches of Mystic Falls and their rivaling families, Damon and Elena are home free. Their love and loyalty to each other is stronger than ever, however they will soon learn that being on the run isn't all that easy. DE.

You may not love me today, tomorrow, or ever. But I will love you until it kills me, and even then, you will be in my heart.

AH: Elena is a college student studying her butt off to be the best in all her classes. Elena keeps to herself & doesn't have much of a social life until one night her best friends drag her out for drinks & there she meets Damon. He's rich, handsome, young, & a CEO of a Publishing Company. He can have any girl he wants but the moment he sees Elena; he wants her and only her.

Elena just wants to forget. She moved away for college, and is trying to make a life for herself, when her roommate invites her to her family's ranch for a summer that could change Elena's life. Damon Salvatore is a flirt. But the only girl he's ever really loved is the daughter he's fighting for custody of. Then his sister brings home a friend for summer and everything changes.

[Christmas Fun] Elena Gilbert is in the process of travelling back to her hometown for the holidays, though an unexpected turn of events leaves her stranded in the airport on Christmas Eve. What will happen when her and (U.S Marine) Damon Salvatore take a shining to one-another in the midst of such festive mayhem?

I might have erased your texts. But I will never forget what you wrote. We might have stopped talking, but I will never forget your voice. We might have stopped hugging but I will never forget how you smell. Anything we did, I will never forget.

Elena Gilbert has recently returned to Mystic Falls to care for her brother after the death of their Aunt Jenna. She accepts a job as Damon Salvatore's (CEO of Salvatore & Sons) personal assistant. Can they keep their relationship strictly business? And what secret is he hiding that may be connected to all the disappearances in town? SEQUEL: INTO THE DARKNESS- COMING SOON.

Dr. Elena Gilbert's life revolves around her son and her job as an emergency department physician. When by sheer happenstance, she treats a young construction worker, Elena finds herself wanting more for the first time in her life. Will fate allow them to pursue a relationship or will it be a losing battle?

A one-shot continuation of CHAS. Damon's claimed Elena's heart, her last name, her future. This is the only part of her he hasn't claimed. And she wants him to. READ WARNING.

Sometimes people run away to be alone, but sometimes they run away to see if you care enough to follow them...

Love, like life is full of surprises and can happen at the most unexpected of times, places and circumstances. Towards the end of WW1 and having nowhere else to turn, three soldiers seek help from the enemy. Will they go about their lives with a just a memory to tide them through or will love find a way?

"I'll leave you alone, I won't come near you again, if you just sleep with me once. Just the once. That's all I need." How do you resist someone so tempting? You don't, even if he's your mother's lover's son...

After witnessing the murder of her parents at the age of 14, Elena Gilbert's life was never the same. She was thrown into foster care, and ran away the second she turned 18. Now, the mystery of her parent's murders comes alive as she learns the truth from vampire Damon Salvatore, a man who she shouldn't want for obvious reasons. AU.

Elena and Damon have been friends with benefits on and off for several years. What happens when one of them wants more and it's too late?

Sequel to Expecting the Unexpected. Damon and Elena are now in college juggling school, parenthood, an upcoming wedding and still being as in love as they are. Delena. Steroline. Klaus/Cami *Not Klaus and Caroline*

My name is Elena and I have this bad habit... my addiction... to my boss... Top Ranking Officer in the Police Service, Brigadier Damon Salvatore... If you think adventure is dangerous, try routine. It's lethal.

Damon Salvatore owns a very respectable club in New York City that specializes in adult entertainment. What happens when seemingly innocent Elena Gilbert is recruited for his club? AU/AH

Damon is a NASCAR driver with a troubled past and present. Elena is the former love of his life. Both find themselves back in Mystic Falls and employed by Salvatore Racing. With a mountain of baggage between them, including a carefully guarded secret, it's only a matter of time before they have the "Big One." AU/AH; Damon; Elena

Sequel to Crying Lightning - A series of one-shots flashing into moments of Damon and Elena's lives together since the ending of Crying Lightning. Happy, sad, tough and random times shared together and with family and friends. Mostly fluff. AH DE.

1864 :: The Honeymoon - Damon introduces the art of lovemaking to his bride. D/E. Shameless smutty sequel to 'I Hate The Way You Love'. - COMPLETE -

When Elena is forced to leave Damon she's devastated and so is he. Three years later she is finally able to find him again and when she does he's not the same man she fell in love with. Written for the A2A exchange on Livejournal.

