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

When something shocking happens in Damon Salvatore's life he drops out of college and joins the police unit. He's sent off to a small town called Mystic Falls. Where a broken young girl named Elena Gilbert is in desperate need of his help.Will Damon find in this girl everything that he's so desperately been looking for and will he be able to save her from the violent ex-boyfriend?

Post 5x13-ish. Damon & Elena have to deal with pervasive consequences of the damage Katherine's caused, including the tragic turn of events that makes one of them a lethal threat to the other. Enlisting Enzo's help, Elena will stop at nothing to prevent the worst from happening, but is love enough to save all of them? Sometimes it's the right choices that turn out to be deadliest.

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.

Post 4x23. After a blissful summer Damon & Elena find themselves surrounded by sad and dark secrets being revealed. While trying to deal with the regularly scheduled Mystic Falls drama of aftermaths and side-effects, they are unexpectedly confronted with Silas' new macabre plan that threatens to tear them apart forever. DAMON/ELENA, Klaus/Caroline, Jeremy/Bonnie.

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?

Elena never intended to fall in love with a soldier, but she does anyway. It's why she finds herself making the trip to Damon's cabin every Christmas Eve to meet him. A four year journey written for the A2A Holiday Exchange. AU. AH.

Elena Gilbert is a bit of a Christmas Grinch and despises the time of year with a passion. But can a chance encounter with a certain blue-eyed stranger show her there is more to Christmas than all of that in the countdown to the 25th? Will she give in to him and the spirit of Christmas? Colab with LiveBreatheVampires. M for strong language and adult content. Delena AH/AU

AU. SS. Please Read & Review! Complete.