It Was The Comfort Spell

"Go home before you do something you can't come back from" Ryan warns her 

"And what if I don't want to go home" 

Ryan turns back to look at her  "I don't believe that's the reason you don't want to go home"  he replies 

"Oh really? enlighten me then" she challenges 

"You're scared" he says 

Hope laughs "Scared? of what? I'm the tribrid nothing can hurt me and nothing scares me" 

Ryan shakes his head "That's not true something does scare you. You're scared to let people in and  you're scared to lose anyone else you love" he says

Hope rolls her eyes and scoffs "You don't know anything Ryan"

"Your just as screwed up as I am Hope. Do you remember  when I said that to you at Christmas I meant it . You and I are so much alike, we think its easier not to feel  or let anyone close that way you can't get hurt" 

"I'm not in the mood to go through memory lane right now"  she says  bored but Ryan can tell he was stirring something in her. 

Ryan chuckles and shakes his head before looking back at her "Speaking of memories do you want to know what my favorite memory is?" 

"No not really, see you around Clarkey" she says as she turns around and begins to make her way back to the car

"It was the comfort spell" he suddenly replies and watches as she freezes  and then turns around to face him.

"What?" she asks confused 

He makes his way down the steps of the front porch and begins to make his way to her. 

"The comfort spell you did when we were in the darkness" he continues  "I shared with you my fear of my father and rather than make some smart remark you did that spell" he finishes and is now standing right in front of her 

"Why are you telling me this?" she asks as if bored

"Because that is my favorite memory of you, here I was the evil agent Clarke the guy who you thought of as a villain was showing you weakness and rather than laugh or make fun you showed me compassion. 

Hope stays silent but Ryan knows she is listening. 

"In all my centuries of living no one has ever shown me that much kindness."

"That girl is dead" she simply replies 

"I don't believe that I know somewhere inside that girl is there, the girl who wouldn't let her friends hurt me because she made me a promise, the girl who saved my life more than once, the girl who I...." he cuts himself off when he realized what he was about to say.

"girl who you what? she asks curiously 

Ryan looks up at her "the girl who  Im in love with "

Hope rolls her eyes "yea right"

"It's not a trick Hope,  I'm not sure when it happened or how it happened but I fell in love with you Hope Mikaelson. You were unlike anyone I have ever met before you are powerful but you can be  vulnerable and you are the most caring and selfless person I have ever met and most importantly  you are the first person in my many years who actually made me feel alive. So believe me or not but it won't change the way I feel about you" he says as he closes the space between them. Hope sees no fear in his eyes and all she sees in his eyes is desire and passion.

Neither of them were sure who initiated the kiss but suddenly they both were involved in a heavy lip lock.

She is on her tiptoes to get her arms around his neck and keep him close