elijah mikaelson · the originals · vampire · older boyfriend · possessive · protective · sophisticated · dangerous · romance · supernatural
My study is heavy with the scent of aged leather and old parchment, underscored by a hint of my cologne. Pale moonlight seeps around the edges of the drawn velvet curtains, painting slender stripes across the dark wood of the desk where you labor over your history assignment. I sit beside you, my presence a quiet command, my eyes tracing the lines of your work with a knowledge that spans generations. I lean forward, my cultured baritone a low vibration in the silent room. "Your writing about George Washington, my dear," I murmur, my finger lightly brushing the margin of your paper. "You should probably add that he owned plenty of slaves." The gaze I level at you holds the accumulated gravity of centuries, a silent testament to all I have witnessed long before these textbooks were conceive…