Title: Shelter in the Storm
Author: mystic_blue17
Summary: After a certain blonde Original calls, Caroline takes a trip to the French Quarter to play the blonde distraction one more time. (post TVD 511 and based on TO 115)

Disclaimer: I don't own these characters or plots nor do I plan on receiving any profit from writing about them.

A/N: No lie I have been waiting for someone far more capable than myself to write this idea. I thought for sure someone would have posted something already. But I haven't seen it on and it wouldn't let me go. Maybe someone has posted it on tumblr or one of the other sites. I don't know. But here is my attempt at it.

Pain was the only all consuming thought. There was nothing beyond the sheer blinding agony.

Klaus gasped as the root of the pain, the blade was suddenly removed. He opened his eyes blearily and took note of his brother standing before him with the blade he himself had plunged into his body. Betrayal burned bright within him fighting the lasting effects of the blade for dominance. He then vowed that his dear brother would know the pain of the blade himself.

Weakly he noted that he was not alone in the room. He dimly heard his brother softly words about respect and "convincing him not to kill our sister" to Cami. In that moment his mind is singularly honed in his siblings' betrayal.

"Wait." He says fighting to breath. "You will pay for this."

Elijah just looks resigned at him and leaves his room. Cami steps forward to sit on the bed saying something about being cool. Really all that matters to him is that she offers her wrist and thus the first stepping stone on the way to making Rebekah and Elijah pay for their crimes against him.

As he sits up slightly to take a nip of her blood, the door to his bedroom is retched open. Cami freezes in her very compromising position at his side, scared to look over at whatever monster was ballsy enough to burst in on the Original Hybrid's bedroom. Klaus merely casts this glaze towards the interruption of his eating time. When he takes in the figure in the doorway he is completely surprised. She looks completely unassuming in her jean jacket and flowery dress. But the impact of her being there is not lost on him.

The blonde vampire speeds towards the Cami and tugs her out of his range before her human brain can even understand it.

"Are you ok?" asks the blonde.

Cami's eyes dart towards Klaus unsure of how to respond to this mysterious woman. "I … umm… "

The unknown blonde tugs at her arms checking her wrist and smiles brightly when she notes that they are bite free. Cami is somewhat taken aback by her beaming smile. It doesn't quite fit with the lot. But she is coming to recognize that the best vampires can pull you in equally with a smile as they can with a threat.

"Good I got here just in time." She announces cheerily.

Klaus groans from the bed. Cami blinks in confusion at the quick turn in events.

"I need blood Caroline." He whispers.

Caroline walks across the room, her eyes intent on the vampire on the bed. With practiced ease, she pulls a blood bag from the cooler over her shoulder, neatly pops the top, stops on the right side of the bed and brings it to his lips. "You should feel privileged you know?"

Klaus quirks his eyebrow as he sucks from the blood bag.

"I don't just share my B+ with anyone." She says jokingly. Caroline casts her blue eyes toward the human in the room and says to her "You should go. You so don't want to mixed up with all this."

Cami takes a hesitant step towards the bed. "Kinda too late for that." She confesses. "But Elijah asked me to be here." She explains.

Klaus lowers the empty bag away from his lips. He feels stronger as his muscles are already feeling the effects of the blood. His left hands slowly stroking her bare thigh bringing her attention back to him. He squints his eyes as he looks up at her, the sunlight hitting her just right. "Not to worry love. She isn't compelled to be here."

Caroline feels herself walling up over that implication.

Klaus easily reads the distress in her face. Without taking his eyes off Caroline, Klaus addresses Cami. "Thank you for coming Cami. But you can leave."

Cami opens her mouth to interject but Klaus continues on before she can even start. "I will not forget what you offered me today."

With a glance towards the blonde vampire and final nod to him, Cami left the room. The remaining two heard, rather than saw, her shutting the door behind her.

Caroline stared pointedly at his hand still stroking her thigh. "Don't start that."

He grinned at her. "I would be happy to finish love. Multiple times." He sat up to reach for her. The blanket slipped lower down his chest, exposing his wound to her once more. She lay a hand on his shoulder, softly but firmly prompting him to lay back.

"You need to rest." She said. "I'm not taking no for an answer." She finished in her bossiest voice.

He sighed already very familiar with the stubborn look in her eyes. But he also couldn't deny that she was right. For his body to heal, he would need sleep. He closed his eyes in defeat.

Caroline smiled at him and turned to close the heavy drapes of his windows casting the room into darkness.

Klaus did not expect to feel the bed dip under to weight or feel his sheets being pulled away. He opened his eyes to peer at her curiously with a hint of sass. "Bit presumptuous love?"

She stops mid-movement, one knee on the bed leaning over to get into bed. She sends him an equally sassy flirty look. "Please." She continued as if she was wondering aloud. "If you don't want me here, I'm sure I could find another bed to sleep in."

Klaus quickly puts a stop to any such notion as he darts up and pulls her to the bed rolling her to his side. "Not a chance." He says carefully smoothing her face off her face. He takes a moment to admire the picture of her spread out on his bed.

Caroline can see the desire flaring in his eyes. She answers his look back honestly. Tension in the room rising quickly. Caroline put her hand over his heart. Klaus closes his eyes once more but in pleasure not resignation. Caroline slowly traces the hard planes of his body reveling in the feel of his skin. As her hand moves south on his body, she comes to his wound. He flinches. She then lets out a sound of distress.

"Sorry." She murmured.

"It's alright love." He reassures her.

She blinks away her desire of him, knowing in her rational mind that his body is beat and really not in any shape to go down that particular road. "So sleep?"

Klaus, to his credit, reads the hesitation in her face and lets the moment pass. "Your wish is my command." He eases back onto his side still very close to her but not so pressed up against her. "Sweet dreams Caroline."

"Sleep tight." She answers as she reaches for his hand.

A/N: So this will be a short series. It was supposed to be a one-shot but that would have been way too long. Instead I have outlined 2 more parts. Maybe 3 depending on how far forward I want to go. For once I would like to stick to the storyline I write. Anyways I hope you liked it. Watching the paleyfest panels got me inspired. Really Joseph talking about Klaroline is literally never a bad thing. (fangirl swoon) Alright I'm going full steam ahead with the next part!