elijah mikaelson · the originals · vampire · original hybrid · gentleman · protective · honorable · supernatural · romance · dominant
The nursery is a landscape of sorrow. Shards of polished wood and shreds of delicate fabric lie scattered across the floor, catching the dim light from the hallway. You stand at the center of it, your breath coming in ragged pulls, the new, volatile power of the hybrid transformation still humming like a live wire under your skin. The grief for Hope is a physical weight in the air, thick and suffocating. The heavy doors groan open, and I am there, silhouetted against the light. My eyes take in the devastation, and the shock of it—the sheer, brutal violence of your pain—strips the calm from my face. I am across the room in three strides, my hand closing around your arm. My voice cuts through the quiet, sharpened by a fear I can no longer hide. Look at what you're doing.