Summary: a sad Klaus calls you in the middle of the night because he needs a friend to get drunk with (later elijah comes to the rescue) human au, klaus centred minor elijah at start and end
Pairings: Human!Klaus Mikaelson and Human!BestFriend!Reader, brief Human!Elijah Mikaelson x Human!, Human!Klaus Mikaelson and Human!Elijah Mikaelson
Genre: fluff, hurt/comfort, human au the are in their 20s
warnings: drinking, mention of pregnancy, implied mikael terrible parenting
Words:4150
Notes:
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading.
You were sleeping soundly in your small bedroom next to elijah when your phone on your nightstand started vibrating making you wake up. You picked it up quickly grunting silently hoping it had not woken up elijah, he really needed and deserved to sleep.
Your eyes adjusted to the faint light of the phone screen in the dark room, as you turned on your side to check on elijah and smiled. Elijah was sleeping soundly next to you, you could see only his naked shoulders as he laid on his tummy, his arm protectively around your hips.
He had come back after a 18 hours shift from the legal office he had started working in this year, an intern work sl4ve, in the belief that in a year or two he could finally have a competing paycheck to give you the life he promised you. Not that you needed it, you were happy with what you had and grateful for the sacrifices he made for the family as his work were the main financial source for yours and klaus college found, you would graduate next year and klaus had just started.
When elijah had come home he was so tired and sleepy but his eyes were always full of love when he saw you. although you had insisted that he went to sleep right away, he had still managed to last a round with you, as he had replied that he genuinely wanted to, having missed you, which you had too. Then he had fallen in a deep sleep, which you were pretty sure not even the alarm could wake him up.
You gently removed elijah’s arm from your hips careful not to wake him and read the name on the phone screen and picked up immediately
‘nikalus what is going on? I swear if this a drunk call I will-’ you whispered annoyed, it wasn’t the first time klaus had called in the middle of the night, usually because he was drunk
‘can you come over?’ his voice sounded both worried and sad, that made you alarm immediately
‘I’ll be there ASAP. let me wake elijah’ you replied turning towards your sleeping boyfriend
‘no’ klaus replied immediately
‘no?’ you asked questioningly
‘right now I need a drinking buddy not my older brother scolding me’ klaus explained
‘okay, are you sure you are okay?’ you asked again worry and confusion rising. If it had been an emergency he would have allowed you to wake elijah so you were not really understanding the situation as worry for your best friend rose
‘I will tell you when you come over. The bar next to campus.’ He said before ending the call
You got up trying to be quieter as possible and put on the first clothes you could find, then you took a paper and pen from your study desk
‘honey, niki called and told me he needed a friend and not to wake you. I’m sure everything is fine, or I would have called you by now. Do not worry and sleep, you need it. We are at the bar next to his dorm. I’ll be back before you start missing me ;) Love you y/n.’
You place the note on his nightstand over his phone and then bend down to tenderly kiss his head, he stirred in his sleep and you smiled at that.
You exited the door, started the car and drove to where klaus had asked you.
You parked the car and entered the bar, it was fairly empty being the middle of the week. You spotted klaus right away he was drinking at the counter, giving the shoulder to the door
‘this better be a life death situation for having me leave your handsome sleeping brother in my warm bed’ at the sound of your voice he turned towards you and your face fell.
He was under shock, and it was crystal clear. the tone at the phone had not let transpire his real state, you would have bet that he had cried from how his eyes had a faint red in them. You rushed to him taking the back of his neck in your hand while your eyes scanned his features and you other hand gently inspected if he was hurt
‘niki, are you okay? Are you hurt? what happened?’ you asked panic surging in you
‘y/n gosh relax’ he told you as you let him go
‘Nik you are scaring me. What happened?’ you replied not convinced as he motioned for you to take a sit
‘I’ve had too few drinks for this conversation y/n’ he replied drawing his drink. He was underage barely 20, but apparently at this bar they did not care
‘ what do you need then?’ you replied, reading in his eyes that he needed you to be there but momentarily shut up with your interrogation
‘my best friend terrible humor and at least five other shots of cheap bourbon’
‘okay’ you said sitting down and putting your purse on the counter, you still could not tear his eyes away from him
‘and please loose that face no one is dying’ he said annoyed and rolling his eyes
‘sorry’ you apologized, before his smirk came back and a matching one crawled on your face as he called the bartender and gave you your usual favorite drink
You two were in a comfortable silence as you waited to understand from klaus where the conversation was meant to go
‘so how did you sneak out?’ he finally said
‘elijah was sleeping soundly. He really needs that he is always tired even if he thinks he is able to hide it from me’ you replied with sincere concern
‘well I can’t blame him. tolerating you all day must be exhausting’ klaus smirks
‘hey! I did not come here to be bullied by you’ you reply hitting playfully his arm as klaus wears the usual satisfied smirking expression and for a moment all seems normal
‘I’m only joking. If I hear another time from him saying how lucky he has to have you I think I will drown myself in the Mississippi’ he comments annoyed, you smile at his reply
‘you are just jealous’
‘maybe’
‘so that is what this is about. that girl cami you met last week? Or caroline the girl you have been trying to get for months’ you said hitting him playfully with your shoulder as he rolled his eyes.
Cami was a psychology student in your same university. He met her at a party where you brought along klaus and was immediately starstruck by her. while caroline instead went to klaus’s college and had in the past months repeatedly resisted to klaus attempts to charm her.
‘no. we are fine. playing hard to get but I can see right through her’
‘she seemed nice’ you replied sincerely sipping your drink
‘you two would get along’
‘well then be sure to bring her over for dinner so I and elijah can meet her and show her your baby pictures if she or the other finally give in’ you smirked
‘sod of’ you two had a laugh. it felt normal and klaus felt safe and carefree as always he was with you. Best friends since high school. Even if a grey cloud was hovering over you.
Many too drink and laughs later you were borderline drunk
‘niki I’m a drink away from probably pass out or loose lucidity so you better start speaking before I drunk call your brother’ you were pretty sure that if you tried to walk you would not be able to do it without swinging, the same could be said for klaus
After a moment of silence he spoke, eyes low, fixated on his drink
‘she is pregnant’ he said barely audible
‘who?’
‘the girl I had a one drunk night stand a month ago’
You froze in your sit. Was he really telling you what you thought you understood? You turned your head to look at him, his eyes wide in fear while shock took over you
‘niklaus you are trying to tell me that you will be a father?’ you asked your voice careful to not let transpire your shock and fear
‘yes’ he whispered
You drowned your glass not sure what to say ‘is she sure she is pregnant and that is yours?’ you asked him seriously
‘she went to the doctor and told me I was the last one she slept with, the doctor confirmed it both statements’ he replied fidgeting with his glass
‘and have you two talked about you know’ but before you could continue he said
‘she wants to keep it. and I don’t know what to do’ a single tear ran through his cheek
‘I don’t know what to say niki. Congratulations? I’m sorry?’ you tried uncertain, but he was not even listening, his eyes and mind distant as he spoke
‘I never wanted kids. I once asked Elijah about it and he said he couldn’t wait to have them with you’ you blushed at his admission ‘I instead didn’t see it as something for the future, or that I just needed the right girl. Not that I have not thought about it and I loved taking care of little Rebekah and Henrik. But after what Mikael did to me how could I ever be a good father’ the last sentence was almost a whisper as more tears appeared in his eyes
‘no niki enough of that. If you don’t want kids because you don’t want them that is okay. its perfectly fine, normal, and there is no shame. But if you do want them and fear to have them because of some self-loath that makes you think you will ever be like your father you listen to me niklaus mikaelson that is not the case, and it never will be. You are an amazing person, you are the best person I know. and you will be an amazing father, I saw how you cared for you younger siblings and I know you better than anyone so trust my judgement. You will be an amzing father. Do you understand me?’
You told him holding the back of his neck tenderly as elijah usually does to him in emotional moments, so he looked at you eyes shining with tears and nodded at you.
‘do you understand me?’ you asked again tenderly but firmly
‘yes’ he replied weakly
‘good. I love you brother’ you told him before hugging him tightly as he reciprocated hug.
‘I’m not going to lie it’s going to be difficult. your life has changed forever but me and elijah will help you. have you noticed or not elijah became a parent since you were born, and I as soon as I got myself into your crazy family’ you reassured him
‘I’m not a child!’ he scoffed
‘but you usually act like one. Also we will use your situation as our run trial for children. See? Nothing to worry about’ you told him sincerely, in his reply he hugged you again that meaning a thousand words
‘what about elijah?’ he asked insecure, the idea of having disappointed the brother he had looked up to his entire life made his blood freeze
‘he loves you niki, we both do. Nothing could drive him away from you, especially this. And see you stand up to your responsibility will only make him love you even more. There is nothing to worry about. Trust me I know your brother better than I know myself’ you comforted him sincerely as he just nodded still hugging you
‘enough of sad stuff let’s celebrate now!’ you told him when he let you go and he chuckled at that
Way too many drinks after.
‘What do you think the levelheaded noble responsible elijah would think if he saw us right now?’
‘Don’t talk about my sweet handsome boyfriend like that niki.’ You warned him
‘He is my brother I have rights to tease him’
‘true’
‘so what would your sweet handsome boyfriend think if he saw us right now?’ he mocked you
‘see that’s better. Well I think he would be very disappointed that his underage brother and his girlfriend sneaked out in the middle of the night to drink and probably pass out here. He would scold us but deep down have a laugh because he loves us’
‘something like that sweetheart’ a calm voice said behind you two
You and klaus turned your heads toward the voice
Elijah stood in front of you, he was wearing the long coat he had worn this morning to go to work, and a simple shirt and trousers, missing the jacket and the tie of his attire. still he was elegant and perfect but not quite as always. his hair was combed but a bit messy singling he had been in a rush and although having taken the time to look decent he had not endured in his usual perfect attire. Still he looked handsome as ever.
‘eli!’ you cheered getting up and throwing yourself at him and drawing him for a kiss. he complied helping you steady yourself although his scolding look remained, he could not negate you anything
‘you are drunk my love’ he replied as the kiss ended, looking at you before helping you sit back on the stool, his arm around your waist worried you were going to fall
‘maybe a little! But don’t be mad ‘Lijha! We had our reasons’ you wine as you lean on him
He could not be angry at any of you, and you all new that. Also he found you adorable when you were tipsy even if he did not like it. you got particularly clingy and winy and that made him chuckle. He himself had never been drunk in his life, being to composed and responsible for it, hence since he could remember he has been the safe drinking friend of the family and you. you always felt safe with him knowing that he got you, and would protect you from others and from yourself.
He kissed the side of your head tenderly to let you know that it was okay, a fond smile escaping his lips before he fell back in the role of the adult
‘so this is what you two do when I’m home after a long day at work trying to finance our whole family. you two sneak out for a drunken night like some irresponsible teenager?’ he asks his eyes darting between you and his brother
‘so tell me, what was the reason for well this’ he asked his brother as you stayed silent
‘elijah you did not need to come’ klaus replied annoyed not looking at his older brother
‘you see nikalus. when I woke up in my empty bed with a note that my lovely girlfriend had gone out in the middle of the night because my favorite little brother needed help I think it’s in my duty and right to go check on the two person I care the most about’ he replied adjusting his sleeves
‘aww you hear him niki? He loves us’ you say before drawing him for another kiss and snuglling at his side that made him chuckle, as he held you close as you rested your head on his shoulder
‘little brother, care to elaborate?’ he prompted again
‘sod of elijah’ klaus says not looking at him and annoyed
‘we are going to asses you two’s poor judgment tomorrow morning, now we are going to focus on the matter that brought you two here tonight’ he said sitting on the stool close to you, in response klaus tried to drink his drink but elijah was faster taking the glasses from both klaus and your hand as the younger mikaelson let out a grown in disappointment
‘I’m going to take these, you two had enough’ eliajh says taking your drinks and drowning them, than he adjusts his sleeves before speaking again
‘so niklaus, what could not wait until morning?’ klaus remained silent as elijah waited patiently
‘my love could you fill me in as niklaus seems to have lost his tongue’ elijah tried with you giving you his best seductive smile but you remained silent too, suddenly interest in the floor as you looked at it
‘nikalus?’ he tried again
‘come on niki tell him, he will find out sooner or later’ you tried starting to become exhausted by the situation but klaus remained silent clenching his jaw in shame and fear.
‘find out what’ elijah asked panic rising in him as he stadied his voice
Elijah understood klaus was not going to speak so he tried with you again, turning to you and giving you that smile again, his hand resting on you knee
‘y/n if you tell me what is going on when we get home I’m going to do that thing you like so much’ he said seductively, his hand on your thigh as his thumb drew invisible circles on your jeans, your eyes darting to him in lust as you straightened your back very interested in his offer as heat rose in you
‘So do we have a deal?’ he added his other hand adjusting a strain of your hair. It was too much, the combination of his promise, his hands on you, the alcohol in your system and klaus silence, so you gave in. blame it to the alcohol or to your boyfriend that looked like a Greek statue, so you spoke.
‘eli we are going to be an uncle and an aunt!’ you cheered clapping your hands, the alcohol of the night starting to affect you more than you wanted to admit
‘what did you say?’ elijah asked in shock, his face loosing color as his eyes darted to his brother
‘hayley is pregnant’ klaus finally spoke still not looking at elijah
‘what? The girl from the crescent pack society? The one you woke up in her bed last month when you forgot our brunch?’ he asked, his mind connecting the dots as you took klaus hand in your own as a comforting gesture
‘yep’ klaus replied making the ‘P’ pop and fidgeting with the empty glass ‘and yes we are sure its mine and that she is pregnant’ klaus continues, elijah makes sign to the bartender that refills his glass. He drowns it.
‘brother..’ elijah replied his tone gentle and understanding even if he was at loss of word, that was something new.
‘before you ask I thought I used protections but apparently not’
‘what has the girl decided?’ elijah asks, still klaus does not look at him, you are glued to your seat as your hand draws pattern’s on klaus’s hand
‘that she is keeping it. Obviously we don’t love each others and she is not expecting us to become a couple or move together. but she wishes I would be man enough to be part of the child life and help her’
‘niklaus..’ elijah says when he is interrupted
‘don’t scold me about my duties toward that child and honor and to live up to my actions, brother. I know it very well or I wouldn’t here be getting drunk with your girlfriend while contemplating my fate’ klaus says frustrated finally looking at elijah. His expression plain like always. And every fiber of kalus body is burning hoping his brother, his savior, is not judging him or being disappointed by him. blame it on the alcohol but klaus was vulnerable in this moment.
