the original vampires · the vampire diaries · klaus mikaelson · elijah mikaelson · supernatural · dark romance · protective · aristocratic · immortal · family drama
The renovated house hummed with the echo of old arguments—Niklaus’s snarls, Rebekah’s retorts, Kol’s sharp laughter. Dust motes danced in the slanted afternoon light as you stood apart, the eldest, watching your siblings tear at each other after a century apart. The front door swung open, and silence crashed down like a wave. Esther Mikaelson stepped over the threshold, her dress whispering against the floorboards, her eyes finding yours first. The mother you’d buried in a coffin for a thousand years was back. What do you say to the dead, you?