I'll put the coffee on, you just rest, you've got healing to do Till you laid eyes on me I never dreamed I was someone who could be seen

It's your heart that keeps the beat And it's your hand that spins the earth under my feet

Turn ice to rain and make love from pain and Let it be heard on this day I'll love honor and obey

Always then and now, to you I make this vow

Klaus opened his eyes and groaned as he sat up. Everything hurt. But nothing was broken or bleeding any longer, so there was no reason to stay in bed. He slowly got out of the bed and made his way lightly to the kitchen, hearing crashing and banging. When he opened the door, his quizzical eyes set on the teal-blue ones of Caroline's, just saved him last night.

"No! You're going back to bed. Shouldn't even be walking right now." Caroline protested, going toward him. His hand gripped the counter and it was then he realized he wasn't wearing a shirt or pants.

"Only if you join me, Caroline." He replied, but groaned again as Caroline ignored him and roped her arm around Klaus to help him back to his room.

"If you promise to get better soon, maybe." She said matter-of-factly, and then guided him back to the bed. "Do you want me to get coffee going?" He snorted.

"Everyone in Mystic Falls isn't too far from human yet, are they?" He replied.

"Come on, you must've had it at some point in your life."

"Yes I did, but I'm more accustomed to bourbon and whiskey now."

"You don't need to get drunk yet, you just got up." She replied. At that he had to laugh despite the motion hurting his ribs. Caroline pulled the covers up over him and looked him over. Every piece of clothing he'd had on before had blood stains all over them, and a few of his ribs broke. She'd had to watch him get tortured, unable to do a thing about it. But now she was making up for it.

"You need to just stay in this bed and heal. A lot happened to you last night." Caroline said. Klaus looked Caroline over and saw how worried she was, pulling the covers up higher over him, tucking him in, fluffing the pillows.

"Alright love, I will." He replied. She looked up at him and kissed his forehead.

"Thank you." She said. "Now I'm going to get some food and some coffee, stay there and don't move." Klaus smiled and nodded. As Caroline turned to leave, he caught her hand and rubbed the back of it with his thumb. Then he pulled it to his lips, and kissed it, taking it in his other hand and squeezing it.

"Thank you for helping me, love." He told her and Caroline smiled. She patted his hand held them to her chest a minute before he let her hand go and she left the room.

Caroline scrubbed at the dishes still left in the sink and put them in the dishwasher. If anyone bothered to be in the house right now she wouldn't be doing them but it helped her think. She'd decided when she brought him home, with Elijah's help; that she would do anything it took to keep that from happening again. Sure Klaus wouldn't let himself get caught, and if she were to be kidnapped as well he'd get them out of there quicker than she had been able to but the rage inside of her from that moment occurring was devastating her. Klaus was too broken to see it, he wasn't going nearly as well as he was letting himself believe. But it was for her. He was putting on a brave face for her. Luckily she hadn't forgotten the day she'd broke his mind from Silas's compulsion and knew to expect Klaus to be at his worst. The toaster popped and she took the two lightly burned pieces of toast, holding them until she could find a plate.

Both she and Klaus could fool themselves into thinking whatever they wanted, when no one ever dared to try and hurt them again. The history Klaus disappeared into however long ago would be rewritten, and everyone who knew his name would know just how dangerous he was. Just how devoted they were to each other. Who knows, maybe people would talk about how happy they were together. Who'd want to screw up a happily ever after, right?

Caroline scoffed and shoved the eggs from the pan on the stove onto the plate, then put the plate on the breakfast tray she'd found, from when Klaus brought her breakfast in bed the day she decided she didn't want to do much.

When Caroline reappeared at Klaus's door, she held the tray and hoped Klaus was asleep. His eyes were closed but when she put the tray down he groaned and his head lolled, showing he was just resting.

"Do you want the food I brought?" She asked. Klaus looked over to her.

"If you made it I might as well try it, mustn't I?" He asked in reply. Caroline gave him a snide look and put the tray on his lap.

"Oh! The coffee." She exclaimed and spun towards the door.

"Caroline." Klaus called after her. She turned around slowly, hesitant of him, of this, of everything.

"Forget the coffee. If you would like some by all means grab a cup, but stay here with me a while before you do so." He implored. Caroline considered him and smiled to herself, turning again to come sit beside him. Klaus tried to sit up but had trouble. She shook her head.

"Don't sit up, it won't help."

"I want to" He protested. She scoffed and took the tray from the bed, helping him sit up. She put another pillow behind his head and fluffed it. Feeling his coarse hair in-between her fingers, she stared at her hand, and then looked to his face, his eyes already on hers, a whimsical smile on his lips. She leaned in and kissed him on the mouth, feeling his smile still until he lifted his hand to grip the back of her head. Caroline shifted to help him keep his hand there, and he kissed her again, his other arm coming around to grip her waist. She let herself fall onto the bed again, leaning forward as to not make him do so. But Klaus's kisses became heated. She slowly stopped and pulled away slightly just to look his eyes.

"Are you sure you want to while you're this weak?" Caroline asked. Klaus scoffed

"I'm not as feeble as you suppose, love. Kiss me." Klaus replied. She complied with one kiss and pulled away again. He groaned.

"It'll take my mind off the pain. You're good at that." He reminded her. She smiled again. He did remember. And so Caroline let herself be enveloped in him, only she wouldn't let him move her from being on top of him. When they rested together beneath the covers, Caroline smiled beside him.

"I think I let the coffee cool too long." She said. Klaus chuckled and turned to her, pulling her head towards him as she giggled with him, kissing him. Klaus pulled back and rested his forehead against hers.

"Marry me." Klaus said. Caroline continued to smile but froze.

"Seriously?" She asked in surprise.

"Yes." He replied, grinning and turning back to rest.

"You sure you could do all of it?" Caroline asked, looking at him. "Keep to your vows, love me, honor me, obey me? In sickness and in health and all that?"

"Only as long as you do the same, love." Klaus replied. "You know I love you. I've always honored you, and I shall continue to obey you."

"In sickness and in health?"

"Always." He vowed. Caroline stared at him, speechless.

"Well then. That's an easy answer isn't it?" She said. Klaus grinned and looked down, wishing he wore a ring he could take off and give to her. But he stopped himself from jumping out of the bed and shouting from the rooftop.

"What exactly is the answer?" Klaus asked. Caroline rolled over and wrapped an arm around his neck, pulling his mouth to hers.

"Yes." She replied, kissing him again. "I will" Again "I will, I will, I will."