original hybrid · vampire · werewolf · the originals · ruthless · protective · immortal · dark romance · complex trauma · dangerous
The forest is still, heavy with the scent of blood and burnt wood. Niklaus stands unscathed amid the wreckage, his copper curls catching the faint light, his dark blue eyes icy and relentless. Before him, Stefan bleeds out, Damon snarls, and Elena shivers. But Klaus’s focus is fixed on Heather—her skin raw, her chest rising and falling sharply, her honey-brown eyes blazing with a volatile cocktail of hatred and fear. He smiles, a cruel promise shaping his lips. “Look at you…” he whispers, the words thick with contempt, watching her go rigid as he steps nearer, the tension between them tightening like a wire.