As I'm sure you've all realized I am just crazy about Klaroline but I have really tried to not give in to my desires here. This is set in the future after the crazy events of the season three final are over, specifically the body swap. Almost cool enough to make me like Bonnie! By the way Hotel California crawled into my head half-way through, sorry.

Forwood

Guess this means you're sorry
You're standing at my door
Guess this means you take back
All you said before

She'd never expected to see Tyler again, not after their explosive break-up. He'd been back in his body a day before the arguments began. It wasn't a slow fizzle out or several little spats that broke them up it was one huge exhausting battle that lasted two long and sleepless days. Then he took off.

After a month trapped in his own body while Klaus controlled him Tyler had turned back into the same angry, aggressive brat he had been a year or two ago. His rage would have been aimed at Bonnie but she'd ran as soon as the situation was fixed, she did the spell and to hell with the repercussions.

She had saved his life, that fact was undisputable. The likelihood was that she'd also saved the Salvatore's and Caroline too. At the end of the day Bonnie's choice of using an unreliable and dangerous spell was justified to everyone who hadn't been tortured the way Tyler had. Even Caroline could forgive her

He'd been trapped, seeing everything through his own eyes but unable to control anything he – Klaus- did. He had finally broken the sire bond only to be more under the master hybrid's control than ever. And as they should have expected Klaus didn't hide out well at all. He could be invisible for centuries if it was required but with such a weapon as Tyler's face at his disposable there was no chance of him laying low. His first target, and single-minded obsession, was Caroline.

She was too smart to be seduced by him and he genuinely found that interesting, challenging. But she was also completely dependent on her stupid boyfriend, he was the source of her amazing strength, the happiness he gave her was her stunning light. In the end she was all too easy to enjoy while he was stuck as a seventeen year old hormone house.

Klaus hadn't even had to try, she'd fallen straight into his- Tyler's- arms as soon as she realised he wasn't dead. The changes in him didn't make her suspicious in the least; he was exuberant full of energy and fun. She thought it was the triumph of Klaus dying while they somehow survived; rather than Klaus's triumph over her. A triumph he'd grown bored of very quickly once the challenge was over and he soon turned his attention to getting his own body back.

When Caroline found out who had been in her bed the past month she was physically sick. Even the thought of Klaus touching her through Tyler's body made her furious and nauseous. And what had hurt her most of all was Tyler blaming her, it didn't help that she also blamed herself.

Like how much you wanted
Anyone but me
Said you'd never come back
But here you are again

By the time Bonnie returned Tyler was long gone. The remaining Originals took care of the council easily; they believed their brother to be dead and would not be leaving Mystic Falls without revenge and the less people that were trying to kill them the easier that would be. They took off when things were back to 'normal' but Rebekah was too hurt to leave with Klaus. He had hidden the secret from even her. She took off on her own for the first time in centuries; or would have had Tyler not offered to accompany her.

Caroline had begged Tyler to stay, tried everything to gain his forgiveness but he took her apologies as a confession and left with the evil blood slut without even saying goodbye. Just throwing the insult that anyone would be better than a 'dumb whore' like her over his shoulder.

Despite Bonnie and Elena's insistence that Klaus had conned them all and she couldn't be blamed she took Tyler's words to heart. How could she have not seen that smirk every time they kissed, not recognised the aggression when they slept together. Was she really so pathetic as to not realise that she no longer enjoyed making love to her boyfriend? How could Tyler ever want her after that? After she let that monster into her body, and he had to endure every second of it.

But here he was on her doorstep, looking sheepish and apologetic. She stopped breathing as soon as she saw him but he didn't speak just kept looking at her, his jaw set in a hard line. "Did you think up some more clever insults that you couldn't wait to share?" She asked eventually, forcing the tremble out of her voice.

"Honestly?"

"No."

He kept his eyes on her porch. "I thought so many horrible things about you and I wanted to say most of them but Bekx got pretty bored of that."

"Thank God you came back to vent at me." She hissed. "Heaven forbid that poor dear 'Bekx' would be bored by your bitching."

"Please let me finish." He choked out. She bit back the venom on her tongue and let him speak. "I should have realised straight away that you were innocent but I was furious."

"You were furious?" She shrieked, tears blurring her vision. "How do you think I felt? Thinking you were dead, that we were all going to die then finding out you were alive and then after all that to find out it was Klaus!" All her anger was finally pouring out. "He raped me Tyler! Did you finally catch on to that? I know you had to see everything and I know it must have been hell for you but at least I didn't blame you! Why didn't you see that I had no idea what Bonnie had done? I have missed you so much, it's been six months, I never meant to sleep with anyone else but you happily took off with that bitch Rebekah so why, after all these months, have you come back now to say you believe I'm innocent?" She was breathing heavily now, dried tears streaking her face. "Answer me!" She screamed when he paused.

