As I was scrolling through tumblr around an hour again, a certain new spoiler caught my attention from multiple blogs that I was following. The spoiler revealed that before the end of the upcoming season, there would be another love interest for our dear Damon, which meant that a lot of DE fans, including me was just plain angry. What are the writers doing? Are they trying to ruin his character? All these thoughts were going through my head along with many DE fans, but then, when I evaluated that I had nothing to worry about.
Take things back to Rose, the new character introduced in her self...

***Bear in mind, there are way more quotes than this proving it, but these are the main ones!***

Because Stefan thinks so:

"You should keep using it, Stefan said voicelessly. Your influence over him is strongest."
- Stefan to Elena, about Damon. Midnight.

"Of one thing I am certain: he would never harm you. He loves you. How can he help it?"
- Stefan, on Damon, in a letter to Elena. Nightfall.

“You can pretend you don’t care. You can fool the whole world. But I know differently."
- Stefan, about Damon missing Elena. Dark Reunion.

"Damon is gone Elena. I’m sorry. I’m so sorry if I kept you...