A/N: For all you Klayley lovers out there! I don't exactly know what this is. I think I just needed this for myself. I had a horrible day.

Hope you enjoy...

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters...sadly.

Is it just our bodies? Are we both losing our minds?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?
Do we need somebody just to feel like we're alright?
Is the only reason you're holding me tonight
'Cause we're scared to be lonely?

- Dua Lipa, Martin Garrix

There is not one person, human or not, that isn't afraid of the dark. The darkness is great for a little while but it gets boring. It becomes lonely and sad. But the light is joyous in every occasion, light is happiness. Light is hope and everyone has hope. The question is how could hope and darkness coexist. Well, they couldn't exist without the other.

At least, for Klaus and Hayley, that was the case.

Klaus was Hayley's darkness and Hayley was Klaus' hope. She gave him hope, literally.

But coexisting, was it enough? Could it be enough? For both partners, their daughter's procreation was the product of a one night stand, but it would forever be branded into the parents mind. They would always feel the need to be close, to be in each other's space.

When they had to give Hope to Rebekah, it was like their loneliness lit a flame deep inside of them that they tried to bury. Instead of succumbing to the loneliness and emptiness they both felt from the absence of their daughter, they clung to each other. Everynight in each other's bed, and every morning waking up in each other's arms.

They were using each other to heal. But were they really? Didn't Hayley hold a flame for Elijah, Klaus' brother? Weren't Klaus just looking for a replacement for Caroline?

Was it really self-preservation? Or was it something growing between them? Could Hayley truly love the arrogant beast? And could Klaus truly love the beauty? Was it really that kind of tale? In truth, it wasn't because it didn't take too long for them to realize that in order to survive the loss of their daughter was together.

It also revealed to them that having a warm body that they didn't all together despise lying next to them every night wasn't too bad, either.

They were using each other but only because they wanted to.

Klaus was using Hayley to learn to feel again. To take a step in the direction of true love. To have something that he always heard Rebekah was searching for through the centuries. To know that he earned his lady's love and honor. To have his lady's love and honor and respect.

Hayley just wanted to feel again. Her life wasn't stretched like Klaus' was, but she didn't exactly have a happy childhood either. She never a fairytale life but she did want the knight in shining armor even if he was in the form of a king or peasant. It didn't matter to her. She needed stability and family. Love was just a bonus for her. Klaus, she saw, could give her all those things in life and more.

He could give her purpose.

She wanted that in her life. She needed to have a purpose. They both needed and wanted it and they found it in each other.

She was hope and he was darkness. They coexisted with each other but they could grow to be more.

A/N: Hope you enjoy! Let me know what you think! I know it's late but I've been busy and very emotional.