A Thrill I've Never Known ✔️

~Five~

i have to admit, Kol is one of my favourite characters in The Vampire Diaries. The main reason being that know how it feels yo be alienated from my siblings. I'm the oldest of four. Five years, seven years and nine. I'm twenty and my brothers are fifteen and eleven. My sister is thirteen. I know how it feels.

When Kol died i was a wreck.

five

Gracelyn turned to Elijah who simply took a sip of his own drink and raised an eyebrow with appreciation of the quality of it, "Tell me about yourself, Suits. Kol told me he had siblings. A momma's lap dog. A stuck up ponce. An insane mix match. A needy blonde tramp. And a dead one."

The Mikaelson frowned and tilted his head, then licked his lips, "And what assumption have you made, Miss Wysteria?"

Her lips pursed, a faint smile tugging at the corners, "Well, you aren't blond. And despite being dead, you're here, breathing and talking to me. And you don't seem the momma's boy type."

Gracie leant forward. For two reasons.

One, to see if he was like every other man and would look straight down her low cut dress at her cleavage.

Two, to study his reaction.

"You're either a stuck up ponce. Or an insane mix match. Now which is it, I wonder?"

Elijah smiled lightly as she took a deep sip of her cocktail, "You're right."

Gracie rose an eyebrow, with a hum.

"I'm not blond."

She laughed softly, pleased that he kept her gaze.

"And if I am insane, I'm unaware it."

The blonde songstress smirked, "So you're a stuck up ponce, then?"

Elijah smirked back, "I guess so, Miss Wysteria."

Off to the side, Kol watched with a smirk on his face and it spread wider when he turned his face to the bartender who refilled his glass.

"I've never seen Miss Wysteria smile like that," Alexei said, stunned.

The younger Mikaelson chuckle lowly, "Neither have I and I've known her for a very long time."

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Gracelyn turned back to Kol, making Elijah want to pout.

"You came all the way to New York, for lil ol' me?" She said with a soft smile.

The younger of the two Originals smiled too and the older was shocked to see how genuine it was, "You don't think I just wanted to see my favourite songstress?"

The blonde gave him a look akin to one a mother would give to a child, "Dear heart, I love you very much and I know you very well, so I know you need me for something."

"That's poppy-" Kol began.

"If you say poppycock, I might just slap you." Gracie threatened, lightly, the corners of her lips turning up.

Kohl put his hands up, a sheepish grin spread in across his face. It made Elijah force himself to not gape at his brother. He hadn't seen that grin since they were human so long ago.

"Okay, I'm sorry."

Who was this man? This certainly wasn't the brother the Noble Original knew.

"I want you to come back to Mystic Falls with me. But, but only if you want to. I won't force you Angel." Suddenly he turned on his puppy eyes. Not even Mikael could resist them, "Don't make me beg."

Elijah felt like he'd fallen into an alternate universe where his brother was sweet and sensible. Thinking before acting. For God's sake, Kol was asking politely, he was practically begging the blonde.

Who was this woman to have changed his brother so much that just by being in her presence made him act like a child again? And how did just talking about her calm him beyond belief? The Noble Original did know that his other brother and sister would definitely want to meet her.

Curious, the older Mikaelson watched silently as the Dutch songstress leant forward and took Kol's face in her hands, causing him to close his eyes with a serene expression. She ran her left thumb over his cheekbone and the Reckless Mikaelson sighed.

Gracie stood up from her stool and pressed a kiss to his forehead. Kol then buried his face into her shoulder when she whispered in his ear, "Are you okay, dear heart?"

Now Elijah knew he was in a different world when his brother slumped against the taller vampire, hearing the quiet whimpers one has before they cry.

"No." The older Original barely heard the younger.

"Why?" Gracie hummed, beginning to stroke Kol's chocolate hair.

Elijah couldn't help but feel a little envious of the attention that his brother was receiving, then he felt guilt for his sudden selfishness and for the fact he had no idea how, depressed, his brother was.

"I almost died Angel. A few inches from death. My whole life flashed before my eyes and my last thought was of you." Kol said, voice thick with unshed tears.

"And not your first?" Grace playfully scolded, "For shame."

The younger Original let out a weak laugh.

As the songstress continued to comb through Kol's hair, Elijah suddenly jumped when opposite him, behind the bar, the huge Russian refilled his empty glass with a amused smile, "I don't know how she does that, our Gracie. She can make anyone spill their inner most demons and soothe their tortured soul."

The Original looked up in Alexei's weathered face, "And how many has she helped?"

"Everyone." The old man said with a heavily accented voice, "Everyone who has ever walked through my doors, she can tell how broken they are."

"And is she-"

"Accompanied? No. I've never seen her with a partner." The man smirked, knowing exactly what Elijah was thinking. Many of his customers had acted him the same, "I know she likes a man with manners. Honorable values and dignity. It reminds her of when she was human."

The Original looked shocked, "You know?" He sputtered.

"I do. котенок has never lied to me." A thoughtful expression appeared on bartender's face as he studied at the suited Mikaelson, "you might just fall under those categories, Mr оригинал. I wish you luck."

Elijah smiled as Alexei walked away, and turned back to Gracelyn and Kol just in time to hear, "You know that I would do anything for you as you would for me, dear heart. If you want me with you in Mystic Falls, you need only ask and I will come."

Kol grinned through the tear stains on his face, stains that made the older Original feel pain, "You're the best friend I could ever ask for."

A sly smile appeared on the blonde's face, "I know."