Chapter 32 - I put a spell on you
Disclaimer: I do not own any rights to the characters and references to scenes used and inspired by will be mentioned as I do not take any credit for them whatsoever.
Caroline woke up late, which was unusual. Usually she'd be up by 6 am when her alarm blared indicating the start to a new day. Once she opened her eyes, she realized why. She wasn't in her bed, or her apartment for that matter.
She was in Klaus' house, sleeping in his bed, in nothing but his henley. She must have been utterly exhausted to let him talk her into spending the night. But upsetting the twins schedule with all the up and down driving was another reason why she had spent the night.
Caroline plopped the covers over her head with a sigh.
Mikael was actually dead.
The reality hadn't quite settled in as yet.
And even as shocking as the news was, Caroline hardly suspected that it would affect the family in any way. Her thoughts wandered back to everyone's reaction at the hospital. Rebekah had been a wreck but apart from her, Elijah, Kol and Katherine seemed perfectly fine.
She wondered what time it was. Had to be around late morning judging by the sky and lack of children snuggled around her. They were always early risers, bolting out of bed with so much energy she couldn't even begin to understand. Caroline reached beside her to her cellphone that had been on charge and nearly fell off the bed in shock by the amount of missed calls and texts she had.
All from Katherine.
From: Katherine Mikaelson
To: Caroline Forbes
[Wednesday, 8:00 AM]
So you two show up together, holding hands *with fingers interlocked* and you expect me to NOT ask about it?!
I want details!
From: Katherine Mikaelson
To: Caroline Forbes
[Wednesday, 8:30 AM]
You can honestly not leave me hanging like this. Caroline!
From: Katherine Mikaelson
To: Caroline Forbes
[Wednesday, 9:30 AM]
Okay. Fine. I am so coming over right now.
From: Katherine Mikaelson
To: Caroline Forbes
[Wednesday, 10:00 AM]
Wow Caroline, letting me drive all the way to your place and your not even here? Smooth.
Wait... Are you at KLAUS'?!
Caroline groaned into her pillow. Her best friend was really one of the best people in her life but sometimes, she could honestly be a total pain in the ass. She knew for a fact that Katherine would show up if she didn't find a way to somehow sate her wild curiousity over something that not even Caroline could comprehend yet...
Quick decision making had her dialing the number before she talked herself out of it.
"Ah. So she lives!" Her friends voice came booming through the phone making her wince.
Caroline sighed. And here she thought she was the dramatic one."I was sleeping. Seriously how could I not be tired after being up all night at the hospital?."
"Nevermind that... Where are you right now?" Caroline could hear Katherine moving around. Probably going into another room.
"At Klaus'..." Caroline muttered
"Sorry didn't catch that?"
"I'm at Klaus'! It was super late when we got the kids from Bonnie so we just crashed here. Nothing happened before you get all excited."
"And the handholding at the hospital?" She questioned
"I was just trying to comfort him. He seemed pretty distraught. Apart from that, there was no romantic gesture involved. Are you satisfied Mom?" Caroline rolled her eyes as she popped out of bed walking over to the bathroom.
Katherine mumbled a few incoherent noises before sighing. "A little disapointed rather. Shockinlgy - Klaus' grieving. This is the perfect opportunity for you to pounce."
"I can't believe you just said that." Caroline snorted as she turned on the faucet, letting some water into the basin to wash her face.
"What? Its true. Grieve sex? Almost as good as make up sex. Just putting it out there Care."
Caroline laughed at that. Surely that was something Katherine would know all about.
"I'm serious Caroline, get going while it's still good. With grief sex, you don't need an excuse in the morning."
After splashing some warmed water over her face and bringing her messy curls into some sort of structure, she went back into the bedroom to find her clothes, wondering idly why she hadn't heard the twins yet. "And I was thinking since Rebekah has the twins and Emily for the day, why not take advantage of the perfect opportunity the day had provided!"
"Rebekah has the twins?" How tired must she have been to have slept through her children leaving with Rebekah?
"She came by earlier, took them to the park. You were probably sleeping. Anyway as I was saying...you and Klaus are alone. I say lay it out on the table and do it. Or better yet, lay yourself out on the table and do it."
"You insufferable. I'll talk to you later. Bye."
