Elena Gilbert is an intelligent young woman who seems to have it all: good friends, loving parents, caring husband, great new job in her field. Damon Salvatore has his hands full taking care of his clients, his family and his brother with no appreciation from anyone. Neither of them want any complications in their lives, but sometimes life has other ideas. AU/AH

Damon and Elena navigate the joys and sorrows of a new relationship while fending off unpredictable attacks from terrifying supernatural enemies. But when they're confronted with the shadows of Damon's past and messy moral dilemmas, will they be able to build a life together that they can be proud of? A whole new version of Season 5 without the heartbreaking events of the finale.

Elena Gilbert has a secret identity-she's the writer behind the town paper's popular "Dear Miss Lonely Love" advice column. Some of the letters she receives stand out more than others. One makes her suspicious a girl she knows might be being abused and Elena's determined to get to the bottom of it. Another, from a guy with a broken heart, begins a unique correspondence. AU/AH

Damon, an extreme workaholic, meets Elena, a runaway stripper, on a business trip. Elena struggles on a daily basis to keep her and her brother alive, and Damon fights between his need to help them and his need to get back to work. Secrets are revealed, battles are fought, and feelings are torn. Will they come out of the darkness together? AU/AH

**THIS STORY HAS BEEN REMOVED TO PURSUE AS AN ORIGINAL FICTION***

You fall in love, get married, fall in love again, get your heart broken. What if it got broken by a heart surgeon that never came back to fix it? Damon/ Elena - AU/AH

Damon Salvatore is a well-known and ruthless mobster who gets what he wants, when he wants. When John Gilbert fails to settle his debts on time, Damon takes matters into his own hands and kidnaps his niece, Elena, Johns most valuable asset. But is Damon her captor or her saviour? Rated M for dark gang related themes and strong language. Delena AH/AU

Damon Salvatore thought he'd never have to see Elena Gilbert again. He was wrong. AU. AH.

[AU] What if Damon's time as an Augustine doesn't end after just five years? What if Grayson Gilbert was the one who now led the Augustine organisation and kept Damon as a test subject? What if Damon met Elena under different circumstances and he comes to the conclusion that it would be best to hurt Dr. Gilbert through the thing he loves the most, his daughter? [Warnings inside.]

SEQUEL to Holding On and Letting Go. After Damon betrays her, Elena ends up back to the world that she had so desperately escaped from. Only this time, she is by herself, confused and unable to be saved, because her savior had become the reason why she was back...back in the Toxic Land of Sin. Rated M for prostitution, clubbing, language etc. Darker than Holding On.

Elena is a human slave in a town full of vampires.. But her owner, Caroline treats her well. Until she is forced to sell Elena to the new Governor, Damon Salvatore. Elena's life turns upside down, into a world of fear and force. But she soon realizes that there is more to this frightening man. And she's driven to melt his heart of ice. To remove the shackles that chain them

Damon is killed in the future, and Elena is sent back in time to save him. When she finds herself in a past where Damon does not love her, and she has to fight for him and against an unexpected opponent to try and beat fate, she realizes she may have gotten more than she bargained for.

Damon Salvatore – Alist celebrity, notorious womanizer and all round arrogant ass. Elena Gilbert - Small town girl, big heart, hates Damon Salvatore with a passion. What happens when the two are forced on a three week camping trip together? She starts out as a challenge, but three weeks is an awfully long time to keep up pretences. AU/AH (on indefinite hiatus)

My name is Elena Gilbert. I am a sophomore in high school. I get straight A's. Have great friends. Oh yeah and I'm pregnant. DELENA. AH/AU

After Damon gets taken to the cell, Elena and her friends spend the rest of their college years looking for him. With no luck in finding him, and reason to believe he's dead, Elena turns off her humanity and flees for the next 100 years. But when tragedy strikes, it forces an emotionless Elena to head back to town, and back to Damon, who now has a new girl in his life. Delena!

"Ahh Mr John Gilbert," He said in an amused tone. "Your daddy owes us some money," I felt myself freeze but he continued "And we need something to help him pay up, do you know anything worth of value that i could use to get my money back sweetheart?" Warning: ADULT THEMES M FOR GOOD REASON!

