And I won't confess that I waited, but I let the lamp burn

As the men masqueraded, I hoped you'd return

With your feet on the ground, tell me all that you'd learned

'Cause love's never lost when perspective is earned

“Hello, love,” he says, trying hard to take a page from his brother’s book on expressionlessness. He is rather certain he fails.

Caroline looks exactly as she had a century ago, when he had last seen her, and yet it is almost as if someone else entirely stares at him now. Such is immortality for those who know how to bear it. Unchanging and revolutionary all at once.

So young, she had been, when he first met her. Now she has grown into the beast the lurks beneath her skin; he can tell just by looking at her. At the strength in her unyielding gaze.

Her lips curl into the tiniest of smiles. “I was afraid you wouldn’t even remember me.”

Klaus doesn’t fight a smile of his own. As if he could ever forget her. As if he could ever quench the fire in his veins at the mere thought that she might be here on a sudden whim to see him. One might think that his feelings tilt the game to her favor but, ah. She has not forgotten him either, you see.

“I was afraid of the very same.” He clicks his tongue. “A year or a century, I said. You didn’t have to be so stubborn.”

Her smile grows wider. Amusement twinkling in her blue eyes like stars. He has missed this. Her. The games and the challenges that have always been used to cover the warmth that lingers behind every interaction.

“Oh, you know how it is. Good things come to those who wait.”

“I’m not known for my patience, as you may recall.”

She rolls her eyes, but he does not miss the way the fingers on her right hand twitch. Her façade of confidence falters. And in one second he can see just how nervous she is by coming here. Scared it might be too late. Scared he might not have waited as he once said he would.

However long it takes.

He swears he can almost see the words reflected in her eyes back at him in the form of a question.

Klaus almost gives into the urge to laugh.

She clears her throat. “I- I did think about-“

He shakes his head, stretching his arm towards her and offering her his hand. “I am sure we can find a way for you to make up for your rudeness throughout your stay. I have had time to plan, you see.”

Caroline raises her brows at him. He doesn’t know why she is here; if for a quick visit or forever. He doesn’t think she knows either. But she lays her hand on top of his and ah- It is as it should be, the course of electricity through his skin.

She meets his eyes as if she feels it, too.

Me with your writing 🥹❤️❤️

You are the bestest, Amanda 🥹❤️❤️❤️

Tagged by @reynoldsreads and @thequeerlibrarian Finally found time to answer this. Thanks lovelies! xx

❤️ 5 books I’m loving/have loved:

Cloud Cuckoo Land by Anthony Doerr

Carrie Soto is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid

The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman (am probably heading to the bookstore to get my hands on the sequel later today)

The Aurora Cycle series by Jay Kristoff and Amie Kaufman

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

🧡 4 autobuy authors:

Emily Henry

Blake Crouch

Natalia Jaster

Andy Weir

Fredrik Backman

💛 3 genres I love:

Fantasy

Historical fiction

Nonfiction

💚 2 places I love to read:

At the gym while I'm doing cardio (people think I'm crazy and always ask me how I can read while running)

On a couch on my back porch

💙 1 book/series I promised to read:

Corrupt by Penelope Douglas (it's literally sitting on my Kindle waiting for me)

Tagging @appleinducedsleep @garglyswoof @accidental-rambler @amandakc @kaylascreamreads Only if you feel like it :D

Last Book I...

Tagged by the lovely @galvanizedfriend

Bought: Book Lovers by Emily Henry (I have literally been counting down until release day. I am OBSESSED.)

Borrowed: World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks (One of my weirder selections, I know, but sometimes I get in the mood to try something different.)

Was gifted: Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

Gave to someone else: I just gave one of my friends an entire box of books because she needed a pick-me-up. She loved Stepsister by Jennifer Donnelly and The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh

Started: Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese (An ARC which is a fictional reimagining of the woman who inspired Hester Prynne in Nathaniel Hawthorne’s “The Scarlet Letter”) but I’m gonna start Book Lovers by Emily Henry ASAP.