"I'm so sorry Caroline. I love you."

"Liar."

"I want to start again. You asked me to forgive you…"

"I wasn't in the wrong." She felt strong now. Finally she saw whose fault it really was. It was Klaus and his vile existence that caused her all this pain. Even if Tyler had hurt her it was that monsters fault.

"Now I'm asking you, begging you, give me another chance please." His voice wavered and she could sense he was close to tears. "I don't know how long I can keep living without you."

His mouth was open to continue his pleas but she silenced him with a fierce kiss. She'd forgive him anything and that both terrified and thrilled her.

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life would suck without you

The truth was she'd been miserable for the past six months. Every time she thought of Tyler her heart felt like it was being stabbed with steely knives over and over again swiftly followed by the cold dread that spread through her when she remembered what Klaus had done to them. That immortal beast was sick and twisted but as she wrapped her arms around Tyler all those thoughts were forgotten.

He'd been in her heart every day and to have him back in her home made her feel complete, utterly content.

Baby I was stupid for telling you goodbye
Maybe I was wrong for trying' to pick a fight

The big fight hadn't been a case of her begging for forgiveness while he yelled like a lunatic. She'd given as good as she'd got. If it wasn't their increased healing they probably would have both ended up in A&E with shredded vocal chords still fighting to get out those last few insults.

Everything bad they'd even went through was dragged up to be used as ammunition. The drawing from Klaus back when Caroline had mistaken him for something almost human, Tyler biting her while still sired to him. Even during the fight she'd seen it was all about Klaus but she couldn't stop screaming.

I know that I've got issues
But you're pretty messed up too
Either way, I found out I'm nothing without you

He hadn't realised it. His werewolf gene made him volatile at the best of times and his powers were heightened when he became a hybrid. Then sharing a mind and body with Klaus, it was like being slowly poisoned, hearing all those bastard's thoughts was enough to drive anyone crazy. It was no wonder the Original was bitter and depraved, the thick self-hatred he felt was like tar. Tyler remembered how chocking it had been, he was shocked at how much hate he had felt. He'd been appalled by the satisfaction he got when he realised that hate came from Klaus's own cold rate rather than Tyler. Even with them both forced into one body Klaus's eternal loneliness was crushing.

Having to hear his thoughts about Caroline, the perverted way he thought about her. He wanted to rip out his own heart every time that monster touched her. He'd happily die if it kept Klaus away from Caroline. Even when his mind and body were his own again he still felt that black rage that made him want to rip apart everything he touched.

Caroline's insecurities bloomed fresh in her soul without Tyler's comfort. Her Father and Mother both hated what she was and now Tyler wasn't there to support her, would anybody ever want her? Klaus had clearly only wanted her because she hadn't fallen at his feet like every other woman he'd ever encountered and was done with her after a week or so.

Without Tyler she was weak and needy and neurotic, all the personality traits that had belonged to that silly teenage cheerleader were back. Times by ten of course, wasn't vampirism just great sometimes?

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life would suck without you

Together they were quite the pair, both full of family problems and daddy issues. Both of their fathers were strong, domineering men; while Caroline's was affectionate but absent Tyler's were aggressive and always there, watching. Trying to turn his soon into what he thought was a man, what everyone else thought was a dick.

But they helped each other, she providing the affection he lacked and he was there always. Until Klaus fucked it up.

Being with you
Is so dysfunctional
I really shouldn't miss you
But I can't let you go
Oh yeah

A part of both of them deep inside felt that they would never be okay. An Original hybrid had tore throw both of their lives in a whirlwind of rage and toxic spite; invaded both their bodies and souls. How could anyone who'd gone through what they had have any love left within them.

It had to be doomed to failure, either that or written in the stars. Caroline's optimism, her most charming quality, that had been dead for so long was warming her inside as she lay in Tyler's arms. They'd known each other from the diaper years, both their lives had been transformed and neither one could be okay without the other.

Her heart was his, completely and if demons existed so did angels. They were owed a divine influence. They were fighters, the only creatures to survive evil incarnate and come out the other side more or less unscathed. It had to be fate, otherwise neither of them had a reason to live.

She would never say goodbye to him again and he would protect her forever.

'Cause we belong together now, yeah
Forever united here somehow, yeah
You got a piece of me
And honestly,
My life would suck without you

Of course they'll be okay. As much as I adore Klaroline they are an adorable couple and I couldn't wreck them completely. Well I could but didn't want to.

Quick request for you all, I need a Debekah song. Although they may be based in really hot sex and rejection they got some great chemistry that we can't really deny despite how lovely she is with Matt.