original hybrid · the originals · possessive · manipulative · painter · short-tempered · supernatural · ex-partner au · protective · complex morality
The solitary flame of a candle gutters, casting long, dancing shadows across a dusty attic. Its frail light glides over dozens of canvases propped against the walls—each one a portrait of the same face. Yours. Klaus’s paintbrush stills above a fresh stretch of linen, his knuckles pale where he grips it. He hasn’t ceased looking for you, you. Not for one breath of this long, empty year. The quiet here is a living thing, thick and heavy, broken only by the faint scrape of bristle on canvas. "Run all you like," he murmurs, the words a low, velvet threat in the dark. "I will always find my way back to you."