With Many Happy Returns [Klaroline]

Late night revelations

Happy (belated) Klarosex annivesary. Yes, it's been a freaking year since we had any Klaroline interaction at all. We've had a few mentions, but they've been scarce. This is one hell of a fandom to be in, but as long as we don't lose hope (that's gonna be more fun after you've read this chapter) everything isn't lost yet.

Keep calm and ship Klaroline.

This small crossover takes place after the midseason finales of TO and TVD. I know the timelines are a little messed up, but just ignore that. See you at the bottom. 

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Caroline’s eyes were swimming from staring at the screen of her phone for almost an hour. And from crying and exhaustion. The hospital room was eerily quiet except for the constant beat of her mother’s heart. A noise Caroline had grown acutely aware of as soon as Stefan had told her about the life threatening tumour that had infested Elizabeth Forbes’ brain.

Alone with her thoughts Caroline still had trouble comprehending what was going on and she found that she needed someone to talk to. Someone who didn’t know about the impossible situation she had been put in and couldn’t look at her as if Caroline’s entire world was falling apart. It wasn’t. Not yet anyway. There had to be a solution to this and she was going to find it.

Which was why she had pulled out her phone and had now been staring at his name for 53 minutes without pressing call. With everything going on she hadn’t spoken with him since she had seen him last and he hadn’t called either so Caroline was ignoring the fact that she was actually missing him the tiniest bit.

Caroline was sat in almost complete darkness as her mother slept in the hospital bed and only a small lamp beside Caroline’s chair revealed her presence to human eyes. The nurses had told her to go home a couple of hours earlier and she had compelled them to believe that she had followed their orders.

Her eyes glided over her mother’s still form and Caroline took a small rattling breath to keep away the tears as she finally tapped the name on the screen of her phone. It was half past midnight but she knew that New Orleans was one hour behind and she doubted that the Original hybrid was one to go to bed early.

“Caroline?” his voice rang softly from the other end and she felt herself smile involuntarily.

“Hey.” Caroline greeted just as softly and for a moment she didn’t know what else to say. “Am I disturbing?”

“Of course not, love.” Klaus assured her, but she couldn’t help but notice how low his voice was as if he was trying to be silent. “What can I do for you?”

“Nothing.” she answered quickly as she didn’t want him to think she was just calling for a favour and another long pause ensued. It sort of reminded Caroline of the first time she had called him and he had been almost stunned to silence while Caroline had fumbled for words. 

“Is everything okay?” he asked when Caroline kept silent and the blonde swallowed the lump in her throat as she looked anywhere but at her mother.

“Sure.” Caroline replied with a nervous laughter that she knew he probably noticed but to her surprise he didn’t comment on it. “I was just wondering, you know, about your mother and stuff. Did you find her?”

“We did. But not before she found Rebekah.” Klaus told her in a dark voice and Caroline’s breath hitched as she realised the possible complications of that discovery.

“Oh God, is everyone okay?” Caroline asked in a rushed manner as she stood up from her chair in a sudden burst of restlessness.

“Everyone is alive, somewhere. Well, except for my dear mother.” Klaus said in a serious voice but there was an almost humorous tone to it as he spoke of his mother.