For Iris, the apocalypse arrived in silence. Deaf since birth, she didn't hear the sirens or the screams of the dying in Atlanta. She only felt the bone-shaking rumble of tanks and the frantic pulse of the city's heart failing. Accompanied only by Dusty - a Blue Heeler trained to be her ears - Iris must navigate a landscape where sound is a death sentence and silence is the only sanctuary. When she stumbles upon a fractured group of survivors at a limestone quarry, she finds herself caught between two leaders: a sheriff clinging to the laws of a dead world, and a hunter who understands the music of the earth as well as she does. In a world that has forgotten how to speak, Iris must teach them a new language of survival. Because in the dead zone, it isn't the loudest who survive - it's the ones who know how to listen with their feet.

~two souls are sometimes created together and in love before they're even born ~ - f. scott fitzgerald With her family dead and an unwanted marriage closing in, Elenora Salvatore runs for her life. Desperate and afraid, she crosses paths with Lord Mikaelson, the same man who once watched her from across a crowded ballroom. From the moment Niklaus Mikaelson first saw her, he knew she was meant to be his. When fate throws them together again in the dark of night, their connection becomes impossible to deny. Fleeing together to London, they dare to believe in a future shaped by love rather than duty. But with an Original witch hating her own creation, theres no way of knowing where their future lies. Content Warning: average vampire diaries violence, smut (minors do not interact) ~~~~~~ The Vampire Diaries and The Originals Fanfic Pre-Season 1, Season 1, Ep 14 TVD - TBD Niklaus Mikaelson x Oc Elenora Salvatore fast pace/established romance Started - July 4th, 2023 Finished - TBD most impressive rankings 2# klausmikaelson- 2/11/26 1# damonsalvatore - 2/6/26 1# stefansalvatore -2/6/26 1# klauslovestory - 2/23/26