"If you want to make me happy then you're going to forget me. You won't remember my face, my name, anything about me. Forget you ever met me and never think about me again." After the sire bond is discovered in S4, Damon leaves, and with him goes all memory that he ever existed. But with pieces of her own mind missing, how long will Elena survive without him?

Human AU- When their paths cross after years apart, Damon may be just what Elena needs to help open her eyes.

Post 8x07.. Elena wakes up with Bonnie still alive on Christmas Eve. Everything goes to hell when Damon and Sybil crash Care's party. But when Elena returns to Mystic Falls with an "old friend" how will Damon react and what will Sybil do about it? Can Elena save Damon? Or is he already too far gone? DELENA STORY (crappy summary but give it a try, you might be surprised)