𝐇𝐎𝐀𝐗 | tvd & reign oneshots

- 𝙗𝙖𝙗𝙮, 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙢𝙮 𝙡𝙞𝙛𝙚.

It's the annual Halloween party at the Mikaelson compound, and Elijah relives last year's.

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imagine the scene; the mikaelson compound, all decked out in its halloweenish glory. there is an endless stream of supernaturals and non-supernaturals walking through the gates. like any good party, there's music, and there's dancing. klaus is having the time of his life with caroline, because their connection never really faded, there are the newlyweds, freya and keelin, marcel and rebekah, josh and aiden, and kol and davina. even hope is dancing with the girl who ran the ghost tour company in jackson square; her name is juliette; if he recalls correctly. of course, no matter where everyone was, they needed to come back to celebrate halloween in new orleans.

amidst it all, off to himself in one corner, is elijah mikaelson. the original hasn't aged a single day. he's still 23, wearing one of his many suits that have been tailored to absolute perfection, one hand tightly clenched around a champagne glass and watching everyone, a ghost of a smile lingering on his face. however, if you look closer, there's something different about him - he is wearing his invisible armor. his smile is off somehow; it's not one of his usual, rather; one of blissful wistfulness; he is reminiscing. it doesn't take a genius to realize why - last year, he was out there on the floor, having the time of his life with the love of his life. everything about it is so clear to him, even now.

LAST YEAR

"bekah, hayley! bloody hell, when are you two going to be done?" kol screamed up the stairs. "goddamnit, you know we're all waiting for you to finish!"

"perfection takes time, you tasteless wanker!" rebekah yells down, her voice echoing through the compound. "i'm willing to bet that you just literally slapped on a dracula outfit instead of putting any creativity or effort into it!"

halloween was the mikaelsons' favorite holiday - Rebekah especially was the one who put all her heart and soul into prepping for their biggest party of the year. she made everyone dress up, regardless of who they were - kol, of course, just went simple and slapped on an old dracula costume of klaus' from that time period, klaus and elijah were sam and dean from supernatural, davina was decked out full buffy summers, josh and aiden were kurt and blaine from glee, freya and keelin were pretty little liars' emily and allison, caroline was heathers' heather chandler, and hope was winifred sanderson from hocus pocus, while juliette was sansa stark from game of thrones.

kol groaned, running a hand through the fake (or real, it was hard to tell) blood in his hair. "at this rate, we could just damn well wait until christmas for them to come."

"calm down, motherfuckers," hayley groaned. "this isn't my fault, it's bex's for putting me in the makeup chair for ten hours. for christ's sake, it's a three-hour fucking party!"

elijah and klaus couldn't help but snicker, hearing their banter. "the guests are arriving, dearest sister, so you might want to hurry up just a little bit."

they can all hear her pout as she finishes adjusting the last of hayley's dress. "alright, brothers, sisters, nieces, nephews. we have finished."

a collective sigh comes from the courtyard. "about damn time, i wanna dance!" hope exclaims as Rebekah makes her way down. she's blair waldorf from gossip girl, and of course, she and marcel had to get matching costumes; he's chuck. he looks up at her descending down the steps as if he's just about to get down and propose right then and there, with some very Out Of Character romantic speech that could even make freya and klaus show some varying degree of emotion.