He promised to leave so he stays away - only he misses her, so he calls. She's free and never has to see him again - but she misses him, so she answers. [A series of canon-compliant post-5x11 drabbles wherein Caroline tells Klaus all about the craziness of her daily life and I inject some Klaroline into the rest of Season 5.]

A thousand years of disappointment and desertion, and she still believes in his capacity to love. What a presumptuous little thing she is. Klaus/Caroline, and a beginning. It is all he needs. Post 4x16.