"Wait Care-"
Caroline shook her head and walked off inside to find some sort of sign of human life. The earlier notion of finding proper clothes went flying out the window the minute she heard her children had left and gone to the park. The wood felt cool under her feet as she treaded toward the kitchen where she found Klaus standing by the stove in the process of flipping pancakes. She could only see his top half which consisted of an an unbuttoned shirt showing off the beaded necklesses hanging loosely around his neck.
He glanced her way when he heard her bare feet on the wooden floors and gave her an easy smile. "Good morning love. Hungry?"
She immediately averted her eyes from his naked chest. "M-morning.." Caroline smiled back and walked towards the counter where a delicious spread had been lain out for her. She tentatively looked at the table with hungry eyes. Eggs, bacon and chocolate chip pancakes. Her stomach grumbled and she realized that she couldn't even recall the last time she ate. "Wow. This looks great." She made a plate and hesitantly sat down when he came to sit right next to her. He smirked seeing that she was still only dressed in his henley and she shyed away finding more interest in her plate.
Caroline cleared her throat. "Er- where are the kids?"
"Oh - Rebekah stopped by and took them to the park with Emily. I didn't want to wake you, you looked pretty wiped out. I hope that's okay?"
"Hmm - oh yeah its fine." She nodded swallowing a piece of bacon. "I just figured she'd be planning the funeral or something..."
"Er no. I believe Esther has that well taken care of."
"Are you going to attend the funeral?" She hesitantly asked, tentatively looking up at him.
"Would you mind attending it, with me?" He answered her question with a question and Caroline couldn't help but smile. "Of course I will." She was proud of the progress he had made thus far. It had been a long time coming but she was happy to see that Klaus no longer shyed away from dealing with hard and confrontational things. He now realized that clinging onto the hateful past only made for a bitter present and if he wanted a future with the people he loved, he needed to let it go.
The rest of breakfast had seemed to go by in absolute silence. It was a comfortable kind of silence, save for the cluttering of forks and chewing of food.
"Coffee or juice?"
"Juice, please." She replied and watched him get up, taking both their plates to the sink before walking to the fridge.
"You won't believe who dropped by this morning." He said and Caroline piqued up in interest "Esther."
"What?" Caroline gasped "What did she want?"
"Well. To mend fences as she put it. She also gave me control of my trust fund." He replied still wrecking his brain as if the notion had still seemed pretty unreal.
"Really? Wow. That's good news then."
"Hm." Klaus nodded handing her the juice and then stood on the opposite side of the counter, deep in thought.
"Was there something else?" Caroline asked breaking him out of his little trance.
"While we were talking, Henry woke up and came inside. He asked who she was and I..." Klaus sighed pinching the bridge of his nose. "I didn't know how to respond. She wants to be a part of their lives but I don't know how I feel about that yet. How would you feel about it?"
Caroline was a little taken aback by the sudden change in tactics. From a nice quiet breakfast to making life altering decisions that could impact their children greatly.
"You're their father Klaus. And she's your mother. I only met her a few times, so its hard for me to say. But I trust you to make the right decision, and whatever it is, I'll support you." She answered simply
"Thank you." He sounded a little shocked by her trust in him and given their history, Caroline didn't blame him.
"Have you managed to look over the terms of Henry and Charlotte's trust fund yet?"
"Actually yes." Caroline got up and sprinted over to her handbag where she retrieved the manilla folder containing the documents and ran back to the kitchen handing it to him with great flourish.
"Someone's excited..." Klaus chuckled and Caroline rolled her eyes at him.
"Well I am if you must know, I spent an entire day working through that thing." She stated proud of her work and watched with bated breath as he opened the folder
His brow furrowed.
Then it shot to his hairline.
He squinted, then released a barely audible snort – which she had heard of course.
"Well..." Caroline asked and Klaus looked at her, his mouth slightly agape after reading the expanse of the stapled 20 page trust fund terms. While she observed him with bated breath, her mind ran back to the time at the museum. Being on the verge of coming clean to him about how she feels, by a stroke of bad luck they had a family incident that was too big to ignore. Caroline just knew that right now, it was the most opportune time for her to reproach the subject again. Sadly, it had to be strictly business. Besides, Caroline wanted to go over her revised version of the twins' living trust before dishing out the gory details of her undying love for him anyway.
