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In her almost-sleep daze, Skylar's lips curved up into a dreamy smile.

The vampire, with all her strength, smashed the glass onto the side of Elena's face, digging the glass into her skin, tearing it downwards so a large slash appeared down her cheek.

Elena let out a loud, heart-wrenching scream and tried to pull the glass out of her face.

Skylar's blue eyes fluttered as she began to feel herself fall into a slumber.

She turned around onto her side, palm underneath her cheek, one leg out of the sheets and one inside. She was either too hot or too cold so with that position she was just right. The female vampire shut her eyes again, replaying the event from the day before. She never grew tired of it.

Skylar released a long sigh and, just as she was about to drop off into a dream-filled state, she suddenly heard something other than Klaus' light snoring.

"Father, stop lashing me!"

The Salvatore frowned and listened out for anything else but just heard light snoring.

Then, just as she shut her eyes again, the female vampire heard a mumbling again, this time, it sounded somewhat panicked. It was as if a small child was pleading for something.

"I am not weak!"

Her eyes snapped open once again, and she turned around to Klaus' side. Her gaze landed on the hybrid and, instead of seeing his usual peaceful sleeping state, his expression was one of child-like fear. His hand was clutching the sheet, balling it up into his fist as if he were trying not to cry out in pain.

The need to sleep escape Skylar and she watched the Original.

The usual smug, fearless and self-assured Klaus Mikaelson was having a flashback within a nightmare.

A flashback of his step-father beating him, something she'd heard he'd done too many times.

Skylar swallowed and, as she watched Klaus, it reminded her of the fear she'd had toward her own father.

Her father folded his belt after tearing it off, and he stalked toward her, anger in his eyes.

"You stupid girl."

Skylar fought her tears as she backed away, shaking her head."Father, I was trying to help Damon!"

"His punishments are for him to learn. You are not helping him learn."

Her father raised his hand, fingers locked around it and he rushed toward her. She tried to run away from him but found herself falling against the wall behind her. She slapped her hands against the wall as if she could fall through it.

"Father, please!"

Skylar's tears escaped her as her father brought down the belt.

"Father, don't-"

She fell to the ground, screaming as the belt hit the back of her leg. She hit the floor, fingers curling into fists as her father brought the belt down again.

She bit her lip to stop the tears, trying to stop herself from crying out

Skylar blinked, snapping out of her mind and her gaze settled on Klaus again. His chest was rising and falling, head snapping to the side as he tried to control his flashback. She inhaled sharply to stop her own emotions about her past as she watched him.

Skylar shifted closer to the Original, hand resting on his shoulder as if trying to lend him some of her strength as comfort. He flinched, and she pulled her hand back, settling it by her side.

She couldn't wake him.

If she woke him, he'd know that she'd witnessed the big, bad Original hybrid suffering from a nightmare and he'd lash out. She had done the same in her past if someone she'd brought home had witnessed her showing weakness. Skylar wanted to help him, to wake him up with him knowing that she'd seen him having a nightmare.

She couldn't leave him trapped in there.

He needed to feel in control.

Skylar tilted her head, trying to think of something before something came to mind.

The female vampire kicked aside the sheets on top of her and got onto her knees. The Salvatore sister looked down at the hybrid who was still shaking slightly.

For the first time, Skylar Salvatore felt empathy for Klaus Mikaelson.

Skylar moved closer to the hybrid, and she shifted so that she was sitting on top of him, legs at each side of the Original.

She settled down on top of him, hands settling on his shoulders.

Then, she leant down and pressed her lips gently against his, just like he had done to her in the Grill bathroom to calm her down. She pulled back an inch then returned her lips to his, planting short pecks on his mouth.

He released a low moan, brain slowly beginning to work out of the dream once more.

"Klaus?"

She felt him shift slightly underneath her.

"Hmmm?"

Skylar moved her mouth away from his and peppered kisses along his cheek, moving to his jawline where she nipped lightly.

The Original below her let out another groan.

Skylar rolled her hips against him, nails moving from his shoulders to his neck and she scratched lightly.

Less than a second after her movements, she was straightened as Klaus shot up, his eyes wide. He panted as he recovered from his flashback/nightmare, looking around to make sure that he wasn't still stuck in his own personal hell.

"What the-"

Skylar, pretending not to notice his traumatised reaction, placed her hands on his shoulders and smiled down at the hybrid she was sitting on.

She arched her eyebrow, licking her bottom lip as she grinned at him."Oh, goodie, you're up."

Klaus, finally noticing her straddling him, looked up at her. He, like her, feigned not having just came out of a vivid memory that had turned him into an emotional state.

"What's happening?"He narrowed his eyes, observing her."What did you see?"