‘I see, you don’t need a lecture from me. But still I want to ask you do you want this child brother? Either answers are in your rights’ elijah tone is tender, and klaus relaxes understanding his brother really cares and that gives him the strength to reply as he did not expect this question
‘no. yes. I don’t know. I never thought that was something I had to worry about. I always through that first mikaelson new born would be from you two or freya, not me!’ he says his head in his hands ‘you two doing the nasty since I can recall and me the causal guy get a girl pregnant, what were the odds’ he tries to humor but elijah doesn’t fall for it
‘please refrain from addressing our sexual life to avoid the question, brother, and also generally’ elijah said hiding a smile as you just laughed ‘he has a point…’ you say as elijah squints his eyes at you
‘I don’t know, after the initial panic, the idea made me smile, before panic took over again’ klaus replies sincerely
‘this believe it or not is how people describe parenthood. I know the conditions are not ideal and this is not something you expect but I’m proud of your choice brother’ elijah says standing up after being sure you can stay on the stool without falling, he moves to klaus and squeezes his brother shoulder reassuringly giving him a smile, klaus finally looks at him and in elijah’s eyes can’t find nothing but love and understanding
‘it’s the end of being with head in the clouds isn’t it’ he states
‘when it comes to you I highly doubt that but you are not alone, we are here for you as we shall be always’ elijah says hugging him, klaus complies, snuzzling his face in his brother’s shoulder as when they were kids. The unspoken statement about Mikael lingering the air
‘you will be an amazing father niklaus, trust my judgment brother’ elijah says looking at klaus in the eyes, his hand on the back of klaus neck drawing patterns with his thumb, before elijah looks at you a silent conversation going on between you two
‘you should move in back with us’ he adds as you squealed in agreement ‘We could rent a two bedroom apartment near your university so that the child is still close to their mother. A college dorm is not an ideal place to raise a child if we can avoid it’
‘no. you two love your flat’ klaus says his eyes wide, this is too much, he is grateful for the help but he already feels like a burden he doesn’t want to make things worse
‘but we love you more’ you tell him ruffling his curls as elijah hums in agreement
‘I don’t know what to say’ klaus replies his eyes watery
‘nothing. We are family’ you say ‘we stick together as one always and forever’ elijah adds
Klaus hugs elijah again, and he seem so small as when they were children as he keeps his brother close, overwhelmed with emotions
‘room for one more?’ you ask as klaus draws you in the group hug before elijah kisses the top of your head
‘wait until Rebekah finds out, she will spoil that child’ elijah humors but instead klaus face falls, he realizes that sooner or later the entire family will know
‘father..’ he starts and you hug him closer
‘father will not come near the child niklaus, you have my word. And I’m sure mother and our siblings will help us if we need so. Freya will not let her nephew or niece be without a family, even if she has to excuse her precious father’ elijah comforts klaus that just nods in agreement.
Mikael refused to pay for their maintenance, not that the two brothers would accept the money, but their mother gave them only a small allowance in secret that elijah and klaus were too proud to accept but that you took in every month and divided in their banks accounts, you all pretending it wasn’t like that.
The three of you stay like that for a bit longer before elijah speaks
‘come. I’m not letting you drive home’ elijah says, paying for the drinks and letting you all go, you have problems standing straight so elijah picks you up in his arms bridal style as you giggle and snuzzle in his chest
Klaus follows behind opening the door of the car for elijah where he places you in the backset and kisses your forehead feeling you fall asleep already. Klaus takes the passenger seat and elijah gives a fond look at you with the rear mirror as he sees you sleeping. Then he squeezes his brother’s arm one last time before starting the car and driving home.
the three of you, a 24 years old legal intern, a 22 years old college student and a just freshly tuned 20 years old artist with side jobs now had a baby to grew. The conditions were far from ideal but you all knew something. this baby would grow up to be loved by this strange little family. that was your only certainty in a world without Hope.
Summary: a sad Klaus calls you in the middle of the night because he needs a friend to get drunk with (later elijah comes to the rescue) human au, klaus centred minor elijah at start and end
Pairings: Human!Klaus Mikaelson and Human!BestFriend!Reader, brief Human!Elijah Mikaelson x Human!, Human!Klaus Mikaelson and Human!Elijah Mikaelson
Genre: fluff, hurt/comfort, human au the are in their 20s
warnings: drinking, mention of pregnancy, implied mikael terrible parenting
Words:4150
Notes:
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading.
You were sleeping soundly in your small bedroom next to elijah when your phone on your nightstand started vibrating making you wake up. You picked it up quickly grunting silently hoping it had not woken up elijah, he really needed and deserved to sleep.
Your eyes adjusted to the faint light of the phone screen in the dark room, as you turned on your side to check on elijah and smiled. Elijah was sleeping soundly next to you, you could see only his naked shoulders as he laid on his tummy, his arm protectively around your hips.
He had come back after a 18 hours shift from the legal office he had started working in this year, an intern work sl4ve, in the belief that in a year or two he could finally have a competing paycheck to give you the life he promised you. Not that you needed it, you were happy with what you had and grateful for the sacrifices he made for the family as his work were the main financial source for yours and klaus college found, you would graduate next year and klaus had just started.
When elijah had come home he was so tired and sleepy but his eyes were always full of love when he saw you. although you had insisted that he went to sleep right away, he had still managed to last a round with you, as he had replied that he genuinely wanted to, having missed you, which you had too. Then he had fallen in a deep sleep, which you were pretty sure not even the alarm could wake him up.
You gently removed elijah’s arm from your hips careful not to wake him and read the name on the phone screen and picked up immediately
‘nikalus what is going on? I swear if this a drunk call I will-’ you whispered annoyed, it wasn’t the first time klaus had called in the middle of the night, usually because he was drunk
‘can you come over?’ his voice sounded both worried and sad, that made you alarm immediately
‘I’ll be there ASAP. let me wake elijah’ you replied turning towards your sleeping boyfriend
‘no’ klaus replied immediately
‘no?’ you asked questioningly
‘right now I need a drinking buddy not my older brother scolding me’ klaus explained
‘okay, are you sure you are okay?’ you asked again worry and confusion rising. If it had been an emergency he would have allowed you to wake elijah so you were not really understanding the situation as worry for your best friend rose
‘I will tell you when you come over. The bar next to campus.’ He said before ending the call
You got up trying to be quieter as possible and put on the first clothes you could find, then you took a paper and pen from your study desk
‘honey, niki called and told me he needed a friend and not to wake you. I’m sure everything is fine, or I would have called you by now. Do not worry and sleep, you need it. We are at the bar next to his dorm. I’ll be back before you start missing me ;) Love you y/n.’
You place the note on his nightstand over his phone and then bend down to tenderly kiss his head, he stirred in his sleep and you smiled at that.
You exited the door, started the car and drove to where klaus had asked you.
You parked the car and entered the bar, it was fairly empty being the middle of the week. You spotted klaus right away he was drinking at the counter, giving the shoulder to the door
‘this better be a life death situation for having me leave your handsome sleeping brother in my warm bed’ at the sound of your voice he turned towards you and your face fell.
He was under shock, and it was crystal clear. the tone at the phone had not let transpire his real state, you would have bet that he had cried from how his eyes had a faint red in them. You rushed to him taking the back of his neck in your hand while your eyes scanned his features and you other hand gently inspected if he was hurt
‘niki, are you okay? Are you hurt? what happened?’ you asked panic surging in you
‘y/n gosh relax’ he told you as you let him go
‘Nik you are scaring me. What happened?’ you replied not convinced as he motioned for you to take a sit
‘I’ve had too few drinks for this conversation y/n’ he replied drawing his drink. He was underage barely 20, but apparently at this bar they did not care
‘ what do you need then?’ you replied, reading in his eyes that he needed you to be there but momentarily shut up with your interrogation
‘my best friend terrible humor and at least five other shots of cheap bourbon’
‘okay’ you said sitting down and putting your purse on the counter, you still could not tear his eyes away from him
‘and please loose that face no one is dying’ he said annoyed and rolling his eyes
‘sorry’ you apologized, before his smirk came back and a matching one crawled on your face as he called the bartender and gave you your usual favorite drink
You two were in a comfortable silence as you waited to understand from klaus where the conversation was meant to go
‘so how did you sneak out?’ he finally said
‘elijah was sleeping soundly. He really needs that he is always tired even if he thinks he is able to hide it from me’ you replied with sincere concern
‘well I can’t blame him. tolerating you all day must be exhausting’ klaus smirks
‘hey! I did not come here to be bullied by you’ you reply hitting playfully his arm as klaus wears the usual satisfied smirking expression and for a moment all seems normal
‘I’m only joking. If I hear another time from him saying how lucky he has to have you I think I will drown myself in the Mississippi’ he comments annoyed, you smile at his reply
‘you are just jealous’
‘maybe’
‘so that is what this is about. that girl cami you met last week? Or caroline the girl you have been trying to get for months’ you said hitting him playfully with your shoulder as he rolled his eyes.
Cami was a psychology student in your same university. He met her at a party where you brought along klaus and was immediately starstruck by her. while caroline instead went to klaus’s college and had in the past months repeatedly resisted to klaus attempts to charm her.
‘no. we are fine. playing hard to get but I can see right through her’
‘she seemed nice’ you replied sincerely sipping your drink
‘you two would get along’
‘well then be sure to bring her over for dinner so I and elijah can meet her and show her your baby pictures if she or the other finally give in’ you smirked
‘sod of’ you two had a laugh. it felt normal and klaus felt safe and carefree as always he was with you. Best friends since high school. Even if a grey cloud was hovering over you.
Many too drink and laughs later you were borderline drunk
‘niki I’m a drink away from probably pass out or loose lucidity so you better start speaking before I drunk call your brother’ you were pretty sure that if you tried to walk you would not be able to do it without swinging, the same could be said for klaus
After a moment of silence he spoke, eyes low, fixated on his drink
‘she is pregnant’ he said barely audible
‘who?’
‘the girl I had a one drunk night stand a month ago’
You froze in your sit. Was he really telling you what you thought you understood? You turned your head to look at him, his eyes wide in fear while shock took over you
‘niklaus you are trying to tell me that you will be a father?’ you asked your voice careful to not let transpire your shock and fear
‘yes’ he whispered
You drowned your glass not sure what to say ‘is she sure she is pregnant and that is yours?’ you asked him seriously
‘she went to the doctor and told me I was the last one she slept with, the doctor confirmed it both statements’ he replied fidgeting with his glass
‘and have you two talked about you know’ but before you could continue he said
‘she wants to keep it. and I don’t know what to do’ a single tear ran through his cheek
‘I don’t know what to say niki. Congratulations? I’m sorry?’ you tried uncertain, but he was not even listening, his eyes and mind distant as he spoke
‘I never wanted kids. I once asked Elijah about it and he said he couldn’t wait to have them with you’ you blushed at his admission ‘I instead didn’t see it as something for the future, or that I just needed the right girl. Not that I have not thought about it and I loved taking care of little Rebekah and Henrik. But after what Mikael did to me how could I ever be a good father’ the last sentence was almost a whisper as more tears appeared in his eyes
‘no niki enough of that. If you don’t want kids because you don’t want them that is okay. its perfectly fine, normal, and there is no shame. But if you do want them and fear to have them because of some self-loath that makes you think you will ever be like your father you listen to me niklaus mikaelson that is not the case, and it never will be. You are an amazing person, you are the best person I know. and you will be an amazing father, I saw how you cared for you younger siblings and I know you better than anyone so trust my judgement. You will be an amzing father. Do you understand me?’
You told him holding the back of his neck tenderly as elijah usually does to him in emotional moments, so he looked at you eyes shining with tears and nodded at you.
‘do you understand me?’ you asked again tenderly but firmly
‘yes’ he replied weakly
‘good. I love you brother’ you told him before hugging him tightly as he reciprocated hug.
‘I’m not going to lie it’s going to be difficult. your life has changed forever but me and elijah will help you. have you noticed or not elijah became a parent since you were born, and I as soon as I got myself into your crazy family’ you reassured him
‘I’m not a child!’ he scoffed
‘but you usually act like one. Also we will use your situation as our run trial for children. See? Nothing to worry about’ you told him sincerely, in his reply he hugged you again that meaning a thousand words
‘what about elijah?’ he asked insecure, the idea of having disappointed the brother he had looked up to his entire life made his blood freeze
‘he loves you niki, we both do. Nothing could drive him away from you, especially this. And see you stand up to your responsibility will only make him love you even more. There is nothing to worry about. Trust me I know your brother better than I know myself’ you comforted him sincerely as he just nodded still hugging you
‘enough of sad stuff let’s celebrate now!’ you told him when he let you go and he chuckled at that
Way too many drinks after.
‘What do you think the levelheaded noble responsible elijah would think if he saw us right now?’
‘Don’t talk about my sweet handsome boyfriend like that niki.’ You warned him
‘He is my brother I have rights to tease him’
‘true’
‘so what would your sweet handsome boyfriend think if he saw us right now?’ he mocked you
‘see that’s better. Well I think he would be very disappointed that his underage brother and his girlfriend sneaked out in the middle of the night to drink and probably pass out here. He would scold us but deep down have a laugh because he loves us’
‘something like that sweetheart’ a calm voice said behind you two
You and klaus turned your heads toward the voice
Elijah stood in front of you, he was wearing the long coat he had worn this morning to go to work, and a simple shirt and trousers, missing the jacket and the tie of his attire. still he was elegant and perfect but not quite as always. his hair was combed but a bit messy singling he had been in a rush and although having taken the time to look decent he had not endured in his usual perfect attire. Still he looked handsome as ever.
‘eli!’ you cheered getting up and throwing yourself at him and drawing him for a kiss. he complied helping you steady yourself although his scolding look remained, he could not negate you anything
‘you are drunk my love’ he replied as the kiss ended, looking at you before helping you sit back on the stool, his arm around your waist worried you were going to fall
‘maybe a little! But don’t be mad ‘Lijha! We had our reasons’ you wine as you lean on him
He could not be angry at any of you, and you all new that. Also he found you adorable when you were tipsy even if he did not like it. you got particularly clingy and winy and that made him chuckle. He himself had never been drunk in his life, being to composed and responsible for it, hence since he could remember he has been the safe drinking friend of the family and you. you always felt safe with him knowing that he got you, and would protect you from others and from yourself.
He kissed the side of your head tenderly to let you know that it was okay, a fond smile escaping his lips before he fell back in the role of the adult
‘so this is what you two do when I’m home after a long day at work trying to finance our whole family. you two sneak out for a drunken night like some irresponsible teenager?’ he asks his eyes darting between you and his brother
‘so tell me, what was the reason for well this’ he asked his brother as you stayed silent
‘elijah you did not need to come’ klaus replied annoyed not looking at his older brother
‘you see nikalus. when I woke up in my empty bed with a note that my lovely girlfriend had gone out in the middle of the night because my favorite little brother needed help I think it’s in my duty and right to go check on the two person I care the most about’ he replied adjusting his sleeves
‘aww you hear him niki? He loves us’ you say before drawing him for another kiss and snuglling at his side that made him chuckle, as he held you close as you rested your head on his shoulder
‘little brother, care to elaborate?’ he prompted again
‘sod of elijah’ klaus says not looking at him and annoyed
‘we are going to asses you two’s poor judgment tomorrow morning, now we are going to focus on the matter that brought you two here tonight’ he said sitting on the stool close to you, in response klaus tried to drink his drink but elijah was faster taking the glasses from both klaus and your hand as the younger mikaelson let out a grown in disappointment
‘I’m going to take these, you two had enough’ eliajh says taking your drinks and drowning them, than he adjusts his sleeves before speaking again
‘so niklaus, what could not wait until morning?’ klaus remained silent as elijah waited patiently
‘my love could you fill me in as niklaus seems to have lost his tongue’ elijah tried with you giving you his best seductive smile but you remained silent too, suddenly interest in the floor as you looked at it
‘nikalus?’ he tried again
‘come on niki tell him, he will find out sooner or later’ you tried starting to become exhausted by the situation but klaus remained silent clenching his jaw in shame and fear.
