Damned if You Do; (Damon/Elena, M)

[midnightblack07]

Title: Damned if You Do
Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Characters/Pairing: Damon/Elena (with echoes of Stefan/Elena)
Rating: M
Word Count: ~3.770
Spoilers: 3x01 “The Birthday”
Summary: “She turns her back (on him, on Stefan, on death) and walks to the car just as she said she would, waits for Damon to do what she’s come to realize he does best...”
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[annegables]

Wow. Very powerful stuff. Excellent writing and characterization. I wish Elena had more of a chance to react to what Stefan is doing.

[midnightblack07]

thank you so much, I'm glad you enjoyed it!! =D

[k_stjames]

Wow, you have painted a picture of a selfish, strong and almost resigned Elena. I wanted to hate her for using her safety and Damon's feelings for her as a bargaining chip. Very strong writing and I feel that if you continued the story that Damon's heart would end up broken.

[midnightblack07]

Thank you so much!! =D

I'm glad Elena's characterization worked for you, I know it's darker than we generally get to see her on the show, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed that in light of everything that's happened they decide to really go there with her 8-)

[kagome_angel]

I love how you've written Elena here--how determined and then so let-down she proves to be, and how stubborn she is, too. It seems so wrong of her to use her own safety as leverage against Damon, but at the same time, it seems like something she really would do (and I am pretty sure she has done it at some point).

I love the characterizations and how the words flow, and how she wonders if Damon is seeing her or Katherine.

My favorite line: “Fine,” she nods in seeming agreement, quells the guilt that grows louder with each passing day (with each passing)

[midnightblack07]

thank you so much!! =D

I'm glad Elena's characterization worked for you, I know it's a bit darker than what we're accustomed to seeing from her on the show, but I wouldn't hold it against her if she got a little darker given all she's been through.

thanks again for such a nice comment!!

[ever_neutral]

D/E FIC FROM YOU \O/ \O/ \O/

I fucking love the way you write these two. So in tune with my view of the characters (ESPECIALLY your Elena here, which I honestly think is really true to canon) and their precarious relationship. All of the details in this are just incredibly true to THEM. Favourite bits:

“Oh relax, got us a double, had no illusions that this trip would upgrade your fun factor.”

HEE. Your Damon is so on the money. Sexualising everything just to relieve the tension. LOVE.

in a way that screams of him and no one but him, makes it hard to pretend he’s anyone else (and something inside her scolds her for not really wanting him to be anything but exactly what he is).

YES. SO MUCH YES.

She knows, without him having to say, that if she doesn’t go into this with her eyes open, knowing exactly who he is and exactly what is transpiring (has transpired, she reminds herself) between them, he’ll put an end to it, will pull right out of her and speak of it no more.

HOW SO PERFECT. HOW.

in conclusion: SDLFKJD;FDS NEVER STOP

[midnightblack07]

GAH THANK YOU FOR SUCH AN AWESOME COMMENT!! =D<333

I'm so glad their dynamic and Elena's characterization worked for you because I basically always agree with everything you have to say about them and TVD in general so I AM THRILLED!!! *___*

It's actually thanks to you that this fic is so "Elena internal monologue" heavy because your interpretation of her character made me appreciate and consider her more than I ever have tbh hehe =$

<333333

[ever_neutral]

OMGGGG THAT'S SO SWEET. ::whomp::

♥ ♥ ♥

[badboy_fangirl]

You know, when Elena is at her manipulative best, these are the times I'd like Damon to remember that she is a Petrova, after all.

Also, there is something about Damon microwaving a mug of blood that is deliciously disgusting!

what she can no longer pretend not to know (that he loves her, that he will always choose her, that she still loves Stefan and that his heart yearns in vain-just as it did all those years ago when he was a different man for a girl with the same face).
I also really like it when Elena is deep in Denialsville.

But still she says nothing, feels that to do so would be to upset the easy peace this summer has managed to harvest between them (she puts aside her mental reproach against smoke mirrors and pitiful facades).
I love this sentence. But also, it's funny that she's so bothered by the motel room -- why is this harder for her than living at the Boarding House? Hmmm, Elena, why oh why???

For a second, just a second, she can almost say she sees what all those women who watch him at The Grill with avid eyes and

[midnightblack07]

YAAAY I'M SO GLAD YOU LIKED IT!!! =D<33333

I was afraid it would be ~too angsty, but my muse REFUSED to go anywhere but "angst, angst, sex, angsty sex, angst" LOL =|

hehe indeed "Daddy Issues" totally dropped the ball on Elena's manipulative ways (she is a Petrova after all) and I will always treasure that moment of imperfection and Damon calling her out for it (it inspired so much of what she did in this fic tbh) <33

gaaah I'm just so glad you liked it *hugs* =D