Losing You

Angst. Semi-based off of OUAT Heart of Darkness

Caroline left with Klaus. The fight was over between Silas, and she had let Klaus in. She wasn't sure she could be without him anymore. He took her everywhere, quickly, hurriedly, as though he was afraid that she was going to leave him one day. She never suspected the actual reason, that he was trying to fulfill his promises to her as quickly as he possibly could.

He left her, the snow coating the ground, right when she had finally decided that loving him was worth it. That she could allow herself to fall for him.

Then he was gone, his side of the bed cold and all his things gone. Nothing left to tell her why he had left her. The number he had had was no longer in service, and she couldn't even have the comfort of his voicemail, though she continued to call it, thinking maybe, just maybe he would take the number back. Or he still had it, and he listened to her messages.

Caroline didn't know what to do with herself. She had no one anymore. Her old friends had made it very clear that if she left with him they would not let her come back. Nowhere to go, no one to be with.

She only looked for him once, but when she found him he ignored her, ignored her broken cries for him, and Elijah eventually had to escort her out, apologizing to her and telling her to never look for them again.

So she didn't. She left that city, moving on, from him, from them, from the love she had actually thought would last. It wasn't worth it in the end, she was never worth it. Oh but it hurt, it hurt. She had thought that she meant the world to him, that he would be the one who would never leave her, would never give up on her, would love her through everything, in spite of everything.

She wasn't sure that she even thought about doing it, though then that she had she couldn't honestly say that she cared either way. It just happened. One minute it felt like someone was ripping her heart out slowly, and the next she felt nothing.

No pain, no sadness, no anger, no love, no remorse when she started wiping out whole cities. No, she relished in the pain she brought others; it was the only thing she felt. She didn't care anymore; didn't care that he had left her, that her friends hated her, that she had turned into a monster.

Apparently her actions were not well liked by the vampire community, that was, at this point, trying to stay as under the radar as possible. Caroline killed any lackey they sent to stop her, apprehend her or kill her. She didn't want to stop. She didn't care about rules, or discovery.

"So it's true, then. You turned it off." The voice that at one time she would have given anything to hear once more spoke behind her as she drained yet another victim, and she tried to bring up some glimmer of the love she had felt for him, but she couldn't. He grabbed her shoulder, turning her around, and she was almost, almost, moved by the pain in his eyes. His head leaned down, and he placed a small kiss on her lips. "Come back to me." He breathed out, and she laughed in disbelief.

"Was that supposed to be true love's kiss? Because I've got news for you: I don't love you anymore." She turned, walking away from him, but the wetness she felt on her cheeks stopped her movements for a moment. She wasn't supposed to feel, so why was she crying?