Takes off from 5x22. Elena is grieving from Damon's death but then something strange happens...Is he really gone? DELENA

AU/AH/ Damon Salvatore's life is going nowhere fast, unless he's racing to his next stop as a pizza delivery driver. But when the cute brunette he delivers to every Friday night applies for a job as a CSR, reality is quick to take hold. Can Damon justify following his heart towards a girl that is off limits? And if he does, where exactly is it going to take him in the end? / Delena

AU/AH. Elena Gilbert has loved her life in Manhattan. It was filled with literature and writing. That is until Damon Salvatore shows up as her new boss. Neither of them could deny their attraction toward each other. But, could it work? Elena, with a fear of making love, and Damon, with a fear of being in love. Inspired by Beauty and the Beast.

Human trafficking is a booming business in the vampire world. When Damon notices 14 year old Elena Gilbert is one of the young hostages of Klaus's dark profession, he feels his humanity again. Can their pasts bring them together or will their secrets break them apart? A love story fabricated from abuse will show that age is just a number. Warning: underage relationship, dark

D/E. Jeremy & John Gilbert get into a mess involving a criminal organisation. As a result, Jeremy's sister Elena is kidnapped and used to get the Gilberts to do what the organisation wants. However, things get complicated when Elena meets the newest member of the organisation, Damon Salvatore. "In my story you're the villain. But in my heart, you're still the reigning king."

Damon has never been in love, but the first time he ever saw Elena, he knew he had to have her... Elena is forced into a world that she never knew existed, and through the pain and challenges of living with a sadistic and controlling vampire, does she fall in love, too? Or is she just brainwashed and broken? BDSM-related/dark themes, sexy smuttness, and Dark Damon. :)

After the tragic events of the Season 5 finale, Elena struggles to make peace with her new reality, and what she finds is both less and more than she could have hoped for. Post 5x22, "Home"

Elena is an exotic dancer in a gentleman's club, struggling continuously to remain the girl she once was. Damon is a 150 year old vampire, broken & hurt by all the bad choices he made in the past. Fate has brought them together, but are they strong enough to fight against their temptations & addictions? SET IN A COMPLETELY FICTITIOUS WORLD. Story continues in The Toxic Land of Sin.

AH/AU :: Elena's freshly back on the market, she's young, single and ready to mingle. What happens when an older man catches her eye?

AU 5x22:: Will Damon and Elena find a way to each other? A spin on how the episode should have ended for our beloved couple. Rated M for themes.

An expanded and revised version of scenes from 5x18, "Resident Evil." Recent events force Damon to decide if Elena is his divine punishment, or his reward. As always, it's her decision that will make or break him and he could never have predicted the choice she would make this time.

AH/AU Their parents are in love, and Elena is forced to live under the same roof as the infamous Damon Salvatore. Can she unbury something in him that even he has forgotten existed?

AU/AH /Life is wonderfully uncomplicated for Damon Salvatore. Take accident claims as a call center rep by day, charm his way into a new bed each night. Go to work, drink with friends, sex. Simple and straightforward and fun. Until a coworker, Elena Gilbert, makes him question whether some things are worth changing for. But is he the only one who needs to let go of a previous life?

Post 5x17. How Damon and Elena really broke the bed. LEMONS.

Damon is tired of struggling, tired of never being enough. So, he decides to do something about it, regardless of whether or not Elena is willing to accept reality at first. A dark love story between Damon and Elena.

Sometimes words only lead us astray. Damon and Elena seek their own truth in this steamy continuation of the final scene from 5x16 "While You Were Sleeping." One-shot. Lemon.

She's a haunted literary agent in NYC and he's a successful therapist who has closed himself off from life, but she sneaks past all his defenses. A story about facing your fears, and having the courage to overcome your past and make the future you want. AU/AH, Delena, Steroline, Jalaric

Post 5x13-ish. Damon & Elena have to deal with pervasive consequences of the damage Katherine's caused, including the tragic turn of events that makes one of them a lethal threat to the other. Enlisting Enzo's help, Elena will stop at nothing to prevent the worst from happening, but is love enough to save all of them? Sometimes it's the right choices that turn out to be deadliest.

Only 0.07% of the world has AB negative blood, making it the rarest and most desired by the vampire world. Damon has been making millions selling the blood he drains from his hostages. What happens when he needs a little help running the business? Can Elena learn to love her master? Perfectly dark! BEWARE! (Warning: Scenes of abuse and punishment, but no rape)

(Arranged Marriage AU) Elena Gilbert had just graduated high school and was looking forward to a lazy summer of community college classes. However, she soon realizes that her families' financial issues run deeper than she thought. The only way she can put herself and her brother through college is to marry her mysterious, wealthy neighbor: Damon Salvatore.