‘find out what’ elijah asked panic rising in him as he stadied his voice
Elijah understood klaus was not going to speak so he tried with you again, turning to you and giving you that smile again, his hand resting on you knee
‘y/n if you tell me what is going on when we get home I’m going to do that thing you like so much’ he said seductively, his hand on your thigh as his thumb drew invisible circles on your jeans, your eyes darting to him in lust as you straightened your back very interested in his offer as heat rose in you
‘So do we have a deal?’ he added his other hand adjusting a strain of your hair. It was too much, the combination of his promise, his hands on you, the alcohol in your system and klaus silence, so you gave in. blame it to the alcohol or to your boyfriend that looked like a Greek statue, so you spoke.
‘eli we are going to be an uncle and an aunt!’ you cheered clapping your hands, the alcohol of the night starting to affect you more than you wanted to admit
‘what did you say?’ elijah asked in shock, his face loosing color as his eyes darted to his brother
‘hayley is pregnant’ klaus finally spoke still not looking at elijah
‘what? The girl from the crescent pack society? The one you woke up in her bed last month when you forgot our brunch?’ he asked, his mind connecting the dots as you took klaus hand in your own as a comforting gesture
‘yep’ klaus replied making the ‘P’ pop and fidgeting with the empty glass ‘and yes we are sure its mine and that she is pregnant’ klaus continues, elijah makes sign to the bartender that refills his glass. He drowns it.
‘brother..’ elijah replied his tone gentle and understanding even if he was at loss of word, that was something new.
‘before you ask I thought I used protections but apparently not’
‘what has the girl decided?’ elijah asks, still klaus does not look at him, you are glued to your seat as your hand draws pattern’s on klaus’s hand
‘that she is keeping it. Obviously we don’t love each others and she is not expecting us to become a couple or move together. but she wishes I would be man enough to be part of the child life and help her’
‘niklaus..’ elijah says when he is interrupted
‘don’t scold me about my duties toward that child and honor and to live up to my actions, brother. I know it very well or I wouldn’t here be getting drunk with your girlfriend while contemplating my fate’ klaus says frustrated finally looking at elijah. His expression plain like always. And every fiber of kalus body is burning hoping his brother, his savior, is not judging him or being disappointed by him. blame it on the alcohol but klaus was vulnerable in this moment.
‘I see, you don’t need a lecture from me. But still I want to ask you do you want this child brother? Either answers are in your rights’ elijah tone is tender, and klaus relaxes understanding his brother really cares and that gives him the strength to reply as he did not expect this question
‘no. yes. I don’t know. I never thought that was something I had to worry about. I always through that first mikaelson new born would be from you two or freya, not me!’ he says his head in his hands ‘you two doing the nasty since I can recall and me the causal guy get a girl pregnant, what were the odds’ he tries to humor but elijah doesn’t fall for it
‘please refrain from addressing our sexual life to avoid the question, brother, and also generally’ elijah said hiding a smile as you just laughed ‘he has a point…’ you say as elijah squints his eyes at you
‘I don’t know, after the initial panic, the idea made me smile, before panic took over again’ klaus replies sincerely
‘this believe it or not is how people describe parenthood. I know the conditions are not ideal and this is not something you expect but I’m proud of your choice brother’ elijah says standing up after being sure you can stay on the stool without falling, he moves to klaus and squeezes his brother shoulder reassuringly giving him a smile, klaus finally looks at him and in elijah’s eyes can’t find nothing but love and understanding
‘it’s the end of being with head in the clouds isn’t it’ he states
‘when it comes to you I highly doubt that but you are not alone, we are here for you as we shall be always’ elijah says hugging him, klaus complies, snuzzling his face in his brother’s shoulder as when they were kids. The unspoken statement about Mikael lingering the air
‘you will be an amazing father niklaus, trust my judgment brother’ elijah says looking at klaus in the eyes, his hand on the back of klaus neck drawing patterns with his thumb, before elijah looks at you a silent conversation going on between you two
‘you should move in back with us’ he adds as you squealed in agreement ‘We could rent a two bedroom apartment near your university so that the child is still close to their mother. A college dorm is not an ideal place to raise a child if we can avoid it’
‘no. you two love your flat’ klaus says his eyes wide, this is too much, he is grateful for the help but he already feels like a burden he doesn’t want to make things worse
‘but we love you more’ you tell him ruffling his curls as elijah hums in agreement
‘I don’t know what to say’ klaus replies his eyes watery
‘nothing. We are family’ you say ‘we stick together as one always and forever’ elijah adds
Klaus hugs elijah again, and he seem so small as when they were children as he keeps his brother close, overwhelmed with emotions
‘room for one more?’ you ask as klaus draws you in the group hug before elijah kisses the top of your head
‘wait until Rebekah finds out, she will spoil that child’ elijah humors but instead klaus face falls, he realizes that sooner or later the entire family will know
‘father..’ he starts and you hug him closer
‘father will not come near the child niklaus, you have my word. And I’m sure mother and our siblings will help us if we need so. Freya will not let her nephew or niece be without a family, even if she has to excuse her precious father’ elijah comforts klaus that just nods in agreement.
Mikael refused to pay for their maintenance, not that the two brothers would accept the money, but their mother gave them only a small allowance in secret that elijah and klaus were too proud to accept but that you took in every month and divided in their banks accounts, you all pretending it wasn’t like that.
The three of you stay like that for a bit longer before elijah speaks
‘come. I’m not letting you drive home’ elijah says, paying for the drinks and letting you all go, you have problems standing straight so elijah picks you up in his arms bridal style as you giggle and snuzzle in his chest
Klaus follows behind opening the door of the car for elijah where he places you in the backset and kisses your forehead feeling you fall asleep already. Klaus takes the passenger seat and elijah gives a fond look at you with the rear mirror as he sees you sleeping. Then he squeezes his brother’s arm one last time before starting the car and driving home.
the three of you, a 24 years old legal intern, a 22 years old college student and a just freshly tuned 20 years old artist with side jobs now had a baby to grew. The conditions were far from ideal but you all knew something. this baby would grow up to be loved by this strange little family. that was your only certainty in a world without Hope.
You are the one taken by the hollow, not elijah. How far will the family go to get you back and how it’s going to affect your relationship with him?
rewriting of season 4 episodes 9-11. in this is you who gets taken not him. does not follow completely the same the episodes. includes also your platonic relationship with the others and flashbacks of new scenes of you and elijah in the centuries. first two parts follow the show closely.
genre: angst and fluff with happy ending
Notes: The first two parts are mostly rewrite of the episode featuring you and I added some scenes. the rest is my interpretation of what the storyline could be with you, featuring again heavy canon rewritten but mostly made up scenes
Warning: temporary character de4th but with happy ending, canon violence/threats, grief, lots of angst, fluff, main character death and resurrection
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading. do not translate or appropriate my work
rewriting of season 4 episodes 9-11. in this is you who gets taken by the hollow not him. does not follow completely the same the episodes. includes also your platonic relationship with the others and flashbacks of new scenes of you and elijah in the centuries. first two parts follow the show closely.
Part 2 The Rescue - summary:
elijah deals with you being kidnapped. the family and elijah come rescue you
genre: angst and fluff (flashbacks) with happy ending
Notes:
The first two parts are mostly rewrite of the episode featuring you and I added some scenes. the rest is my interpretation of what the storyline could be with you, featuring again heavy canon rewritten but mostly made up scenes
Warning: temporary character de4th but with happy ending, canon violence/threats, grief, lots of angst, fluff, main character death and resurrection
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading. do not translate or appropriate my work
I rewatched season 4 a few months ago and now finally managed to finish this series. A few days ago i found the story ‘Hollowed Trap’ by the incredible talented @xxwritemeastoryxx and realised that my part 1 and 2 of the story are similar (as follow the episode and both use dialogue from the show) to their ‘Hollowed Trap’ still i would like to ankoweldge it having them published it before. They are a terrific writer and all their stories are amazing check them out.
Freya and Vincent were trying to find a solution, failing to find a spell or a dark object in which to trap the hollow.
‘you know. it’s funny how five years ago we were in the same position and you decided to sacrifice Davina. Is y/n’s life just more worth?’ Vincent accused the witch
‘y/n is my sister-in-law. Okay? And I regret what I did to Davina every single day’
‘y/n is probably the only mikaelson I can tolerate, I thought she was better then all of you, more caring, less of a killing spree, but then when it came to protect your family, guilt or no she did everything to save you not caring about the others. So she is just as rotten at the rest of you and I think we are just wasting our time trying to find a loophole when her death is inevitable’
‘whatever you think I’m not giving up. Her death will break this family, especially Klaus. And I can’t even think of what it will do to elijah’ freya stated her own grief rising
‘is it really giving up though freya? y/n is a thousand years old. How many lifetimes are going to be enough? She lived 20 times the lifespan of the people she fed on. And Elijah? They have been together 10-20 lifetimes when most of use lose who we love in a few decades’
‘I get it okay? You hate us. But that for me is not enough to let my sister-in-law die to stop some monster that has nothing to do with her’
‘you as the rest of them don’t get it! There’s no other choice, no option. You are the oldest family in the world you have seen empires rise and fall everything dies !’ he shouted
‘not y/n. not today, okay? We already lost my brother finn- Wait. I’ve find the solution!’ freya exclaimed
-.-.-.
Elijah always drank from a glass, it was a matter of composure but right now maybe for the first time in a millennium he was drinking straight from the bottle of liquor, now empty when previously was untouched.
klaus stopped at the door of elijah’s study, looking at his big brother, pain written all over his feature not only at the thought of his sister-in-law, his best friend, in danger but at the sight of his brother in pain.
elijah hears Klaus at the door frame ‘you know she is afraid of the sleeping alone in the dark?’ he says speaking about you
Klaus shakes his head entering the room
‘It reminds her still of when she was little and the night her family was killed and she was brought by mikeal in our house, little she knew at the time that it had been him’
‘when we were human and still children more than teenagers one night I couldn’t sleep and as I paced around in the tent we then called house I saw her. she was so afraid of the dark she could not sleep but father had taken away her candle, saying she was too old for a light in the dark. so I told her I would stay there with her until she fell asleep if she wanted to. You should have seen her eyes, she really thought I could protect her. after that night as of her request i would sneak in and hold her until she fell asleep, it was there i started to realize that i loved her’ he continues, giving his brother only his shoulder as he looks in the fireplace
‘you never told me this’ said Klaus, eyes watery as he steps further in the room
‘it was our secret. but that is not the point. when i asked her to marry me i promised her she would not need to spend another night fearing the dark. Because I would be there, always and forever until the end of time, I would hold her and protect her from the night. No one would get her again, not until I was there’ he says anger rising in him
‘I failed my own wedding vows, niklaus, i left her alone to give marcel that devilish dagger’ he stands up and looks at klaus starting to loose his classical calm
‘and exactly what she feared happened. she was taken in the night and now she is somewhere, a stake in her back fighting for her life’ he throws the glass that shatters colliding with the wall, Klaus flinches
Elijah voice rises still with composure although his body language is all but composed ‘I gave her my word and broke it, what kind of man am i? What kind of husband am I?’ he said voice trembling
‘brother..’ says klaus looking down, elijah’s face contorts in pain at the thought of you in pain
‘I can’t loose her Niklaus, you might think that after 1000 year it could be time, that I would be ready to let go. but it isn’t. i love her more than when we were human if that even possible, before the little innocence was taken from us. I can’t live without her, i won’t’ he says voice breaking as a tear rolls down his eye,
klaus comes nearer tears treating to fall from his eyes too, he places a reassuring hand on Elijah’s neck, looking him in the eyes ‘I assure you brother that we will bring her home, and we will make pay who tried to take her from us. from you’ he vows
Elijah hugs Klaus for a few moments trying to suppress the cry that is threatening to fall
‘come, freya has some news’ he tells him as elijah nods before exiting the room with him
As they walk, Klaus keeps his hand on Elijah’s shoulder to comfort him, when in the corridor they are met by little Hope. Hope is a child but can see clearly that both her father and uncle are completely devastated.
‘dad? Uncle Elijah?’ hope asks them
‘hope’ Elijah says trying to find his composure and give his niece a smile while Klaus says ‘sweety. I didn’t see you there’
Hope looks at them timidly ‘aunt y/n is sick, isn’t she?’, Elijah does his best to not make his face fall, while Klaus squeezes his brother shoulder before kneeling at his daughter eye level
‘aunt y/n is very sick’ he tells her honestly but tenderly
‘well can we help her?’ she asks, her eyes darting between the two men ‘we are doing everything that we can. I can promise you that’ klaus vows, his words intended also towards Elijah which is staying silent, afraid to speak
‘maybe I can help aunt freya do a spell to make her feel better?’ hope asks hopefully
‘that’s very brave of you’ Elijah tells her before klaus can speak ‘but there is no necessity honey, thank you anyhow for your sweet thought’ Elijah says trying to give her a smile, but the child is seven not stupid. She moves away from her father and stands in front of her uncle, he looks at her uncertain of her next move, but then she hugs him and he reciprocate a single tear falling down his eye
‘she will soon be better I’m sure’ hope states during the hug ‘mom says aunt y/n is the strongest person she has ever met’ Elijah smiles at that, locking eyes with Klaus that is smiling sadly at the picture in front of him
Elijah pats the child’s hair before letting her go, as he looks at her he states, his tone warm, ‘and you mum as always is quite right’
-.-..-.-.
‘Vincent said the ancestors can trap the hollow but an original must die, if y/n is going to one way or another we can take her sacrifice and I can try place her soul in a pendant’ explained freya to Klaus, elijah and hayley, herself not keen of the idea
‘what do you mean with try sister’ asked Elijah even less keen of the idea, his fingertips tapping the table
‘look it won’t be easy, we need to find her and it will need all of my magic. And y/n has been poisoned for some time. there is…. There is a chance she won’t survive the process’ freya says defeated as Hayley‘s eyes tear up.
klaus paced around the room in silence as elijah’s knuckles turned white by how much strength he was putting in holding the door, his fingers leaving a trace on the doorframe because of the pressure. He was thinking of a better solution, but he was not finding one, still the idea of risking your life was something beyond comprehension for him
‘but I would survive’ said Klaus an idea coming to his mind as elijah’s eyes widened at Klaus’s idea
‘klaus’ said freya warning him
‘you can channel my death to imprison the hollow before she kills y/n. yes I will be in the pendant and the rest of you can find her, cure her and bring her home’ he said convinced
‘niklaus, I’m not trading your life for y/n’s’ elijah said stepping from the door closer to his brother, his tone leaving no space for argument
‘this is insane’ said Hayley agreeing
‘that evil wench if not killed will come for hope’ said Klaus as the other shacked their heads
‘sacrifice me, save y/n and kill the hollow. this is the only way’ klaus said convinced to an extent that most people in the room had never seen on him, he was not thinking about it twice. The two most important people of his life, his daughter and his best friend life were at stakes and if he could save them damn the risk.
