Hi lovelies! This is a new series of drabbles for Klaroline. I wrote this one based on a prompt I received from an anon on tumblr. Hope you guys like it! Review and let me know what you think! =]
Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters.
The sunlight shone through the curtains of the window, illuminating the room and making her eyes flutter open from the deep sleep she was in. She could feel sheets draped over her in some places, her legs out in the open, but most of all, she could feel the presence of someone behind her along with the warmth of the arm he had around her waist. She could sense he was on the verge of waking and she turned her head toward him, taking in his relaxed face as he was half asleep. She loved the feeling she got from seeing him comfortable enough to sleep soundly next to her, though she knew that if any distress occurred he would wake in an instant, ensuring her safety.
Caroline thought about their journey from how they'd been in Mystic Falls to now, a year later in a beautiful beach house on the coast of Bali. After all the battling she'd done against her feelings, one day she just couldn't take staying in Mystic Falls and pretending to be okay with having the life she would've had while she was human. Klaus had known right off the bat, but it was her mother that convinced her. Liz saw it, saw Caroline's eyes when she talked about college and choosing a major and how it seemed wrong for her. She knew that, for now, Caroline needed to get out, find everything she wanted, explore what the world had to offer, even if one of those offers was a one thousand year old hybrid currently residing in New Orleans. And with her mother's approval and push, Caroline found herself on his doorstep, claiming the promises he'd made her of Paris, Rome, Tokyo and last love. And he smiled that dimpled smile of his, let her in, and started making good on those promises a week later after showing her a little of New Orleans, beignets and all.
"What are you smiling about love?" he asked, startling her out of her reflective thoughts.
She smiled, pursing her lips to get a kiss from him before responding.
"Us," she said, "you mainly, and everything you've shown me in the past year."
"And what about me were you thinking of? Besides my handsome looks of course," he said, a smirk forming on his mouth. She chuckled swatting at his shoulder lightly and placing her head on his chest before taking on a more serious tone.
"You were the one," she said, "you believed in me, spoke out loud everything I tried hard to keep inside, showed me I deserved to see and experience everything in life and I don't even know why. Why you bothered I mean, even after I rejected you so many times. There are hundreds of women, humans and vampires, that you could've chosen. And instead you chose me over and over again."
He took a lose curl of her blonde hair and put it behind her ear, letting his hands trace the outline of her face before looking deep into her eyes and responding.
"You were the one for me Caroline," he said, "you still are. You showed me parts of myself that I thought were dead inside of me for hundreds of years. You challenged me in every way that you could, you were honest with me when everyone else was too scared to be, and you're everything I said you were the night of the ball; strong beautiful, full of light. I didn't even know light like yours existed in this world, and then I met you. There's no one else I would bother to even gaze at, love. I'm just lucky you accepted my offer and that you're with me now."
She looked up at him, giving him a watery smile before making her way toward his lips and kissing him, deepening it to convey her feelings and love as much she could. Part of her would always be a little skeptical, at least for a while, her human insecurities were still a part of her after all, but she was learning to quiet that voice inside of her little by little. Caroline was in love, she was letting her guard down and with him and as a result, she was having the time of her life. She knew being with Klaus meant forever, knew it since the day he'd promised her "however long it takes," and she couldn't be happier with her decision. Having the biggest, baddest hybrid by her side felt amazing, and she didn't want it any other way.