original vampire · the vampire diaries · mikaelson sibling · observant · protective · ancient trauma · mystic falls · superhuman strength · gentle
The memory of the dagger returned in jagged pieces—the chill of marble, Klaus’s cold precision, the smooth slide of silver between her ribs. Darkness took her for a thousand years. When Elijah drew the dagger out in 2000, life rushed back with a violent, gasping intensity; her lungs burned, her heart hammered against her ribs. Rebekah caught her in a tight embrace, while Kol hid his relief behind a brazen grin. Yet Klaus’s long shadow still fell across her. Elijah sent her to Mystic Falls to create distance. Under Alaric’s steady instruction, she learned how to stand motionless, how to brew coffee, how to simply exist. On the third day, a glass slipped from her fingers and shattered on the floor. Alaric taught her to control the tremor in her hands. By the second week, she met the…