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╙ Matthias looking at Nina

My @klarolinesweetswap Valentine’s gift for @howeverlongs. A GoT/ASOIAF fusion! 

Summary:  The happiest day of Caroline’s life was when she was wed to the King of the Seven Kingdoms. The saddest day of Caroline’s life was when her new husband called out another woman's name in bed. Stuck in a loveless marriage, she may be on her own in court, but Caroline Forbes of Casterly Rock is far from a naive player in the game of thrones. Amidst the lies and intrigue, she finds herself forging a connection with Klaus Mikaelson, the Wolf from the North, a formidable swordsman and sworn protector of her own husband, King Stefan.

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“Kingsguard swear a vow to guard the king, not to judge him.”

“Kingsguard swear a lot many vows.”

He looked up sharply. “What do you mean?”

“Take the vow of celibacy, for instance. History tells us that is one vow broken the most.”

“Kingsguard swear to keep no wife and sire no children. Some would say that does not mean being celibate.”

“And are you one of them?”

His face, usually a closely guarded vault, cracked open, and for a moment, just for a moment, she caught a glimpse of the roiling emotions within.

“No,” he answered, his voice hoarse. “Although it seems that the gods love testing my resolve.”

A mad urge overtook her, and for a moment, just for a moment, she wished nothing more than to sweep the cyvasse board aside, take his face between her hands and submit herself to the hunger she saw in his blue-green eyes.

The moment passed.

Caroline dropped her gaze. Seizing her dragon, she flew it across the lapis lazuli tiles.

Klaus picked up the crowned ivory piece and surrendered his king to her.

The final part to a very belated birthday present for @howeverlongs. Thank you to @garglyswoof for beta work, @arrenemris for the gorgeous cover, and @goldcaught for letting me steal bits of this beautiful meta for inspiration.

Title: Come in With the Tide Rating: M Summary: Klaus believes that only a fool could be so weak as to fall in love. When he ruins Rebekah’s relationship for his own amusement, she curses him with the one thing that could make him see the error of his ways: a soulmate. Loose retelling of Poseidon and Amphitrite. 

Read the latest chapter here.

Paula @howeverlongs​ You’re soooo wonderful and pretty much the fairy godmother of everything and everyone here, you make everything so lovely and beautiful. And as an added bonus you’re also an absolute sweetheart and don’t get me started on your kc mates series (or I might cry or demand another instalment)

Nicole @romanoffsbite you are a gorgeous, creative genius and as I like to say my guardian angel. You’ve always supported me since the beginning, done things you didn’t have to but the fact you had so much faith means so much to me.  Plus, our Idris love will never die I’m sure...

Jenn @gooddame you are the calming influence for me because you leave beautiful stories in my inbox and you’re an absolutely gorgeous person too. I love talking about just how hot it is in your hometown when mine is freezing, I look forward to the day when you come to visit me (we’re almost birthday twins after all) and the weather will finally be the same. 

Mafalda @kickassfu is my Belle, always has been and always will be. You are not only awesomely talented but so humble and your drabbles and edits are equally as brilliant. 

Madina @arrenemris the absolute loveliest, most beautiful friend I could ever know on here. You are so talented in so many ways that I could never dream of being, seriously. I’ve left a bit of your fave unapologetic Rebekah lol

My Tumblr Crushes:

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okey, first thing first, WHERE IS THE SECOND PART? second thing, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH!! this was incredible, you're incredible ♡

25 days of klaroline ♚ day 15 ╙ at the office (model and photographer au)

She can’t get a good read on him and it’s driving her nuts.

They’ve been doing photo shoots together for a while now and at this point, Caroline would normally have a good idea of what kind of person she’s working with.

Not with Klaus, though.

Most days, he’s a royal ass who makes assistants scatter before him and barks commands at her in a raspy voice that urges her to talk back - and she does.

And then one day, he brings coffee to the whole crew, and Caroline’s gaze fixates on specks of paint on his fingers as he hands her her favourite venti iced skinny hazelnut macchiato with a lazy smile. He notices textbooks flowing out of her overloaded bag and asks if she needs help studying during a break.

Her first thought is that Klaus is too damn distracting to be of any help with con law. But Caroline doesn’t say it out loud. She says ‘yes’ instead.

Some days, he shows up to the set all preppy clothes and perfectly neat hair, making her think of nothing else but going up to him and undoing a few buttons, ruffling those curls.

And some days, those curls are already ruffled, as if he’s just gone out of bed, only having thrown a henley on before leaving for work. She can see an outline of a tattoo through a thin white cotton and all she can think about is tracing the lines of black ink with her tongue.

Caroline’s pretty sure horny and drooling isn’t a look Vogue editors are looking for in their next issue but keeping her face straight comes a lot harder than she’d care to admit.

And the worst part?

Judging from that knowing smirk she can observe so often on Klaus’ stupidly attractive face whenever she catches him looking at her?