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"Niklaus." Elijah's voice sounded out through the hallway, his eyes locked on Klaus' blue eyes from where he stood in the doorway. "I didn't know you were being released."

Klaus gave Elijah a furious gaze, "Evidently considering you are entertaining the love of my life." He sneered distastefully. Klaus knew he had no right to come back and cause a fight but he saw Elijah and Caroline through the window as he walked up the porch he saw red, an irrational stab of jealously coursing through him.

He told Caroline to move on but not with his brother of all people.

"You have it wrong…" Klaus cut Elijah off before he even finished talking. He pushed past Elijah, making sure to knock his shoulder with his own as he entered the living room.

His eyes met Caroline's the moment he saw her, the overwhelming need to take her in his arms after everything bubbling to the surface. Klaus could make out the tears glassing over her eyes. He always hated it when she cried. Nothing should have the right to hurt such a beautiful woman, especially not him.

She was still as beautiful as he remembered, his dreams over the past five years didn't do her justice. Caroline's hair was a bit longer now but she still had her curls that Klaus loved to run through his fingers while they were in bed together. Her blue orbs seemed to shine as she stared at him, her pink lips parted slightly. Klaus wanted to kiss her in that moment, cover her mouth with his own like they belonged together.

God he had missed her.

He still wanted her.

"Klaus." That one word from her lips was enough for him to regret his earlier treatment of Elijah, "You're back." Her tone was one of disbelief, like she wasn't sure if she would ever see him again. That thought cut Klaus deeper than he'd like to admit.

"Don't let me stop you, love. Clearly you have moved onto my brother." He knew he was out of line but he would never be able to accept a betrayal like that. He refused to let Caroline see how much she still affected him.

"It's not what you think it is." Caroline protested as she took a small step closer to him.

Klaus took a step back, "I get it, Caroline. I told you to move on, I just didn't think you would be bedding my brother." He laughed bitterly, "How long was I gone before you changed from my room to his?"

"Niklaus, that's enough!" Elijah ordered as he stepped into the room besides Klaus.

Caroline shook her head gently, "Elijah, would you give us a moment?" She asked politely, her eyes pleading with Elijah to trust her.

He looked sceptical at first but relented with a nod, the tension between Caroline and Klaus was unmistakable. Klaus' eyes remained on Elijah as he walked out of them room, disappearing up the stairs.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" Caroline demanded, bringing Klaus' attention back to her, "You don't get to come back here after five years where you refused to see me and start playing the jealous boyfriend."

Klaus squared his shoulders, "Well, maybe you should have thought about that before you started screwing Elijah."

Caroline's response was to slap him across the cheek. Hard. It happened so fast Klaus didn't even have time to stop her, the anger burning behind her eyes said it all, "I haven't been sleeping with Elijah or anyone else since you for that matter!"

Klaus faltered then, his cheek stung from Caroline's slap and he knew he deserved it, "What?"

"You heard me." She replied, "I should have moved on. I should have listened to you but I couldn't."

"But you're here, in my house. I went to your apartment and they said you moved out." Klaus looked at her, his mind trying to make sense of the information she had just told him.

"I lost my apartment a few years ago, I couldn't afford the rent. Elijah let me stay here because he couldn't see me homeless." Caroline explained, "And you answer you're next question. I am still in your room."

Klaus froze, the guilt raging through him, "I'm sorry I…" He never said it often and he hoped Caroline would understand the significance of saying it now.

"Don't you dare." Caroline cut in, "Just for the record, you are the one who broke up with me, you broke my heart. You were the one that left me so don't you dare accuse me of betraying you."

"You're right, Caroline. This mess is down to me."

"Do you have any idea how hard it was for me? You don't understand half the things I have been through." Caroline sighed, looking down at the floor instead of him, "How much I missed you."

"I missed you too, sweetheart. You have no idea how much. I thought of you every day." Klaus replied, taking a step towards the woman in front of him.

"You didn't let me visit. I tried but you never agreed." She said and Klaus could hear her voice breaking.

His eyes softened as they caught hers again, "I didn't want you to waste your life on me, Caroline."

"You never did understand how much I loved you." Caroline said shaking her head, "These five years have been so hard, Klaus. I needed you and you pushed me out."

Klaus swallowed thickly, "I did it because I love you, Caroline. I was trying to do what was best for you."

"Well you don't know what's best for me." Caroline said curtly, "In fact if it wasn't for Elijah I don't know what I would have done. You had no right to come in here and treat him like that."

"The noble Elijah to the rescue." Klaus said bitterly.

"He was here, Klaus. You weren't." That statement cut him deep. "We need to talk, there are things you need to know." She continued.

He always loved her fierce personality yet there was something else in her tone that made him worry. A hint of sadness maybe? Whatever it was had Klaus nodding his head once, all his previous anger dissipating as he watched Caroline moved over to the couch.

