Natalia | Niklaus Mikaelson

Natalia Petrova was never meant to survive her story, but Niklaus made sure she did.

Where others saw a fragile girl, he saw a spark: cunning beneath the quiet, wrath beneath the quiet, wrath beneath the wounds. He killed the ones who broke her: her mother, her father, and the man who violated her without hesitation. Not for mercy. For her.

Now, it was Katerina's turn to suffer.

To Niklaus, Natalia was a mystery he couldn't compel, yet she always chose to follow. She supported his ambitions without demand, stood beside him through centuries of blood and betrayal. She believed in his dream to become a hybrid long before anyone else (other than his siblings) dared to.

And though she had once believed intimacy meant pain, it was Niklaus who taught her otherwise. Gently. Patiently. He showed her that pleasure wasn't something stolen, but something shared. He was the first to truly know her, in body and in soul.

Over time, she became more than his companion. She became his confidante. His calm in a world of chaos. He was her monster, but never to her. And she loved him for it.

They were lovers before love ever entered the conversation. Friends with benefits before it even had a name.

But make no mistake-Natalia is not Niklaus's shadow, no.

Natalia is his equal.

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