Finished: The Raven King (The Raven Cycle #4) by Maggie Stiefvater 

Gave 5 stars: Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus

Gave 2 stars: The Emma Project (The Rajes #4) by Sonali Dev

Didn’t finish: The Eyes of God (The Bronze Knight #1) by John Marco (My brother is so excited for me to read this series but I keep procrastinating.)

Tagging @eleanor-tilney, @renee561 @frazzledsoul @amandakc only if you want, friends! xx

tagged by @purplesigebert (love you, gabby!) this is so friggin’ late. like 5 months i’m sorry omfg

rules: tag nine people you want to know better

three ships: klaus x caroline, james x lily, zoe x wade

last song: beach baby - bon iver 

last movie: avenger’s endgame omfg

currently reading:  HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA uh crooked kingdom by leigh bardugo and uh song of achilles by madeline miller and uhhhh seven husbands of evelyn hugo tee hee

currently watching: hawkeye (or as my dad puts it, iHawk)

currently consuming: iced coffee (i know it’s 3:30 PM sue me it’s my first day of classes ok)

currently craving: peace. and movie theater popcorn

only able to tag 9? damn ok tagging more than that bc im a rule breaker @galvanizedfriend @diaz-eddie @definedareasofuncertainty @enniec123 @whywaitdarling @klarolineagainnaturally @misssophiachase @strangenightsofdaydreams @destellolunar @arrenemris @amandakc

Tagged by: @galvanizedfriend @tnapki @recyclingss

rules: tag nine people you want to know better

three ships: Klaroline, Amy&Laurie, Stydia

last song: Getaway Car by Taylor Swift

last movie: King Richard

currently reading:  This weird book where he gets turned into a bug and his parents leave him and Shadow and Bone.

currently watching: Lucifer, I just finished season 4.

currently consuming: Cereal

currently craving: Weirdly Seafood bc I don't usually like seafood but then again it's been a moment since I've had it like poke or sushi. Always French Fries and Ice Cream.

Tagging: @destellolunar @definedareasofuncertainty @purplesigebert  @strangenightsofdaydreams @misssophiachase @helpfulfairy @helpless-in-sleep @klarolineagainnaturally @darkestgrays @amandakc @kiaraalexisklay @klavscaroline @mais-e @celestewrote @sekretny13 @withyouandthemoon @supernutellastuff @austennerdita2533 @arrenemris @whywaitdarling  @princess-of-the-worlds  @certifiedceraunophile  @morningstargirl666 @1jemmagirl22 @bellemorte180 

Okay okay hear me out what *if* you did some klefan and some carolijah in the same fic…but it’s also Klaroline making the other person jealous (because jealousy is a guilty pleasure of course)

lol ignore this I’m missing like carolijah angst (particularly just how it makes Klaus jealous) and thought it would be fun to through in some klefaroline/klefan in there too for fun. Also no pressure just needed a place to vent an idea and I’m not a writer so please enjoy 🥰

-Amanda

Amanda!!! The sheer chaos of this!! 🤌🤌🤌 I love it! I can see Klaus being so jealous he'd have a stroke at a situation like this 😂 And I'm just ultra sensitive for Klefan these days, ok 😌

