Damon Salvatore keeps it in the family since 1864 (mystic_damon) wrote,
"But you don't care about me the way that I want you too," he said. "Elena, do you have any idea what it's like to see you with Stefan? The entire conflict of job and despair that comes with being in your presence. Joy that you're there and despair that you don't love me. You have no idea what unrequited love is like. Katherine showed up and told me she'd never loved me, that it was always Stefan. It's always going to be Stefan, isn't it?" he asked. He looked away. "I should leave," he said. "Get out of this place, because I allowed myself to hope for one second that you could love me like I love you. And hope the most dangerous thing you can have, because when it gets ripped away, it breaks you more than anything ever could.'