Elena and Elijah are happily married till a horrible accident happens, which changes their lives. They will struggle to get their happy ever after, but with the help of their family and friends, they will find their 'always'.
Human! AU
Featuring Kla...
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Elijah kissed his wife goodnight, "I love you. I will see you tomorrow, my lovely"
He sighed a little as he touched her hand, muttering softly, "Always!"
A nurse, who was one of Elena's special carers greeted Elijah, who placed a kiss on his wife's forehead. "Good evening Mr Mikaelson."
"Good evening, Gia" he said as he turned to the nurse and pointed to the bag "I have brought in some stuff from her studio. Some of her things she loved. Dr Fell said it was fine. When she wakes up I want her to see familiar things - her things"
"Of course," Gia said,"but I- and all the staff hopes you are the first thing she sees. You deserve it. Both of you deserve it. You have the love of all time. We have never had anyone that is as devoted as you are."
Elijah nodded, a thank you for saying that shot appreciatively from his eyes."Good night."
"Good night" Gia said and checked on Elena's medication that was due.
Elijah glanced once more at Elena before he took off for the night.
A year had past since she was attacked in front of her art studio. A year she remind on the bed in a persistent vegetative state.
Elijah was silently observed by other nurses day in and day out. Everyone felt for him.
"I remember when they transferred her to our unit" Rose, one of the nurses said to her fellow colleague,"I could here him cry once silently, but you could hear it. He held her hand and burried his face on it and cried. I have never felt so sad for anyone or anything ever."
"You know that he says always to her every evening before he leaves" Lexi said.
"It must be something they said to eachother- maybe something to do with their wedding vow" Rose said.
"Probably" Lexi said, "there. Look- he will now sit there ten minutes at least"
"I guess he is waiting to see if any of us is going to call him with the news that she woke up"
And the nurses were right. Elijah would stall leaving home. Because if he is in his own personal limbo for a moment then the reality is not real, at least for these few minutes. And yes, he is hoping that his phone would ring and he would run back in. They would tell him that she was awake and that all was going to be fine.
And so it went for the last 369 days. Eventually he would start the car and drive home. Home, where he would try to be. But it was so hard. Everyday was like the first day they told him."The contusion was sever. We will see how she reacts when the swelling goes down."
And when the swelling did go down, she was not waking up. All her levels were stabile, but she was not waking up.
His sister Rebekah, who lived in the building next to his would come to check on him. She was the only one he let come to see him. And so it was that evening as well.
"Hey" the blonde said as she walked in the penthouse.
Elijah just motioned with his hand as a hello.
"I will set the table and we'll eat, all right?" Rebekah said.
"I'm not that hungry" Elijah poured himself a Bourbon.
"I got your favourite comfort food. Chicken enchiladas." Rebekah said and inquired about Elena.
"The same." Elijah uttered, taking a sip of the whiskey.
"I was thinking" Rebekah started and he stopped her there knowing where she was going with it shaking his head.
"They are your family, too. Kol, Klaus, Freya, they all regret it, trully, they do" Rebekah carried on.
"No. I can't. Everyone will carry on with the talk of how sorry they were, then with the whole wishing she comes out of it, with the talk of support- and I can't face it"-he got slightly agitated.
"All right. Come on, let's eat." she saw that it was best to leave it at that and not pester him further.
What lay behind him completely disconnecting from the rest of his family was the Mikaelson-Gilbert opposing sides eversince Jeremy Gilbert was allegedly killed by Kol Mikaelson in a drunken fight at the Ball ten years ago.
The investigation showed that it was an accident. Kol was freed. And yet the rift between the families deepend.
Elijah and Elena, who were already married stayed strong to their vows, to their love. Not taking sides, trying to be a bridge between both families, accused always by either side to have betrayed their loved ones. Rebekah joined their effort to reconcile both families, but to no avail.
Flashback
"Jeremy was deep into the drug scene" Elena said over the phone to Elijah as she was looking for her keys to open the studio,"there is someone out there who hurt him, who killed him. I am sure of it."
"Kol swears that he tried to help Jeremy, because he has been through that Hell." Elijah said.
"My mom and dad are too hurt to accept that Kol had nothing to do with" Elena explained.
"And so we go around the circles with the blame game" Elijah concluded.
"And it won't stop till we find the real killer" Elena said.