‘nikalus I can’t ask you to die even if temporary. It should be me, she is my wife and she would kick us both for even considering it’ Elijah told him, as much as he knew this plan was good he could not risk losing also his little brother, the person he raised, and which redemption was his life purpose. If someone should be sacrificed for you it should be himself. Elijah was your husband, he would die for you in heartbeat, and consider it his honor and joy. You meant to him more than life, as you were his life.
‘we don’t have time to debate this. you are not asking elijah, I’m offering. y/n is my best friend and you know how much I care for her. You go save her, she needs you. It’s going to be okay.’ Klaus told him squeezing Elijah’s shoulder
Elijah thought about it for a moment, his eyes on the floor, then he raised his gaze, his eyes watery and nodded, Klaus let out a breath he did not know he was holding and reciprocated the hug when elijah hugged him tight
‘thank you niklaus, you have my gratitude’ he said holding the younger’s neck as he spoke
‘my pleasure. And also I can’t wait to brag to y/n how I saved her from now to eternity’ said Klaus smirking ‘work your magic sister’ he replied
none of them liked the plan but it was the best they could do, he gave the pendant to freya who took it reluctantly
–.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Klaus was to be sacrificed by Vincent as marcel tricked the hollow and freya, Elijah and Hayley would save you. But then plan was not working out as the marcel failed killing the hollow as witches prevented Klaus from being sacrificed.
The two older mikaelsons and hayley arrived at the hut. They all attacked the guards of the hut killing them. Elijah rushed to you, stopping as he took in how in pain you looked. you were on the floor, eyes closed, a stake through you and visibly in pain, you could almost not move and your natural s/c skin was now a pale grey.
‘y/n!’ elijah shouted as he ran to you before being stop by an invisible barrier
‘eli..?’ you asked weakly opening your eyes and rising your head at the sound of his voice
He knelt on the floor to be the closest he could to you
‘I’m here my love, we are going to get you out. We need to break the barrier’ he told you trying to reassure you with a smile that not reached his eyes
‘you need to get out, she could come back any minute’ you tell him worrying for them. You already got your wish to see him one last time before dying, now you can’t risk that the hollow follows her promise to send him too in the afterlife
‘I’m not leaving without you’ he vows, almost offended at you for having suggested that, you know that he is not leaving space for an argument.
‘we must rush then’ you tell him as hope runs in you again, maybe you were really getting out of there
‘freya is working on it’ he reassures you
You tilted your head seeing freya chanting
‘you found me’ you chuckled trying to move closer to him as much as the barrier and the pain allowed you to
‘always’ he smiled back ‘hang on, I will take you out’ he reassures you, every fiber of his body wishing to have you in his arms, safe and well, his eyes glued on you taking in your drenched state, your pajama now bloody and ruined
‘now you understand why I hate sleeping alone’ you replied even in this state never losing an occasion to make a sassy remark, but instead his face falls plagued by guilt
‘I know. I should have never left you, please forgive me’ he begged you, never breaking eye contact from you, he fears that if he does the next time he will turn to look at you, you will be dead
‘eli it’s not your fault.’ You tell him sincerely, as pain pierced through you. You know that the guilt would eat him alive and he would believe is his fault even if it isn’t. ‘in case I don’t make It I need to tell you-’ you said realizing this could be the last chance you have to tell him how much you love him
‘no y/n. you will tell me when you are out, when you are in my embrace again. And this time I will never let you go again. Okay? You need to stop talking and save your strength, my love, please’ he begs you shaking his head not even wanting to hear what you believe to be your dying confession
You nod at him knowing arguing would only cuase him pain
‘where is niki?’ you ask realizing Klaus was not with them. Elijah waited a second considering if to tell you the truth. But he knew you would disapprove the plan. You treated Klaus as your son more than as your best friend, knowing that if you knew that Klaus was getting sacrificed for you you would kill them all yourself.
‘Nicklaus is working on the plan as we speak. don’t worry he is safe. i beg you just hold on’ he lied to you to not worry you, even in this state you worried about the family more than yourself. Elijah never lied to you, but this time he did it to protect you, and in this state as you struggled to keep your eyes open not wanting to look away from him as every second could be the last time you see him you did not detect the lie in his voice.
You let out a cry of pain. it was killing Elijah to see you like this. He felt helpless. He never felt so helpless, so human, seeing the person he loved the most in pain, a heartbeat away from death and not being able to do anything. He could do nothing apart from looking at you, he could not even touch you, comfort you. He just wanted to rush you out of this place or if he couldn’t to at least take your place and be the one to suffer instead. Anything to have you safe.
Freya continued chanting as Hayley guarded the door
‘grab the cure. The barrier is almost done’ said freya to her brother, Elijah nodded reaching for it
Then freya stopped chanting for no apparent reason.
‘freya? What is wrong?’ asked Hayley as Elijah was too busy not being able to tear his eyes from you, the cure ready to be used
Suddenly a wind appeared, knocking the cure out of elijah’s hand and crushing it to the floor ‘no!’ he shouted as he and Hayley rushed towards it.
The hollow entered the hut throwing freya, hayley and elijah towards the wall
The plan was that Klaus would temporary die so the hollow can be sent back in hell while marcel killed her, meanwhile elijah and freya and Hayley would get to you, free you and cure you. But the plan had failed and so Klaus was rushing to you to place your soul in the pendant. It was the only chance for you to survive, as in the weak state you were you could die in the process of getting in the pendant.
Panic went through you, even in that state you worried about elijah, your eyes searching for him in the room as you cried out, you yourself didn’t know if for the pain or worry.
In that moment Klaus entered the door saving Hayley from the hollow, Elijah’s face turned white at the sight of his brother, which presence meant the plain had failed.
‘what happened?’ Elijah asked his brother in worry
‘she knew we were coming’
‘freya!’ he shouted looking at you as you were are your limit as the hollow drained you the grey vein starting to form on your face as your heartbeat slew down. Panic was written all over elijah’s face, a panic you had never seen before, while your face showed only of sorrow and defeat
‘we have no choice. Get y/n into the pendant’ said klaus giving the pendant to freya as he looked at you his heart breaking at the sight
‘sister please!’ shouted Elijah. ‘y/n we are getting you in the pendant hold on ‘ He tried to push past the barrier, punching it with every bit of force he had as he shouted in frustration as the hollow chanted and you struggled to breath, contorting in pain.
‘she is too week’ noted freya
In the last moments of lucidity you turned towards Elijah
‘eli. it’s okay.’ you said knowing this was your end, you give him a smile as he stopped punching the barrier to look at you
‘hurry she is killing her!’ shouted Elijah, freya nodded and grabbed the pendant working her magic
‘y/n, please my love hang on a bit mote, don’t let go, please’ he pleaded you with teary eyes
You wanted to, and you would fight until you could, but the hollow was piercing through you.
‘I can fell y/n but the hollow’s magic is blocking me!’ freya said
‘freya!’ Klaus shouted in pain hurrying his sister to hurry, as he looked at you worry eating him alive, he knew you were moments away from slipping away permanently and he had never been so terrified in his life
‘I love you’ you managed to say looking straight into elijah’s eyes before the last strain of pain pierced through you as you let out a scream ‘no y/n stay awake, I beg you’ he shouted
‘it’s too strong!’ freya cried
At the same time Klaus prompted freya to move as Elijah called your name trying to get your attention
‘elijah!’ you let out a last scream extending your hand trying to reach for him as he banged his fists against the invisible barrier trying to reach you, that is when you turned completely of a dark grey, your head falling down on the floor, your hand with you wedding ring still trying to reach him. he looked at you as your eyes bearing usually a fire became lifeless
‘y/n!’ he screamed, his voice breaking as the barrier fell and the hollow disappeared, the ritual was complete
He didn’t even notice the hollow disappear, everyone falling with the force that the sacrifice had unleashed. He rushed to your side removing the stake from your back taking you in his embrace. The familiar heartbeat he could recognize in a million, the one he was so used to hear next to his, the one he fell asleep next to and woke up to, the one he could recognize even the smallest change, was now gone. In silence he traced your features realization not hitting him, he was still in shock as he looked into your lifeless eyes.
Hayley and Klaus rushed to your side, Klaus touched your arm feeling your skin cold he widened his eyes in horror not able to speak, ‘did it work?’ he managed to ask
everyone turned to look at freya, prompting Elijah to finally speak as hope still pervaded him ‘where is the pendant’ he asked but his sister opened her hand, showing pendant broken as a tear rolled down her eye. elijah shook his head looking at it and then at you
‘no it can’t be’ he said shaking his head and holding your corpse more tightly against himself , his eyes filling with tears as he let out a scream, a scream so inhuman that everyone filched never having heard such despair
‘there has to be a way. She can’t be gone’ he pleaded resting his head against yours as he caressed your cheek as he sobbed
Klaus kneeled down looking at you a tear down his eye ‘elijah listen to me. we will fix the pendant. This is not her end’ he said not knowing himself if it was to convince himself or his brother. Elijah remained silent
‘brother, please, let us bring her home and we will save her’ said Klaus trying to help him up and move you
‘don’t touch her!’ shouted Elijah. klaus took a step back immediately. Hurt in his eyes. He was only trying to help but he knew that his older brother in this state could not understand it. He now saw everyone as a threat to take you away from him.
‘brother, to find a solution we need to go home. please’ klaus pleaded Elijah, as more tears fell down his cheek
Elijah traced your features, a million thoughts of anger pain and loss and memory passing through his mind. He could do nothing now, he was empty in the inside. The moment you had shouted his name in pain he had died with you. Therefore he nodded and stood up keeping your firmly in his embrace bridal style, he did not leave you for a second not tearing his eye away from you lifeless face as he brought you to the car, and then as he brought you home. the rest of the family not dared to speak following you as all of them shed silent tears.
rewriting of season 4 episodes 9-11. in this is you who gets taken by the hollow not him. does not follow completely the same the episodes. includes also your platonic relationship with the others and flashbacks of new scenes of you and elijah in the centuries. first two parts follow the show closely.
elijah deals with you being kidnapped. the family and elijah come rescue you
genre: angst and fluff (flashbacks) with happy ending
Notes:
The first two parts are mostly rewrite of the episode featuring you and I added some scenes. the rest is my interpretation of what the storyline could be with you, featuring again heavy canon rewritten but mostly made up scenes
Warning: temporary character de4th but with happy ending, canon violence/threats, grief, lots of angst, fluff, main character death and resurrection
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading. do not translate or appropriate my work
I rewatched season 4 a few months ago and now finally managed to finish this series. A few days ago i found the story ‘Hollowed Trap’ by the incredible talented @xxwritemeastoryxx and realised that my part 1 and 2 of the story are similar (as follow the episode and both use dialogue from the show) to their ‘Hollowed Trap’ still i would like to ankoweldge it having them published it before. They are a terrific writer and all their stories are amazing check them out.
Freya and Vincent were trying to find a solution, failing to find a spell or a dark object in which to trap the hollow.
‘you know. it’s funny how five years ago we were in the same position and you decided to sacrifice Davina. Is y/n’s life just more worth?’ Vincent accused the witch
‘y/n is my sister-in-law. Okay? And I regret what I did to Davina every single day’
‘y/n is probably the only mikaelson I can tolerate, I thought she was better then all of you, more caring, less of a killing spree, but then when it came to protect your family, guilt or no she did everything to save you not caring about the others. So she is just as rotten at the rest of you and I think we are just wasting our time trying to find a loophole when her death is inevitable’
‘whatever you think I’m not giving up. Her death will break this family, especially Klaus. And I can’t even think of what it will do to elijah’ freya stated her own grief rising
‘is it really giving up though freya? y/n is a thousand years old. How many lifetimes are going to be enough? She lived 20 times the lifespan of the people she fed on. And Elijah? They have been together 10-20 lifetimes when most of use lose who we love in a few decades’
‘I get it okay? You hate us. But that for me is not enough to let my sister-in-law die to stop some monster that has nothing to do with her’
‘you as the rest of them don’t get it! There’s no other choice, no option. You are the oldest family in the world you have seen empires rise and fall everything dies !’ he shouted
‘not y/n. not today, okay? We already lost my brother finn- Wait. I’ve find the solution!’ freya exclaimed
-.-.-.
Elijah always drank from a glass, it was a matter of composure but right now maybe for the first time in a millennium he was drinking straight from the bottle of liquor, now empty when previously was untouched.
klaus stopped at the door of elijah’s study, looking at his big brother, pain written all over his feature not only at the thought of his sister-in-law, his best friend, in danger but at the sight of his brother in pain.
elijah hears Klaus at the door frame ‘you know she is afraid of the sleeping alone in the dark?’ he says speaking about you
Klaus shakes his head entering the room
‘It reminds her still of when she was little and the night her family was killed and she was brought by mikeal in our house, little she knew at the time that it had been him’
‘when we were human and still children more than teenagers one night I couldn’t sleep and as I paced around in the tent we then called house I saw her. she was so afraid of the dark she could not sleep but father had taken away her candle, saying she was too old for a light in the dark. so I told her I would stay there with her until she fell asleep if she wanted to. You should have seen her eyes, she really thought I could protect her. after that night as of her request i would sneak in and hold her until she fell asleep, it was there i started to realize that i loved her’ he continues, giving his brother only his shoulder as he looks in the fireplace
‘you never told me this’ said Klaus, eyes watery as he steps further in the room
‘it was our secret. but that is not the point. when i asked her to marry me i promised her she would not need to spend another night fearing the dark. Because I would be there, always and forever until the end of time, I would hold her and protect her from the night. No one would get her again, not until I was there’ he says anger rising in him
‘I failed my own wedding vows, niklaus, i left her alone to give marcel that devilish dagger’ he stands up and looks at klaus starting to loose his classical calm
‘and exactly what she feared happened. she was taken in the night and now she is somewhere, a stake in her back fighting for her life’ he throws the glass that shatters colliding with the wall, Klaus flinches
Elijah voice rises still with composure although his body language is all but composed ‘I gave her my word and broke it, what kind of man am i? What kind of husband am I?’ he said voice trembling
‘brother..’ says klaus looking down, elijah’s face contorts in pain at the thought of you in pain
‘I can’t loose her Niklaus, you might think that after 1000 year it could be time, that I would be ready to let go. but it isn’t. i love her more than when we were human if that even possible, before the little innocence was taken from us. I can’t live without her, i won’t’ he says voice breaking as a tear rolls down his eye,
klaus comes nearer tears treating to fall from his eyes too, he places a reassuring hand on Elijah’s neck, looking him in the eyes ‘I assure you brother that we will bring her home, and we will make pay who tried to take her from us. from you’ he vows
Elijah hugs Klaus for a few moments trying to suppress the cry that is threatening to fall
‘come, freya has some news’ he tells him as elijah nods before exiting the room with him
As they walk, Klaus keeps his hand on Elijah’s shoulder to comfort him, when in the corridor they are met by little Hope. Hope is a child but can see clearly that both her father and uncle are completely devastated.