"Let me ask you something sweetheart… do you like Henry and Charlotte?"
Caroline rolled her eyes at his obvious sarcasm. He had been reading through the terms of the trust – or more importantly – the adjustments she had made to the terms of the trust.
"I want them to stay grounded." Caroline argued
Klaus stared at her incredulously. "It just seems pretty outrageous. 'Money for health and education cost with everything else left in savings until they're fifty'?" he read over a highlighted note she had made in appendix one.
"They need to learn the value of hard work." Caroline reasoned
"Wouldn't they learn that from us?"
"Yeah – but it's different." She counted
"What is?"
"Growing up knowing that you can just buy all your problems away." Caroline mumbled but he had heard her.
"Is that what you think it was like for me?" He sounded very offended and Caroline bit her lip at his tone. She knew he had a tough upbringing. It had never been the same for him as it was for his siblings. All the money and success he possessed now were solely because of himself, his talent and hard work.
"No Klaus. That's not what I meant."
"What did you mean then?"
Caroline sighed. "I just don't want the twins to be messed up. And no offense to your family – but Mikael practically bribed them with their trust funds, used it as bargaining chips to bend them to his will and as a result? They hated him for it. I know it's not my place to pass judgments but it screwed all of you up. I don't want that for them."
Klaus took a deep breath in by the way his shoulders had tensed. He looked down to his hands beside the table almost – disappointed? "Caroline… it was not money that screwed up my siblings. The reason we're all so screwed up as you poetically put it, is because of our family"
'And that's why I've been fighting so hard for ours' He wants to say but refrains.
"I am certain that this money will not change our children mainly because of the type of people we are and how we plan to raise them. You don't have to be poor to be a good person." He trails off
His phone rang and Caroline was almost happy by the interruption. She felt awful now especially after his words had taken root in her mind and had made a whole lot of sense. He was right.
Klaus scowled at the cellular device and pressed ignore before turning to face her again.
Caroline sighed. "I'm sorry. You're right; I just never thought that I'd be raising rich kids you know… I never had that kind of life as a child so I wouldn't even know where to begin."
"It's no different than what you're doing now love. Henry and Charlotte will be raised with everything we choose to teach them. Having money is just there to help secure their futures and raise their standard of living. I'm not talking about spoiling them rotten. I just want to be able to give my children everything that they desire and I am able to now, that is if you will let me of course…" he smiled and she returned it, having it answer for her.
"I'm going to take a shower."
"Okay."
She watched him walk further down the passage and had to pinch herself not to swoon. The way those pants hung on his hips was deliciously sexy. A little buzz tore her eyes away from him and onto the counter where his phone began buzzing.
"Oh - Klaus you're phone-" but he was already out of sight and probably in the shower already.
The phone was unlocked and had been flashing as some unread text came through. She picked it up placed it on the counter while she began to clear the table and stack the dishes into the sink to wash them. She knew he wouldn't want her to, but it was the least she could do after the breakfast he cooked up for her.
Another ding of his cellphone indicated that Klaus had received yet another text so she hurried it up so she could go and find him to give his phone back. It was probably urgent.
When the name Hayley flashed on the screen, Caroline felt her throat constrict and her legs falter.
The first sentence of the message had already been displayed, reading "Hey Handsome..." Caroline just had to click into the message and she could read further.
But this was wrong. She shouldn't be going through Klaus' private messages. Then again, on the one hand of declaring her feelings for him she should've known he had already been seeing someone else. It'd save her the embarresment and the likelihood that she'd most probably end up making a fool of herself and getting hurt again. What if this was his shot at happiness again, who was she to take that away from him?
It was almost as if she had been chanelling Katherine herself, compelling her to read the text.
What harm could it possibly do if she just took a little peak?
Sighing - she eventually caved and clicked onto the message.
After pulling on a clean Henley, Klaus tamed his curls and did a final take in the bedroom mirror. He was making a few changes, starting with his family and Caroline played a big part in that. He often wondered what her big revelation at the Museum was. "That shower was amazing-" Klaus stopped to find the kitchen empty. The living room had been unoccupied and so was the patio.
"Caroline?"
Had she left?
At that instant a text came through his phone and he walked over to the kitchen counter to retrieve it.
From: Caroline Forbes
Hey
Sorry I had to run out. Work emergency.