Sequel To Blinded / After the blindfold comes off, what comes next for Damon and Elena? Should they stay in Mystic Falls and face the judgment of her friends and family, or is there someplace they can go to finally learn what it means to really be together? And more importantly, where they are free to love one another, with hearts and eyes wide open. / DELENA / AU Ssn 3

Klaus knows the lengths that Damon would go to for Elena's protection and needs to make him stop. When Klaus finds out that Rebekah has drained Damon of vervain, he takes advantage of the situation and compels Damon to act on his darkest fantasies to keep him occupied.

Damon learns that Elena almost kissed Stefan. He's angry and hurt, and it's going to take a lot more than an apology to get through to him.

The Gilbert's and the Salvatore's are two families in a small town who hate each other, one family good working on the right side of the law, the other bad and playing on the wrong. The hatred slips down the generations, including the youngest ones, Damon, Stefan, Elena and Jeremy. But it has been said that there is a fine line between love and hate. DE. AU AH

Hauntingly beautiful twin sisters are sold by their recently widowed father and are sent on very different paths at the young age of 17. When level-headed Elena is purchased by a mysterious man with haunting blue eyes she quickly falls into a world of lust that feels impossible to escape. Will Elena be able to resist the seduction of her master? Will she want to?. AU/Delena/Mature

Elena and Jeremy Gilbert are orphaned once again and have nowhere else to go except the mysterious Salvatore boarding house…

AH/AU–Love hurts. This story takes on a literal meaning when Elena is a victim of abuse by her boyfriend. A journey of the silent sufferings of a girl with no one to turn to and unwilling to ask for help. Enters Damon, a social worker determined to rescue a damsel in distress and falling for her along the way. What is he willing to sacrifice in the end to save a girl he loves?

Damon Salvatore, the lead guitarist of the world-famous band, The Mystic Republic, is used to getting what he wants - women, alcohol and music. But when he realizes he's falling for the one person who is off limits, the world as he knows it shifts from right under him. What will loving his best friend's little sister and band manager mean for the band and ultimately, his heart?

Damon and Stefan Salvatore kidnap humans and sell them to other vampires as part of an agreement with Klaus. What happens when a certain brunette is the victim, and when rules are rules? FULL SUMMARY inside which is IMPORTANT to read. Rated Light M for Darker themes ch20 onwards.

Elena has been sold to Damon and is now his slave. At first, Damon is cruel and heartless, and does terrible things to her. Elena hates him with a passion, but will she find herself falling for the man she's supposed to hate? And will Damon fall for the woman who's supposed to be his slave? AU DELENA

AU/AH: Damon Salvatore, the new star swimmer and transfer student at MFU, befriends the dark and mysterious Elena Gilbert, a girl the rest of Mystic Falls considers crazy. When he discovers the deep, haunting secrets she keeps from the world, can he handle the truth or will it cost him his heart and even possibly, his sanity?

She's a piano-playing graduate student who's writing a historical novel. He's the new professor in the History department who has gone out of his way to avoid music since he was a boy. A story about choice, transformation, and the people who inspire others to do both.

Elena Gilbert has been in love with her best friend Damon Salvatore for years, but when he asks her to help him win back the woman of his dreams, Elena decides she's had enough. Now Elena wants to move on, but Damon's not making it easy on her. AU/AH

Sequel to Mirrors and Broken Things. Much has happened since the memorial, and time changes everything. So now that the end has come for Stefan and Elena, will the door finally be open for Damon to be with the one he's waited for? A walk thru of episode 4x07 My Brother's Keeper. Canon for the scenes in the episode, non canon for what happened when the camera stopped. Delena.

After nearly 10 years away from small-town Mystic Falls, Damon is summoned back in another punishment from his father. Once there he's determined to live the good life, having fun, and certainly not doing anything his father wants. Life has something for him when he stumbles upon a little boy getting picked on by some bullies. Saving him brings Damon close to the boy's mother.

Elena Gilbert is from a poor family, so when she turns 16 she has to serve Damon Salvatore for 15 years. Damon has a reputation and Elena is terrified of what she will have to deal with. Yet, as Damon pursues her, Elena discovers Damon has a better side. Will Elena be able to uncover it without falling in love with him? And can she stop herself from getting involved? [Set In 1500s]

Each of us has a past that shapes and defines us. Some pasts are filled with pain and heartache. Can Damon and Elena overcome their pasts to allow themselves a chance at happiness? Or will things from their past resurface to destroy their future? AU/AH Complete!

