Prompt from Angelikah or tourguidebarbie: AJDLHSJLKG OKAY I HAVE MANY PROMPTS JUST TELL ME IF YOU NEED DIFFERENT ONES OKAY HERE WE GO: future fic (no babies please) + Caroline turns up at Klaus's current residence somewhere around the world to cash in on however long it takes

However Long it Takes

It's been ten years since the fateful night on the forest floor. Caroline still imagines it. His lips on hers, trailing scorching paths down her body. His calloused hands and stubble, scratching against her smooth skins. Sometimes, these thoughts are all she has to accompany her as she brings herself over that peak. Caroline still imagines it, replaying the thought over and over again in her head. His rough stubble and calloused hands, trailing scorching paths down her body. Those sinful lips and what they could do to her - what they have done to her. Sometimes these thoughts keep her up at night and it's all she can do to reach between her thighs and soothe the ache that's been building.

It's been five years since she decided to leave Mystic Falls. The accuracy of his words didn't escape her notice. She realised he was right (much to her disdain). The small town life wasn't enough for her.

So, she travelled. She discovered different cultures and basked in the sight of her freedom. She went everywhere - Berlin, Shanghai, New Delhi. From the most crowded tourist attractions to the smallest local pub. There was no place Caroline didn't go.

Except one.

XXX

Niklaus Mikaelson was, of course, keeping tabs on her. He was delighted when he heard she dropped that small one horse town and started to travel. He may have left minor hints in the form of airplane tickets as to where to go next, but he never properly intervened. It was her turn to make a move, and he would wait. He just hoped he wasn't kept waiting.

He would've thought her first stop would be Paris. It had been on every one of her Pinterest boards (not that he had an account) so he was surprised when she headed straight for Sydney. He figured it was only a matter of time, but as that passed he found that she specifically evaded three places. Rome, Paris and Tokyo. His own words echoed in his mind.

The night he put these pieces together, he wouldn't stop grinning. This was very disconcerting for his minions, because he would not stop smiling like a fool as he destroyed a new coven who thought they could take him down.

It was a good day.

XXX

It was late February when she bought the ticket. It had been a spur of the moment decision. She woke up cold and so alone. All the friends in the world couldn't make this feeling go away.

All but one.

With this knowledge in her heart, Caroline set out to New Orleans. Since Caroline wasn't an idiot, she knew he was checking up on her. She decided to make him sweat a little.

She stayed in her hotel room for a day, then went out to a bar. Word on the street was it was a popular hangout for vampires. Perfect.

She donned a black halter top with some dark skinny jeans, picking out red stilettos to complete the look. As she walked in, she immediately picked up the scent of blood. Surveying the area, she found three different humans being fed on. It bothered her more than she would care to admit, but she pressed on anyway.

"Rum and coke, please," she ordered. The blonde bartender immediately started making the drink, then placed it down in front of her. She was just about to take a sip when a voice called her out.

"Of all the gin joints in the world," Klaus said, sitting in the bar stool next to her. A decade later and he still smelled the same. It brought a rush of memories ot her. Caroline turned and found his intense gaze trained on hers. She felt her face slightly flush at the attention. She cracked a small smile and he grinned in response, his dimples cutting deep.

"I figured it was about time," she replied.

"Time for what?"

"You know? However long it takes?"

Those words made his eyes darken as he pulled her in for a kiss. It was ardent and slow, and ended all too soon with him pulling away.

She was breathless and pleasantly surprised. "What was that?" She asked.

"That was a long time overdue."

Prompt from Angelikah or tourguidebarbie: college au!klaroline + we dated and broke up because of a misunderstanding and then got assigned a group project and the third person in our group is Very Done with the awkward sexual tension

Get Over It

"Alright everyone! This will be a group assignment. I have already chosen your groups because I will be grading you on your ability to work with other students and your analysis," Professor Shane said, ignoring the annoyed groans that filled the class. "I expect your presentation about Othello's symbolism by the end of the month. Remember, it counts for forty percent of your grade!"

Caroline watched avidly as the spreadsheet containing their groups was shared. She pressed control F and typed her name in so forcefully her friend Enzo was sure her keys would break. "Slow down, gorgeous. Spreadsheets normally respond better to kind words rather than abusive actions," he said, shooting her a wink at her glare.

