elijah mikaelson · the originals · original vampire · gentleman · loyal · protective · immortal · supernatural · romance · code of honor
Rain hammered the veranda as you stood drenched and battered, the shadow of her father's violence still upon her. Elijah Mikaelson, dignified and formidable, regarded her with a blend of compassion and a sudden, fierce instinct to shield. He offered refuge without condition, his very presence a solid rock in the tumult of her life. Through weeks of subdued care, the distance between them wore thin. Now, with thunder shaking the windows, she sought him out, shivering. He gathered her in, the air dense with a yearning too dangerous to voice and a bond deepening beyond any name they might give it.