Elena Gilbert breaks up with her boyfriend, Stefan and meets Damon at a club. They hook up then when school starts again, Elena finds that Damon is her history professor. AU AH

Elena Gilbert, 23, is a 'how to' journalist at a top fashion magazine. But what will happen when she has to write an article on how to change a womaniser into a one-woman man? Even more importantly, what will she do when the man she has to change is Damon Salvatore, 27, the renowned and successful businessman? One thing's for sure, sparks will fly. AU/AH

Elena Gilbert, desperate for money and a writing job, finds herself faced with the greatest opportunity of her young life. The only downside: she'd be working for Damon Salvatore.

Elena has worked for Damon for five years, they complete each other in ways no one else can. But will either of them be brave enough to fight for the love they deserve? AH/AU

What if Elena got into a car accident and woke up with no memory of the last four years? As she learns to cope with her amnesia she has to also cope with her new life... it was certainly not what she expected. Canon until 1x15. Delena fic.

The past four years have built up to the moment that will define everything for Damon and Elena. When reality comes crashing down around them, they find themselves looking back on the past and trying to decide where to go from here. AU. AH.

Elena Gilbert is a medical intern, fresh out of college. Along with her two best friends she must now work her way through her intern year under the watchful eye of her superior, Dr Damon Salvatore; who is less than impressed with his new intern. AU/AH

Some loose ends should be burned. Sequel to Self-Inflicted Wounds

NOW COMPLETED - A heartbreaking tale of love, loss and everything in between. Damon & Elena shared an intense connection from the moment they met, and she ended up pregnant after just one passionate night together. Damon, now engaged to be married to Kat has to make a choice; to please his father or to follow his heart. HUMOR/ANGST/ROMANCE/DRAMA/MYSTERY. FULL SUMMARY INSIDE

Elena's established rules and guidelines for her relationships. She knows how to stay emotionally detached and when to cut the cord. But then she meets Damon, who could potentially change everything. AU. AH.

AU. Elena starts working for the Council after her parent's brutal murder and gets sent to investigate some suspicious "animal" attacks. Her quiet fact finding trip quickly spirals into something much more dangerous when she runs into one Damon Salvatore.

Humans are taken as Vampire's blood companions. When Elena Gilbert is taken away to Damon Salvatore, she knew that her life would change forever. But Will it change to better or worse? Got inspired from book 6 of tvd, Shadow Souls. Please read and review!

When Elena shows up on Damon's doorstep dressed like Katherine, he sees right through her curls and smirks but decides to play along. What's her game? How far will she go to keep the illusion alive?

While their marriage is falling apart, Damon and Elena must learn to get past their demons or lose each other forever. AH/AU. Officially issuing an angst warning.

AU from ten minutes before the end of 3.20 onwards. I seriously do not want to spoil you with a detailed summary. Damon will be awesome, that I can promise. Might get dark. Oh, who am I kidding? Will definitely get a little dark. Happy ending, I promise!

After the events on Wickery Bridge, Elena transitions. But what kind of vampire will she be? This one is going to get dark, folks.

Damon is friends with Grayson Gilbert. When he meets his daughter Elena, sparks fly. Considering the age difference and the fact that she is his friend's daughter, he tries to fight the pull every step of the way. Will he succeed in keeping her at bay?

Was the kiss at the end of "The New Deal" really worth feeling guilty about? Elena isn't so sure.

Elena comes back to Mystic Falls after being compelled to stay away and meets the Salvatore brothers all over again. COMPLETE

Best friends Damon and Elena haven't seen each other in three years after a falling out. What happens when they reconnect? AU

Elena is a young slave on the Salvatore plantation, still figuring out the meaning of life. What happens when Giuseppe Salvatore's eldest son returns? All human. WARNING : This story contains explicit adult material ; Abuse; Violence; Language

When John Gilbert discovered his wife couldn't have kids he found himself in a hard position. Two girls were born but he kept one and let go of the other. Now after a tragic accident he needs Elena to pretend to be Katherine, Damon Salvatore's fiancée. AH

John Gilbert owes money to the notorious Damon Salvatore and Klaus Mikaelson. What happens when he doesn't have the money to pay them back and the only thing he has that is of any value is Elena? AU/AH Damon/Elena and some Klaus/Caroline!