"Fuck," she breathed, so softly that Enzo almost didn't catch it.

"What's got your knickers in a twist?" He asked, since he didn't see the groups yet.

"I think I'm in hell. Look," she pushed her screen towards his face, her finger jabbing at a name.

"I don't know what's so bad about us being in the same group. At least you aren't stuck with Stefan and Elena making goo goo eyes at each other," Enzo said, a bit miffed at her contempt at his name.

"What? No not you. Look under your name!"

"Oh this is gonna be good."

"No it is not!" Caroline practically screeched, heads turning to look at her. She felt a warmth creep up her ears as she lowered her voice. "It is gonna be the exact opposite of good."

Right under Enzo's name was the name of her ex-boyfriend.

Niklaus Mikaelson.

She used to be head over heels for him, until he accused her of lying and broke up with her around a month ago. The break up had made no sense to her, and she was destroyed over it. It still made no sense to her, and she chalked it up to him just wanting to end it but having no balls to give real reasons.

"Why did you two break up anyway? You obviously still like each other," Enzo remarked, standing to leave. She turned at caught Klaus' gaze, which looked amused and hurt. She understood the former emotion, but not the latter. If anyone should be hurt, it should be me, she thought.

XXX

It had been the term she started talking more with Enzo. Klaus still had his entourage and their respective group of friends never really mixed. It wasn't like they went out of their way to avoid each other's friends. They just never really got together.

She knew Klaus was a bit insecure because of previous experiences, but she thought he trusted her a bit more.

Apparently he did not.

After classes, Enzo drove walked with her back to her apartment off campus. She was about to unlock the door when the door swung open. Klaus was standing there. His face lit up as he saw Caroline, but his expression faltered slightly at Enzo's appearance.

"Hey, Klaus," Caroline greeted, pecking him on the lips. Klaus' smile returned at this show of affection, and he grinned.

"Hello, love," he replied.

"Well, I'll see you, gorgeous. Let's meet up later?" Enzo piped up, giving Caroline a quick hug.

"Yeah, see ya', Enzo!" Caroline said, going into the house.

Klaus shot the other man a glare, before retreating into the house as well. "So… You've been spending a lot of time with him," he started.

"No. Don't even start. I am not gonna put up with this alpha male bullshit," she said exasperatedly. She knew it was only a matter of time, but did it really have to be so soon?

"Okay, okay," Klaus acquiesced. She thought that that would be the end of it. She was wrong.

XXX

Klaus' phone vibrated in his pocket. The notification told him it was from Caroline, very formally inviting him to work on the project. He noticed that she used no emojis whatsoever. He missed her bright messages. Even if she had hurt him, he still missed her morning texts and calls.

He decided that if he was going to be confined in a room with her for lengthy periods of time, he might as well have fun.

He arrived early, but like always you could never be earlier than Caroline Forbes. It seemed his other group mate, Enzo, had his head on the table. Just the sight of them made him bitter. It was one thing to have to work with Caroline, but having to work with her and her new boyfriend would be torture.

"Caroline," Klaus greeted coldly.

"Klaus," she replied just as stiffly. Klaus leaned into her comfort zone, more of a test to see what her new dalliance would do, really. He felt his control slip away as he breathed in her signature lavender scent.

Their eyes met and he could've sworn hers flickered to his lips, but it was too quick to catch.

"Uh, if we could stop with the eye-fucking and get to the analysis, that would be great," Enzo interrupted.

Caroline glared at his crude language as he merely shrugged. It struck Klaus as odd at the fact that he didn't particularly care about their so-called 'eye-fucking', but he thought that was just because he didn't care for her like he did.

"Yes, let's," Klaus said smoothly, pleased at his stable voice.

XXX

Over the week, Klaus learned that Enzo and Caroline were no longer together. It surprised them that they could still remain friends, but then again Caroline was always a very bright person.

Enzo noticed the longing looks they shot each other. The way they would lean in just a little too close or linger for just a touch too long. Their eyes conveyed emotions they themselves would not, and frankly he was sick of it.

He quickly formed a plan, and called an impromptu study group at an empty classroom. It took a little persuasion (mostly with his tongue which he had no qualms with using) but he was able to obtain the keys to this particular class.

They both arrived within the hour. He waited for them to be seated before he stood up and headed to the door.