I'll pick up the twins on my home.
Thanks for breakfast.
C
She knew he was awake, but she didn't say anything. So she continued to lay with her head on his naked chest, running her fingers along the taut lines of his abdomen in lazy circles.
It was the first time of them making love after being separated for months. Elena felt Stefan take a deep inhale, "you never told me..." He said and she stilled her movements.
"Told you what?"
"What triggered you coming over here in the state that you were in..." He murmurs softly and drops a kiss to her hair. She can't see his face, and she was a little glad he couldn't see hers because she was so sure she began to tear up again.
He feels her stiffen."It's okay. You don't have to if you don't want to." Stefan strengthened his hold around her. Elena lulled over his words for a few minutes before she sighed "It was at dinner, over at Katherine and Elijah's. They invited some of the investors over and since I live there now, they thought I should attend it too. Kat said I should meet some people and that'd be good for me."
She felt him nod his head and he began rubbing her back as means of support for her as she continued.
Flashback to two days ago...
"Have you thought about using a surrogate? I saw a thing about it on Dateline." Rebekah suggested. The women were in the parlour having a late night drink after the dinner had ended.
"No, it's weird. It's for weirdo's." Katherine retorted flipping her hair before Elena could even reply.
"I'm just going to keep trying. The operation could help – the doctor said–"
"–The doctor said it may increase your chances Elena, sure – but you still need another person to make a baby with. You need to talk to Stefan." Katherine said "'Lena, building a family is not like planning your events with Care, It's not an executive decision, It's real life. It's messy."
Bonnie nodded in agreement with her friend. After all, at the end of the day, all they wanted was the best for Elena.
"Does Stefan know what happened at the Doctors'?" Rebekah asked and Katherine bit her lip as her mind wandered back to her lunch with him. He promised to see her before he left and he had still not done it. It's only been a week but Katherine really hoped he didn't bitch out.
"No. And frankly I don't think he'd care. He'd probably be overjoyed with all of this. Say its karma for me trying to get pregnant behind his back or something-"
"Now you know that's not true Elena. Stefan would never ever say that." Katherine argued defending him. Sure what Elena did had royally pissed him off but he still loved her and Katherine was sure of this. "I think you should tell him. It might even bring you two closer as a-"
"And use the sympathy card? No way – If he wants to get back together with me its got to be because he loves me and wants to be with me. Not out of some guilty conscious of feeling sorry for me." Elena ran her hands through her hair – frustrated. "These hormone injections are making me want to punch something right now."
"No hitting." Katherine chastised. "Elena, how much longer are you going to put your body through this?"
"Look I know that this was all very sudden... I never even considered the idea and then when Emily and the twins came... It just made me want one so badly. I just woke up one day and felt like every baby on the street was staring at me."
"Elena's coming out of the mommy closet."
"I guess you never really want something so bad until someone tells you, you can't have it."
End of flashback
Elena drummed her fingernails on his chest as she waited with bated breath for Stefan to say something. Anything.
"You really thought I'd be happy about this?" Her heart nearly broke on how devastated he sounded. "At first, yes. But I was in a really bad space and after what I did to you. I wouldn't blame you if you did."
"But I don't. I know I've been making excuses over the past few months..."
Oh no. Elena's throat involuntarily constricted. Did she want to hear this?
"Stefan-"
"When my mom died, my dad lost it. He dropped me off at my Aunt Jo' s, saying that he was going to run to the store for a few hours. I've never seen or heard from him since."
"What? But I thought that you decided out of your own to go to your Aunt..." Elena uncurled herself from his form and sat up to face him.
"I was ashamed. That my own father who I thought the world of, didn't know how to deal with me. I guess in some twisted way, I was afraid I'd end up just like him."
"How can you think that?" Elena took his hand in hers. "You're the most amazing uncle to the twins and Emily. You're a doctor, you help people get better. You're the most caring and kind person I know. You would never do that." She crawled into his lap and wrapped her arms around him, burying her face in his neck.
"You know..." He pulled back and reached into the bedside drawer. "It's still yours if you want it." He showed her the engagement ring and her eyes widened slightly.
"Stefan I can't-"
"I don't think you're broken. I don't think there's something wrong with you. You're the girl of my dreams. And I want to commit to a lifetime with you. If having a baby is what you really want, Elena we can face the challenges together." He slid the ring onto her finger. The diamond glistened from between their bodies and she looked up to him. His eyes were filled with so much honesty and love in them.
