❝Klaus Mikaelson was the monster one would tell their children, he's the villain in everyone's stories, but for me he was the prince who saved me from myself and I think I saved the last bit of hope within him.❞
Bodie Erikson wasn't human, but...
『Chapter Nineteen』 『cuddles, snuggles, and an original acting strange』
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When Bodie woke up he found himself wrapped with Klaus in between his arms asleep. He took a moment to work out where he was considering that he completely forgot about his surroundings. Though it didn't take him long to remember that he was in the Woodford's home which was enough for him to lay back down and pull Klaus more towards him. He could smell the slight tinge of blood from Klaus which was enough for Bodie to know that Klaus went for a walk and ended up feeding. He didn't care though, he ended up squeezing Klaus a little, trying his best to not wake him up, though even still, Klaus stirred awake then.
It made Bodie tense, afraid that he just woke him up, though when Klaus didn't say anything or move, he knew that it was safe. He wondered as to how long he could get away with cuddling Klaus like this before he woke up. He knew that he could stay here for as long as he could, but he feared that Klaus would wake up and make him get out of bed which he really didn't want to do. If he could, he'd stay here until forever ends just so that he could stay like this. Being able to hold Klaus like this was something that he wished that would last.
He watched as Klaus' shoulders moved ever so slightly with each breath, the small snores coming out of his mouth, the muscles tensing slightly before relaxing. Bodie thought that there was a chance that Klaus was dreaming, though the thought quickly vanished when Klaus turned in his sleep to his back which made Bodie move just a bit away just to make sure that Klaus wasn't too restricted in movement.
There was always something calming about being around Klaus when he was like this, something vulnerable, something that reminded Bodie that the beauty of Klaus was always his vulnerability to things at times. He loved the peace that Klaus was in these moments, reminding him of a time that they could never go back to, but even still, even in these small moments, he was reminded that there was always that chance of having that peace if they both weren't who they were. They could go back even as the changed people that they were, leaving all of this behind—this being Klaus' anger, paranoia, need to betray, and murder, and also Bodie's need to hide secrets.
Of course, Bodie knew that it was stupid to wish for that, knowing that no matter how much he wished, they wouldn't have that. He wished that they could, he wished so much about them having a life together away from all of this, but he knew that the pair of them wouldn't allow it, afraid that they would get hurt by each other once more. And Bodie wasn't sure if he could deal with the pain. He wasn't sure if he could deal with the pain of assuming that Klaus was already betraying him, but he tried to dismiss it because Klaus wouldn't, right?
Who was he kidding? He knew that he was being dramatic or even overthinking everything that there can be because of Klaus. Klaus was back in his life, back to how they were because Klaus wanted to be here with him, Klaus wanted him—Klaus wanted to come back to him, and that meant everything to Bodie more than he would ever admit. And Klaus apologised to him, which was very un-like him, so that meant something, right?
