I've been reading a lot of fanfic about my favorite TV couple who, well, aren't really a couple. So, I decided to write a quick one-shot, nothing fancy with an ending a Klaroline fan will probably not be thrilled with.
Disclaimer: I do not own TVD or TO. If I did, I would've killed Haley off in the TO season finale (imagine how dark Elijah could've gone, his character would've been dynamic to watch) and Caroline would not be having feelings for Stefan beyond sisterly affection – now it's just disturbing. And, my 2 faves would have found another opportunity to be together however un-organic it may feel
I'm finally ready…but, he said no.
It's been 5 years. I've been to college, lived the life I imagined before I was turned into a vampire, before Klaus, before everything, before I realized that that dream died the day I did.
He said he'd wait a century, but it only took 5 years. I was here, ready, knocking at his door, and he said no, Klaus Mikaleson said NO.
I was a fool, a stupid teenage vampire who caught the eye of the fiercest creature in existence. I dallied with his feelings, used as a constant distraction while fighting my own self.
But…he was a magnet, I couldn't resist the draw. I covered it all up with derision and venomous words. Yet he knew, he always knew that one day this small town life wouldn't be enough. He saw in me what I refused to see until that day I went knocking at his door in New Orleans.
Klaus: Caroline, sweetheart, to what do I owe the pleasure?
Caroline: I'm here Klaus, ready to see the world, your world, if you still want me?
His reaction wasn't what I expected. Instead of his infamous smirk and knowing smile, he hesitated, stumbled almost before I felt him shut himself off to me. He simply said "No, Caroline, I'm sorry, but that door has closed".
He slowly closed his door and left me standing on his doorstep feeling empty. To say the least, I was confused, hurt, angry, and heartbroken. He was always endgame, I finally understood that but he said 'no'.
I gathered myself together and swooshed away before he heard my tears. I didn't want him to know that I was crying over him, crying over something that never had a chance to begin. I would never know if he was my forever, I would never know an eternity with Klaus. I would never know why he turned me away after his persistence and promises of forever. I would never know and one day I just may stop caring to know…
Klaus POV:
Klaus stood on the other side of the door, listening. His dead heart ached with a ferocity he had never experienced when he heard the distant sound of her tears. He turned away HIS love. He felt shame only for her could he feel this way. He couldn't tell her that he was a father. He couldn't tell her that Haley was the mother. Not yet, she wasn't ready. No, it was best he let her go, to let her live a lifetime, to let her be free. So, he closed the door, he closed it with a feeling of forever so she'd know never to come back.
He will always and forever love Caroline Forbes. One day, in the very far future, he will seek her out and tell her the story of a hybrid who fathered a child. One day when she's lived more lives than a human, when she's realized that time is eternal and nothing is so simple when immortal. One day…
