AU: Stefan and Katherine are engaged in 1864 and they're both human. But Katherine has a secret, she's a vampire hunter. So what happens when Klaus comes to town and is immediately interested by Stefan?


Stefan watched the carriage pull up in front of the house one over from his, and was immediately intrigued by the man that stepped out. It wasn't often that twenty-something year old men just came to Mystic Falls to stay. His feet were moving forward before he could even think about it.

When he was within several feet from the stranger, the words quickly escaped his mouth. "Hello, you must be new to town. I'm Stefan Salvatore." He offered out his hand.

The man smiled. "I'm Klaus." Stefan tried to ignore the heat that rushed through his body as he touched Klaus' hand and heard his smooth accent.

Stefan helped Klaus carry one of his bags into the house. "It's not often that we have new people move into Mystic Falls. What brought you here, if you don't mind my asking?"

"I needed a change of scenery."

Stefan nodded. "I've thought about doing that myself a time or two."

"So why haven't you?"

"Because my whole life is here. My friends, my father, my brother…and Katherine." For some reason Stefan didn't want Klaus to know that Katherine was his fiancee. He just didn't.

Klaus smiled. "I assume that Katherine is your girlfriend?"

Stefan glanced down. "Something like that."

They stepped back out to the porch and Stefan watched as a carriage started by. "That's probably her right there." He glanced over at Klaus. "I should probably go."

Stefan stepped off the porch and started back toward his house. But he stopped when he heard footsteps behind him. "What are you doing?"

"I'm going with you to meet Katherine."

"Are you sure you want to do that?"

"Of course." He patted Stefan on the back.

They approached as Katherine was stepping out. "Stefan." She smiled. And then her eyes stopped on Klaus. "Oh, hello." She looked back to Stefan.

"Right, I'm sorry. Klaus, this is Katherine Pierce. Katherine, this is Klaus. He just moved in the house next door."

Klaus took her hand and brought it to his lips. "It's a pleasure to meet you."

Katherine nodded and smiled but Stefan could see a worried look in her eyes.

"Well I should get back to unpacking. It was nice meeting you Miss Pierce, Stefan." He half-waved and started to walk back.

"Hey Klaus, wait!" Stefan called out. Klaus turned back around. "Would you like to come over for dinner tonight?"

Klaus slowly smiled. "Absolutely."

Katherine waited until Klaus was gone. "I didn't know you were having a dinner tonight?"

"I'm not. But Father and Damon are gone and you said you were going to be busy tonight with your friends. So I figured it would be nice to not have to eat dinner alone."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"The guy just moved to town, and I don't see the harm in it. Is everything ok with you?"

"Why do you ask?"

"You just seem like something's wrong."

"No, I'm fine. It's just been a long day, that's all." Katherine leaned in to kiss Stefan on the cheek. "Let's go inside." She looped her arm through his and took another look at Klaus before going inside.


Stefan heard a knock on the door and opened it to find Klaus standing on his porch. "Klaus."

"Stefan." He led him inside to the dining room and took a seat across from him on the other side.

When a maid comes in and begins setting out drinks Stefan notices the worn brown notebook laying on the table beside Klaus that he brought with him. "What is that?" He gestured toward the notebook.

Klaus looked down at it almost a little nervously. "Just some silly drawings that I've done."

"Really? I'm terrible at drawing."

"So what are you not terrible at then?"

Stefan paused. "Well, I like to write."

"Hmm. And I like to read."

"Ha. Good try."

"Afraid to show me your work Mr. Salvatore?"

Stefan met his gaze. "I'll show you mine if you show me yours?" Something about Klaus made him want to know more about him and even show more of himself. And that terrified and excited him at the same time.

Klaus smirked. "Deal."

After dinner Stefan slowly stood up from the table and then snatched Klaus' notebook from beside him.

"Hey!" Klaus grabbed for it. "Do you want me to go look for your writing myself?"

That got Stefan's attention. "No!" He tossed it back to Klaus. "Wait here."

Stefan padded upstairs and searched through his journals until he found the right one. He came back down and held his journal out in one hand and the other to take Klaus' notebook.

They exchanged them at the same time and Stefan immediately started flipping through the pages. He was amazed by all of the vivid detail and the way that Klaus could do things like draw the curls of a girl's hair just right. He had never seen true art, but he was sure this had to be it. "These are amazing." He said quietly. He looked up to see that Klaus had sunk down in a chair and he looked completely engrossed in his journal.

When he couldn't take it any longer he finally said, "So what do you think?"

After a few seconds Klaus looked up and closed the book. "This is incredible."

Stefan couldn't help the smile that spread across his face.

"Has anyone else read this?"

"Oh, no."

"Why not?"

"No one else even knows that I write. Well except for my brother, but he just kind of mocks it. And Katherine knows about my writing, but she's never even asked about it. I used to think she was just respecting my privacy, but now I'm starting to think that she just doesn't really care."

"Women are complex creatures."

"Have you ever been married Klaus?"

"No."

"Really?"

"That surprises you?"

"Well, yes." Stefan hesitated. "You just seem like the kind of man that would find that one girl that is special and then hold on to her."

"I had a girl once."

"What happened to her?" Stefan regretted his question after the silence that followed it. "I'm sorry, that was rude of me."

Klaus stood and almost completely closed the space between them. "Don't apologize for being curious Stefan. It's one of the things that I like about you."


As you can probably tell I'm leading up to some interesting stuff with Klefan and it's rated M for chapters in the near future. ;) Thanks for reading, and reviews are definitely always appreciated! :D