Damon and Louise

**The relationship between the cured vampire/human, Damon Salvatore and the cured vampire/doppelgänger seer, Louise Gilbert.**

Damon started off as the narcissistic, mysterious vampire who came to town to seek revenge on his younger brother. When everyone had written Damon off as the bad guy who couldn't be redeemed, Louise saw something in that hinted he wasn't entirely evil. So there marked the start of a tentative friendship. When Louise learns of Damon's past with Vivienne Pierce, she understands why Damon was initially interested in her. During the first season they often showed to have feelings stronger than their platonic friendship.

***They are known as "Douise" by fans.***

## Overview

"*Drawn together and not pulling away.*"
—Describing their relationship

"*Damon and Louise understand one another in a way no one else around them can. They know each other's vulnerabilities and weaknesses, as well as their respective strengths. This allows them to ease into a conversation with one another and let their guards down.* "
—Victoria Justice

"*They've been through a lot. Love trumps all. So when you see, you want it to win.*"
—Ian Somerhalder
Damon came back to Mystic Falls with the sole purpose of bringing back Vivienne Pierce, the vampire with whom he had fallen in love with as a human in 1864. However, after realising that Vivienne had secretly escaped the tomb but hadn't cared enough about him to find him, he resented her. He begins to fall for his younger brother Stefan's girlfriend's sister, also Vivienne's doppelgänger, Louise. His love for Louise makes him want to protect his birthtown instead of destroying it, as was his original purpose when he arrived. They form a rocky friendship. Louise constantly forgives Damon from doing horrible things to her, such as killing her younger brother Jeremy (although he came back to life) or feeding her vampire blood (essentially ending her human life). Louise has admitted she sees the good in Damon and believes he's worth saving. Louise begins to reciprocate Damon's feelings for her.
## Early History

> "*You want a love that consumes you. You want passion and adventure, and even a little danger...I want you to get everything you're looking for.*"
> ― **Damon** to **Louise**[source]
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Damon first met Louise the night her parents died. They met in the middle of the road and at first Damon mistook her for Vivienne. They started talking and flirted a bit. After admitting she doesn't know what she wants he tells her she wants a love that consumes her, a love that was passionate and a love that had a little danger. He told her that he wanted her to have everything she wanted. He then compelled her to forget their conversation.

They were later reunited in *The Night Of The Comet*, but she didn't remember him. This memory resurfaces after Louise transitioned into a vampire in *Before The Sunset.*

## Significant Moments

### First Kiss

Louise and Damon shared their first kiss in *Fool Me Once*. After Damon realized Vivienne wasn't inside the tomb and was devastated, Louise gave him a hug and told him she was sorry. She later turns up at the boarding house to see if he's okay and finds in sitting in front of a fire. She talks to him, but he doesn't respond so she gets up to leave but Damon finally responds. She tells him she wishes she could do something to help him and he kisses her. Louise releases that he wanted it to be Vivienne but she kissed him back despite of being hurt due to the fact she has feelings for him and wanted to help him feel better.

## Recurring Themes and Symbolism

### The Crow

"When I touched you, I saw a crow." - Bonnie to Louise in the Pilot

In the *Pilot,* when Louise, Bonnie and Elena are in the car, and Bonnie is telling Louise and Elena she's psychic, Elena challenges her to "Predict something about us." Bonnie says: "I see..." (A crow hits the windshield.). While walking home from school, Louise walks past the cemetery where she is startled by a black crow. The crow is also seen watching her as she writes in her diary in the park. In *The Night Of The Comet*, at the Salvatore Boarding house where Louise and Elena meet Damon the crow resurfaces. It also reappears later outside her bedroom window. In *There Goes The Neighbourhood*, while having dinner together, Damon reveals he controlled the crow, using it to spy on Louise for weeks.

### The Douise Road-trips

Damon and Louise have been on several road-trips throughout their burgeoning friendship. It all started in season one after Damon saved Louise from a car crash in Bloodlines. It was the first time they truly bonded. Damon and Louise continued going through many road trips, most of these times when on a mission or adventures to get some sort of information or finding and rescuing someone they care about, they constantly bicker and tease each other most of the time. These times include; *Bad Moon Rising*, *The End of the Affair*, *Heart of Darkness*, *The Five*, *Bring It On*, *Because the Night* and *Original Sin*. Also, in *I Know What You Did Last Summer*, Damon and Louise spent their summer revisiting the places they went on road trips to.

### Bedroom/Bed Scenes

Before initiating a romantic relationship Damon sneak into Louise's bedroom through her window have on multiple occasions; *History Repeating*, *Unpleasantville*. In these scenes we got to see them talk, share heart to heart moments and the obvious sexual tension between the two. They confessed their love for each other in *Rose* which was in Louise's bedroom. While dating also they both have talked and share stuff while laying beside each other

## Dating Timelines

### First Relationship

* Start Up: *Rose* (2x09) - March 25, 2010
* Break Up: *Dangerous Liaisons* (3x14) - October 22, 2010

### Second Relationship

* Start Up: *Heart Of Darkness* (3x19) - November 1, 2010

## Trivia

* They both know what its like to be the older sibling as they both have a younger brother (Jeremy and Stefan).
* Damon has never broken a promise to Louise, until *Home* when he promised to come back to her but died.
	+ He later fulfils his promise when he returns from the other dimension in *The World Has Turned and Left Me Here*.
* Louise first realized she loved Damon in *Fool Me Once*