little_hufflepuff06
After being left behind with nothing but the clothes on her back, nineteen-year-old Summer ends up in Klaus Mikaelson's path during one of the many storms rolling through New Orleans. Quiet, flinching at every movement, and confused by even the gentlest affection, she's unlike anyone Klaus has ever met.
The hybrid king of New Orleans is feared by everyone around him, but somehow the terrified English girl curled up on the edge of the compound sofa sees something different beneath the monster everyone warns her about.
And Klaus? Klaus finds himself becoming dangerously protective over the tiny thing who apologises for existing, jumps at raised voices, and genuinely doesn't understand why being held doesn't hurt.
With Elijah trying to be reasonable, Rebekah immediately becoming the cool aunt, and Kol finding the entire situation oddly emotional despite pretending otherwise, the Mikaelsons slowly realise Summer has never truly been cared for in her life.
But Klaus Mikaelson has always loved fiercely. Obsessively. Permanently.
And once Summer becomes his?
He'll burn the world before he lets anyone hurt her again.