‘dad? Uncle Elijah?’ hope asks them
‘hope’ Elijah says trying to find his composure and give his niece a smile while Klaus says ‘sweety. I didn’t see you there’
Hope looks at them timidly ‘aunt y/n is sick, isn’t she?’, Elijah does his best to not make his face fall, while Klaus squeezes his brother shoulder before kneeling at his daughter eye level
‘aunt y/n is very sick’ he tells her honestly but tenderly
‘well can we help her?’ she asks, her eyes darting between the two men ‘we are doing everything that we can. I can promise you that’ klaus vows, his words intended also towards Elijah which is staying silent, afraid to speak
‘maybe I can help aunt freya do a spell to make her feel better?’ hope asks hopefully
‘that’s very brave of you’ Elijah tells her before klaus can speak ‘but there is no necessity honey, thank you anyhow for your sweet thought’ Elijah says trying to give her a smile, but the child is seven not stupid. She moves away from her father and stands in front of her uncle, he looks at her uncertain of her next move, but then she hugs him and he reciprocate a single tear falling down his eye
‘she will soon be better I’m sure’ hope states during the hug ‘mom says aunt y/n is the strongest person she has ever met’ Elijah smiles at that, locking eyes with Klaus that is smiling sadly at the picture in front of him
Elijah pats the child’s hair before letting her go, as he looks at her he states, his tone warm, ‘and you mum as always is quite right’
-.-..-.-.
‘Vincent said the ancestors can trap the hollow but an original must die, if y/n is going to one way or another we can take her sacrifice and I can try place her soul in a pendant’ explained freya to Klaus, elijah and hayley, herself not keen of the idea
‘what do you mean with try sister’ asked Elijah even less keen of the idea, his fingertips tapping the table
‘look it won’t be easy, we need to find her and it will need all of my magic. And y/n has been poisoned for some time. there is…. There is a chance she won’t survive the process’ freya says defeated as Hayley‘s eyes tear up.
klaus paced around the room in silence as elijah’s knuckles turned white by how much strength he was putting in holding the door, his fingers leaving a trace on the doorframe because of the pressure. He was thinking of a better solution, but he was not finding one, still the idea of risking your life was something beyond comprehension for him
‘but I would survive’ said Klaus an idea coming to his mind as elijah’s eyes widened at Klaus’s idea
‘klaus’ said freya warning him
‘you can channel my death to imprison the hollow before she kills y/n. yes I will be in the pendant and the rest of you can find her, cure her and bring her home’ he said convinced
‘niklaus, I’m not trading your life for y/n’s’ elijah said stepping from the door closer to his brother, his tone leaving no space for argument
‘this is insane’ said Hayley agreeing
‘that evil wench if not killed will come for hope’ said Klaus as the other shacked their heads
‘sacrifice me, save y/n and kill the hollow. this is the only way’ klaus said convinced to an extent that most people in the room had never seen on him, he was not thinking about it twice. The two most important people of his life, his daughter and his best friend life were at stakes and if he could save them damn the risk.
‘nikalus I can’t ask you to die even if temporary. It should be me, she is my wife and she would kick us both for even considering it’ Elijah told him, as much as he knew this plan was good he could not risk losing also his little brother, the person he raised, and which redemption was his life purpose. If someone should be sacrificed for you it should be himself. Elijah was your husband, he would die for you in heartbeat, and consider it his honor and joy. You meant to him more than life, as you were his life.
‘we don’t have time to debate this. you are not asking elijah, I’m offering. y/n is my best friend and you know how much I care for her. You go save her, she needs you. It’s going to be okay.’ Klaus told him squeezing Elijah’s shoulder
Elijah thought about it for a moment, his eyes on the floor, then he raised his gaze, his eyes watery and nodded, Klaus let out a breath he did not know he was holding and reciprocated the hug when elijah hugged him tight
‘thank you niklaus, you have my gratitude’ he said holding the younger’s neck as he spoke
‘my pleasure. And also I can’t wait to brag to y/n how I saved her from now to eternity’ said Klaus smirking ‘work your magic sister’ he replied
none of them liked the plan but it was the best they could do, he gave the pendant to freya who took it reluctantly
–.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Klaus was to be sacrificed by Vincent as marcel tricked the hollow and freya, Elijah and Hayley would save you. But then plan was not working out as the marcel failed killing the hollow as witches prevented Klaus from being sacrificed.
The two older mikaelsons and hayley arrived at the hut. They all attacked the guards of the hut killing them. Elijah rushed to you, stopping as he took in how in pain you looked. you were on the floor, eyes closed, a stake through you and visibly in pain, you could almost not move and your natural s/c skin was now a pale grey.
‘y/n!’ elijah shouted as he ran to you before being stop by an invisible barrier
‘eli..?’ you asked weakly opening your eyes and rising your head at the sound of his voice
He knelt on the floor to be the closest he could to you
‘I’m here my love, we are going to get you out. We need to break the barrier’ he told you trying to reassure you with a smile that not reached his eyes
‘you need to get out, she could come back any minute’ you tell him worrying for them. You already got your wish to see him one last time before dying, now you can’t risk that the hollow follows her promise to send him too in the afterlife
‘I’m not leaving without you’ he vows, almost offended at you for having suggested that, you know that he is not leaving space for an argument.
‘we must rush then’ you tell him as hope runs in you again, maybe you were really getting out of there
‘freya is working on it’ he reassures you
You tilted your head seeing freya chanting
‘you found me’ you chuckled trying to move closer to him as much as the barrier and the pain allowed you to
‘always’ he smiled back ‘hang on, I will take you out’ he reassures you, every fiber of his body wishing to have you in his arms, safe and well, his eyes glued on you taking in your drenched state, your pajama now bloody and ruined
‘now you understand why I hate sleeping alone’ you replied even in this state never losing an occasion to make a sassy remark, but instead his face falls plagued by guilt
‘I know. I should have never left you, please forgive me’ he begged you, never breaking eye contact from you, he fears that if he does the next time he will turn to look at you, you will be dead
‘eli it’s not your fault.’ You tell him sincerely, as pain pierced through you. You know that the guilt would eat him alive and he would believe is his fault even if it isn’t. ‘in case I don’t make It I need to tell you-’ you said realizing this could be the last chance you have to tell him how much you love him
‘no y/n. you will tell me when you are out, when you are in my embrace again. And this time I will never let you go again. Okay? You need to stop talking and save your strength, my love, please’ he begs you shaking his head not even wanting to hear what you believe to be your dying confession
You nod at him knowing arguing would only cuase him pain
‘where is niki?’ you ask realizing Klaus was not with them. Elijah waited a second considering if to tell you the truth. But he knew you would disapprove the plan. You treated Klaus as your son more than as your best friend, knowing that if you knew that Klaus was getting sacrificed for you you would kill them all yourself.
‘Nicklaus is working on the plan as we speak. don’t worry he is safe. i beg you just hold on’ he lied to you to not worry you, even in this state you worried about the family more than yourself. Elijah never lied to you, but this time he did it to protect you, and in this state as you struggled to keep your eyes open not wanting to look away from him as every second could be the last time you see him you did not detect the lie in his voice.
You let out a cry of pain. it was killing Elijah to see you like this. He felt helpless. He never felt so helpless, so human, seeing the person he loved the most in pain, a heartbeat away from death and not being able to do anything. He could do nothing apart from looking at you, he could not even touch you, comfort you. He just wanted to rush you out of this place or if he couldn’t to at least take your place and be the one to suffer instead. Anything to have you safe.
Freya continued chanting as Hayley guarded the door
‘grab the cure. The barrier is almost done’ said freya to her brother, Elijah nodded reaching for it
Then freya stopped chanting for no apparent reason.
‘freya? What is wrong?’ asked Hayley as Elijah was too busy not being able to tear his eyes from you, the cure ready to be used
Suddenly a wind appeared, knocking the cure out of elijah’s hand and crushing it to the floor ‘no!’ he shouted as he and Hayley rushed towards it.
The hollow entered the hut throwing freya, hayley and elijah towards the wall
The plan was that Klaus would temporary die so the hollow can be sent back in hell while marcel killed her, meanwhile elijah and freya and Hayley would get to you, free you and cure you. But the plan had failed and so Klaus was rushing to you to place your soul in the pendant. It was the only chance for you to survive, as in the weak state you were you could die in the process of getting in the pendant.
Panic went through you, even in that state you worried about elijah, your eyes searching for him in the room as you cried out, you yourself didn’t know if for the pain or worry.
In that moment Klaus entered the door saving Hayley from the hollow, Elijah’s face turned white at the sight of his brother, which presence meant the plain had failed.
‘what happened?’ Elijah asked his brother in worry
‘she knew we were coming’
‘freya!’ he shouted looking at you as you were are your limit as the hollow drained you the grey vein starting to form on your face as your heartbeat slew down. Panic was written all over elijah’s face, a panic you had never seen before, while your face showed only of sorrow and defeat
‘we have no choice. Get y/n into the pendant’ said klaus giving the pendant to freya as he looked at you his heart breaking at the sight
‘sister please!’ shouted Elijah. ‘y/n we are getting you in the pendant hold on ‘ He tried to push past the barrier, punching it with every bit of force he had as he shouted in frustration as the hollow chanted and you struggled to breath, contorting in pain.
‘she is too week’ noted freya
In the last moments of lucidity you turned towards Elijah
‘eli. it’s okay.’ you said knowing this was your end, you give him a smile as he stopped punching the barrier to look at you
‘hurry she is killing her!’ shouted Elijah, freya nodded and grabbed the pendant working her magic
‘y/n, please my love hang on a bit mote, don’t let go, please’ he pleaded you with teary eyes
You wanted to, and you would fight until you could, but the hollow was piercing through you.
‘I can fell y/n but the hollow’s magic is blocking me!’ freya said
‘freya!’ Klaus shouted in pain hurrying his sister to hurry, as he looked at you worry eating him alive, he knew you were moments away from slipping away permanently and he had never been so terrified in his life
‘I love you’ you managed to say looking straight into elijah’s eyes before the last strain of pain pierced through you as you let out a scream ‘no y/n stay awake, I beg you’ he shouted
‘it’s too strong!’ freya cried
At the same time Klaus prompted freya to move as Elijah called your name trying to get your attention
‘elijah!’ you let out a last scream extending your hand trying to reach for him as he banged his fists against the invisible barrier trying to reach you, that is when you turned completely of a dark grey, your head falling down on the floor, your hand with you wedding ring still trying to reach him. he looked at you as your eyes bearing usually a fire became lifeless
‘y/n!’ he screamed, his voice breaking as the barrier fell and the hollow disappeared, the ritual was complete
He didn’t even notice the hollow disappear, everyone falling with the force that the sacrifice had unleashed. He rushed to your side removing the stake from your back taking you in his embrace. The familiar heartbeat he could recognize in a million, the one he was so used to hear next to his, the one he fell asleep next to and woke up to, the one he could recognize even the smallest change, was now gone. In silence he traced your features realization not hitting him, he was still in shock as he looked into your lifeless eyes.
Hayley and Klaus rushed to your side, Klaus touched your arm feeling your skin cold he widened his eyes in horror not able to speak, ‘did it work?’ he managed to ask
everyone turned to look at freya, prompting Elijah to finally speak as hope still pervaded him ‘where is the pendant’ he asked but his sister opened her hand, showing pendant broken as a tear rolled down her eye. elijah shook his head looking at it and then at you
‘no it can’t be’ he said shaking his head and holding your corpse more tightly against himself , his eyes filling with tears as he let out a scream, a scream so inhuman that everyone filched never having heard such despair
‘there has to be a way. She can’t be gone’ he pleaded resting his head against yours as he caressed your cheek as he sobbed
Klaus kneeled down looking at you a tear down his eye ‘elijah listen to me. we will fix the pendant. This is not her end’ he said not knowing himself if it was to convince himself or his brother. Elijah remained silent
‘brother, please, let us bring her home and we will save her’ said Klaus trying to help him up and move you
‘don’t touch her!’ shouted Elijah. klaus took a step back immediately. Hurt in his eyes. He was only trying to help but he knew that his older brother in this state could not understand it. He now saw everyone as a threat to take you away from him.
‘brother, to find a solution we need to go home. please’ klaus pleaded Elijah, as more tears fell down his cheek
Elijah traced your features, a million thoughts of anger pain and loss and memory passing through his mind. He could do nothing now, he was empty in the inside. The moment you had shouted his name in pain he had died with you. Therefore he nodded and stood up keeping your firmly in his embrace bridal style, he did not leave you for a second not tearing his eye away from you lifeless face as he brought you to the car, and then as he brought you home. the rest of the family not dared to speak following you as all of them shed silent tears.
rewriting of season 4 episodes 9-11. in this is you who gets taken by the hollow not him. does not follow completely the same the episodes. includes also your platonic relationship with the others and flashbacks of new scenes of you and elijah in the centuries. first two parts follow the show closely.
Part 3 The Aftermath - summary:
elijah deals with the aftermath of the hollow k!lling you while freya tries to fix the pendant
genre: angst and fluff (flashbacks) with happy ending
Notes:
Warning: temporary character de4th but with happy ending, canon violence/threats, grief, lots of angst, fluff, main character death and resurrection
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading. do not translate or appropriate my work
Elijah laid in the coffin next to you. Differently form the ones of his brothers you had a coffin for two, because even when Klaus daggered you he was not cruel enough to leave you two separated. therefore in the centuries he had laid both you and Elijah in your shared coffin so that even in the dreamless sleep that was being daggered you two would be together.
Therefore as your family had gathered back to the compound trying to find a solution, elijha had brought you back in his arms, not daring to leave you for a second. Klaus had offered to help, that he would have looked after you as Elijah tried searching for a solution, but Elijah had told him that he trusted him and that he would have stayed with you until they had come up with a plan, then he would have brought you home before slaying anyone who had dared to hurt you. He would stop at nothing, even if it meant killing everyone in the city, and when he had told this Klaus, klaus knew well enough that it was true. In the centuries Elijah had been the keeper of Klaus humanity, but you had been his. Without you Elijah would fall into the monster he tried so much to not become, and even worse. Still Klaus was no used to see the flame of revenge in his brother eyes, but he knew that you brought up emotions in elijha that no one else could, good or bad.
Elijah had changed your pajama strained of blood where you had been all day in the hollow’s hut and had placed you in a black dress, fit for the coffin. Hayley had offered to help him clean you and change you but he had explained to her that for viking culture it was a ritual, loved ones prepared the dead for the bury. Even if in this case was a temporal one, he could not stand the idea of having you in bloody ruined clothes while you waited to be resurrected. Still he had not managed without crying so Hayley had helped him change you, her face so mortified having never seen elijah so broken, so human.
