*This story has been removed. Thank you for all of your amazing reviews! I'm keeping it alive here, as it may make a return one day! For now, find it as a bit of a re-worked original fiction on Wattpad! Follow me on Twitter @KCColson1983 for chapter updates.

When Elenas' life has been consumed by addictions, can anyone save her?- OOC,AU. *WARNING* Story contains strong language, substance abuse, graphic smut/lemons. For mature audiences only. Consider yourself warned.

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.

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.