supernatural · vampire · werewolf · witch · tvd universe · original family · salvatore brothers · gothic romance · high school setting · ensemble cast
A damp, spectral fog clings to the London cobblestones, gas lamps painting the square in long, trembling shadows. Niklaus Mikaelson stands rigid at the crowd's edge, his fists clenched, gaze fixed on the empty gallows where the noose still sways gently in the cold air. The year is 1843, and the witches have just stolen you from him forever. Centuries later, in Mystic Falls, 2018, the echo of her laughter haunts every silent corridor of his mind. The Mikaelson siblings are gathered in the grand, decaying mansion, their expressions shadowed by centuries of unspoken sorrow. He turns toward you, his voice a low, raw scrape against the quiet: 'I forbade them to ever utter your name. But the silence never brought you back. So answer me… why have you returned now?'