❰ november. about four months after the last thing he remembers from mystic falls — not the ten months elena was missing before, but enough that he's probably missed some pretty important stuff. damon sighs, pinching the bridge of his nose. ten seconds. he can take ten seconds to be pissed off at the world, and then he needs to catch elena up and fix this.

somehow.

one, two... ❱

This happened when I woke up a couple months ago. You woke up with me, but we weren't from the same point in time. You were from the night you realized what Stefan and I were. That happens, apparently — Sam's best friend Steve didn't even know who he was when Sam first showed up. The Nest pulls us from different points in our timelines, maybe even from different universes. I might not even be your Damon.

❰ if the words make elena nervous, all she has to do is pay attention to his mental landscape — whether they are each other's damon and elena or not, she still is elena, and that means that no matter what, he loves her and will protect her. it just makes their lives a little more... complicated, at least right now. ❱