When her husband passes, Elena is left with the regrets of her choices leading up to that defining moment. Thankfully, Bonnie appears, gifting her the chance to relive and fix the events of the last three days of his life. Written for the A2A Holiday Exchange. AU. AH.

Prequel to Expecting the Unexpected. Everything that happens before Elena gets pregnant in ETU. Elena Gilbert is the popular sophomore cheerleader, Damon Salvatore is the popular but anti-popular junior. What happens when their paths cross? 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. 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?

Damon Salvatore is a senior in highschool. Elena Gilbert is a junior. They had been dating for over a year when she finds out she's pregnant with his baby. Rated M. AU/AH. Delena, Klaroline.

Damon and Elena grew up together, after both their fathers deaths they move up north with their moms. This is a tale of friendship, loss, and love that has been there all along. All human/AU rated M just to be safe with language and... you know. *NOW COMPLETE*

What is it that makes Damon so irresistible? Elena takes a typical Salvatore evening to try and find out.

The meeting was planned. But everything that followed wasn't. A one night stand that blossomed into friendship. But after that one time, it became more than once. Friends, but with benefits? Now that never works out. Being roommates, with benefits? Now how exactly is that supposed to work?

Damon's life was perfect. Good friends and a beautiful girlfriend Elena, who was pregnant with his child. Then it all went wrong. She was murdered, and it was all his fault. For years he tortured himself with thoughts of what could have been. Until a confused woman shows up. Who looks a lot like his dead girlfriend. What really happened all those nights ago? AU/AH Delena and gang.

Damon learns that Elena almost kissed Stefan. He's angry and hurt, and it's going to take a lot more than an apology to get through to him.

Elena Gilbert/Petrova is a seventeen year old girl living in the downs of Chicago. Supporting her alcoholic mother on a low wage check proves for all work and no play. Then a friend invites her out, and she meets Damon Salvatore. He shows her his world of parties, drinks, and lights, sex, dancing, and being free. She takes the ride, and discovers that Damon has a past of his own.

AU/AH For years, Elena has been married to Stefan, but in love with his older brother, Damon, who left for the Marines shortly after the wedding. But now he's back, and not hiding his feelings. Will they finally have the chance to be together? And what if someone from Damon's military past followed him back home, putting them all in danger? Is love worth the risk?

The Gilbert's and the Salvatore's are two families in a small town who hate each other, one family good working on the right side of the law, the other bad and playing on the wrong. The hatred slips down the generations, including the youngest ones, Damon, Stefan, Elena and Jeremy. But it has been said that there is a fine line between love and hate. DE. AU AH

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.

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.

Damon and Elena drifted apart and haven't seen each other in years. Fate brings them back together on Christmas Eve in the most unexpected place of all, the Barbie isle in Toys R' Us. Written for the A2A Holiday Exchange. Prompt by sauriemilia.

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 lot can happen in twenty years. AU.

Damon Salvatore, an ex-marine, and Elena Gilbert, the Mystic Grill owner, are both broken from past relationships. When Damon moves to Mystic Falls and meets Elena, he instantly feels a connection. Will they fix each other? Or just shatter each other beyond repair? After all they do say all is fair in Love and War. AU/AH

AH/AU .Elena's happy with Damon, and her makeshift family. They're loud; they drink and use, and have sex all over, but she loves them. Her life is a never ending party... Katherine only wants to find the sister she's never known. But she just might lose herself in Elena's world of seduction, and freedom. Hearts will change, line's will blur, and nothing will be the same again.

Elena Gilbert's life is controlled by her parents Miranda and Grayson. All she wants is control of her own life and to be able to make her own choices. When she meets the gorgeous Damon Salvatore, will he be able to change her life? Will she let him? AU.

Damon and Elena dated for 2 years in college but when things got too serious she ran, now 2 years later they will come face to face again, can she redeem herself or is it too late? All Human. Rated M just in case. UPDATE: The chapters get much longer

When Elena Gilbert met vampire Damon Salvatore, he told her the truth about the death of her parents as well as her own background. She had thought that she knew everything there was to know about it. She was wrong. Elena wakes up to discover her fate, and she has no idea what's coming for her. Or why. And it's just the beginning. Sequel to "Bitten: The Marked." AU.

