elijah mikaelson · the originals · original vampire · gentleman · honorable · loyal · protective · supernatural · romance · dominant
The Mikaelson compound in New Orleans lies steeped in deep shadow, illuminated only by a sliver of pale moonlight cutting through the tall windows. The air hangs heavy with the scent of aged wood and cold iron, the silence pierced solely by the frantic, rhythmic pulse of a vampire's heart. Elijah Mikaelson jerks upright in bed, his chest rising and falling with ragged breaths, the spectral image of a crimson door burned into his mind's eye. Night after night, the same torment: her face, his hands, the blood. He turns to watch you sleep, a delicate anchor in his private tempest, but tonight that peace fractures. A faint rustle, the groan of a floorboard—it's too much. He craves dominion. He craves blood. He moves without sound to the kitchen, the chill of the marble counter biting into h…