After having changed you and placed you in the coffin Hayley had left you alone with elijah, after he had thanked her. And now here he was in your shared coffin. He lied on his elbow at your side tracing your features. But this time it wasn’t after a night of passion as you leaned in his touch as you fell asleep. This time you were dead.
You were in a coffin not your bed and Elijah traced your features not with a content smile but with sorrow and hurt. He traced your lips, the lips which when curled into a smile could fill him with joy, the lips that when collided with his made his heart jump out of his chest. The lips he had kissed good night to just the day before and the only lips that were allowed to call him ‘eli’ and to tell him ‘I love you’, the lips that for him were pure joy now reminded him that you had died screaming for him in pain, your last words had been his name as he wasn’t able to reach you as the hollow took over. He traced your face you y/S/c skin now grey covered in thick grey veins. It looked like a nightmare, but even the cruelest nightmare couldn’t hurt as bad as this.
His mind went back to the last moments you two shared together before you were taken.
You were in yours and elijah’s room changing your now ruined clothes that a fight with the enemy had left broken and full of blood. you had just finished when elijah appeared at the doorway, stopping as he was mesmerized by your presence like always.
You sensed him but did not turn to face him as he laid on the table the dagger that could kill marcel
He could sense that you were tense, annoyed at him. you had been married for a thousand years he could read you like an open book. he knew better than to face you in that state so he turned to leave
‘what were you thinking’ you asked accusingly he stopped at the door, now him giving you only a view of his tense shoulders
‘You can’t promise me a future, a life together. and then offer yourself up to die‘ you continued turning to him
‘survival demands sacrifice’ he answered you tense, finally turning to you ‘and you know it more than anyone’
‘there is always another way elijah’ you pointed out starting to lose your calm ‘and you know it’
‘what if there isn’t time for another way?. Or you have become so confident in your abilities to think you always can find a solution’ he challenged you
‘Hope just got her family back and she needs you. I just got our family back ‘ you pointed out
‘ hope needs her father’ he pointed out strategically ignoring your last remark, his usual self putting Klaus before you, before anyone else
‘and it doesn’t matter what I need? I need you.’ You told him finally snapping, your revelation silencing him
‘I love you. It should be a priority for you what I need, as I’m you wife. For centuries I followed your quest for nick redemption never once I asked something for myself. I just asked you to follow your wedding vows to always and forever love me and be with me until the end of time. I just want us. need us to be together. I don’t care where but we can’t do that if you are dead. So we need to figure out a way to fight and then still have something that I recognize as having a good life, to have the life you promised me’
He stayed silent looking at you, debating whether to speak his mind or drop it
‘I know, and I love you, and that promise for me is important as much as it for you but I cannot let Nicklaus die if I can prevent it, even if it means sacrifice myself’, he said keeping the calm, any trace of anger gone hoping you would understand, you always did but this time it has been too much, he had risked too much
‘Don’t you understand that I can’t lose you?’ You shouted losing your calm
’ You are my life Elijah. I don’t care to live a single day if it is without you. If you die I’m dead too, Don’t you understand?’ you voice breaks at the last sentence as you start to silently crying tears rolling down your cheeks
Elijah ends the distance between you two and cups you face wiping yours tear with his thumb ‘I’m sorry. I promise you I will be more careful. ’ he says gently and sincerely, you nod
‘you have my word. You are my world’ he says before pressing a sweat kiss on your lips, you close your eyes complying before he takes you in his embrace
He held you close as he spoke, you not wanting to let go the feeling of almost having lost him still piercing your heart ‘rebekah asked me if there was a place I could go to be happy’ he said giving you a smile
‘manosque’ he spoke your eyes lighting immediately at the name ‘the beautiful village in the south of france, the countryside. we spent so much time there together, you and me, alone, away from the fight, from the trouble. just you and me, I never felt so human as I felt there’ he said looking at you he moved your head gently forcing you to look at him in the eyes
‘and when we end this’ he said smiling at you, and caressing your cheek with his thumb ‘and we will end this. I’ll take you there, and I promise you I will make this right’ he cupped your cheek with his right hand, you leaning into the touch before moving away
‘don’t say it if you don’t mean it’ you pleaded as you reached the table not looking at him
He moved toward you, giving you that look full of love that you would recognize in a million, ‘I do’
You turned towards him and flew your lips at him kissing him as he closed his eyes kissing you back with the same fervor before you hold on his neck deepening the kiss to suffocate your cry ‘you better be Elijah or I’m going to be very mad, if you think a kiss and a sweet apology will sort everything out you are wrong and you know how much I can be stubborn’ you say more serious once you break away for air
he laughs as your foreheads touch ‘is one of the reasons why I married you’ he says before kissing you again and gently moving you towards the wall. you laugh, tightening the grip of the back of his neck gently caressing the hair on his neck
‘Weren’t you supposed to go out of to talk with Marcel to give him back that dagger?’ you asked challenging him as his lips traveled down your neck, your back pressed against the wall.
‘ Yes but then I made my darling wife angry’ he said between kisses
‘And so?’ you asked him, placing you hand against his hair and tugging it as he kissed the spot on your neck that made you weak, and he knew it as you tried to suppress a moan
He ended his assault on your neck ‘ And so I want to show her how much I’m sorry’ he whispered against your lips as heat rose in you
‘ Uhm and do you think she will buy it?’ You hummed moving away from the kiss, knowing very well that you were already at the complete mercy of his touch
‘ I’m pretty sure she will’ he said smiling ‘ she bought it for a thousand year’ he concluded before kissing you again
‘and why is that’ you interrupted him again now you smirking against his lips
‘I’m pretty good at showing I’m sorry’ he stated proudly as you giggled as he picks you up before placing you gently on the bed. and you can’t agree more, he is pretty good at making you forget your anger and well anything else.
After a few hours of Elijah apologizing you had fallen asleep in his arms after he showed you repeatedly how much he was sorry. you turned in your bed at the sudden loss of warmth next to you.
‘ eli where are you going?’ you asked, voice heavy with sleep
‘sleep my love, I need to give the dagger to marcel tonight to tame his anger’ he replied kissing your head as he adjusted his tie
‘ okay come back quickly, you know I despise sleeping alone’ you mumbled
he caressed your face ‘I will be back in an hour, dear’ he smiled at you pecking your lips with a brief kiss
‘I love you’ he whispered inches from your lips
‘I love you too’ you replied before turning in you sleep as he adjusted the covers arounds you.
After a bit you heard a rumor, but not elijah’s familiar heartbeat
‘ ‘Lijah?’ you asked opening your eyes just to feel a sudden pain in you abdomen a stake with marcel’s venom coming from the bush of rose spines teared your flesh, you looked up breath taken from your lungs as your eyes met Sophia’s eyes that snapped your neck and brought you away, not giving you even the chance to scream for help.
If only he had not gone out, he kept thinking. If he had been there holding you as you slept as always you would not be now dead. maybe he would have been, and that was still a far better option than seeing you dead.
‘please forgive me, I failed you’ he pleaded his thumb caressing your features, as his tears fell on you
‘come back to me my love, I beg you, I can’t do this without you, I need you. I’ll do anything you ask me. I will put that tie that I hate but that you love, I will be better, I will take you far away from here, I will never leave your side again for a second but please come back’ he cried in the crock of your neck, he begged
‘just come home’
-.-.-
After a few hours klaus went back to the room where your body was kept, he stopped at the door as he could hear elijah heartbeat. Hours had passed and still he had not left your side. It was pointless for klaus to go to his brother if he did not have a solution to bring you back therefore he stopped there. Looking at you in the distance, grey, eyes closed, dead and he looked at his older brother. how elijah’s face was contorted in pain as he could not tear his eyes of you, holding your hand. klaus sighed at the scene in front of him, not only for the pain of seeing you like that but because of the pain that radiated from elijah. As grief and hanger pervaded him he left the room going back to freya, bringing you back was taking too long. Little did he know that elijah had heard him in the alley.
Elijah held your hand. The same hand he had hold on to as he had made love to you just the night before, now it was cold. he kissed your engagement and wedding ring, as he often did, a tear rolling down on it before he places it back down and stood up, exiting the coffin. He gave you one last teary look, he bent down and kissed your forehead lingering a moment there before suffocating a cry and exiting the room, ready to tear down heaven and hell to bring you back.
In the other room freya was trying to fix the pendant with Hayley pacing the room ‘this isn’t happening’ she sighed
‘tell me y/n is in there’ Hayley added
‘I can’t. I have been trying to reach out’
‘you are exhausted, take some time to rest’
‘we waisted enough time’ Klaus hovering presence filled the room with worry as he stormed in, his patience at the limit
‘y/n’s soul is in that pendant, and I can barely recognize elijah by how much this is affecting him. we need to find her and bring her back. Now.’ He ordered
‘klaus give her a moment to breath‘ intervened hayley
‘we failed her once already! Both of them’ he shouted
‘klaus enough!’ Hayley shouted back silencing klaus
Freya tried again but felt nothing. ‘I can’t feel her, there is nothing there. I think- I think that she is gone’ said freya defeated, avoiding the other’s eyes
‘try again’ demanded Klaus looking at the floor. This couldn’t be happening. You could not be gone. Not you, not his best friend. The one who always defended him even from his own brother, your husband. You were the one that always forgave him even when he made you suffer, even when Elijah threatened to abandon him for good. You were the one who metaphorically held his hand leading him in safety for a thousand years. You could not be dead. You just couldn’t.
‘klaus I did try’ said freya tears threatening to fall
‘I’m asking you to try again’ replied klaus more firmly, moments away from snapping ‘I know she is in there’ he said pointing at the pendant consumed by fear sorrow and rage
‘klaus’ tried Hayley calmly to make him realize the truth. That you were gone.
‘try again!’ shouted Klaus, his eyes full of anger
Freya chanted and tried again, feeling nothing again, she looked at them, Hayley and klaus eyes falling
‘I just need some time’ she said trying to not face defeat
‘this is not happening’ replied Klaus, voice almost breaking. He never felt so helpless before. So defeated. What was the point of being the strongest creatures in the world if you could not defend the people more close to you.
‘you don’t understand, for a thousand year that y/n, elijah and I have walked this earth countless of time death has come for us and countless of times we denied her’ he paused
‘she is not gone. She can’t be’ he said voice breaking as Hayley silently cried
‘My brother, is in the other room. He has not left her side once since we brought her back. You should see his eyes. They are empty, in a thousand years I have never seen him so broken. so I will not go to him telling him that his wife, the only person that never left his side once, that always put him above everything, that loved him to the moon and back and that he loves with the same intensity is dead and we can’t save her. ‘ Klaus said pacing the room, overwhelmed by emotions
In that moment elijah entered the room, everyone turned at him, realizing that with supernatural hearing he had heard the entire conversation
‘elijah…’ tried klaus
‘I beg you sister try again’ he begged looking at the floor holding the door, his family had never seen him so broken
‘I’m sorry. she is gone’ said freya after the spell had failed again
‘please’ he pleaded her falling with his knees on the floor, tears rolling down his cheek as he let out a cry. Klaus broke a lamp letting out a scream of anger, while a silent tear fell form hayley’s and freya’s eyes
In that moment Hope entered the room, passing by her uncle at the door that did not even notice her, he was too lost
‘what is that’ she asked looking at the pendant
‘hope, honey, go back to sleep I will be there in a second’ said Hayley weeping away her tear and walking to her daughter. But hope didn’t listen to her mother, she went to freya and touched her shoulder. Both her and the older witch heard your loud scream piercing through the air
‘did you see that. Did you feel that?’ asked freya
‘aunt y/n’ confirmed hope
Klaus eyes shined as elijah raised his head letting out a breath
‘it sound so far away’ commented hope
‘she is in there, you heard her right’ asked Hayley a wave of hope pervading her
‘she is there, somewhere inside , but-‘
‘but what?’ intervened elijah standing next to his brother
‘it’s distorted, broken, radio static and I just hear-‘ describes freya
Klaus eyes fell to the floor before looking at elijah his face in shock, still heavy breathing
‘-screaming…’ she finished looking at her siblings
‘it doesn’t matter’ intervened Elijah after a few moments
‘brother-‘ started Klaus
‘no!’ elijah shouted before realizing Hope was in the room
‘no brother!’ he said more calmy ‘she is in there and that is all that matter, we will bring her home. We own her that’ he said voice falling
‘we will’ Klaus nodded placing his hand on his brother’s shoulder and for the first time in that day looking at him in the eyes
‘we will’ said the rest of the family as hope pervaded his heart. You could be saved, you could come back to him.
Summary: a sad Klaus calls you in the middle of the night because he needs a friend to get drunk with (later elijah comes to the rescue) human au, klaus centred minor elijah at start and end
Pairings: Human!Klaus Mikaelson and Human!BestFriend!Reader, brief Human!Elijah Mikaelson x Human!, Human!Klaus Mikaelson and Human!Elijah Mikaelson
Genre: fluff, hurt/comfort, human au the are in their 20s
warnings: drinking, mention of pregnancy, implied mikael terrible parenting
Words:4150
Notes:
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading.
You were sleeping soundly in your small bedroom next to elijah when your phone on your nightstand started vibrating making you wake up. You picked it up quickly grunting silently hoping it had not woken up elijah, he really needed and deserved to sleep.
Your eyes adjusted to the faint light of the phone screen in the dark room, as you turned on your side to check on elijah and smiled. Elijah was sleeping soundly next to you, you could see only his naked shoulders as he laid on his tummy, his arm protectively around your hips.
He had come back after a 18 hours shift from the legal office he had started working in this year, an intern work sl4ve, in the belief that in a year or two he could finally have a competing paycheck to give you the life he promised you. Not that you needed it, you were happy with what you had and grateful for the sacrifices he made for the family as his work were the main financial source for yours and klaus college found, you would graduate next year and klaus had just started.
When elijah had come home he was so tired and sleepy but his eyes were always full of love when he saw you. although you had insisted that he went to sleep right away, he had still managed to last a round with you, as he had replied that he genuinely wanted to, having missed you, which you had too. Then he had fallen in a deep sleep, which you were pretty sure not even the alarm could wake him up.
You gently removed elijah’s arm from your hips careful not to wake him and read the name on the phone screen and picked up immediately
‘nikalus what is going on? I swear if this a drunk call I will-’ you whispered annoyed, it wasn’t the first time klaus had called in the middle of the night, usually because he was drunk
‘can you come over?’ his voice sounded both worried and sad, that made you alarm immediately
‘I’ll be there ASAP. let me wake elijah’ you replied turning towards your sleeping boyfriend
‘no’ klaus replied immediately
‘no?’ you asked questioningly
‘right now I need a drinking buddy not my older brother scolding me’ klaus explained
‘okay, are you sure you are okay?’ you asked again worry and confusion rising. If it had been an emergency he would have allowed you to wake elijah so you were not really understanding the situation as worry for your best friend rose
‘I will tell you when you come over. The bar next to campus.’ He said before ending the call
You got up trying to be quieter as possible and put on the first clothes you could find, then you took a paper and pen from your study desk
‘honey, niki called and told me he needed a friend and not to wake you. I’m sure everything is fine, or I would have called you by now. Do not worry and sleep, you need it. We are at the bar next to his dorm. I’ll be back before you start missing me ;) Love you y/n.’