You know, aside from those two Klefan/Kleferoline stories I mentioned the other day, I also started drafting this other human AU a while back that would involve an arranged/convenience marriage (or a betrothal, anyway) between Caroline and Klaus that would end with Elijah catching feelings for her and driving Klaus out of his freaking mind.😂 In this context, Bill would blackmail the Mikaelsons into arranging the betrothal but Caroline doesn't know about it, she thinks it's "a convenient betrothal, but a "real" one"real" (or as real as a modern day betrothal could be, just a high society type of thing, her father wanting to make it into the big boys' table and using his daughter for it, which she very much understand is the situation, but was kind of prepared for it her entire life, and she thinks it was Klaus who wanted to get to know her). She would move in with Klaus (and Elijah, because they're uber rich but have a living situation like in the show, where they both inhabit the family's mansion) and while Klaus would be extremely pouty at the beginning, and the two of them would be bickering like fucks to distract from the obvious mutual attraction they don't want to be the first to admit to, Elijah would be on the sidelines going... 👀 Oh. And then at some point he'd try to make a move on her, telling her that the whole thing is a scam, but by then Klaroline would be very much falling for each other and then DRAMA ENSUES.

Or at least that's what I remember, but it's been a minute since I looked at that one, I could be wrong about the details. 😂

Sideline Carolijah for jealousy purposes is my whole heart 🤌

HAPPY BIRTHDAY YOKAN ❤️❤️❤️ hope you have the best day and best birthday!! Thanks for being such a great friend to me these past few years (crazy to think about tbh like how did one of my favorite writers become a friend?). Thanks for all you do and for letting me live in your imagination so I can decompress from life. Anyway, love your brain, your writing, and you! I hope you have the best one!!!

(P.S. still thinking about the klaus and caroline dancing scene from the end of the wolf pretty sure it’s one of my Roman Empires)

Hi, Amanda friend! 🥰❤️ You are so nice, thank you so much for this message 🥹 This fandom has made me crazy at times but it has also allowed to meet some of the loveliest people ever. I'm so glad we became friends! ✨🫂

Dancing is totally their thing in my heart 😭 I love a ship who are canonically both fantastic dancers who actually enjoy doing it. 💗

"On Repeat" playlist tag game

Thanks, @the-road-betwixt, for tagging me to shuffle my "on repeat" playlist and list the ten songs that pop up!

Opaline, by Novo Amor

Everything is Embarrassing, by Sky Ferreira

Resin, by Dustin Tebbutt

Wash, by Bon Iver

The Look, by Metronomy

You're On Your Own Kid, by Taylor Swift

10.000 Emerald Pools, by BORNS

Lisztomania, by Phoenix

Ready to Start, by Arcade Fire

AmarElo, by Emicida

I'm tagging @definedareasofuncertainty, @amandakc, @misssophiachase, @sekretny, @austennerdita2533, @rosedforbes, @storm-pirate, @kirythestitchwitch, @averseunhinged, @impossiblekryptonitecolor and anyone else who wants to do this! (Sorry if you've been double tagged!)

Tagged by @jinxedwood

Top 10 Comfort Movies (no particular order)

Jurassic Park

Jumanji (the og movie)

Titanic

My Best Friend's Wedding

Notting Hill

Joyeux Noel

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Alice in Wonderland (og Disney animation)

The Land Before Time

Pride and Prejudice (2005)

Tagging: @definedareasofuncertainty @misssophiachase @enniec123 @austennerdita2533 @kiaraalexisklay @amandakc @sekretny @howlingmoonrise @purplesigebert @imaginearyparties

tag game!

was tagged by the lovelies @howlingmoonrise and @jinxedwood ✨✨

Favourite colour: it varies. it used to be green, then i had a very yellow phase, now I think I'm on the ~~millennium pink bandwagon. tomorrow who knows

Currently reading: Beach Read by Emily Henry.

Last Song: De Niro by Angelica.

Last Movie: I watched Spencer on the plane (hated it).

Sweet/spicy/salty/sour/bitter: Not a fan of spicy food or bitter, but salty, sour and sweet, just gimme.

Currently working on: I had to put a pause on writing for the last three weeks-ish, so I need to figure out where I'm at with things 😂 But I think I was halfway through editing the next chapter of The Wolf 3 and slowly adding to Speed Dating 2. We'll see what the muse wants to work on when I get back to typing.

tagging @definedareasofuncertainty @enniec123 @amandakc @phoenixqueen07 @yaya06 @misssophiachase @an-awesome-wavve and anyone else who wants to join in!

