"Does it hurt?" Damon asked worried while caressing your cheek gently with the back of his hand. "I-I've had it worse", you grunted in pain. You had broken 8 ribs when Klaus attacked you an hour earlier. "I'm so sorry Y/N, I should've been there, I should've protected you, I shouldn't have left-" "Damon", you interrupted him, "There's no way you could've known he'd be in my house, and I don't blame you for leaving, okay?" He nodded, but still looked a little sad so you carefully opened your arms for him. "C'mere", you said softly; and he let you hold him. And then you said it for the first time, then and there, while running your hand through his hair over and over again. "I love you."