"I do."
Sitting amidst the raw ingredients that would become - hopefully for real this time - the ultimate fairy tale wedding when two of her closest friends would finally tie the knot, and despite her best efforts Caroline found it hard to concentrate on the challenge of seeking out the perfect template for the invitations.
Color schemes would clash, fonts didn't fit well and overall she could not for the life of her, fit them all together on the prescribed sized paper. The offending text she'd read two weeks ago kept creeping into her head. Ridiculous or not she was unwilling to release the image of said text because it opened up a whole new brand of canned worms. The few weeks before had been so 'natural'. Exactly in the sense of the word that between herself, Klaus and the kids everything had been perfect. After the funeral, they had spent less time together as a couple - and more as family. Dinners, outings, art shows, the four of them had been living in a little bubble that Caroline did not want to pop. Although amongst the happy family facade, she couldn't help but feel the miss of a real connection.
She had been on the merge of declaring her feelings to him when the shocking news of Mikael's passing had rendered her speechless. So pushing back those emotions until Klaus could deal with his own had seemed like the right thing to do. And after she was sure he seemed to be doing well enough for her to re approach the topic once again, she had to see that stupid text on his phone from Hayley.
'Hey there Handsome, I've got wine and new rookies to sort through. Usual place at 8? I would probably get in around 8.30 so use your spare key. Later's x.'
Handsome? Sure but why did she need to point out the obvious. Didn't she work for him and calling your boss handsome? Well that was pretty unprofessional and wandered borderline sexual harassment. They were probably meeting at her apartment. And Klaus had a key.
An actual key to her apartment.
The doorbell rang, interrupting her from her unpleasant thoughts. She welcomed the distraction with flourish as she walked over to the front door with a tight smile. Elena was definitely early - probably eager to finally get her wedding planned after a miserable few months. Caroline didn't blame her.
Okay. Definitely not Elena.
"Klaus.."
"What are you doing here?" Caroline held onto the door for support as her legs suddenly felt wobbly. He had grown his facial hair, his hair had been slicked back with went well with the expensive looking crisp suit he wore. He looked absolutely mouth-watering and Caroline did not trust her body at this point.
"Hello Caroline, may I come in?" He asked quite simply, keeping a calm demeanor which threw her a little. She hated not knowing what was going through his head.
"Of course." He followed her inside after shutting the door.
"Can I get you anything to drink?"
"No thank you." He replied so Caroline sat down on the sofa. Klaus remained standing which made her nervous, although while he roamed around the living room, she took the time to inspect his appearance properly, as if looking for any signs that he'd just been with Hayley.
"How's the wedding planning coming along?" He asked, glancing over to the little corner office she had stationed in the living room where various charts were drawn up. Everything color coded to only a level Caroline Forbes could garner.
"Great. There's not much left to do, just a few loose ends to tie up." She felt like he did not need to know that she had been dragging due to the excessive amount of time she spends obsessing about him and his little whore. Okay maybe she was being a tad dramatic but can you blame her? There she was about to admit to her feelings for the first time in what felt like years and then one stupid little text message and boom. Back to square one.
"Elena must be thrilled to have her wedding back on track."
"We all are."
Klaus nodded shooting her a brief smile.
"The twins okay?" He asked
"They're down for a nap. Esther visited this morning and after playtime, they were really worn out."
"I can imagine." He smiled.
"I'm glad you decided to introduce Esther into their lives. Charlotte and Henry love their newfound Grandma."
"Indeed."
"How's Rebekah?" She asks "You know, seeing as she seemed a little sad after the funeral..."
"Much better. She's off to Paris for a weekend for some retail therapy." He says and sees her nod seeming lost in thought and he knows exactly why. "I'm sorry about her behavior lately, especially towards you I don't understand her sudden indifference." He lies. He knows exactly what stemmed his sister's sudden hatred and he found it utterly childish and demeaning.
Caroline shakes her head fervently. "You don't have to apologize for Rebekah, Klaus. She's a grown woman, and I get why I'm not her most favorite person in the world right now."