"Tell me." The words rolled round his tongue, coming out softly in the small room. He wanted to know everything he had missed, he wanted to be the one that knew her better than anyone again. He wanted her back, he wanted them back. Klaus took a seat next to her, his eyes never leaving Caroline's face as she took a deep breath.

"After you were sentenced I was a wreck, Klaus. I didn't eat or sleep." Caroline said quietly, she didn't met his eyes and Klaus hated the small gap of distance between them on the couch, "After we broke up it got worse. I was sick constantly and I passed it off as stress."

Klaus hated that he caused that, his self-loathing increasing at the thought of him hurting someone as pure as Caroline, "But you're okay, now?"

"Yeah, it turns out I wasn't actually ill." Caroline said with a nervous laugh. Klaus didn't know where she was going with this but it seemed important.

It looked like she was about to say something else but the sound of a small voice coming into the room and rushing into Caroline's arms cut off the conversation. Klaus' eyes were glued on the little boy in her arms with dirty blond hair and blue eyes much like his own. Klaus' heart pounding in his chest as he connected the dots.

"Liam, what's wrong?" Caroline asked the little boy softly as she pulled him into her lap, her fingers running through his hair. She caught Klaus' eyes briefly before focusing on Liam.

"I had a bad dream, mommy. Uncle 'Lijah doesn't tuck me in right." The little boy replied sleepily, clutching a stuffed wolf to his chest.

Caroline laughed and kissed Liam's forehead, "Why don't you go up and get settled and I will be up in a minute?"

Liam nodded as he climbed off her lap, rubbing his eyes with a fist. It was then he noticed Klaus, "You have hair like mine!" He said excitedly as he pointed to Klaus' hair.

Klaus chuckled, breaking out of his frozen state, "Yeah, I guess so." He replied.

"Mom says I have my daddy's hair."

That statement was like a slap in the face. Liam gave him a shy smile before climbing up the stairs with his cuddly wolf in his arms.

Klaus was off the couch in seconds, pacing in front of Caroline as he ran a hand through his hair. Caroline's eyes were on him, tracking his movements as Klaus paced.

"Klaus?" her voice was gentle, almost pleading.

"Is he mine?"

"I didn't mean for…"

Klaus cut her off, "Is he my son, Caroline?"

"Yes." It was barely a whisper from her lips.

It felt like the world stopped spinning. Everything freezing in place.

He had a son.

A little boy with his blue eyes.

"Klaus?" It was Caroline's voice that brought him back, the concern clear in her tone as she gripped his arm tightly.

"That's what you needed to tell me." Klaus said mostly to himself, "That I left you with my child."

There was a single tear at the corner of her eye and she gave him a watery smile, "He's name is Liam Henrik Mikaelson. He's four and a little troublemaker."

Klaus chuckled at the last part, catching a picture of the boy on the table that he didn't notice before.

"Caroline…" He trailed off, not even sure what to say. Caroline used her grip on his arm to steer him back to the couch so they were both sitting down.

"I wanted to tell you, Klaus. I tried to tell you."

"That's why you sent so many visiting orders." He realised and Caroline nodded.

What sort of man was he? Not only did he get locked up and pushed everyone out of his life that he loved. He left the woman he loved to raise his child alone.

"I'm sorry." He said with emotion as his eyes met hers, "God, Caroline…"

"I know we never talked about kids and I understand if you don't want to see him."

Klaus shot that down straight away, "Of course I want to see him. He's my son." He sighed, "I have no idea how to be a father."

Caroline smiled then, "You will be a great father, Klaus. Just be the man I fell in love with."

He smirked at her then before running a hand through his hair, "I never meant to leave you with a child, Caroline. I never wanted you to raise our son by yourself."

"I had help. Elijah and Rebekah have been brilliant. I got my degree and Elijah gave me a job with him." Caroline explained.

"It should have been me."

"You're here now."

Klaus grabbed her hand then, "I am never leaving you again, sweetheart." He caught a stray tear on her cheek with his thumb but Caroline pulled away from his grasp softly.

"I need to get Liam settled." She said standing up and Klaus couldn't help but think she was trying to put more distance between them, "Can we wait to tell him about this for a bit? I just don't want to overwhelm him."

Klaus always knew when she was lying, "You think I'm going to leave again."

"It's not that…"

"You can't lie to me, Caroline. You never could."

"I just need to be sure. Last time wrecked me and I can't put Liam through that. He is my focus right now and you've only been back for an hour." Caroline insisted.

"I didn't want to leave you the first time. I won't make the same mistake twice, love." Klaus vowed.

Caroline nodded once as she tucked some hair behind her hair, making her way to the stairs, "We're going to be okay, right?"

Klaus smiled then, a glimpse of the Caroline he knew, "We are going to be more than okay."

He was going to make sure of it because he wanted this. He wanted her back and he wanted his family. Their family.

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Next chapter: We get a flashback on how Caroline and Klaus met and another Klaroline conversation!