You place the note on his nightstand over his phone and then bend down to tenderly kiss his head, he stirred in his sleep and you smiled at that.
You exited the door, started the car and drove to where klaus had asked you.
You parked the car and entered the bar, it was fairly empty being the middle of the week. You spotted klaus right away he was drinking at the counter, giving the shoulder to the door
‘this better be a life death situation for having me leave your handsome sleeping brother in my warm bed’ at the sound of your voice he turned towards you and your face fell.
He was under shock, and it was crystal clear. the tone at the phone had not let transpire his real state, you would have bet that he had cried from how his eyes had a faint red in them. You rushed to him taking the back of his neck in your hand while your eyes scanned his features and you other hand gently inspected if he was hurt
‘niki, are you okay? Are you hurt? what happened?’ you asked panic surging in you
‘y/n gosh relax’ he told you as you let him go
‘Nik you are scaring me. What happened?’ you replied not convinced as he motioned for you to take a sit
‘I’ve had too few drinks for this conversation y/n’ he replied drawing his drink. He was underage barely 20, but apparently at this bar they did not care
‘ what do you need then?’ you replied, reading in his eyes that he needed you to be there but momentarily shut up with your interrogation
‘my best friend terrible humor and at least five other shots of cheap bourbon’
‘okay’ you said sitting down and putting your purse on the counter, you still could not tear his eyes away from him
‘and please loose that face no one is dying’ he said annoyed and rolling his eyes
‘sorry’ you apologized, before his smirk came back and a matching one crawled on your face as he called the bartender and gave you your usual favorite drink
You two were in a comfortable silence as you waited to understand from klaus where the conversation was meant to go
‘so how did you sneak out?’ he finally said
‘elijah was sleeping soundly. He really needs that he is always tired even if he thinks he is able to hide it from me’ you replied with sincere concern
‘well I can’t blame him. tolerating you all day must be exhausting’ klaus smirks
‘hey! I did not come here to be bullied by you’ you reply hitting playfully his arm as klaus wears the usual satisfied smirking expression and for a moment all seems normal
‘I’m only joking. If I hear another time from him saying how lucky he has to have you I think I will drown myself in the Mississippi’ he comments annoyed, you smile at his reply
‘you are just jealous’
‘maybe’
‘so that is what this is about. that girl cami you met last week? Or caroline the girl you have been trying to get for months’ you said hitting him playfully with your shoulder as he rolled his eyes.
Cami was a psychology student in your same university. He met her at a party where you brought along klaus and was immediately starstruck by her. while caroline instead went to klaus’s college and had in the past months repeatedly resisted to klaus attempts to charm her.
‘no. we are fine. playing hard to get but I can see right through her’
‘she seemed nice’ you replied sincerely sipping your drink
‘you two would get along’
‘well then be sure to bring her over for dinner so I and elijah can meet her and show her your baby pictures if she or the other finally give in’ you smirked
‘sod of’ you two had a laugh. it felt normal and klaus felt safe and carefree as always he was with you. Best friends since high school. Even if a grey cloud was hovering over you.
Many too drink and laughs later you were borderline drunk
‘niki I’m a drink away from probably pass out or loose lucidity so you better start speaking before I drunk call your brother’ you were pretty sure that if you tried to walk you would not be able to do it without swinging, the same could be said for klaus
After a moment of silence he spoke, eyes low, fixated on his drink
‘she is pregnant’ he said barely audible
‘who?’
‘the girl I had a one drunk night stand a month ago’
You froze in your sit. Was he really telling you what you thought you understood? You turned your head to look at him, his eyes wide in fear while shock took over you
‘niklaus you are trying to tell me that you will be a father?’ you asked your voice careful to not let transpire your shock and fear
‘yes’ he whispered
You drowned your glass not sure what to say ‘is she sure she is pregnant and that is yours?’ you asked him seriously
‘she went to the doctor and told me I was the last one she slept with, the doctor confirmed it both statements’ he replied fidgeting with his glass
‘and have you two talked about you know’ but before you could continue he said
‘she wants to keep it. and I don’t know what to do’ a single tear ran through his cheek
‘I don’t know what to say niki. Congratulations? I’m sorry?’ you tried uncertain, but he was not even listening, his eyes and mind distant as he spoke
‘I never wanted kids. I once asked Elijah about it and he said he couldn’t wait to have them with you’ you blushed at his admission ‘I instead didn’t see it as something for the future, or that I just needed the right girl. Not that I have not thought about it and I loved taking care of little Rebekah and Henrik. But after what Mikael did to me how could I ever be a good father’ the last sentence was almost a whisper as more tears appeared in his eyes
‘no niki enough of that. If you don’t want kids because you don’t want them that is okay. its perfectly fine, normal, and there is no shame. But if you do want them and fear to have them because of some self-loath that makes you think you will ever be like your father you listen to me niklaus mikaelson that is not the case, and it never will be. You are an amazing person, you are the best person I know. and you will be an amazing father, I saw how you cared for you younger siblings and I know you better than anyone so trust my judgement. You will be an amzing father. Do you understand me?’
You told him holding the back of his neck tenderly as elijah usually does to him in emotional moments, so he looked at you eyes shining with tears and nodded at you.
‘do you understand me?’ you asked again tenderly but firmly
‘yes’ he replied weakly
‘good. I love you brother’ you told him before hugging him tightly as he reciprocated hug.
‘I’m not going to lie it’s going to be difficult. your life has changed forever but me and elijah will help you. have you noticed or not elijah became a parent since you were born, and I as soon as I got myself into your crazy family’ you reassured him
‘I’m not a child!’ he scoffed
‘but you usually act like one. Also we will use your situation as our run trial for children. See? Nothing to worry about’ you told him sincerely, in his reply he hugged you again that meaning a thousand words
‘what about elijah?’ he asked insecure, the idea of having disappointed the brother he had looked up to his entire life made his blood freeze
‘he loves you niki, we both do. Nothing could drive him away from you, especially this. And see you stand up to your responsibility will only make him love you even more. There is nothing to worry about. Trust me I know your brother better than I know myself’ you comforted him sincerely as he just nodded still hugging you
‘enough of sad stuff let’s celebrate now!’ you told him when he let you go and he chuckled at that
Way too many drinks after.
‘What do you think the levelheaded noble responsible elijah would think if he saw us right now?’
‘Don’t talk about my sweet handsome boyfriend like that niki.’ You warned him
‘He is my brother I have rights to tease him’
‘true’
‘so what would your sweet handsome boyfriend think if he saw us right now?’ he mocked you
‘see that’s better. Well I think he would be very disappointed that his underage brother and his girlfriend sneaked out in the middle of the night to drink and probably pass out here. He would scold us but deep down have a laugh because he loves us’
‘something like that sweetheart’ a calm voice said behind you two
You and klaus turned your heads toward the voice
Elijah stood in front of you, he was wearing the long coat he had worn this morning to go to work, and a simple shirt and trousers, missing the jacket and the tie of his attire. still he was elegant and perfect but not quite as always. his hair was combed but a bit messy singling he had been in a rush and although having taken the time to look decent he had not endured in his usual perfect attire. Still he looked handsome as ever.
‘eli!’ you cheered getting up and throwing yourself at him and drawing him for a kiss. he complied helping you steady yourself although his scolding look remained, he could not negate you anything
‘you are drunk my love’ he replied as the kiss ended, looking at you before helping you sit back on the stool, his arm around your waist worried you were going to fall
‘maybe a little! But don’t be mad ‘Lijha! We had our reasons’ you wine as you lean on him
He could not be angry at any of you, and you all new that. Also he found you adorable when you were tipsy even if he did not like it. you got particularly clingy and winy and that made him chuckle. He himself had never been drunk in his life, being to composed and responsible for it, hence since he could remember he has been the safe drinking friend of the family and you. you always felt safe with him knowing that he got you, and would protect you from others and from yourself.
He kissed the side of your head tenderly to let you know that it was okay, a fond smile escaping his lips before he fell back in the role of the adult
‘so this is what you two do when I’m home after a long day at work trying to finance our whole family. you two sneak out for a drunken night like some irresponsible teenager?’ he asks his eyes darting between you and his brother
‘so tell me, what was the reason for well this’ he asked his brother as you stayed silent
‘elijah you did not need to come’ klaus replied annoyed not looking at his older brother
‘you see nikalus. when I woke up in my empty bed with a note that my lovely girlfriend had gone out in the middle of the night because my favorite little brother needed help I think it’s in my duty and right to go check on the two person I care the most about’ he replied adjusting his sleeves
‘aww you hear him niki? He loves us’ you say before drawing him for another kiss and snuglling at his side that made him chuckle, as he held you close as you rested your head on his shoulder
‘little brother, care to elaborate?’ he prompted again
‘sod of elijah’ klaus says not looking at him and annoyed
‘we are going to asses you two’s poor judgment tomorrow morning, now we are going to focus on the matter that brought you two here tonight’ he said sitting on the stool close to you, in response klaus tried to drink his drink but elijah was faster taking the glasses from both klaus and your hand as the younger mikaelson let out a grown in disappointment
‘I’m going to take these, you two had enough’ eliajh says taking your drinks and drowning them, than he adjusts his sleeves before speaking again
‘so niklaus, what could not wait until morning?’ klaus remained silent as elijah waited patiently
‘my love could you fill me in as niklaus seems to have lost his tongue’ elijah tried with you giving you his best seductive smile but you remained silent too, suddenly interest in the floor as you looked at it
‘nikalus?’ he tried again
‘come on niki tell him, he will find out sooner or later’ you tried starting to become exhausted by the situation but klaus remained silent clenching his jaw in shame and fear.
‘find out what’ elijah asked panic rising in him as he stadied his voice
Elijah understood klaus was not going to speak so he tried with you again, turning to you and giving you that smile again, his hand resting on you knee
‘y/n if you tell me what is going on when we get home I’m going to do that thing you like so much’ he said seductively, his hand on your thigh as his thumb drew invisible circles on your jeans, your eyes darting to him in lust as you straightened your back very interested in his offer as heat rose in you
‘So do we have a deal?’ he added his other hand adjusting a strain of your hair. It was too much, the combination of his promise, his hands on you, the alcohol in your system and klaus silence, so you gave in. blame it to the alcohol or to your boyfriend that looked like a Greek statue, so you spoke.
‘eli we are going to be an uncle and an aunt!’ you cheered clapping your hands, the alcohol of the night starting to affect you more than you wanted to admit
‘what did you say?’ elijah asked in shock, his face loosing color as his eyes darted to his brother
‘hayley is pregnant’ klaus finally spoke still not looking at elijah
‘what? The girl from the crescent pack society? The one you woke up in her bed last month when you forgot our brunch?’ he asked, his mind connecting the dots as you took klaus hand in your own as a comforting gesture
‘yep’ klaus replied making the ‘P’ pop and fidgeting with the empty glass ‘and yes we are sure its mine and that she is pregnant’ klaus continues, elijah makes sign to the bartender that refills his glass. He drowns it.
‘brother..’ elijah replied his tone gentle and understanding even if he was at loss of word, that was something new.
‘before you ask I thought I used protections but apparently not’
‘what has the girl decided?’ elijah asks, still klaus does not look at him, you are glued to your seat as your hand draws pattern’s on klaus’s hand
‘that she is keeping it. Obviously we don’t love each others and she is not expecting us to become a couple or move together. but she wishes I would be man enough to be part of the child life and help her’
‘niklaus..’ elijah says when he is interrupted
‘don’t scold me about my duties toward that child and honor and to live up to my actions, brother. I know it very well or I wouldn’t here be getting drunk with your girlfriend while contemplating my fate’ klaus says frustrated finally looking at elijah. His expression plain like always. And every fiber of kalus body is burning hoping his brother, his savior, is not judging him or being disappointed by him. blame it on the alcohol but klaus was vulnerable in this moment.
‘I see, you don’t need a lecture from me. But still I want to ask you do you want this child brother? Either answers are in your rights’ elijah tone is tender, and klaus relaxes understanding his brother really cares and that gives him the strength to reply as he did not expect this question
‘no. yes. I don’t know. I never thought that was something I had to worry about. I always through that first mikaelson new born would be from you two or freya, not me!’ he says his head in his hands ‘you two doing the nasty since I can recall and me the causal guy get a girl pregnant, what were the odds’ he tries to humor but elijah doesn’t fall for it
‘please refrain from addressing our sexual life to avoid the question, brother, and also generally’ elijah said hiding a smile as you just laughed ‘he has a point…’ you say as elijah squints his eyes at you
‘I don’t know, after the initial panic, the idea made me smile, before panic took over again’ klaus replies sincerely
‘this believe it or not is how people describe parenthood. I know the conditions are not ideal and this is not something you expect but I’m proud of your choice brother’ elijah says standing up after being sure you can stay on the stool without falling, he moves to klaus and squeezes his brother shoulder reassuringly giving him a smile, klaus finally looks at him and in elijah’s eyes can’t find nothing but love and understanding
‘it’s the end of being with head in the clouds isn’t it’ he states
‘when it comes to you I highly doubt that but you are not alone, we are here for you as we shall be always’ elijah says hugging him, klaus complies, snuzzling his face in his brother’s shoulder as when they were kids. The unspoken statement about Mikael lingering the air
‘you will be an amazing father niklaus, trust my judgment brother’ elijah says looking at klaus in the eyes, his hand on the back of klaus neck drawing patterns with his thumb, before elijah looks at you a silent conversation going on between you two
‘you should move in back with us’ he adds as you squealed in agreement ‘We could rent a two bedroom apartment near your university so that the child is still close to their mother. A college dorm is not an ideal place to raise a child if we can avoid it’
‘no. you two love your flat’ klaus says his eyes wide, this is too much, he is grateful for the help but he already feels like a burden he doesn’t want to make things worse
‘but we love you more’ you tell him ruffling his curls as elijah hums in agreement
‘I don’t know what to say’ klaus replies his eyes watery
‘nothing. We are family’ you say ‘we stick together as one always and forever’ elijah adds
Klaus hugs elijah again, and he seem so small as when they were children as he keeps his brother close, overwhelmed with emotions
‘room for one more?’ you ask as klaus draws you in the group hug before elijah kisses the top of your head
‘wait until Rebekah finds out, she will spoil that child’ elijah humors but instead klaus face falls, he realizes that sooner or later the entire family will know
‘father..’ he starts and you hug him closer
‘father will not come near the child niklaus, you have my word. And I’m sure mother and our siblings will help us if we need so. Freya will not let her nephew or niece be without a family, even if she has to excuse her precious father’ elijah comforts klaus that just nods in agreement.
Mikael refused to pay for their maintenance, not that the two brothers would accept the money, but their mother gave them only a small allowance in secret that elijah and klaus were too proud to accept but that you took in every month and divided in their banks accounts, you all pretending it wasn’t like that.