She leant closer to him, rubbing her nose against Klaus'.

The female vampire pressed a hand to his chest, pushing him back down onto the bed.

"I was dreaming about the time you got your puppy to bite me."Skylar said as she kept her hand on Klaus' chest to keep him down."Do you know that you dream when you first get bitten? I dreamt about the most terrifying of things like waking up in the middle of the ocean without my daylight ring or Elena living until she was eighty."

The female vampire ran her tongue along her teeth as she heard Klaus' heart race."Then I got to the stage where the boring dreams turned into something more exciting. But it's something in between a dream-like state and reality."

The panicked look slowly began to drain from Klaus' eyes as he stared up at the female vampire. He titled his head, somewhat curious as she spoke to him, her voice pulling him away from the sound of Mikael's.

"Do you wanna know what my mind conjured up, Klaus?"

His nod was her response.

She smiled as she noticed this and grabbed his hands, settling them on her waist."In the state between my dreams and reality, I spent nearly two hundred years searching for someone to live up to their promises. They told me that they could meet my expectations, that they could show me what the definition of a man was. "

"They would storm into the nearest bar and pick a fight with the largest man there, and if they won, they turned to me like a child would if they believed they'd gotten a question right. But it wasn't about physical strength. It was about the thought of him walking into a room and eyes turning to him as if to know that he was the most powerful one there."

Skylar tiptoed her fingers up the side of his head until they stopped.

She tapped his temple softly, keeping his eyes on her."It was all in there. Then, one day, I saw that happen, it all came together. I saw a man with eyes that could make millions bow before him and a crooked smile that made every woman's heart race."

Her hand moved down his cheek then down his chest until she raised it. Skylar placed her hand over her heart, a giggle spilling from her lips as she moved closer to him, lips brushing Klaus' ear as she whispered.

"He walked with the confidence that showed everyone in the room that he was king and, just like I spent my life wanting, they knew that. They knew who he was without asking and they knew their place."

Skylar tilted her head, grinning when she saw the darkness return to Klaus' eyes. The terrified child disappeared, and instead, he was replaced by the hybrid that wasn't afraid anymore.

"He was the hybrid king whose name made the entire world quake with fear."

Klaus shot up, and she smirked at him as a growl ripped from his throat.

"Is that so, love?"

"Uh-huh."She nodded, hand cupping his cheek in her hand as she leant forward, lips brushing his."He was exhilarating. He exceeded my expectations."

Klaus chuckled, hands grasping her bottom and pulling her against him, green/blue eyes staying on hers as she moved against him.

"And who might that all mighty man be?"

Skylar tapped her index finger against Klaus' chin, purring to him."I'm sure you know."

His eyes flashed amber as another growl came from him, one of approval.

He smirked at her, and she could see that the Klaus she knew had returned.

He wasn't a scared little child anymore.

Her hands framed his face as she pressed closer to him, keeping her eyes on his amber ones. The two moved together as she rocked against him, forehead against his, inching closer to his lips.

She smiled, lips moving towards his but he pulled back at the last minute, leaving her hanging.

Klaus snarled, making a shiver run up her spine.

Skylar met his gaze again, and she stroked his cheek, playfully poking at his dimple as she mentally captured his grin.

"There he is."

Klaus smirked at her again before his lips claimed hers roughly.

As the two kissed, they failed to notice the bedroom door silently closing.

Outside of Klaus' room stood Elijah, Kol and Rebekah.

The second eldest brother's task was to calm his brother's every full moon because Klaus would have nightmares concerning Mikael. Elijah, since his mind was as strong as Klaus', was able to go into the hybrid's mind and take his mind elsewhere.

But it seemed that Skylar had found her own way to soothe Klaus.

She reminded him of how far he had come from the little boy who would feel weak by his father. Klaus had never been weak in Elijah's mind, but that hadn't stopped his brother from feeling that way.

She reminded him of the man he had become.

The king.

Elijah stood outside with a small, fond smile on his face.

Rebekah and Kol, who had caught him in his task, stood next to him.

Kol chuckled, crossing his arms over his chest."I think she's beginning to like the bastard."

Rebekah grinned, hands on her hips as she stated."I believe he's starting to like her."

Elijah nodded with his own laugh, looking somewhat reassured.

"If they can handle each other at their worst, they're good for one another."

The three siblings smiled at each other before they walked away from Klaus' door.

Thank you for reading!

I just wanted to give you a chapter about Skylar helping Klaus at his worst since he had done it for her. We all know that Klaus would never let any weakness show and would grow defensive even if those closest to him saw it. So I came up with this, and I hope you liked it.

They're getting closer, even if they don't see it.

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