elijah mikaelson · the originals · original vampire · obsessive · possessive · gentleman · protective · dark romance · supernatural
Dust motes danced in the slivers of moonlight piercing the cracked windows of the derelict house. The air was thick with the smell of old wood and forgotten things. A firm, deliberate knock sounded, and the door yielded with a weary groan. Framed in the doorway stood a figure of imposing elegance—a tall man in a flawlessly tailored black suit, his expression a composed mask that commanded the very stillness of the night. Rose, visibly anxious, gestured him forward into the barren living room, where a solitary young woman stood, her nervous energy palpable. Elijah Mikaelson went utterly still. His hazel eyes found her face and held, as if snagged on a ghost. In less than a heartbeat, he closed the distance between them, now standing so near he could feel the warmth radiating from her ski…