Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert were never meant to be, or so it seemed. Still, through heartbreak, betrayal, and even death, they always found one another. Their story began and ended in Mystic Falls, amidst a war and fields of unending tobacco. It has little to do with happiness, but who said love is supposed to make you happy? AH/AU. vamp!DELENA. 1864-2009.