If u wanna read caraval for the klaroline-esque ship it starts in the second book, the first book in the trilogy is about the girls older sister.

Also I recommend OUABH!

I'm leaning more towards the second series atm just because @amandakc and the other anon told me the Klaroline ship kinda gets a Klaroline ending in the first series 😂 I always become super frustrated when I become invested and then the pairing doesn't end up together (it's all my ships tho, so maybe I'm the problem 🥲)

🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨

I was tagged by @arrenemris! ✨

Songs I like to listen to change constantly because I become obsessed with a song, then I'll listen to it until I wanna shoot myself, and move on to my next obsession. So five songs I have been listening to recently (meaning: at the gym, the only time I ever listen to music).

Giovani Wannabe by Pinguini Tattici Nucleari

Lemon to a Knife Fight by The Wombats

Hold on Tight by Forest Blakk

Serpentine Prison by Matt Berninger

Good Arms vs Bad Arms by Frightened Rabbit, but the cover version by Fiskur

Me at the gym while listening to extremely depressive songs:

Tagging: @definedareasofuncertainty @an-awesome-wavve @misssophiachase @sekretny13 @enniec123 @phoenixqueen07 @purplesigebert @amandakc

Last book I...

Tagged by @definedareasofuncertainty

Bought: The Hawthorne Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes

Borrowed: As 220 Mortes de Laura Lins by Rafael Weschenfelder

Was gifted: I have no idea what was the last book I got as a gift, I mostly buy all the books I want.

Gave to someone else: Crime and Punishment by Fiodor Dostoievski ( to my sister)

Started: The Hawthorn Legacy by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (LOVING THIS SERIES) and The Beautiful by Renee Ahdieh (cannot stress enough how much I'm hating this, even though it's a vampire novel set in the 1800s in New Orleans)

Finished: The Inheritance Games by Jennifer Lynn Barnes (I loved it so much I jumped straight to the sequel)

Gave 5 stars: The Inheritance Games (I really loved it, my dudes)

Gave 2 stars: The Darkest Part of the Forest by Holly Black (I thought it would be at least as good as the Folk of the Air series - it is not)

Didn’t finish: The Excalibur Curse by Kiersten White (biggest disappointment of the year so far, because I was OBSESSED with the first book in the series, The Guinevere Deception. Second book was so-so, last book was so bad I couldn't even finish. #JusticeForMordred)

Tagging @amandakc, @misssophiachase, @enniec123, @austennerdita2533 and whoever else would like to play :)

You blessing me with a fic on Caroline’s birthday??? Aka the day Klaus became obsessed with Caroline-I love you for it and I cannot wait to read it later today ❤️❤️

-Amanda

Omg, I didn't even realize that it was her birthday today??? 😲😲

Happy birthday, Caroline, I guess 🥳❤️

Thank you, friend!! 🥺

New Blog

Hey y’all, this is my new blog. I had another one under the same name but unfortunately I accidently deleted it. I will be treating this blog as a continuation and will reblog similar content. It will be chaotic as always lol. So, if you want to follow, yay! If not, thats perf okay too. I will also be reposting my klaroline fic rec lists and will continue to post the other ones I have created but haven’t posted.

Tagging some mutuals from the old blog:

@galvanizedfriend @recyclingss @destellolunar @definedareasofuncertainty @purplesigebert @diaz-eddie @strangenightsofdaydreams @misssophiachase @helpfulfairy @helpless-in-sleep @klarolineagainnaturally @darkestgrays @amandakc @kiaraalexisklay @klavscaroline @mais-e @celestewrote @sekretny13 @withyouandthemoon @supernutellastuff @austennerdita2533  @arrenemris @whywaitdarling  @princess-of-the-worlds  @certifiedceraunophile  @morningstargirl666 @1jemmagirl22 @bellemorte180