Broken hearts find your way / Make it through just this day (For Rebekah)

[prodigalsavior]

[ooc: After this.]

Well, that needed to not happen again, Damon thought to himself as he moved through the city, blending with the crowd and shadows. The bright lights were all around, but that just kept even more people's attention off of him. There were too many other things to look at.

He'd forgotten how easy it was to hunt in the city, and he had to wonder why the hell he'd ever left. It wasn't for anything...god. It seemed so long ago. Thinking he'd be the one to free Katherine. That she'd love him forever, that they'd hunt the night and lord it over everyone else, just the two of them.

That he wouldn't be alone, haunted only by the girl who'd been taken and the brother who'd damned him.

Fuck, but what was that saying? The more things changed...

A girl bumped into him, and apologized before thinking she could slip past him. Damon's hand slipped out and grabbed her arm, hard and fast. Before she could bother protesting, he had caught her gaze, compelled her to silence. Then slinging an arm around her, he guided her down the street, looking for a quiet place for a snack.

Maybe that would take his mind off the level of fucking horror these last few months. Or keep him from taking out his phone and sending a text for another night of...not aloneness.

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[itconsumesher.livejournal.com]

"I remember the front room and the bedroom." She smirked right back at him, giving his fingers a gentle squeeze as he led her out of the club.

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"There isn't a great deal more to it, I'm afraid," he said with a wry smile. Not that he didn't have the money, but he'd sort of taken the first decent place he'd found.

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"Do you really need anything more?" She asked with a faint chuckle.

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"Not really," he admitted, breathing in the air as they stepped outside.

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Stepping outside, she paused as she looked around, letting the sounds of the city wash over her before she smiled a little more. "I missed what this place was like a century ago but it's still one of my favorite places in the world."

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"It wasn't much different except for the tech," Damon said a bit ruefully. "Gangs fighting for control of certain territory. Tenements. The wealthy living in their mansions. Artists starving in garrets..."

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"So many places to hunt and to have fun." Rebekah added with a pleased sort of smile as she glanced over.

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Damon chuckled. "That's certainly true..." Though a century ago, he had only just been discovering the possibility of fun, after fifty years of brooding. God, he'd been dull.

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"At least we don't have to worry about anyone watching us too closely here." She decided that was a good thing as she glanced over at him again.

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He nodded, glancing around. "No town council, no small town prying eyes. I've always liked cities for that. Somehow always end up back in Virginia, though." He made a face. "Not any more."

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"No desire to go back?" She asked casually but it wasn't really a casual question, was it? Part of her wondered if it was even worth getting involved with him on any level. Especially if there was a chance he was going to go running back to Elena and his brother.

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He slid a sideways glance at her. The casualness was...not really all that casual, and he knew it wasn't an easy question.

"Not now or any time soon," he said quietly. He had no doubt he'd go home, eventually, but. "There's nothing for me there."

Ric had been his best reason to stay, once Elena made her choice. He was gone, too.

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Rebekah really was sorry about Ric. She hadn't really known him but he had seemed nice enough and he had been important to Damon. It seemed cruel to her that he had gotten caught up in her mother's schemes.

"I see." She nodded her head slowly.

"I'm never going back." She decided a moment later, shaking her head. There was too many painful memories there for her.

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He tilted her a sideways look, then found himself reaching for her hand as they walked. Yeah, he'd wanted her brother dead and would have happily killed him himself--even if it killed him, if he were honest.

There'd been a time when he'd been happy to include her in that, and Elijah and Kol, too, though mostly because....he saw no other way out of the war Klaus had brought. If the others had gone...the way they had now. He was glad, now, that she hadn't been killed, too.

"Had you been back much since...I don't know--you were human or whatever? Or was this the first time?"

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Rebekah was surprised by the contact but she didn't pull away. There was a part of her that starved for that connection and so she curled her fingers around his, thankful for it, as they continued to walk away from the club.

At one time, she had been on their side but then Elena had staked her. She might have even helped them afterwards but she had eventually come to realize that they would never let her in on their little circle of friend. She would always be an Original, a threat and Klaus's sister which meant she couldn't be trusted. It was a lonely feeling but she had gotten used to it. At least, that's what she told herself.

"I've been back a couple times over the centuries." She replied, glancing at him. "At least at first. I guess I went back looking for the good things, the happy memories, and to visit my...to visit the graves of those we lost." Her brother and her mother.

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He tightened his fingers a little around hers, thinking about everyone lost, at this point.

"Yeah," he said quietly. "Maybe...I might go back for that."

To visit Ric's grave. Maybe occasionally poke at Jeremy to see if he'd seen him. To find out if he was okay.

But he couldn't, yet.

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It was on the tip of her tongue to apologize for what had happened to his friend t the hands of her mother but she couldn't. She didn't want to remind him of the bad things that had happened lately, especially since it would cause trouble or tension between them.

"I'm sure you'lll go some time in the future." she glanced at him. "When you're ready."

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Damon didn't want to talk about it any deeper anymore, either. It wasn't something to dwell on--and he was far better at running from the pain than facing it.

"I'm sure I will," he agreed instead, fingers tightening a little on hers. "But not any time soon."

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"No, not any time soon." She agreed, her thumb brushing over his. "You should stay in New York for a little while and then maybe somewhere else?" Shenhad been considering the same thing after all.

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He cast her a sideways look. "Where else would you suggest?"

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She shrugged a little. "I'll tell you when I figure it out. Right now I'd prefer to head to your place."

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He wanted to ask if she would really leave Elijah, but he wasn't sure he wanted the answer. "Want to run?" Since they'd been more on her side of town than his. Plus...it might shake off some of the restraint.

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Amusement flickered across her features before she shot him a mischievous look. "Want a head start?" She asked, teasing.

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Damon made a little face, though his eyes sparkled a little. "I think that's only fair..." One eyebrow arched. "You remember where it was?"

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"I think I can find my way." Rebekah smirked with a nod of her head.