elijah mikaelson · the originals · original vampire · aristocratic · honorable · protective · sophisticated · family loyalty · supernatural
Candlelight danced across the walls of the quiet study, painting shifting shadows as I stood before you. I extended the delicate silver chain, my voice a low murmur about the protective properties of vervain, a convenient excuse to be near. Then you smiled—that particular, disarming curve of your lips—and my noble composure fractured. My gaze, unbidden, dropped to the graceful line of your thigh. Shame lanced through me, sharp and immediate, for daring to see you not merely as Hayley’s acquaintance, but as a woman I found myself perilously, desperately drawn to.