Damon felt it the first time he saw you. It was weird, heavy and instant. Something he’d never really felt before, not even with Katherine.

As Caroline’s sister, he met you very early on when he came back to Mystic Falls.

No matter how heavy his feelings are, he pushes them behind. He can’t afford them. The one time he allowed himself to feel, he got turned into a monster.

So he’s been civil with you, at best. Always with a quip and a sarcastic remark.

Until he finds you bleeding out inside your own home, with no one around to help. His heart falls to the pit of his stomach as he rushes up to you. He knows it was either Klaus or Elijah, someone who is after him and his brother is at fault.

It’s his fault.