"A Moment In Time"
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Fandom(s): Vampire Diaries
Character(s): Damon Salvatore and Elena Gilbert
Pairing: Angst Damon/Elena
Rating: T
Words: 711words
Requested By: none
Challenge/Summary: Tag on to 4x19 Promo: Damon has had enough with emotionless Elena.
Inspiration: Promo for 4x19 "Pictures of You"…I just wouldn't help but think this dialogue up even though it's damaging to a degree (then again, I hope it's the thing to snap Elena back to her old self).
Spoiler(s): everything up to ep. 4x18 ("American Gothic")
Time Frame: During prom (the part in the promo where Elena says"I feel nothing for you, Damon.")
A/N: Additional comments at the end to avoid spoilers. NOTE – I thought of this just after the promo was first released (so before any of the 4x19 webclips were released).
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"I Pity You"
"I feel nothing for you, Damon." Elena declared to Damon with no hint of regret at her senior prom before she walked away.
He should have let her walk away but he didn't. Instead, Damon discreetly pulled Elena into him.
"Then I could only pity you, Elena," he whispered as his grip around her wrist tightened, "You might actually be worse than Katherine." It was a low blow but this was it, he's had enough. If she wasn't going to care about his feelings then he wasn't going to care about hers.
Aside from that reflexive flinch, Damon saw no outside reaction from Elena.
She turned her head to face him, her face blank. "It's I that pities you then, since you don't seem to take a hint when given to you twice."
Damon scoffed, momentarily brushing the jibe off. "You still don't get it." Sometimes it was hard for Damon to remember that Elena really was only an eighteen year old girl. Compared to him, she knew nothing.
Elena rolled her eyes, she was getting bored. "Get what?"
Damon quickly looked to the crowd and saw that Stefan had his eyes on them, more specifically a warning glare directed at him, but Damon pushed forward with his plan. "There was a time where I use to get you to feel everything. I got you feeling rage, disappointment, fear, compassion, happiness…and any other emotion in between because no matter where we stood, I could always get you to feel something." Damon declared as he stared at her.
Elena blinked. "And now you don't." It didn't look like she was getting the point which caused Damon to sigh.
"And that's why I pity you Elena because what's the point in living if you feel absolutely nothing." He loosened his grip around her wrist after he felt her body flinch. He chalked that reaction up as making progress but he didn't let it show. "You might as well be dead. At least then you could be free." He finished before he turned to walk away with his flask of alcohol.
Yet it was Elena's turn to yank him back, she wasn't going to let him have the last words in their conversation. "You're one to talk. You've flipped your own switch before." She argued and yet hope filled in Damon when he heard genuine anger in her tone.
"And look what happened…its flipped back on when I once swore it never would be flipped on again." He pointed out as he looked between her face and the spot she was holding him to her, "and the same thing is going to happen to you."
"I won't let it." She promised with a glare as if she were too good to have that outcome happen to her.
Damon shook his head; she was more like him than she realized as her attitude reminded him of when he left his humanity behind. And it was something drastic that got him to switch it back on and that was something he had to do…he had to hurt her in order to save her.
"And when it does, don't come crawling to me to try to fix you because I'm done." Damon calmly announced.
Elena could see that he meant it with the look he was giving her. A little piece inside her feared that look.
"Bonnie was right. The Elena we all knew and loved is now gone." He added before he took a swig from his flask as he readied himself for the final blow he was about to make. He lowered the flask and faced her once again; blank brown eyes met with a fierce ice blue. "I guess it's a good thing all your family is dead because they would be disappointed to see just how far off the rails you've gone." He sneered in hopes that bringing up her family might make Elena react in any way as long as it got her to feel. He then moved so that his mouth was by her ear, "and that's not a good thing when I, of all people, have to acknowledge it." He finished before he stepped back and walked away. He was done with her using him.
Yet as he walked away, Damon didn't notice an old glint resurface in Elena's gaze as she walked him leave.
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A/N #1: And there you have it! I know that Damon's words maybe a little harsh for Elena but I thought that drastic actions needed to be done and since the Salvatores haven't locked Elena in a cellar cell yet (I'm still wondering why not -_-), I figured emotional punches may do the trick in bringing Elena's humanity back. And can you really blame me for bashing the newborn? Her treatment to Damon has been getting on my nerves. Either way, I love Elena's dress for prom (even if it was originally Caroline's). So what did you think? Please let me know in a review!
A/N #2: Thank you to everyone who took the time to read my latest snippet/challenge on NCIS: LA, it means the world to me! A special thanks to moonserenity089, ShippyChick, Guest (x2), and Ghostwriter for leaving me a review for my previous snippet. Once again, thank you for always leaving your thoughts for me to read and respond to. THANK YOU!
A/N #3: I just wanted to announce that I have three SPN/VD crossover stories posted ("More Than A Petrova", "More Than A Petrova 2: Legacies" and "One Drop and You're Done") which I hope you check out in your spare time. Now I need to get back to studying for my final exams...happy Thursday everyone!
Coming Up Next: Vampire Diaries (plot bunny)
Originally Published: April 11, 2013