"Enzo? Where are you going?" Caroline asked, suddenly very scared of the prospect of being in the same room alone with Klaus.

"Out. I'm leaving you to sort out your sexual tension so that each time I'm in the same room with you two it doesn't suffocate me," and with that he left and promptly locked the door.

Klaus and Caroline stood there for a second before she sprang into action. "Enzo! Open this door before I castrate you!"

"I can't hear you over these unresolved problems! I'll be back in an hour, play nice!" Enzo called. His retreating footsteps resonated as she slunk back. She turned around and was met with Klaus' unrelenting stare.

They stared for what felt like hours before she decided to at least get some work done.

"Can we just not make this awkward and do some work?" Caroline asked. She sat back down and looked over the criteria again. "It says here we need to make at least five in depth connections to our real life," she said as she read out.

"I know a backstabber that can be related to Iago," Klaus muttered.

"Okay, enough of this. What the fuck did I do?" She shouted, determined to know why he broke up with her.

"What did you do? I heard the fucking phone calls Caroline,"

"What phone calls?"

XXX

"Caroline!" Klaus called, dropping his bag on the couch. It had been a long, tiring day. He knew he was being petty but he really couldn't stand the sight of Caroline and Enzo together. He knew they were just friends but it still irked him a little.

"Caroline?" He tried again. After getting no answer for the second time he walked over to her room.

"... Like, I like him but he's just so broody. Should I break up with him?" He heard her ask. He felt as if his entire being just shattered. He clutched at the door to keep himself upright. Trying to keep his breathing even, he strained his ears as he struggled to hear.

"There's this other guy. He's pretty hot and I'm pretty sure he's coming on to me. Should I go for it?" Caroline asked, giggling. It was odd. It seemed so unlike Caroline.

His heart was breaking, and he felt like he would throw up. He knew there was something going on. And now he had lost her. Unable to listen any longer he grabbed his bag and left, slamming the door shut as he stalked out.

XXX

"You were talking to one of your friends about us. You called me broody. Did you really think I didn't know?" Klaus spat, his voice dangerously low.

"Broody? This was in October, right?" She hesitantly asked.

"What does that matter? No matter the month you still cheated on me," he hissed.

"God Klaus! I was reading lines with Katherine!" Caroline said, flopping down on the chair. Klaus stared at her for a moment, processing her words.

"You… What?" He sputtered.

"Katherine was auditioning for a role on this drama and asked me to read lines with her. What you heard was basically every young adult novel," Caroline remarked, rolling her eyes, "if you listened for a bit longer you would have heard me being thanked for my help."

"You weren't cheating?" Klaus whispered, feeling his heart soar at the new information.

"Do you really think I would?" She said back, upset at his lack of faith.

In a second he was by her side, capturing her in a bone crushing hug. "I'm sorry, love. I am so, so sorry. I was a wanker for not trusting you. I guess I still have some insecurities," Klaus answered, laughing bitterly at that last part.

Caroline gently pushed them apart and looked into his eyes. He looked so relieved, like his greatest burden had just been lifted. Gently cupping his cheek, her eyes flicked down to his lips in an invitation.

He greedily accepted, tilting her head back to deepen the kiss. She gasped at the sensation and he used this opening to mingle their tongues together, gently caressing her lips that he had seen in his dreams so much.

She felt him harden underneath her and and she moaned at the sensation. She missed this. Missed him. He started to unbutton her blouse and now she was really glad Enzo had locked the door.

He finally got her shirt open and he started to trail hot, open mouthed kisses down her jaw and neck. Klaus gave her ass a firm squeeze then lifter her up onto a desk.

"You are so utterly-"

"Are you guys shagging?" Enzo called.

His interruption snapped Caroline out of her lust filled haze.

"If you are, I'll just slide the keys underneath," he continued. There was a soft jangling sound and, sure enough, the keys appeared.

"I swear to god I'm going to kill him," Klaus said darkly against Caroline's chest.

"Use protection!" Enzo sang out.

"Fuck off, mate!" Klaus yelled. He was met with a chuckle as he heard the footsteps retreat once more.

Turning back to Caroline, he found her repressing a smile. "So…?" He asked.

"Nope, moment's ruined," she giggled.

"I'm going to kill him."