however long it takes

Thanks to the lovely @austennerdita2533 for betaing!

ao3 link: here

word count: 6432

summary: The five times Caroline and Klaus received the ending they deserved and the one time they didn’t.

i.

Klaus swirls his glass of bourbon in his hand, the amber-colored liquid nearly sloshing over the edge, and sniffs it suspiciously. The Mystic Grill might be an established institution for many things in this godforsaken town of Mystic Falls, but good liquor is not one of them. He’s found a better selection of alcohol at the Salvatore Boarding House, where the supply’s controlled by the sorry excuse of a vampire known as Damon Salvatore.

The sharp clicking of heeled boots across creaky wooden boards carries over to Klaus’s ears above the meaningless chatter of common humans also in the Grill, and he twists around from his perch on the bar stool expecting to berate Rebekah for abandoning her role as the doppelganger’s warden, only for his eyes to land on a different blonde instead. One who, as it turns out, has occupied his thoughts for several days.

“Ooh. I remember her from last night.” Kol has also turned around, his drink forgotten on the bar counter behind him as he points gleefully at Caroline. She, after casting a quick searching glance around the restaurant, then proceeds towards the bar. “She looks like a tasty little thing,” he adds.

Preferably one with a Haylijah afterlife scene… with that dance….

One where Elijah makes the noble sacrifice and allows his little brother to live…

And then Klaus makes a trip to Mystic Falls… to show Caroline the world, like he promised…

And maybe a scene a few years later when Rebekah goes to Mystic Falls and takes the cure…