What if Hayley moved to Mystic Falls just when Taylor left Mystic Falls to break his sire bond? What if Hayley already saw once Klaus way before and had an opinion of him already? What if Hayley wonders why Klaus thinks she plots his dismiss, when she actually is trying to hide a crush? The story is oc and events will be changed to fit the story line planned

Hayley Marshall never asked for a life tied to monsters but fate had other plans. When Slater (Rose's friend)stays alive and sends her straight to Mystic Falls, she steps into a world far deadlier than anything she ever imagined. Sharp-witted, fierce, and hiding her own supernatural nature, she thinks she can handle whatever comes her way... until she meets Klaus Mikaelson. The Original Hybrid is ruthless, unpredictable, and hungry for power and from the moment their eyes lock, he sets his sights on her. What starts as a dangerous game of cat and mouse quickly spirals into something darker, deeper, and utterly inescapable. He wants her by his side, under his skin, bound to him in ways no one can break. She tries to fight it, to keep her distance, but every clash only sparks a fire that burns hotter, wilder, and more destructive. In a town built on secrets and blood, their meeting doesn't just change their lives it shatters everything. Rules are broken, loyalties are tested, and lines between love and hate blur beyond repair. For Hayley and Klaus, attraction isn't gentle it's violent. It isn't soft it's consuming. And once the rupture begins, there's no going back.

Marnie Sinclair is one of the most gifted art restorers in New Orleans young, brilliant, and known for her uncanny ability to breathe life back into paintings that time, neglect, or violence has almost destroyed. Elegant, observant, and quietly fierce, she sees what others miss: the emotion trapped in every brushstroke, the history hidden beneath layers of grime, the soul the artist poured into their work. To her, nothing is truly broken beyond repair... not really. She lives a quiet, normal life, surrounded by beauty and history, completely unaware that monsters walk the same streets she does. Until the day Klaus Mikaelson walks into her studio.

❝when the sadness, leaves you broken in your bed, i will hold you, in the depths of your despair, and it's all in the name of love❞ ―after her break-up with lewis and his subsequent relationship with charlotte, cleo sertori gains the interest of the new welsh student at school, cade noughton [cleo sertori x male!oc] [rikki chadwick x emma gilbert]