Once he walked in to the dingy bar his senses were assaulted by the smell of the people in the bar closet to Mystic Falls without being in Mystic Falls (which was to say without being the Mystic Grill).
Without so much as a thought he scans the bar until he catches sight of her.
He takes a breath in. The air was cold and he could smell the powders under her eyes that surely covered dark circles, the artificial scent of bubblegum that coated her bright pink (like the gum itself) lips, and the noise wrinkling smell of her hair spry that kept her bright curls in place. What was the most distracting was the heart; human. Caroline Elizabeth Forbes being human- a single flame so easily snuffed out.
Human had always been synonymous with weak when it came his opinion but Klaus knew better. Caroline Forbes wasn't weak but merely a diamond in the ruff. Klaus would surely enjoy shaping that diamond as much as Prometheus had supposedly. (Klaus, despite his vast knowledge of all religions and lore, wasn't one to believe in God or in gods. A thousand years was more than enough time to erode his faith in gods and people.) enjoyed creating man from clay.
The bar stool is hard but Klaus pays it no mind as he slid onto it so he could sit next to Caroline.
"Don't," Caroline somehow managed to sound vehement (stubborn, unyielding as she always been with him) despite slurring the one word she said to him.
Klaus raised an eyebrow in amusement. "Don't what, love?"
She turned to face and despite the redness in her eyes from recent tears she is young. And if Klaus was less selfish he would leave with the doppelgänger and Katherine. Allow Caroline her youth and naivety.
But Klaus is selfish and Caroline deserves better than this. Deserves to be free from the fragile body that could already be half way in the grave.
(you're free; no, I'm dying.)
"Don't say things like 'love' or talk to me with your accent. I've learnt my lesson thank you very much. Just leave me alone. For all I could know you could be a serial killer," Caroline told him, a fierce expression on her face that even her ruined massacre couldn't ruin.
Klaus blinked and his lips twitched upward in amusement. "My name is Klaus Mikaelson. I'm having a manor built for my siblings in Mystic Falls. I swear I'm not a serial killer."
Caroline took the last sip from her drink. "My name is Caroline and I often don't say the right things but I'm not stupid," Caroline admitted to Klaus as she stared at her empty glass with a rather particular look on her face.
Without so much as a word she got up and managed to leave the bar without stumbling much.
A frown made itself at home on Klaus face. While drastically a much better first meeting than last time this was not how he had wanted to meet Caroline. Which was to say, at some dingy bar Klaus wouldn't touch the alcohol with a thirty-nine and a half foot pole. But when Katherine had reported that Caroline had arrived at such a place curiosity had consumed what was left of Klaus' fraying restraint. And here he was.
Tomorrow, Klaus promised himself, he would get answers and talk to Elena about the sacrifice.
A/N:
1.) Okay so I've been sitting on this for a few months. Why did I do that instead of updating then? Because I was having a huge debate with myself. (Warning: this a/n is going to be long but I'm sick and this needs to be said so please bare with with me.)
I know a lot of TVD fans like Damon and that's fine. I like Light Yagami, L, and Misa and you know what? Those three people are terrible people. And tbh I sort of like Damon. Only because he's funny and tvd season one is really dull (Also where do the weather and animal controlling powers go?) without any Originals or Katherine.
Just because I sort of like Damon DOES NOT mean I agree with everything he does. I love Katherine and she raped Stefan. I love Klaus and ship Klaroline but he murdered Aunt Jenna and Gia (both of who I adore) and murdered Katherine's family/hunted Katherine down for years just because she didn't want to die.
Damon raped Caroline. Just because it's brushed aside by the writers and Caroline never calls him out on it (again writers) or her friends doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Confession: I've never been raped. I've had my brother be on and off abusive towards me. I never saw it as abuse until my parents pointed it out (to my idotic self) when I asked them to tell my brother to stop throwing stuff, kicking, and slapping me. While my parents stood by me everyone else in my family didn't really believe me or if they did they wanted me to forgive my brother before I was ready to.
Now me being abused and Caroline being raped and abused by Damon are two different things. But that (everything Caroline went through) has made me relate to her character more than I did before. (I understand what's it's like to feel second best, of being in a competition, and also saying the wrong things.)
I am going to address Damon's rape of Caroline in this fic. If you're not comfortable with that then that's fine and your choice.
2.) Caroline getting drunk when she's human isn't ooc. In season one she organizes a party at the Mystic Grill during Stefan's birthday under Damon's
compulsion. When Damon tells her that she's worthless and shallow she proceeds to get drunk and ask Matt if she's those things. Matt ends up taking her home after Caroline's mom finds out she's been drinking.
This fic is taking place in season one. Since Caroline's mom told the Mystic Grill not to allow Caroline alcohol Caroline goes to a bar out of town because not only is she dealing with being broken up with Damon but Katherine Pierce (Damon and Stefan's ex girlfriend) has moved into town and she looks exactly like Elena.
3.) Caroline does not know of the supernatural in the town but it won't stay that way for long. Why? Because humans are fragile compared to vampires and while Klaus does have Katherine watching/protecting Caroline Klaus isn't going to let Caroline stay human in the hellmouth (kudos if you get that reference) known as Mystic Falls.
