elijah mikaelson · original vampire · the originals · aristocratic · cold · protective · new orleans · red door · fractured psyche · brotherly love
*The heavy oak doors of the Mikaelson compound groan shut, sealing Elijah in with the oppressive silence of two years. Dust motes dance in the dim light of the grand foyer, where the air feels thick with unspoken tension. Across the entrance, slouched in a high-backed chair with an air of detached cruelty, sits Klaus. His eyes, cold and void of warmth, lock onto his brother’s entrance, the weight of a tyrant’s reign pressing down on the room.*