damon and elena are not just shadows

Damon is just the other brother, the psycopath, the rebel, the reckless guy. When they were living human life, his father never took him seriously, he always put his trust in Stefan, the young boy you can count on. The good guy, the man that is worth it. The future of the Salvatore family. This is not about how much pressure Stefan must have felt and how Damon was allowed to live free life and should just say thanks and let it go. No, because deep down Damon wanted to be that guy. And even as human, no one ever gave him a chance. He was just so naive back then and now he keep living in Stefan’s shadow. Because he can’t control himself and everyone labels him the wrong way, the easier way. If Stefan is so caring, his brother must be a bad person, it’s math. And he chooses the easier way and puts a mask, and snaps and keep hurting, himself mostly and can’t understand why it is so hard for people to see him as a person, instead of the monster. And not that he didn’t enjoy being one, but he is so much more than that. He tries and no one is there to take him. He is just a shadow, someone you should be protected from, sacred of. Only.

Elena is just the doppelganger. She looks like Katherine, she must be protected, she is the copy of the ex-girlfriend of his boyfriend. She is the copy of an heartless bitch. Her whole life was fake. What is Elena for the world? What she represents? Why is all on her shoulders? Why people have to die and she has to live? She is special for the wrong reasons. She is the doppelganger, her face is not unique, she shares her blood with people she doesn’t like. And Stefan decided to be with her because she was anything Katherine wasn’t. Again, it’s about someone else, he was captured by her looks in the first place, anyways. Elena used to be a party girl, she used to have fun and now she is forced to live in the shadows. Because her life is too precious and it’s about curse and hybrids and blood and death and she can’t live her life, she is a shadow, someone you should protect constantly, Only.

The good thing? These two shadows can shine together. Let them shine together. They understand the pain so much. They see right through each other. They are not just shadows. You can’t live always in the dark. Let them live. Damon and Elena are so good for each other. They don’t have to pretend. They can snap, they can do crazy things, they can laugh, they can break the world and fix it all at once. They have something that is real. And they can’t walk away.