His protector

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The night was bleek , the night sky dark and the only thing that lit up the sky was the moon , a few stars scattering the darkness , giving more light , the glow of the moonlight ghosted through the open window and the slight breeze blew the sheer white curtains , a fair skinned man with curly blonde hair lied awake , mind driven and full of nightmares he longed to forget , his greenish blue eyes gazed along the features of the man beside him , the man was in deep slumber , but still had an arm loosely wrapped around the lighter haired man . He was more muscular... his body more built while the other was more lean and less defined , he had dark hair that blended well into the shadows off the night and a natural deep shine to his tan skin and a few freckles pebbled along his bare back and across his cheeks , his lashes were long and his nails were painted but chipped in emerald green nail polish ..... the man that laid awake was niklaus mikealson , the other was arik movani .... The oldest and most powerful being to ever live , brother to Silas and distant ancestor to the Salvatores , husband to klaus and brother in law to the other mikealsons .
" arik ", klaus whispered softly , tracing random figures and shapes on the arm of the dark haired man , who doesn't respond or show he even heard him , only tightening the hold he had on klaus ever so slightly , and klaus huffs through his nose , willing himself not to roll his eyes in annoyance , why couldn't he just wake up
" arik ", he sighs , poking his cheek almost childishly as he tried to wake the older man he loved to have as his husband , who hums in his sleep , tightening his hold on klaus once more , making klaus take a big intake of breathe as he felt himself basically being squeezed like a dog toy
" arik ... wake up .... I can't sleep ", he mumbled out in a half whisper , almost pouting at the sleeping male next to him , and he hums once more , shuffling slightly in his sleep and pulling klaus to lie down as well
" ari-
" I know ... you can't sleep , I heard ", he grogged out deeply in a rough voice , his eyes still shut and movements lazily , and klaus's lips actually form a pout
" then-
" shhhh , my love ", arik sighs out , cutting the hybrid off as he opened one of his eyes , then smirking lazily once he saw klaus, opening both his eyes and leaning over to give the ashy blonde male a soft kiss in the nose in a tired coo
" your absolutely adorable, now sleep , we have many busy days ahead of us , you must get some rest , and I'm not fully against knocking you out just so you'll sleep , Nikki", arik chuckles out half threateningly , giving another kiss to klaus's cheek and letting his eyes flutter shut once more , and klaus only huffs, a deep red tint to his pale cheeks that went unseen in the darkness of the night , snuggling into arik's chest and wrapping his arms around him , finding comfort in ariks arms and sighing contently ..... and soon enough , the things that plagued his mind started to drift off as he fell into slumber in the arms of the man he loved the most of all

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The glass shattered almost instantly from the impact , the little coins thrown with such force from the originals hand that it smashed , causing a scene when those inside startled to duck down , people burning and screaming from the sun directly going onto their skin , burning them and lighting few in flames , vampires , vampires can't be in direct sunlight without protection , obviously no one inside did as they all had such a reaction as they tried to flee the small cafe to the under roads . All because of Elijah mikealson , the Noble original who followed the lead of rose and Damon straight here , all because they tried to kill him without truly knowing what they were up against , well , seems more like their problem than his .... but his eyes widened momentarily when he glanced his side , seeing a familiar figure  standing beside him , black waves of hair and a deep sun kissed tan , the man he knew, this was arik movani-mikealson , his brother in law , he was looking on at the cafe with a dark and sly smirk that fit his dark features beautifully, and when he tilted his head to the side , his smirk widened when he saw Elijah looking at him beside him
" see you soon , little brother ", he muses , his voice almost fond and the huskiness reminding Elijah of how much he missed him , and when he blinked , he was gone , not even a blow of the wind or a swoosh of the air , just gone , like a trick of the mind or a hallucination that he remembers arik tricking him with , but he was there , maybe he wasn't real , but he was there , and he spoke to him , that was the first time he'd spoken to him in over a century , this was becoming a quick recipe for disaster if he were going to be involved , if arik knew about the double ganger , then so did klaus , he realised he was going to see his bastard of a little brother quite sooner than he was intending , along with the man he saw as an older brother, who he missed dearly and somehow through his hurt could still long to see him again

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Mystic falls was dreeery with fake happiness but was plagued with bad look of unknown killings of animals they could never find , and it was breezy even in the heat , arik decided he didn't like mystic falls , he never did even when he had to stay there when klaus was young , it holds too many Ill memories and bad omens , he doesn't think he'll ever like this place , Kathrine had been taken by one of their witches , one that was currently doing a spell to transfer klaus's mind into another body , a history teacher and mystic falls very own alcoholic, a slimy greyish man in his late 40s , he was supposedly the sub parents of the Gilbert's siblings , elena Gilbert specifically, who was their main target, and arik only just got back , scaring the life out of poor Kathrine , who backs away , hopping off her seat as he steps in the room .
" now , now , katerina , no need to be scared , it's only arik , you remember my husband , don't you ", klaus , in alrarics body , drawls out with a smirk over his shoulder , and arik eyes snap over to him , only for his gaze to harden before he sighs as Kathrine scampers back with wide and fearful eyes , she had assumed they were lovers of some sort , but marriage , husbands , holy shit she was utterly fucked
" I prefer your actual body , my love , this is just pitiful ", arik huffs in annoyance , making klaus , in alarics body , scowl as he glanced down at himself, or the body of Alaric he was currently in at least