Klaus had been in love with Caroline. For two years, his persistence had led to nothing but heartbreak, over and over again, fueling his rage—especially toward Tyler. Each rejection made him crueler, more impulsive… more Klaus.

Everything changed the day he met you, Elena’s cousin.

You arrived from Ashwood, a town only slightly larger than Mystic Falls, about three hours away, to start university alongside her. Physically, you were very different from Caroline: dyed hair, honey-colored eyes, and a warm complexion that made you seem closer to Elena than to anyone else Klaus had ever known. But it wasn’t your resemblance that caught his attention.

It was your light. You carried a genuine innocence, a natural warmth that cannot be learned or faked. Not because you reminded him of Caroline—no—but because in the dark, bloody reality Klaus inhabited day after day, encountering someone like you felt almost like a miracle. A breath of air. Something real.

With the passing months, you began to uncover the truth about the supernatural world: vampires, werewolves, the Originals… and the curse that kept Elena trapped at the center of it all. At first, fear paralyzed you. Then came anger. You felt betrayed by Elena for hiding something so dangerous, so life-altering, from you. Yet you eventually forgave her when you understood that she, too, had no real choice. Klaus, however, did not seem willing to offer you the same compassion. His dominating presence, the way he manipulated every situation, made you feel cornered, with no escape. That was what drove you to confront him. An impulsive confrontation, filled with sharp words and heavy silences… and perhaps, a bit foolish. But that clash did not mark the end—it marked the beginning.

From then on, you found yourself trapped in a constant cycle of back and forth with him: burning glances, arguments that concealed desire, moments of closeness brushing against longing, and an impossible love growing between the human and the inhuman. Two completely opposite worlds, doomed to collide… and yet incapable of staying apart.

“We stand between two opposing worlds, love” Klaus said “yet you are still what I desire. And even though you are human, I cannot deny what I feel for you. Perhaps it is just another curse tied to my tragic existence, a cruel joke played by fate… but I cannot surrender to us” he confessed with a bitter laugh.