Title: Mercy
Author: fadingtales
Fandom: Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Klaus/Caroline
Rating: PG-13
Disclaimer: I do not own Vampire Diaries or any of their characters.
"You didn't kill them."
"No… I did not."
"But why? They would've killed you."
"I highly doubt that."
"I beg to differ. They were really quite ready to murder you."
"I do not doubt their intention. I doubt their skills," he clarifies with his usual cockiness.
"They will try again."
"I'm sure they will. They shall continue to be a perpetual thorn in my side."
"Then why did you let them go?"
She's a shocked and more than mildly confused. After being with him for the past six months he has yet to show any sign of mercy. Was not his mantra "Kill or Be Killed"? There would be no mercy. But at that moment when he was standing before her friends, people who have done all they could to kill him (and for good reason), he had spared them.
"I'm not sure…" He pauses for a moment, but realizes he was lying. "Because you asked me not to."
She looks up at him, her eyes widen. For a moment she forgets that she's suppose to hate him too. Forgets that he's a monster incapable of feeling. He looks almost boyish. Almost human.
He turns away from her awkwardly, the first time he's done anything without perfect grace, poise and confidence and suddenly a dangerous thoughts dawns on her. He might not be the monster that she and everybody else had made him out to be. And that was the scariest thing of all. Because she knows how to hate monsters, know what to do with them. She doesn't know what to do with beasts who show her kindness. Even if it's the marginal kind.
A/N: Short drabble that I wrote to match a gif I made of Klaroline [fadingtales (.) tumblr (.) com (/) post (/)9789785922] There's something about a relationship between the oldest vampire known in existence and baby vamp Caroline that amuses me. I'm really enjoying the Klaus/Caroline crackship so expect more to come. =)