Stefan has returned, but things have not been the same between him and Elena. Elena turns to Damon for help and ends up falling deep into a world of obsession and control that overtakes her. Season 3ish, Major naughtiness ahead:

Elena wants to learn to fight compulsion. Damon's all-too willing to help, but will either of them be able to deal with the consequences?

Journalist Elena Gilbert is disgusted by lawyer Damon Salvatore, and his four live-in girlfriends. But when he offers her a place in his home, and her life falls apart around her, can she convince herself to turn to him? AU/AH

Mystic Falls organises another event: a dance competition! Elena is desperately in need of a dance partner... When Stefan refuses, will Damon oblige? Be warned for slowburn and a T-rating that occasionally comes dangerously close to the edge...

Spoilers thru 2:22-As I Lay Dying. "If I had chosen differently, I never would have met you." Elena chose to kiss Damon. Stefan chose human blood. Katherine chose redemption. Damon chose to confess. These choices change everything. D/E, S/K.

What happens when former lovers reunite after not speaking for five years? Damon and Elena find out as they relive their past together and figure out where their story goes from here. *COMPLETE*

Damon mysteriously disappears and Elena's life is turned upside down. Tragedy strikes and Stefan does something she can never forgive. Alone and broken Elena sinks into depression. Damon returns but is he too late? Mild adult themes & sensitive content.

AU AH Elena takes a job caring for her friend Stefan's father. When Elena discovers his dying wish is to reconcile with his older son Damon she decides to make it happen. But Damon doesn't exactly make it easy on her. Longer summary inside.

On her eighteenth birthday, Elena decided to throw a huge party at the Grill. Totally drunk, she slept with a blue eyed stranger. What will happen when four years later, he'd turn out to be her new boss? Totally D/E like usual!

Adjusting to having a daughter is driving Damon crazy so he hires someone new to help out. Elena has her own secrets & her past but she puts everything aside, falling in love with her employer and his daughter. Juggling therapy, secrets, and exes. M later

When the unthinkable happens, it's never the thing you expected. It's the thing you never even thought you should be afraid of. - Damon/Elena deals with Stefan/Elena Post 2x22 Fic. Rated M for language, violence, and adult stuff in later chapters.

A/U & A/H, Damon is undercover for the CIA, but when Elena, a waitress at the Mystic Grill, accidentally witnesses a crime, the CIA sends agents out to bring her in. Will be a DE-centric story! **COMPLETE**

An expert on the dynamics between men and women, Damon Salvatore knows his uptight new publicist could use his help getting a date. The only problem is, the more time he spends with her, the more he realizes he doesn't want her dating anyone but him!

"It's okay to love them both." Takes place after 2x22: Because every choice has an unforeseen consequence...D/E.

AU/AH. At the risk of being deported, Damon Salvatore forces his young assistant to pretend to be his fiancée. How far will they have to go to keep the charade up?

All Damon wants from Elena is one kiss...just one. But one kiss can change everything...

AU/AH. Elena Gilbert was never able to forget the man who unknowingly robbed her of her innocence. Ten years later, he comes back into her life. Elena will finally be able to seek revenge. But will she still want to?

AU/AH. Elena Gilbert is in an abusive relationship. One day, her boyfriend's brother shows up on her doorstep. Can he bring her back to life?

When Elena asks Damon Salvatore for a loan, he agrees on the condition that she marries him. What happens when she finds herself falling in love with a man who has told her he will never love her? AU. All human.

What if Damon, Elena and Bonnie hadn't gotten to Stefan in time in "Miss Mystic Falls"? A guilt-ridden Stefan takes off, leaving Elena and Damon to deal with Isobel, Jonathan's invention and the tomb vampires. Will they get closer in the process? Delena

"Oh god she panicked, swiftly reaching a hand out and confirming her worst fear; she felt the silk lining of what could only be a coffin… a coffin that she was now buried in" Set sometime in S2 D/E - COMPLETE

Vampires are not a secret, but have agreed to live in peace with the humans- granted the humans provide their sustenance willingly. Each vampire is given 3 humans and is allowed to replace them if one dies. Elena has been chosen. **WARNING** Lemons.

Set after the events of 1x22...just a little something to keep us entertained for four months while we wait for Vampire Diaries to come back with new episodes!