Niklaus Mikaelson has been many things: a brother, a hybrid, a king, and a monster. But the one title he buried a thousand years ago was husband. After the devastating heartbreak of Aurora, it was a girl named Nancy who finally taught Klaus that his soul wasn't beyond saving. But Mikael ensured that lesson ended in blood, murdering Klaus's bride on their wedding night. For a millennium, Klaus has lived by a singular rule: to love a woman is to lose her. He has spent centuries treating women with cold indifference and calculated cruelty, refusing to ever be vulnerable again. Enter Hayley Marshall a woman who doesn't fear the Great Evil and refuses to be another name in his ledger of conquests. As Hayley demands the respect he's long forgotten how to give, Klaus is forced to face the ghost of the man he used to be. To protect his future with Hayley, he must finally grieve the wife he lost.

He waited a thousand years to meet the one who would ruin him. And the moment he saw her, he tried to end her first. Klaus Mikaelson's wolf has known the truth since the 11th century: she exists - his bonded mate, his light, his unconditional love. His mind has spent every year since convincing him she is his greatest enemy. When Hayley Marshall, an 18-year-old werewolf-witch hybrid, moves in across the street, the bond ignites like wildfire. Instead of welcoming her, Klaus corners her in an alley, pins her against cold brick with his hand around her throat, and threatens her life. She obeys. She hides. She trembles at the sight of his car. He watches her from the shadows, regret carving deeper into his blackened soul with every fearful heartbeat he hears through the walls. She is hope. He is ruin. And fate has pinned them together whether they like it or not. Some soulmates are born to heal each other. Theirs might just destroy everything first.

"Always and Forever" was a promise that eventually broke the Mikaelsons. In a future where the Hollow won and the family was scattered to the winds, Hope Mikaelson the Tribrid who was supposed to be their salvation is the last one standing. Driven by desperation and a dangerous spell, she is thrown back in time to the very morning her existence began. Standing in the woods of Mystic Falls, Hope faces a version of her father who is still a monster and a mother who doesn't yet know she's carrying a miracle. Armed with the secrets of the future and a list of enemies she's already killed once, Hope has one goal: rewrite the story. Plot idea by @izzyswan07

Focuses on the psychological clash and the specific trauma of Esther's affairs. "A thousand years is a long time to nurture a grudge and an even longer time to build a prison." Niklaus Mikaelson was raised on the bitter milk of betrayal. After witnessing his mother's secret infidelities as a child, he carved a dark, misogynistic code into his soul: women are unfaithful, and freedom is a precursor to characterless deceit. He has spent centuries dreading the "soulmate" the witches promised him a wolf-bonded mate he is certain will be his ultimate downfall. Then comes Hayley Marshall. Bold, flirty, and unapologetically free, Hayley is everything Klaus fears and everything he's been taught to despise. Forced into a traditional marriage by ancient laws, Klaus intends to cage her fire. But Hayley isn't just a wife she's a storm. As she fights for everyone freedom and challenges Klaus's cruel traditions, she begins to unearth the scared boy hiding behind the tyrant's mask. In a house built on old-world secrets, can a modern heart break the tether of a thousand-year-old trauma?