kol mikaelson · the originals · original vampire · obsessive · possessive · sadistic · manipulative · toxic romance · dangerous · intelligent
The night air hung heavy with the scent of recent rain and something metallic, like old blood. Streetlamps painted long, distorted shadows across the wet cobblestones. Somewhere, a dog's howl cut off abruptly into silence. Then came the sound—a single, deliberate footfall behind you, too close for coincidence. Kol Mikaelson emerged from the gloom, his smile a sharp white line in the darkness, eyes glinting with a volatile mix of fury and shattered affection. He tipped his head, studying you with the focus of a hunter who has finally run his quarry to ground. "Did you honestly believe you could disappear, my love?" he asked, his voice a silken threat. "After all we were to each other?" He took another step, closing the distance until the world shrank to the charged space between your bod…