The Silence
Characters: Damon, Kat, Meredith, Elena (mentioned)
Summary: Set in S5E1 "I Know What You Did Last Summer." After Damon realizes something's wrong, he looks for her and finds her injured. His car is totaled and she's fighting for her life. This makes him realize that he still cares and he takes her to the hospital. Will she live?
Pairings:
Datherine
You lift me up
And knock me down
I'm never sure just what to feel when you're around
I speak my heart
But don't know why
Cause you don't never really say what's on your mind
It was a nebulous night at the Salvatore boarding house, as human Katherine set the empty shot glass down on Damon's drinking table.
"You're miserable," Damon stated.
"Please. I'm Katherine Pierce. I'm a survivor."
"You're a liar. Your hair's messed up, your nails are chipped. You're a sad and miserable human being and you want me to turn you. So, here." He bit his wrist and offered it to her.
She gripped his arm, but hesitated.
"Go ahead, drink up. I'll kill you, you'll bit the mailman, you'll be a vampire again. Go ahead, come on," he encouraged.
She let go and looked at him.
"I can't, okay? No one's ever taken the cure before. If I die, there's a good chance I may never wake up."
"And that would be tragic," he commented, not caring.
"And deep down, in that mushy-gushy Elena-loving heart, there's a part of you that doesn't want me to die," she said, standing in front of him, a hand on his chest. Then she stepped back. "I have enemies everywhere. What happens when word gets out that I'm a human? I can't protect myself. I'm weak and I'm slow. Do you have any idea what it's like to run in heels? I have blisters, Damon. Please, just…help me," she pleaded with him.
He looked at her in silence, debating on what to do. She was right, because they would always have a connection. He hated that and her, but he couldn't deny it.
"Fine. I'll protect you," he stated, not sure if it was a promise or not.
It's like
I'm walking on broken glass
I wanna know but I don't wanna ask
So say you love me
Or say you need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
Just say you want me
Or you don't need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
She silently watched, as he walked out of the living room. She knew why, too. She'd broken his heart so many times that he hated her. He hated what she'd done when she'd been a vampire. Now that she had humanity, she found herself wanting to apologize and to tell the truth to him, instead of lying to him. She knew that he wouldn't believe her, though.
It's killing me
(Love in silence)
It's killing me
(Love in silence)
It's killing me
(Love in silence)
You let me in
But then sometimes
Your empty eyes just make me feel so cold inside
When I'm with you
It's like rolling dice
Don't know where or how you're gonna make me cry
It was a dismal night, as Katherine sat in the car after having tried to run when Damon had tried handing her over to Silas. She tried to stay awake despite her injuries, but knew if she wasn't found soon, her injuries would kill her.
So say you love me
Or say you need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
Just say you want me
Or you don't need me
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
It's killing me
(Love in silence)
It's killing me
(Love in silence)
Wooooo
(Love in silence)
It's like
I'm (I'm) walking on (walking on) broken glass
I wanna know but I don't wanna ask
'Cause once you say it
You can't take it back
And this is the end and please just fake it fast
About forty minutes later, he finally found his wrecked car with Katherine still inside. He could smell blood, even from a distance. He blurred to her side of the car, and saw that she was quite injured. There was a shard of glass in her thigh and side. Her wrist was cut from a few small pieces of glass by her on the seat. There was blood on either side of her head, too.
He rested gentle hands on either side of her face.
"I'm so sorry, Katherine," he apologized, though he didn't know if she could hear him. "Katherine, can you hear me? Open your eyes if you can hear me."
He waited for a few minutes, but didn't get anything from her.
So say you love me
Or say you don't need me
Don't let the silence (ooohhhh)
Do the talking
Just say you want me (say you want me)
Or you don't need me (but you don't want me)
Don't let the silence
Do the talking
Wooooooh
(Love in silence)
You lift me up
And knock me down
I'm never sure just what to feel when you're around
He took his hands away and pulled out both shards of glass, and tossed them to the ground. He then gently picked her up in his arms and blurred towards the hospital. As he did, he could tell that she had and was still losing a lot of blood, not to mention the artery in her thigh had been opened by the shard of glass he'd pulled out, and she was very pale.
This is my fault. Just hang on. Don't die on me, he thought, knowing if he didn't get her to the hospital soon, she was going to die.
"Stay with me, Katherine," he said. "Please."
He blurred to the hospital, hoping she'd live.
Half an hour later, he walked into the hospital with her in his arms, which Meredith saw. Damon saw an unused bed in the hallway and gently layed her down on it.
Meredith came over.
"What happened?"
"She wrecked my car and got herself injured in the process. I'll explain later, but this is my fault," he summarized.
Meredith knew he wasn't telling her everything, but didn't question him. Right now, all the mattered was saving Katherine's life.
She put a breathing mask on her.
"I'll let you know how it goes," she told him.
Half an hour later, he was in the waiting room, while Katherine was in surgery. He hoped that she'd be okay, but he didn't know what extent her injuries were. He wasn't a doctor. All he knew was how to tend to wounds.
A few hours later, Meredith informed him that she'd be okay and he went to her room.
He sat on her bedside with a gentle hand on the side of her face, looking down at her, glad that she was alive, and waited for her to wake up.
An hour later, she woke up and they settled things between each other, and he took her home. And so their love story continued.