Song Requests

Would You Come Home

Song: "Would You Come Home" by Tyler Blackburn

Requested by: avoir-la-foi

A Klave fanfiction

My father taught me home is where the hurt is / So I built a fortress / Where I lived alone

No matter how hard Klaus tried, he couldn't forget the time he loved his father. He knew, even then, as a helpless, desperate, scared little kid, that it was pointless. His father wasn't capable of love.

He said ships were never meant to have a harbor / So I've worn this armor / I've fought and flown

Klaus knew he wouldn't ever be okay, not after what his father put him through. He couldn't sleep, couldn't think, couldn't function. He did what it took to give himself some quiet. He knew it was wrong, he knew it wasn't the right solution, he knew he should have gotten help. But when you're thirteen and trapped and made to feel alone, who do you go to?

I was raised as a soldier / Put my weapons down to hold you

When Klaus saw Dave that night, he wondered if he was finally going crazy. He could barely take in everything that was happening, all he saw was that face: confused, tired, beautiful. And then the explosions began. Klaus had been taught to fight his entire life, and he had never wanted to before. But if it meant being close to this man, maybe he could.

Is a kiss an act of war? / I just tried to keep you warm

It was the 1960s. Klaus knew they didn't stand a chance. But he thought he caught Dave watching him, his eyes on him from across the room. He was never sure; when he turned, the man was looking the other way. Deep down, Klaus knew he shouldn't hope, because there was no way it would end well. But he did. Of course he did.

Even though I couldn't stay / No you never looked away / Now I can't look away

That night at the disco, they were both a little drunk, on alcohol and dancing and the lights and each other. Klaus wasn't afraid to stare then. Neither was Dave. They were like magnets. They couldn't stay away from each other. And when Dave took his hand and led him to a dark, hidden-away corner, Klaus could barely believe it was happening. And when he kissed him, he felt all the things he hadn't felt but longed for for years and years.

Would you meet me in the middle? / Could we both stop keeping score? / There's a battle I must fight alone / It's you I'm fighting for

Klaus didn't tell Dave about his problems. He was happy. He hadn't been happy in a long, long time. The two of them stayed a secret, and Klaus was happy to finally have a good secret, one that he wished could be revealed. A secret that made him smile.

If I call off the battalion

Klaus was in love.

Break my walls down stone by stone

He knew he was in love.

Tear down my defenses