Damon finally breaks the sire bond and leaves town. Everybody is happy to see Elena back to her old self. Except she's not sure how she's supposed to feel now. On top of that Damon has switched his humanity off and has gone on a bender. Can anybody bring him back and can Elena finally decide how she really feels? Delena/Stelena.

They say that wedding's bring people together, or is it tear them apart? Elena is headed back to Mystic Falls after six years of being away. Who will be there to welcome her back? Some light-hearted TVD

"I should have helped her. I should have done something. I deserve this. I deserve to die" - Damon is an 18 year old troubled lost soul with a bad reputation and Elena a 17 year old popular high school student who thought she had everything she ever wanted, that is until she got to know the eldest Salvatore and realizes that life is about more than being crowned Prom Queen! AU R&R

-ON HIATUS- Damon left town and Elena behind to never look back.5 years later Jeremy seeks out Damon to bring his sister back from the brink. Elena lost everything, everyone she loved and she doesn't remember her family or friends anymore. She's hallucinating, putting herself at risk physically. Can Damon come and bring her back? Will Elena remember him and be able to forgive him?

AU/AH. Elena and Damon have been together for just over three years. After recently moving in together, Elena and Damon witness a murder that has them placed in a witness protection program, where their lives change forever.

When Elena goes to live with the Salvatore family after the death of her parents, she is not expecting to find love with the elder brother, the bad brother. What happens when things happen that threaten to tear them apart? . All human. AU/AH

I've written a few and don't quite believe they're long enough to fit into their own story. So here's a couple of them in one. I don't know how many I'll add. I'm going to include whatever characters I feel like, but keep in mind Dean and Cas may make up the majority of these.

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.

AU Damon has always been Elena's gay best friend but one drunken night might just set Damon straight. pun intended

NOW COMPLETED - A heartbreaking tale of love, loss and everything in between. Damon & Elena shared an intense connection from the moment they met, and she ended up pregnant after just one passionate night together. Damon, now engaged to be married to Kat has to make a choice; to please his father or to follow his heart. HUMOR/ANGST/ROMANCE/DRAMA/MYSTERY. FULL SUMMARY INSIDE

Elena and Damon's romance began in "His Best Girl" but how did they get to that perfect future? Follow their journey through pregnancy, adoption, and much more. Rated M for adult situations in later chapters.

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.

Ever wonder about that night long ago before "His Best Girl" when Damon and Elena had their first time? Look no further. Elena visits Damon at college but Damon's seeing someone?

Positive. The little blue plus sign starred up at me, going against every single thing I believed in.

Set 4 years after Elena & Damon get together. Vampire/human relationships can have some big drawbacks. At age 22, Elena has just graduated from college and is unsure about what she wants for her future. Damon just wants her choices to include him. Life altering decisions & sudden new developments arise. Can they navigate these complications together? Or will they fall apart?

While their marriage is falling apart, Damon and Elena must learn to get past their demons or lose each other forever. AH/AU. Officially issuing an angst warning.

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?

Elena comes back to Mystic Falls after being compelled to stay away and meets the Salvatore brothers all over again. COMPLETE

Follow up to my FFic "Your love will be the death of me". DAMON is sick from the werewolf bite, he and ELENA have fallen into each others arms and STEFAN, out of blood lust, anger and possessiveness, joined them in bed. Where do we go from here? And what KATHERINE will add to the mix? WARNING: Lewd behavior, strong language, threesome, foursome, slash, angst & LEMONS.

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?

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

What would have happened if Stefan hadn't been able to find a cure for Damon's werewolf bite? Would Elena have ever recovered? Rated M for future sexual content.

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.

Written for the LJ-Author2Author Holiday Exchange.Prompt by Badboysarebest.Damon is a reformed badboy, working a normal & boring job.He's been trying hard to be the good guy & less mean.After a year of playing it "nice" on Dec.31st he snaps.D/E- Mature

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!

So, this fic it's about Elena reaching her breaking point going through some deep emotions after Damon dies...it's a dark story...be warned!

Delena short fun one shot. Very Adult orientated. Anal play. No vampires, no Stelena, no drama. Elena POV.

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.

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 -

Stefan catches Elena and Damon in bed together.

Elena is a teacher at Mystic Fall high school. Damon is an eighteen yr old student looking for a way out. Some where in between they meet, sparks, fly, and then theirs pregnancy...Wait what?