AN: Prompt for this was "KC + we volunteered for our friends photography project without realising how blatantly sexual it was going to be.
She pulls her coat more tightly around herself as she knocks patiently on the door to Bonnie's loft. She wasn't usually one to be up at dawn, but she owed Bonnie a serious favour and it seemed easy enough. All she had to do was model for Bonnie's black and white photography portfolio.
She was good at modelling. A whole bunch of Bonnie's classmates had already requested her for previous projects. And while she didn't necessarily get the need to be up before the dawn at this point she'd just learnt to roll with it.
Bonnie swings open the door, face instantly brightening.
"Thanks so much for coming Caroline, I really appreciate it. I know how much you struggle with the whole getting out of bed early thing." Bonnie teases her as she nudges Bonnie with a smile.
"Anything for my best friend." Caroline replies with a warm smile. "Have you got coffee?"
Bonnie yawns into her hand, waving her into the apartment. She's always admired the loft style space, the floor to ceiling windows that let in all of the natural light on mornings like this. It's basically a photographers wet dream, and Bonnie takes advantage of it.
Caroline pours herself and Bonnie a cup of coffee each, perching on one of the many stools littered around the kitchen island.
"So what's the theme of this shoot anyway?" She asks curiously, because Bonnie always comes up with the goods. Her work is incredible.
Bonnie smiles at her hands.
"It's probably best that we wait until Nik gets here. Just so I don't have to give the same briefing twice." Bonnie replies lightly as she stares at her friend in shock.
"Nik Mikaelson?" She asks faintly as Bonnie suppresses her own grin.
"Yeah." The other girl replies a little too innocently. "You're not going to have a problem with that are you?"
"It's fine." She replies, voice a little too high.
Bonnie just smirks.
She didn't have a problem with Niklaus Mikaelson per se. In fact, she could appreciate that the man had a number of very pleasing aesthetic qualities. For instance there were the crystalline blue eyes set in an absolutely gorgeous face. The obscenely pink lips that were always curled up into a knowing smirk or smile every time they bumped into each other on campus.
And of course, there was the strange, crackling tension whenever they were in the dark room together, moving around each others bodies in the small space, not speaking unless they needed something from each other.
Yeah, she was totally and completely gone for Nik Mikaelson. But she didn't have the balls to do anything about it.
Right on cue there's a knocking on door, and Bonnie crosses the space to pull it open. Klaus stands framed on the threshold, dressed in an expensive looking wool coat. He blinks back at her in surprise as Elena pushes her way past him.
Caroline finally wrenches her gaze away from him and jumps off the stool in favour of pulling Elena into a hug.
"Hey girl! What on earth are you doing here?" She asks of her other best friend.
Elena beams at her.
"I'm here to do makeup of course! I've got another job to go to in an hour or so, but when Bonnie asked of course I couldn't refuse."
Bonnie claps her hands together once as everyone turns to her as one.
"Okay thankyou all for being here. I know you're all busy, so we'll try not to take too long with this. So the theme I was given was forbidden desires, and I couldn't think of anyone better than the two of you to help me out."
"No problem." Klaus replies easily enough. "What did you have in mind?"
Bonnie rolls her shoulders, as if steeling herself for some backlash.
"I know it's a little cliché but I was thinking along the lines of a forbidden office romance. I really think the two of you can sell it."
"Okay." Klaus agrees immediately. "Do you have a wardrobe for us?"
"Of course." Bonnie replies. "Everything is already set up in the studio. Oh and Caroline? I sort of want you to be in a dominant position here."
Elena just pats her on the back somewhat sympathetically as she passes.
An hour later she's been made up, Elena has left, and she finally steps into Bonnie's makeshift studio wearing possibly the tightest red pencil skirt ever, sky high heels, and an almost see through white button up shirt.