The three of you stay like that for a bit longer before elijah speaks
‘come. I’m not letting you drive home’ elijah says, paying for the drinks and letting you all go, you have problems standing straight so elijah picks you up in his arms bridal style as you giggle and snuzzle in his chest
Klaus follows behind opening the door of the car for elijah where he places you in the backset and kisses your forehead feeling you fall asleep already. Klaus takes the passenger seat and elijah gives a fond look at you with the rear mirror as he sees you sleeping. Then he squeezes his brother’s arm one last time before starting the car and driving home.
the three of you, a 24 years old legal intern, a 22 years old college student and a just freshly tuned 20 years old artist with side jobs now had a baby to grew. The conditions were far from ideal but you all knew something. this baby would grow up to be loved by this strange little family. that was your only certainty in a world without Hope.
You are the one taken by the hollow, not elijah. How far will the family go to get you back and how it’s going to affect your relationship with him?
rewriting of season 4 episodes 9-11. in this is you who gets taken not him. does not follow completely the same the episodes. includes also your platonic relationship with the others and flashbacks of new scenes of you and elijah in the centuries. first two parts follow the show closely.
genre: angst and fluff with happy ending
Notes: The first two parts are mostly rewrite of the episode featuring you and I added some scenes. the rest is my interpretation of what the storyline could be with you, featuring again heavy canon rewritten but mostly made up scenes
Warning: temporary character de4th but with happy ending, canon violence/threats, grief, lots of angst, fluff, main character death and resurrection
Sorry for the grammatical errors. I’m new at writing so feedback is appreciated. Thank you for reading. do not translate or appropriate my work
I rewatched season 4 a few months ago and now finally managed to finish this series. A few days ago i found the story ‘Hollowed Trap’ by the incredible talented @xxwritemeastoryxx and realised that my part 1 and 2 of the story are similar (as follow the episode and both use dialogue from the show) to their ‘Hollowed Trap’ still i would like to ankoweldge it having them published it before. They are a terrific writer and all their stories are amazing check them out.
When elijah had exited the mikaelson home to go to marcel to give him the dagger, the only weapon that could kill him, he had left you in your shared bed sleeping soundly. He had kissed your forehead as you slept peacefully before going out. He had promised you to be out for an hour, two at the latest, and as always he had maintained his promise. The problem was that when he had got back home, dawn almost rising, your shared bed was empty and your side strained in blood.
Panic pervaded elijah. He searched for you everywhere in the compound and the quarter without finding you, that is when he called Klaus.
‘Niklaus!’ he cried desperate, his voice rang in all the compound reaching all that had supernatural hearing arriving to the courtyard where Klaus was with Hayley and Hope making her try the famous new Orleans beignet.
Hayley and Klaus exchanged a worried look
‘come on Hope, you father has some work to do’ said Hayley taking the child’s hand
‘but dad…’ started Hope
‘Princess please go play with you mother, uncle Elijah needs me’ asked politely Klaus helping Hope get down from the chair, as the child nodded to him and hugged him before going out with her mother.
Klaus walked to your room annoyed and surprised to find the door open ‘What is it Elijah?, I was trying to spend some time with –‘ he started before stopping seeing the scene in front of him.
Elijah was on his knees, on the floor, his head in his hands and his eyes opened wide, red, as his heartbeat was pacing far too fast. You nowhere in sight. That was strange. Klaus knew better than to walk in your’s and elijah’s room in the early morning, but when he walked in now this was far from the scene he expected.
‘Brother, what happened, where is y/n?’ he asked worried, looking at the room before spotting the blood on your side of the bed
‘she is gone. I left her here a few hours ago to go to Marcel, and when I came back, she wasn’t in our bed and on her side there is a strain of blood. I looked for her everywhere, in the house, in the quarter I can’t find her’ he replied passing a hand through his hair, his composure long gone
‘we will find her brother’ Klaus tried to reassure him helping elijah up ‘and if they dared to touch her we will make them pay’ Klaus vows anger rising in him at the thought of you, his best friend in danger.
Elijah nodded at him, finding again his composure before they exited the room to search for you.
-.-.–.-.-.-.-.-.-.
Meanwhile you laid on the floor of the Hollow’s hut.
the hollow had removed the stake from your abdomen just to pierce it again in your back. As the venom of the rose bush circulated in your body you could feel your strength leaving, your magic already gone the moment the venom had reached your blood. The pain was piercing through, you were a sweating mess, but you were not going to give up.
The hollow in sofia’s body entered the hut ‘look who is awake. Don’t worry soon enough you will sleep permanently’ she mocked you
‘my husband. and his brother. will find you and they will kill you in the most painful way possible. if you want to live let me go’ you told her teeth gritting both in anger and pain
‘death taking over and you still don’t lose your famous wicked tongue. They will no doubt try. Though I believe the odds are in my favor. your sacrifice will allow me to be reborn far stronger than I have ever been. and after you are dead, Elijah will be in no place to act, so you expect your brother-in-law to avenge you? Inspired, perhaps, by duty to the familial bond. I’ve been inside Klaus’ mind. You care for one another so deeply. It’s quite ludicrous, this dedication to family. After all, look where it got you. Perhaps now you understand: family is a curse. We inherit the sins of those who come before us, and those sins are passed to the ones who come next. Like… your little niece’. the hollow commented unimpressed. Blood boiled in your veins you didn’t know if for the venom or of the anger. No one threatens your niece and lives no one.
‘You will never touch her, let alone-’ you told her with rage, in the best you could as your strength was vanishing
‘Hurt her? Why? Because your family will protect her? You poor soul. You can’t even save each other. But your niece? She is born in my bloodline. She has the power to destroy me, and that… I cannot allow.’
‘you think you are special but you are just another body for my family to slay. you will end up in the endless pile that my husband and brother-in-law make with their enemies. And believe me they have been cute little kittens until now. Harm me further and they will become the devil themselves’ you said trying to keep up your confidence although it was not easy being you on the floor with the only thing that could kill you deep in your back
‘you act so brave but you know your time is almost up. Such a shame I won’t be here when your beloved Elijah finds your corpse. that will be quite a scene, your love is legendary afterall. But don’t worry I’m merciful. I will send him over to you on the other side in no time, with the rest of your sweet precious family’ she said lowering to your level to mock you while watching you in the eyes.
One thing was trying to kill you, and that in normal circumstances would have meant immediate death for the enemy. The next level was threatening your family or your niece, in that case you would have taken your sweet time to eliminate the enemy making them pay for having dared to even think to harm little Hope. But one thing you really should never do to y/n mikaelson was promise to kill your husband, in that case your response would be so brutal the devil would weep at the idea. You could die, hell you didn’t even care if it meant the family was safe, but thinking of Elijah dead was something you could not even begin to process. He was your life and your soul.
You let out a scream in anger, trying to use your magic to harm her but nothing happened, your magic was gone and you were truly helpless. You had never found yourself in such state before. Only then you realized that you could not save yourself, and in your current state not even your family.
The hollow let out an amusing chuckle ‘just let go. it will be easier for you. trust me’
You hold on to your life not daring to let go but eventually as the venom crawled in you it would not be your choice anymore. But you could never let go, if not for yourself then for Elijah that you knew was already out of his mind searching for you. As you would be if the situation was reversed.
You knew she was right, your time was up, but you just hoped you would get to see elijah one last time. At least if death would take you, you wanted the possibility to look in those brown eyes that had loved you for a thousand year as darkens engulfed you.
-.-.–.-.-.-.-.-.-.
‘The spell requires so much power that only the sacrifice of an originals can provide’ explained Vincent to the mikaelsons ‘the Hollow will use Y/N’s death to come back, but there’s a window where I can use her sacrifice to kill the hollow permanently’
Elijah moved towards Vincent who did not flick even if it was clear Elijah was moments away from losing his calm and rip of the head of the shaman ‘This plan of yours has no intention to save my wife, as it relies entirely upon her death.’
‘elijah is right, what kind of plan is this’ asked Klaus moving next to his brother, angered at the idea of even proposing to let you die
‘easy, Vincent is trying to help’ said marcel to the mikaelson brothers that had both murderous eyes
‘elijah. I know this is difficult for you, she is your wife. But Y/N is already dead. the only thing we can do right now is figure out whether or not her death is gonna count for something. And you know she would want this’ Vincent tried to make Elijah reason
‘you know nothing of what my wife would want. That’s not a call for any of you to make’ elijah said moving in front of Vincent eyeing all the people in the room ‘There has to be another way to both save her and kill the hollow. There must be’
‘Freya, you still have the antidote we used to cure Marcel’s bite?’ prompted Hayley. She was trying to find a solution. You had been nothing but kind with her. You probably were her favorite mikaelson. You had been there for her when Hope was born, when she had to give her away, when Jackson died. You were the sister she never got and she would not let anything happen to you, as she knew you would do for her if the situation was reversed. And as she knew that this family would crumble the moment you were gone. Your love, loyalty and dedication for and to every member of the family was what kept the mikaelsons together.
‘yes. But I don’t know if it will work against the poison of the rosebush’. freya was trying to think but had to be realistic. you had been one of the first to accept her in this family. And although you were not related in blood for her you were her sister still
‘we need to try’ proclaimed Klaus desperate to any solution
‘You all aren’t listening!’ Vincent warned them staring to lose patience and raising his voice ‘Even if we save Y/N, the Hollow will stop at nothing to come back in a physical body that has primal power. It will destroy the entire city in a day, and any of you or anybody will be able to stop her. Now, my plan? We kill the hollow while she’s still a spirit. yes Y/N dies, but at least her death counts for something and saves us all’
‘No. Elijah said firmly his knuckles turning white by how much strength he was putting in closing them . ‘No, we are just losing time, I’m not willing to discuss this any longer. We can defeat the Hollow another way and save Y/N today. You will not sacrifice my wife, have I made myself clear?’ he replied his tone firm and calm, but hiding a murderous rage behind each word
‘What about your little girl? The hollow wiped out the entire Labonair bloodline. It already got to Hope once’ Vincent said looking at Klaus and Hayley before tuning again to Elijah ‘I understand that y/n is your wife, man I really do, but this is probably the only chance that you’ve got to destroy the hollow. Now you want to blow that opportunity to maybe a very feeble maybe save her, or do you want to do your job as head of this family and save your niece?’ he said looking at elijah which jaw was clenching ‘Y/N lived 10 lifetimes, and she loves that kid, you know it. So let her go it’s for the best’ added vincent, at the last sentence elijah sprinted to him caging him against the wall
‘elijah!’ shouted Klaus tearing his brother off Vincent thar recomposed himself
‘this family is absurd. We are talking about your niece!’ replied Vincent
‘Don’t use my daughter to justify your absurd plan.’ Klaus said to Vincent once he was sure elijah was calm, still keeping his hold on Elijah’s arm. Klaus knew the hollow could kills them all but it wasn’t a good reason enough to sacrifice you, his best friend, his moral guide. The one person who always had been by his side. And moreover he would not even imagine what loosing you would do to himself, to this family and especially to elijah. You two had been together for a thousand years and you had been not only the glue of the family, but of elijah’s heart and humanity. Without you elijah was doomed and so were the mikaelsons.
‘his absurd plan is the only plan that we’ve got. So maybe we should do a little less fighting, and a little more thinking.’ Marcel added. He liked you, you were his favorite mikaelson and despite everything you had been like a mother to him in the past. but that was not enough a good reason to put everyone’s life at risk.
‘There’s always a loophole.’ Freya intervened squeezing elijah’s arm to reassure him before telling Vincent with a tone which was more an order than a request ‘I welcome you to study my mother’s grimoires them with me.’
Vincent accepted reluctantly freya command as he knew discussing with this family was useless. They would sacrifice anyone expect a member of the family and especially not you. The mikaelson which everyone was most attached to.
Elijah stayed silent as Freya and Vincent went upstairs to find a solution, marcel and Hayley left too. Leaving him and Klaus alone and in silence in the room. He could not even think of the possibility of you dying. You two had promised each others ‘always and forever until the end of time’ and you meant until the universe collapsed not until one of you reached the end of their time on this earth. He thought about you in his arms just the night before. How you smiled at him, kissed him and told him you loved him. he could not bare to think that that would have been the last time he saw you, the last time he kissed you, the last time he loved you. Not after a thousand years of having you by his side, not after a thousand years of you being his heart.
Elijah always made the right choice, the calculated and right one to protect his family. That was is strength. But as anyone he had a weakness, and you were his. His moral code, his entire self meant nothing if you were in danger. You were his everting, his love, his life, and his universe. The city could die, the world could collapse, it would have been more probable that hell freezes over than him let you go, that he gave up on you. He wouldn’t. he couldn’t. life meant nothing without you, nothing had meaning without you. He would do anything to have you back in his arms. And Klaus knew this very well as the only times he had seen is brother lose control were because you were in danger. Times where he really had feared Elijah could become the devil himself.
‘Brother, we will not let her die. I’ll do whatever it takes for you to not let her go’ Klaus told him, squeezing his shoulder and giving him a reassuring smile that did not reach his eyes.
‘I know. Because without her I’m already dead’ Elijah replied as his brother eyes widened at the admission.
-.-.-.-
You knew there was nothing you could do there, your magic was gone the moment the stake went through you, you could not reach it with your hand and remove it yourself. You had realized hours before that you could do nothing but hope Elijah would find you. find you when you were still alive. Not even save you but just find you. You just wanted to tell him you loved him one last time if this was really your end. Your mind was already trying to make you survive by giving you reassuring memories where to hide in as death took over. You were sweating, your Y/S/C skin turned pale and towards grey, every part of your body was in pain it felt like fire, the symptoms were similar to the ones of a werewolf bite but much more severe.
You drifted in and out of consciousness and that is when your mind would trick you.
Mystic falls woods 990s A.D.
A younger Elijah was running behind you as you giggled in the woods. It was a summer day and the excuse of going hunting had turned into one of yours and elijah’s secret rendezvous. It was the first months of your relationship, as you had turned of age Elijah had finally spoken his feeling for you that went beyond being your friend. Still you two had to keep your relationship hidden from his family at least for now, as Mikael would disapprove. Because of your strong magic he had brought you home from another village and you had been raised in the mikaelson household but always as inferior more than a guest. The only one who knew about the relationship was Klaus, it was difficult to hide it from him as he was always around either you or elijah, but you trusted him.
you were now playing catch in the woods
‘I got you’ elijah said hugging you from behind as he had cached you, you giggled, he started to tickle you, as he knew how much you hated it
‘elijah ! let me go! Please’ you told him laughing you really did hate tickling
‘I will never let you go’ he said stopping the tickling as your turned facing him, you face inches apart as his eye fell on your lips ‘you have my word on that’ he promised you before you brought him forward towards you and kissed him your arms around his neck.
As the kiss grew in intensity you gently lied down taking him with you on the ground of the woods, flowers and trees all around you
‘it’s a promise then’ you told him, as you started undressing each other’s as he smiled at you
You opened your eyes. It was just a dream, your brain was playing memories of happy times. You were still on the floor in a hut, death hovering you. You looked at your wedding ring ‘please elijah find me’ you silently begged
