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runtogether( she erased him.
his brother doesn't have to convince him to stand back. ultimately, damon wants whatever elena wants, and he wants her to be happy.
he believed she'd know who he really is, who she knows him to be, who she helped him become. but, she doesn't see past his past. all she sees is jeremy's murder. he's a monster.
he does some drinking. he refuses to become the monster she remembers him being. his bender won't include bubble baths or lying on the road, and he wants some credit to his growth.
luckily, distractions pile up. he insists on being included in the enzo rescue mission. because, apparently, there's a civilian named Tripp who weaponized the former quarterback. matt is just as useless as he remembers. there's also the matter of 'sarah salvatore,' and once he admits it, when he makes the connection between the witch doctor and Kai, getting bonnie back. also the anti-magic hamster ball he called home.
alaric starts getting closer and cozier with said witch doctor, and to be honest, damon holds the grudge.
stefan is going through something and caroline has emotions, so damon turns to a newly freed enzo.
everyone's lives revolve around whittemore now, so that's a late in the series change, but a bar's a freaking bar.
he sets down the bottle he's compelled for himself in front of his old friend, the only person that feels like he's no different. everyone else is making big life decisions, dating each other, or resenting each other.
he's just playing catch up. )
Did everyone have a personality transplant while I was gone, or just everyone I know? Please don't tell me there's something else you need to tell me besides 'Thank you for rescuing my ass.'
( he'll wait, anyway. )
his brother doesn't have to convince him to stand back. ultimately, damon wants whatever elena wants, and he wants her to be happy.
he believed she'd know who he really is, who she knows him to be, who she helped him become. but, she doesn't see past his past. all she sees is jeremy's murder. he's a monster.
he does some drinking. he refuses to become the monster she remembers him being. his bender won't include bubble baths or lying on the road, and he wants some credit to his growth.
luckily, distractions pile up. he insists on being included in the enzo rescue mission. because, apparently, there's a civilian named Tripp who weaponized the former quarterback. matt is just as useless as he remembers. there's also the matter of 'sarah salvatore,' and once he admits it, when he makes the connection between the witch doctor and Kai, getting bonnie back. also the anti-magic hamster ball he called home.
alaric starts getting closer and cozier with said witch doctor, and to be honest, damon holds the grudge.
stefan is going through something and caroline has emotions, so damon turns to a newly freed enzo.
everyone's lives revolve around whittemore now, so that's a late in the series change, but a bar's a freaking bar.
he sets down the bottle he's compelled for himself in front of his old friend, the only person that feels like he's no different. everyone else is making big life decisions, dating each other, or resenting each other.
he's just playing catch up. )
Did everyone have a personality transplant while I was gone, or just everyone I know? Please don't tell me there's something else you need to tell me besides 'Thank you for rescuing my ass.'
( he'll wait, anyway. )
