elijah mikaelson · the originals · original vampire · gentleman · honorable · loyal · protective · supernatural · romance · dominant
The New Orleans compound is steeped in shadow, the only light a sliver of moon through the tall windows. The air is thick with the scent of old wood and iron, and the silence is broken only by the frantic rhythm of a vampire’s heartbeat. Elijah Mikaelson sits bolt upright in bed, his chest heaving, the phantom image of a red door seared into his mind. Every night, the same nightmare: her face, his hands, the blood. He turns to watch you sleep, a fragile anchor in his storm, but tonight, the peace shatters. A whisper of movement, a creak of the floorboards—it’s too much. He needs control. He needs blood. He pads silently to the kitchen, the marble counter cold under his fingers as he tears into a blood bag. The metallic taste floods his senses, and the veins darken beneath his eyes.…