AN: I rarely write Klaroline so I apologize if this is ooc, this idea got stuck in my head and wouldn't leave me alone.
They've been living together for a week until he discovers it.
Caroline's sleeping, and he's not quite tired enough to join her yet. He's sketching, trying to get her curls just right when it begins. She starts gasping for a few seconds, and his first thought is to wake her up. He moves almost before he's aware of it.
"Caroline." She hears, and she takes a deep breath, like she hasn't breathed in years.
"Are you okay?" He asks, as he pulls her close, she runs a hand through her hair when she thinks.
"It was just a nightmare. I have it sometimes." She tells him, allowing herself to relax into him. The nightmare was from years ago, she should be over it.
"Do you want to tell me about it?" He asks in a murmur. She closes her eyes, and speaks again.
"Sure. It's not really a big deal. Sometimes I dream that I'm back in the hospital and Katherine is killing me again. She put a pillow over my face and killed me to get to Elena. I had Damon's blood in my system so I turned and you know what happened after that." She wonders if she's already told him that Katherine killed her, but he stiffens against her and his arms tighten around her.
He whispers something in a language she doesn't know and asks if she wants him to kill Katherine, or capture her perhaps. She tells him she's not really focused on getting even, and it's not necessary. She asks if he's ever had a nightmare that stayed for years, and he tells her that he has. She asks him if they ever go away and he tells her,
"Sometimes."
She falls asleep to him humming. She doesn't have nightmares for a long, long time.