Klaus is already reclining lazily on a black leather couch, hair artfully ruffled and shirt partly unbuttoned. His eyes rove over her languidly, brows lifting slightly as he takes in everything from the spiked heels to the tight shirt fitting snugly around her breasts.
Bonnie is busy setting up her camera, but waves her over to where Klaus is sitting.
"I'll just be a second Caroline. Why don't you go ahead and set up for the first few shots?"
She makes her way uncertainly over to Klaus, who holds out a hand to steady her.
"Are you alright? You seem a little uncomfortable." Klaus begins in a low voice, so Bonnie can't overhear them.
She knows that her answering smile doesn't quite reach her eyes.
"Yeah. I've never done a shoot like this before." She keeps her voice low as well as Klaus' eyes light up in sudden understanding.
Bonnie snaps a photo suddenly to test the lighting before nodding to herself and slinging the strap around her neck.
"Alright I'm not going to give you guys a whole lot of direction. Just remember that we're selling the chemistry, not the clothes."
She swallows audibly as she looks back at Klaus, who's waiting as if to see what she's going to do next.
Klaus spreads his legs, and she has to force down her blush as she imagines less torturous, more enjoyable things that she could be doing to him right now.
"Put your knee between mine and fist your hand in my shirt." Klaus murmurs to her as she complies, pencil skirt riding up over her thighs as she does so.
She hears a click go off and tries not to flinch at the sound.
"Relax." Klaus murmurs again, hand ghosting up her side and tugging on her hair. "We're all friends here."
Another click. She runs her hand tentatively over Klaus' chest, fingers working to unbutton his shirt further.
"Good." Klaus allows, throwing his head back for another shot.
She adjusts her position slightly, and Klaus' eyes fly open in surprise as she straddles his lap, tugging at his tie and forcing her to look at him. His lips are mere inches away from hers.
It's back again, that strange electricity that crackles between them, draws her to him despite everything else.
His lips curl into a smile as she makes a mental note to murder Bonnie later, because she's not sure she would have agreed to do this if she knew how blatantly sexual this thing was going to be.
She and Klaus spend the next ten minutes eye fucking each other as they tug and pull at each other's clothes, the last one of Caroline unbuckling Klaus' belt.
"Great job guys. Let's take minutes and then we'll reset." Bonnie remarks absentmindedly as she thumbs through the pictures on her Nikon.
She climbs off Klaus' lap and makes a beeline for the balcony door, pushing it open and gasping at the sudden shock of cold air.
She's alone for all of two minutes before the sound of the door opening has her turning to watch Klaus, who immediately steps towards her and drapes his coat around her shoulders.
She smiles at him in thanks as she pulls the coat tighter around herself.
"Are you alright?" He asks kindly, and she's not sure if she wants to kiss him or burst into tears right now.
"Yeah. Just a little caught off guard with the whole thing." She replies honestly as he reaches for her hand and tugs her towards him.
She doesn't stop him as he turns her, pressing her into the brick wall.
"What are you doing?" She asks confusedly as his hands anchor at her hips, pinning her in place.
"Just getting into character." He replies innocently before his lips claim hers.
It takes a moment for to realise holy shit this is actually happening, before she responds, hand curling around the nape of his neck and tugging him closer.
Something seems to snap and suddenly their kiss becomes more urgent, and hands start roaming. She moans into his mouth as he hitches her leg over his hip, pressing up against her centre, very deliberately rolling his hips against hers.
"Caroline, it's time!" Bonnie yells, voice muffled through the glass of the balcony door.
Klaus takes a giant step back from her, pressing a gentle kiss to the back of her hand.
"I've wanted to do that for awhile now." He admits with a wicked grin. He holds out his arm for her. "Shall we?"
She takes his arm, squeezing his bicep appreciatively.
"Yes. As long as we can continue this later." She replies, emboldened by their kiss, one that he had initiated.
Klaus lets out a surprised bark of laughter as he pushes open the heavy door.
"Gladly sweetheart. Your place or mine?"