𝑵𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒓 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒏 - 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞

𝐎𝐂 𝐗 𝐃𝐀𝐌𝐎𝐍 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐕𝐀𝐓𝐎𝐑𝐄
𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝟏 - 𝟖

𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗺𝗮𝘆 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘃𝗶𝗼𝗹𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘂𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁, 𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺𝗲𝘀. 𝗣𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗶𝗳 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁

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Mila slammed her hand against the table, frustration bubbling over. "You don't get it, Damon! I can't protect you, not like this. You don't understand the danger I'm in, the danger we're in. I'm not invincible, no matter what I've shown you."

Damon stood there for a moment, his gaze unwavering, his voice quieter but no less intense. "You don't have to protect me, Mila." He took a slow step toward her, his eyes never leaving hers. "I'm not asking you to save me. I'm asking you to stay with me. Don't you get it? I need you. You're all I've got left."

Need her? That word echoed in her mind. "You don't need me. You need someone who isn't... broken."

Damon's steps were steady now, slow, but closing the distance. "You're not broken, Mila. You're everything I never thought I could have. And now I'm terrified of losing it."

Mila's heart raced, a whirlwind of emotions she couldn't quite make sense of. But the walls she'd built were starting to crumble, faster than she could stop them.

"Damon..." She whispered his name like a question, unsure of what she was feeling, or what she was supposed to do next.

"Mila..."