"Still - she has no right to act the way she has recently. I've spoken to her numerous times as have my brothers. You are the mother of her niece and nephew and she should respect you." Caroline doesn't know why but hearing Klaus defend her like that just makes her swoon inside.
"Thanks for that."
Klaus smiled but it doesn't reach his eyes. "About why I'm here..." He sits next to her on the couch albeit keeping a reasonable amount of space between them. "I wanted to speak to you alone."
"Okay..." Caroline doesn't know what to make of this and it scares her a little. She totally blames her OCD for her tendency to always be prepared for anything, especially something Klaus Mikaelson could throw her way.
Was it the text?
Had he found out that she'd read it?
Well he did leave his phone unlocked and with the amount of calls and texts coming through she thought it was an emergency. It was merely circumstantial that she'd stumbled upon the message.
"I wanted to thank you. You've been unbelievably great over the past few weeks especially when Mikael passed. You've helped me deal with it instead of running away and because of that I'd like to think I'm much more of myself than I ever was."
She inwardly sighed in relief. "I was just doing what anyone in my situation would have done Klaus. You are Henry and Charlotte's dad and I love-" the words wanted to come out like vomit. Like a clustered burden she'd so badly wanted to blurt out but couldn't. If in fact he had really moved on with his life, what kind of person would she be to turn it upside down yet again? Didn't he deserve to be happy and with someone who could make him happy?.
Klaus' eyes shot up to hers in an instant searching for something. Searching for truth, for clarity, for one sign that'd seal their fate.
"-I love that they have you as their father." Klaus physically deflated at her words but quickly covered it up with a brief smile and nod.
"I was just going to make some coffee, do you-"
"That day at the Museum, what was it you wanted to talk to me about?" Caroline was completely impelled. She knew it had been a burning question, although she figured that after the few weeks that had gone by he'd most likely forgotten all about it.
"Oh that..." She wrecked her brain for an acceptable response but came up with nothing. "I can't even remember, it probably wasn't even important."
"Don't lie." Klaus was now completely serious, his face ashen and stripped of any emotion. "I'm not.." But her eyes faltered, giving her away which he surely picked up on.
"You texted me to meet you at a specific place with a specific time. It obviously had to be important Caroline. And something important you don't just 'forget'." He pressed and she found herself at a loss for words.
"Look, if it were important, I would have remembered but that was weeks ago, so I don't. Which means it probably wasn't important so can we just drop it?!" She jumped up off the couch
"No. We're not dropping it because I know you and I know that you're being dishonest."
"Jesus! Klaus just give it a rest."
"Maybe I will when you just come out and say it!"
"I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Yes you do!"
"What do you want me to say huh?! That I love you?! Because I do. I always have!" Caroline shouts and Klaus falters. "I love you." She says again and her eyes begin to tear up. Klaus cannot describe the relief he felt at the moment in hearing those words. Just as he steps forward, wanting to take her in his arms, Caroline turns around and walks away from him.
"But people move on right? And maybe that's what's best. We're better at being parents than being in a relationship. Its best to just leave things as is."
"You're going to walk away from us then? Again.." Klaus' voice nearly cracks on the last syllable.
Caroline is now physically crying. Her mind distraught with the memories of all those years ago when she had in fact walked out on him and the relationship they had. It was probably the most difficult thing she had to do.
"I just wanted to say that-" her voice cracks and she turns away.
Shit.
Caroline gathers herself. Klaus steps forward, instinct telling him to comfort the woman he loves but he cannot do that anymore and he stops himself.
Caroline realizes this when she sees him take a step back. There's something harsh and complicated about the reality of it all.
He's with Hayley now. Why would he comfort you?
She looks to the picture frame on the drawer of the twins, wipes her eyes and uses her children as her focus point to straighten herself out. "This whole thing is complicated enough as it is. We shouldn't-"
Her words are hung in mid-air when Klaus' lips come crashing down onto hers in a heated lock.
Emotions could be deceptive. Especially desire. He wanted her the way he'd always wanted her and right now, reason flew out the window. He wanted her now, and badly.
Caroline could not remember Klaus undressing her quite this quickly before. Before she recalled him liking to take his time over everything. Nothing was ever rushed. The undressing, the foreplay, the act itself. He would sometimes spend up to an hour playing with her body's erogenous zones, using his hands mostly, but also his mouth. He'd loved making her climax over and over before he entered her, loved watching her eyes, loved the feel of her wet heat when his own flesh finally fused with hers.
