The Eyes Never Lie
Klaus finds Caroline and her friends panicking beside the bleachers, surrounded by twelve dead witches. (He recognizes them. After all, he had helped Caroline bury the bodies.) Things have gone wrong, as they so often do in Mystic Falls.
He lobs a graduation cap, severs a witch's head, and when she turns to him in her blood red gown, smile cascading and shining so bright, it's the first time her eyes have been crystal clear when she looks at him. Gone was the faux shroud of hatred and disdain. She was happy to see him. He wishes he could pause this moment in time, replay it over and over until he was satisfied, though he never would be. Never with her. There were not enough moments in the centuries for her.
Her eyes say, you're here. I knew you would be here.
For you, his say. He's known long before this moment that he was a goner for her.
He bends to her, gives her Tyler and his love all in one go. And when he tells her that he will wait—will put his cold, dead, beat-less heart on hold for her—she looks at him like her own heart is stuck in her throat, cheeks flushing pink.
Like she can't believe he's made what's between them real. He's said (and meant) the words. "I intend to be your last."
She opens her mouth to speak, shock and wonder still spread across her lovely features. He doesn't want her to ruin the moment with a flippant comment, so he ducks in, lays a kiss on her cheek. Congratulations, Caroline.
And when they walk away, she lays her hand in the crook of his arm, all on her own.
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