Watching their Life- N. Mikealson

Chapter 3

The Vampire Diaries
Season 3: Episode 2
The Hybrid

Everyone was quiet when the screen went dark. Hearing Åse's comment about family struck a chord in pretty much everybody.

No one had decided to speak up, so after a minute of silence, the screen lit up once more.

The next scene to be shown was the Smoky Mountains as Klaus, Åse, and Stefan, with a dead Ray on his back, were hiking through the trees.

The first thing everyone hears is Klaus taunting Stefan. "You okay? Is Ray getting heavy?" Stefan just keeps looking forward and walking as he says, "I'm fine." 

Åse, giving him a once-over, decides to ask, "You sure about that?" Stefan doesn't answer her, and she rolls her eyes at him. Klaus, knowing his wife was annoyed, moved closer to her and put an arm around her shoulders. Feeling slightly more comfortable, Åse closes her eyes and takes a deep breath. When she felt better, she opened her eyes and looked up at Klaus and just gave a small nod to say she was okay.

Now that Klaus had his priority taken care of, he kept taunting Stefan. "You know, we've been walking for quite some time now. If you need some water or a little sit-down..." Åse laughed quietly to herself as she looked between the two men she was with. Stefan glanced at her quickly before deciding to ignore her and respond to Klaus. "You know, I get that we're uh—we're stuck together, but if we could maybe just skip the chitchat, it'd be great." 

This time, Åse scoffed before she spoke. "So much brooding. Don't you think, my love?" Klaus nods as he says, "She's right, Stefan. Your self-loathing is suffocating you, my friend." Stefan still keeps his gaze forward as they're all talking. "Maybe it's 'cause I'm a little tired of hunting werewolves. We've been at it all summer." Klaus focuses his gaze forward as he says, "Thanks to our pal Ray, we found ourselves a pack."

Klaus stops before continuing to walk forward, though, to look at his wife. As he takes his arm away from her shoulders, she turns her body towards him. Stefan stood by watching as the two of them once again looked each other in the eyes, saying nothing. 

After around 10 seconds, Åse goes to walk away, but is suddenly pulled back. Klaus pulls her close to him with one hand while holding the left side of her face with the other. With his thumb brushing just below her cheekbone, Klaus pulls Åse into a deep kiss. The two stay like that for a good five seconds before breaking away. Åse smirks as she starts to walk away, but Klaus, hearing something that nobody else could, slaps her ass before turning back towards Stefan and pointing forward.

The Mystic Falls side of the room looked uncomfortable at this display of affection. Åse looks over at them and smirks to herself before silently making a decision. She scoots forward in her seat, which alerts the rest of the Originals. They all look at her with questioning faces as they see the look she has. Klaus, knowing his wife was planning something, decided to ask, "What is your devilish mind cooking up now, my love?" Åse doesn't say anything as she laughs to herself. 

The noise being made by the two Originals alerted the Scooby Gang and had them all looking over at that side of the room. Åse, noticing she has their attention, leans over Klaus slightly as she starts talking.

"You know... if that made you uncomfortable, it could get a lot worse." Seeing some of the confused faces, she smirks once again. As she starts speaking, Åse decides to take this all a step further, and she moves so that she is straddling her husband. "If this whole watching thing is as in-depth as I'm thinking,"