The Vampire Diaries Imagines 2

Imagine #77 Damon

He has to serve as a soldier for WWII, and you don't want him to leave (Human Damon).

"I leave next week", Damon said softly, sitting across from you.

You blinked, rubbing your hands on your dress, unsure of what to say without sounding both selfish and clingy.

" Say something Y/N", he urged, in a softly pleading voice.

"What's there to say?", you said, smiling sadly.

" I have to go. I have to serve my country ", he said, his eyes piercing yours.

" I know you do baby. I know you do", you said, your hand on his cheek.
***
1 week later

"Damon?", you said, standing outside his house nervously. Damon let go of Stefan, whom he was hugging goodbye, and turned to face you. He smiled widely.

" You came. I wasn't...I wasn't sure you would. "

"Neither was I", you said, looking at the ground. " I'm sorry for keeping my distance this last week. I just, I couldn't bare the thought of saying goodbye ", you confessed, looking up to meet his kind gaze.

" Neither could I Y/N. I'm going to miss you so much. But this isn't goodbye. I'll see you again. We just have to win this fight. It won't be easy, but I will be back", he said, his hands grabbing yours.

"To win a fight of this scale, the sacrifices are going to be numberless Damon. We both know that. And you could be one of those sacrifices. And that would kill me too. I don't think you quite realise how much I've fallen in love with you", you said in a quiet whisper, yours eyes shining with unshed tears. Damon kissed your knuckles, his own gaze fierce.

" I don't think you realise that my love for you couldn't be compared even to yours for me. I love you so much that it hurts. And that love, it's what's going to keep me strong", he said, squeezing your hands.

"I'm going to miss you", you said tearfully.

" I know sweetheart. Not as much as I will miss you. And if this goes on longer than anticipated, if you cannot wait, if something does happen, I want you to find happiness with someone else. Please tell me that you will", he said gently.

"I will", you said, smiling tearfully, knowing that you so wouldn't, but lying to keep him at ease.

" Promise. Promise you'll be happy with or without me".

"I promise", you said, kissing his cheek.

Damon looked at his watch, and bit his lip.

" I have to go", he said. You nodded, taking a shaky breath. You threw your arms around him, hugging him fiercely.

"You sure you don't want me to break your leg so you don't have to go?", you asked, your voice muffled against his shoulder. He pulled away, looking at you with a wide grin.

" I'll pass ", he said softly.

" Your loss", you said, smiling sadly.

"I love you Y/N", he repeated. " Look after her", he said to Stefan.
***
1 yeat later

Your door rang, and you looked in the mirror once, before running downstairs, a huge grin on your face. Damon was coming home, and you were so beyond excited to see him, to see the love of your life for the first time in what felt like forever.

You opened the door, and your smile faded as you came face to face with Stefan, and an unfamiliar soldier who was holding his hat and looking at you with a sombre expression. You felt the colour draining your face and your eyes blurring with tears, as you looked at Stefan with unspeakable panic.

"No", you whispered, shaking your head as you looked at Stefan.

" I'm so sorry ", he whispered, a tear falling down his cheek.

" No". You clutched your chest, which had tightened so much that your breathing began panicked.

"M'am, Damon Salvatore was pronounced dead yesterday evening. I am so sorry for you loss", the soldier said, his own face ashen.

" No", you repeated, kneeling on the floor as you clutched your chest. "No, no, no", you whispered, tears falling down your cheeks.

Your soul left your body the day after Damon's left his. Even if you were physically alive, you had died in spirit with him. You broke your promise. And that was unspeakably tragic.

A/N:I know its sad but i hope you liked it. Hope it was what you had in mind? :) x