"You know," he said. "You're different than I thought you were." "You're different than I thought you were, too," she said quietly. Allison didn't know why she felt the need to touch him. - Isaac/Allison. Picks up at the end of 3x04. Isaac shows up at Allison's instead of Scott's, making way for some burning, unexplainable attraction with pitfalls along the way.

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.