Recovery Day 12:
Caroline bounces in to the room and practically tackles him as she hugs him tightly, straddling his lap and kissing him sweetly. "I take it that you're excited," he muses teasingly, enjoying the way she rolls her eyes at him with a small smile. "Beyond excited," she tells him honestly, "Because you're coming home to me."
He cups her face, moving her thick blonde curls from her face and playing with them, having missed them whilst she was in the hospital away from a curling iron. "I'll always be with you, love," he whispers, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her close to him.
He buries his face in the crook of her neck as she lightly scrapes her nails over his scalp, playing with his hair and soothing him until his body relaxes under hers. "And I'll always love you," he adds, kissing the skin of her shoulder, bare in the one shoulder jumper she wears. "And I'll always love you," she breathes back, kissing the back of his neck lightly.
A throat clears to interrupt them and he grumbles incoherently as she giggles and pulls away to look at her mother's raised eyebrow and smirk. "Mommy," she whines, climbing off him embarrassed and sitting herself beside him. "Well, Meredith was too awkward to break it up, so someone had to grow a pair and do it," Liz teases before leaving them.
Meredith walks in a moment later with a wheelchair, Elijah and Kol close behind. "Okay, you know what to do by now, Klaus?" Meredith smiles sadly, placing the chair beside him. He grunts in response, throwing the covers off his body to show him already in his jeans and tight-fitting Henley. Caroline become genuinely confused on how she missed that fact.
He pushes his leg off the bed and holds on to the edges as he quickly pivots on his foot and lands on the seat of the chair with a huffed breath. He looks up at Caroline with a wince, but she's smiling at him supportively.
He feels some sense of relief in moving in to his chair for the first time in front of her. He's usually in bed or already in the chair. He looks at her in awe, falling more in love with her, completely thrown back by how supportive she's been throughout. He was sure that it'd be too much for them both, that she'd leave or he'd push her away, but she's been pushing back instead and helping him to learn not to let it ruin him.
She giddily gets up from the bed and walks over to him, her light taking over the darkness that tries to consume him. He takes her hand, squeezing it quickly before pushing himself out of the room slowly. Elijah takes the case with Klaus' leg and the three of them follow him out. Elijah's already taken care of everything, so now they just have to get home and celebrate him coming back.
They sit together, Caroline with her back against Klaus' chest on the sofa, her legs on Bonnie's lap, Kol beside her. Elijah and Katherine sit cuddled on one of the large lounge chairs together, Stefan and Rebekah sharing the other one - a bit more distance between them because Klaus keeps glaring at Stefan and threatening to "beat him with his prosthetic if he gets too close to Rebekah" which ends up bringing up the "Oh my god, Nik! You're ruining my life" argument.
Caroline and Elijah act as mediators, pointing out that Rebekah's a grown woman and that Stefan isn't threatening Klaus about being with his best friend and they live together. "It's different," Klaus mutters, still glaring like an angry puppy at Stefan. "How? Because you're the mature, responsible adult here?" Rebekah scoffs, rolling her eyes, "You're acting like a three-year old!"
He growls in response and Caroline hushes them both whilst rubbing the back of his hand and drawing soothing circles over his thigh. "Can we all please get along for just one night?" She asks desperately, dropping her head on to his shoulder pouting. He smiles down at her and begins running his fingers through her hair. "Fine, but only if he shuts up," Rebekah mutters, crossing her arms over her chest.
"My party," he argues back teasingly. "Your loss," she snaps back, throwing herself from the chair and dragging Stefan behind her. "Rebekah, don't be a brat," Kol calls after her with a smirk. "Then all of you stop being pricks!" She shouts back before dragging Stefan upstairs.
"Rebekah! Don't take that boy upstairs!" Klaus yells after her. "That is unfair! You know I can't go upstairs!" Her bedroom door slams and he sighs, blowing some of Caroline's hair on to her face.
"Bitch," he mumbles before pulling Caroline closer. "You started it," Caroline points out. "Oh, don't pick her side now," he whines, pouting at her with a frown. She kisses his lips quickly and smiles at him before covering a yawn with the back of her hand. "Shall we go to bed, love?" He asks her amused by the scunchy face she makes when she yawns.
She nods and gets up, pushing his chair closer so he can get in it. He flicks on the brakes before throwing himself in to the seat, shuffling to get comfortable before flicking off the brakes and rolling out of the lounge. "Goodnight, brothers, Katherine, Bonnie," he calls as he pushes himself in to the bedroom.
