High up above or down below
When you're too in love to let it go
But if you never try you'll never know
Just what you're worth.
Lights will guide you home
And ignite your bones
And I will try to fix you.
~Fix You by Coldplay
IV - Beacon of Hope
Letter 10: Caroline to Klaus (2/4/13)
Yes, my friend. You are a fool. I've always said so, haven't I? Why else would you be crazy enough to try and persuade me to start a new life with the likes of you?
I told you that I need more time, so be patient with me and you will have your answer. In the meantime, I need some sort of sign from you that you haven't completely lost your humanity, that you are not unfixable, that there is still a glimmer of hope for your soul to be redeemed. I've seen it in your eyes when you speak the truth and when you are being sincere. I've seen it for myself that you honestly seem to be in love with me. Maybe I don't have to give up on you just yet. There may still be hope.
Caroline
XXX
Letter 11: Klaus to Caroline (3/4/13)
My beloved little sparrow,
How long I have been waiting for those words. Thank you for giving me the benefit of the doubt. You'll see that I'm not a lost cause. I'll show you. I want to give you nothing but truth. I will be completely honest with you about my past if you want me to be. I will tell you everything that there is to tell, everything about myself. There are no hidden agendas here, except the one. I need you to trust me.
I know you still think I'm this unpredictable monster, but that is who I used to be, not who I am now. I admit, I used to be a maniac. I still am in a way. I'm mad for you, you see. In all honesty, the many years I have spent on this Earth have mellowed me. Maybe the length of my existence has also made me slightly numb when it comes to killing, but I'm attempting to mend my ways like I promised you.
You are my beacon of hope. In all the years I have roamed this planet, I have never encountered someone like you. Before I met you, I had never experienced true love, but I believe to have found it in you. I believe that we are destined to be together. Only you saved me from the pain Silas inflicted upon me. You freed me from the bonds of my agony. If you hadn't been there to distract me, that pain could have lasted long enough to cripple me. I don't know if I would have survived it. When I was at my lowest point, you saved me. Now you are not only my saviour in a figurative sense, but also in a literal one. You are the light in my life. Without you, I would be lost in the darkness forever. I would never be able to change and become an improved version of myself. The best version of myself.
I really wish to live a better life, but it is only with you that I wish to live it. I want to spend the rest of my days with you, Caroline. For the rest of my life, for as long as I live, I want to be with you and only you.
You are everything to me and, without you, I am nothing.
Forever yours,
Klaus