She knew all this because he would tell her, his constant stream of hot words turning her on, and keeping her turned on.
Today he was stripping her in total silence, almost roughly, not bothering to linger as he once would have. In no time she was nude before him, trembling with nerves and tension.
He stepped back at a stage and just looked at her, his eyes both hot and cold at the same time. Caroline had no idea what he was thinking. He seemed angry for some reason, which confused her. Her confusion was definitely short-lived when his mouth found hers again in a searing lip-lock.
The familiar ambulatory motion of their tongues battling for dominance awakened a warm, bubbling sensation in the depths of her core. The feeling was so overwhelming, Caroline thought she'd come apart right then and there. Perhaps it had been time. A long time that had since passed without the feeling of him kissing her, touching her, the feeling of his hard length pressed against her.
Feeling a little self-conscious in standing before him completely bare when he had not shed a single ounce of clothing, Caroline made fast to help him out of his jacket and got to working on un-buttoning his shirt. Halfway through her task, Klaus yanked her hands away and picked her up, pushing her against the nearest wall. When Caroline's back hit the cold surface in a fevered thrust, it knocked her wind out, leaving her completely breathless. The force of his thrust and iron like grip into her thighs would definitely leave her bruised by morning.
Their lips remained together, moving as one as their teeth clashed and nipped, each demanding authority but neither one willing to submit.
His mouth left hers and attached itself to her earlobe, sucking and nipping roughly earning a few throaty moans from Caroline. It had been so long since she'd felt like this, so long since she'd been this turned on. Klaus' mouth trailed lower and lower until reaching her breasts where he began sucking and nipping until her nipples stood up erectly and taut. Caroline's legs were wrapped around his waist as he shifted her weight between himself and the wall. She used their compromising position to press her core against his, rubbing and thrusting, trying with great urgency to quench the dire thirst stirred within her.
Feeling just how wet she was made Klaus bit down hard onto her nipple making, causing her to scream out. He could tell she was impatient but so was he. Supporting Caroline with one arm, he reached below to undo his trousers and shrugged them off followed by his boxer briefs. His erection sprang free and Caroline squirmed in anticipation feeling the smooth warm flesh against her belly.
For the first time since they'd started their little tryst, their eyes met and Caroline nearly drowned in his heated gaze. She found no love nor did she find the slightest hint of emotion. All she saw was lust and need.
"Oh!" Klaus thrust into her without warning making her gasp out in surprise. A combination of rough and hurried thrusts soon followed and Caroline held onto him for dear life. Her breasts shook, jingling with every thrust of his hips into hers. Her breaths were short and loud but so was his, as their faces remained so close they could swallow eachothers moans.
The noises Klaus makes; low and needy full of want, his hands on her hips, frantic, like he can't get enough of her body... Its everything she remembered and more.
Its an intoxicating feeling; to be wanted like that. Exhilarating.
Seeing her breasts shake with every plunge, Klaus' eyes rolled to the back of his head with pleasure. Caroline was so tight and wet, he could hear himself slam into her with every shove. "Klaus.." She moaned
Even with labored breaths and hooded eyes, Klaus could see that she was close, but so was he. She just need that final little push needing to send her over the edge. Lifting her legs higher, he pressed into her, the front of his pelvic bone finding the little nub of bundled nerves in her aching wet core. A few strokes and she was screaming in his arms.
Caroline's body shuddered as an intensified orgasm took over her. Klaus kept thrusting, letting her ride it out while he chased his own release. Moments later he groaned into her neck as he came, shooting his release inside of her. His hips buckled into hers.
It was quiet. Save for the labored breaths and short gasps filling the room. Caroline remained gasping for breath in his hold as he too, breathed heavily into her neck. Once he caught his breath, Klaus let her down slowly. He stepped a few feet back to take in her glorious after glow from head to toe as he eyed her in admiration. Between her shaky legs Klaus could see a bead of his cum dripping from her folds.
Yes.
AN: Angst is good and all, but we need a little bit of love to brighten things up no? More Klaroline fluffy goodness to follow.
I know there wasn't any of the other characters interaction in this chapter but they'll be in the next.
PS: Trust fund scene - Jane the Virgin inspired.
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