"Night, Klaus," the girls call back, "Night Care." She waves and bids them all a goodnight, too. "Nik, Care," Kol dismisses through his own yawn. "Goodnight, Niklaus, Caroline," Elijah nods formally, causing Katherine to roll her eyes before she pulls him from his seat, demanding he take her to bed. Bonnie and Kol retire soon after.
Klaus manages to get changed and in bed without much assistance from Caroline, the bathroom changed to accommodate for him slightly. He lies in bed as Caroline comes in, wearing one of his shirts. He swallows, still feeling his heart hammering in his chest whenever he sees her like this - his and only his.
She blushes, seeing him staring at her almost hungrily. They've never been together, but they've been close a few times. She walks over to the bed and crawls under the covers with him, smiling as he turns and leans over her slightly, claiming her lips with his own.
She sighs slightly in to the kiss, their mouths moving slowly as he runs his hand over her body, slipping it under the shirt and growling low in his throat when he feels that she's only wearing a pair of flimsy lace briefs underneath.
She moans as he begins palming her breast with his large, rough hand. Her hands explore the plains of his bare chest and she manages to push him on to his back to straddle him. He pulls away a moment and stare in to her hazed but clear blue eyes. "Are you sure?" He pants, taking in as much air as possible. "I love you," she whispers, breathing heavily as she pulls the shirt from her body.
He looks up at the almost naked beauty on top of him and feels the air escape him. Her slender, curvy body is bare before him, her creamy skin inviting his hands to roam over it and his lips to taste the strawberry hint to it.
She blushes and almost covers her chest up, but he catches her wrists and pulls her down, his lips grazing hers as he speaks. "You are perfect, Caroline," his husky voice growls. She leans in and kisses him, the slow and sensual pace continuing as his hands move from her shoulder blades down over her ribs and waist to the hem of her briefs.
She moans as he teases her hips with his calloused fingers, tickling the skin and bringing a trail of goosebumps along her skin after his touch. Her underwear ends up across the room and she's soon trailing down his body to the waistband of his boxers, slowly slipping them down over his thighs. She feels him tense slightly as she gets closer to his stump and she has an idea.
She beings by pressing kisses in to the crook of his neck, moving further and further down over the middle of his stomach, the top of his hips and down his leg until she's lingering a kiss to the top of the bandage around his knee. He slowly begins to relax again as she throws his boxers across the room and makes her way back up to his lips.
"I love you," she breathes, staring down in to his eyes, "No matter what, okay?" He nods slowly and tucks some of her hair behind her ear before kissing the tip of her nose. "I love you, always," he says quietly. She takes a deep breath and continues to keep her eyes locked on his.
His hands hold on to her hips, guiding her over him as she braces her hands flat on his chest. She slowly sinks on to him, a moan escaping her as he grunt, burying his head back in to the pillow slightly. He can feel her adjusting to fit him in before he fully places her on to him with a gutteral noise of pleasure coming from both of them, quiet but powerful.
Her hips rock against his slowly, his own coming up to meet hers slightly with the need to control taking over him, even if he can't fully ravish her as he once planned to. The room fills with an intense air, the harsh breathing of the couple consummating their love for each other echoing between the large and almost empty room.
A burning ball of desire pulls in her stomach and her nails dig in to his chest slightly. He can feel her becoming tense around him and his grip tightens with his own climax threatening to come out before hers. She releases a shaky breath and moans, throwing her head back as she begins spasming around him.
He reaches up and tilts her head down to his as he lets go inside of her, the both of them losing it as they stare in to one another's eyes. She collapses on to him, resting on his chest as she pulls her hips from his and he pulls out of her.
"I love you, Caroline," he pants, watching her eyes begin to flutter shut. "I love you, Nik," she smiles, shifting so she lies on her side, her body pressed against him. He wraps his arms around her and strokes her slightly damp hair from her face, both their bodies slick with a thin sheen of sweat from their love-making.
He kisses the top of her head, feeling her even, cool breaths over his warm chest. He watches her sleeping, the sheets pooled over their waists and her chest bare to him. Goosebumps still speckle her skin as he runs his fingers over her body, the motions causing her to cuddle up to him closer. A smirk grows on his face before he falls asleep, finally finding the first true moment of peace after the accident with his love in his arms.
AN: Ta da?! I hope you like, got in a bit of sexy time because I thought it'd give a bit of a lighter mood and set their relationship better. So, yeah, leave a review.
I'd probably write more if I wasn't trying to get down the million other ideas I've got, so I'm sorry. But, I've almost finished school, so that means I'll have a few weeks free, then I'll go on holiday (i don't know if there's wi-fi at the cottage though x_x ) and then we have the rest of summer to go! WOO!