To Love a Phoenix (Elijah Mikaelson story)

White Oak

"There are some secrets which do not permit themselves to be told."

-Edgar Allan Poe

Elizabeth woke up to find herself wrapped in Elijah's arms in her bed. They were fully clothed, but after talking with him last night, she had invited him to stay the night. She smiled slightly at the peaceful look he had on his features, and put a gentle kiss on his forehead before slipping out quietly.

She took a quick shower and walked back out with jeans and a comfy shirt on, her hair still wet. When she came out from her bathroom, she smelled food cooking, and wandered downstairs to her kitchen, finding Elijah making eggs. Elizabeth smiled warmly at the sight before saying,

"You did not have to do this."

Elijah smiled from where he was standing, scrambling the eggs for her as he said, "Let's just say that I am repaying the favor from long time ago."

Elizabeth shook her head at that and went to prepare her coffee. As her coffee was getting ready, Elijah said,

"I do need to visit my house. Despite everything, I need to go check in on my siblings."

Elizabeth sighed, knowing that she could not join him today, as her work was slightly behind schedule. She went up to him and responded with,

"Be careful will you? I understand if you need some time separate from this whole ordeal."

Elijah shook his head as he responded with, "I was rather thinking if you would be willing to house me here for a few days. Yes, I do need time away from Klaus, but I do think that after everything, we deserve a little time to ourselves."

The huntress hugged him from behind as he started to pate her breakfast. She whispered to him,

"If you can deal with my occasional hunting, then sure, I don't have a problem with that. If Rebekah needs a place to stay, she has one here as well, as long as she doesn't wreak havoc and bring other people inside."

Elijah set down the frying pan in the proper place, and then grabbed her hands as he answered,

"I will tell her that. Although, you should prepare to hear a few complaints from her. Despite everything, she does rather love living a lavish lifestyle."

Elizabeth chuckled at that and shook her head as she grabbed the plate and said,

"Thanks for the breakfast this morning and your patience yesterday. I know that I didn't tell you everything about me, but those will be for later days."

Elijah nodded at that and put a hand to her cheek as he said, "I will wait. As long as you need me to."

Elizabeth leaned into his touch, before unwillingly stepping back to eat her breakfast. Elijah watched her eat for a few minutes and then headed out.

With that, a few days passed, and Elijah had moved a few of his things into Elizabeth's house, being the first vampire to have been invited into the threshold. Rebekah had rejected the offer, stating that she had purchased a different building for herself, as she did not want to intrude. But Elizabeth had seen the smirk and wink the Original vampire offered her at the mention of how much fun Elijah and she would have together.

Elizabeth had blushed at that but denied that she was feeling flustered at that insinuation.

During their times together, Elijah had discovered that on top of working as an artist and cartoonist, Elizabeth had used to go hunting late at night, sometimes staying at cheap motels outside of town to go hunting for supernatural creatures.