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“I like shiny things but I'd marry you with paper rings.”
His fingers traveled through her arms gently, giving her skin short goosebumps. Once his fingers reached her neck, his caressed it until it arrived above her chest, where the blanket covered. Kol watched her eyelashes flutter—meaning she was waking up.
The corner of his lips lifted and he rested an elbow behind his head to watch the event happening.
Y/N's eyes meet a warm chest before it did anything else, then she looked up. Amber eyes found hers with an amusement glint on them. The sunlight made his eyes seem lighter than their usual color; his skin drowned in golden. She lowered her eyes, burying her face into his chest.
His chuckles entered her ears like her favourite sweetened coffee entered her throat: calmly and heavenly.
“You don't stare at someone as they sleep. This is relationship 101, Kol.” Y/N groaned, lips grazing his skin. Kol leaned back so he could look down at her properly.
He smirked and pecked her nose. She scrunched it cutely.
Kiss me once 'cause you know I had a long night
“This is what you get for being too beautiful, darling.” Y/N rolled her eyes, trying to turn away but he didn't let her. Pulling her back against him again. “You don't think I can feel you staring at me as I sleep, too? Not too good at hiding it, my love.”
Y/N made a sound of faux surprise, “I do no such a thing!”
“Oh, but you do, too!”
Their bickering carries on in the company of loving kisses and soft whispers and giggling.
Kiss me twice 'cause it's gonna be alright
To be in love can be kind of magical, don't you think?
Perhaps this was the magic Kol Mikaelson was missing when he became a vampire.
“I love you for all eternity.” Y/N whispers stealthily as if it were a dangerous secret, arms spread out on his chest as she stared at him lovingly. “I think ever since the first time I saw you—”
“Tsc tsc,” Kol shook his head like a five year old that didn't agreed with his mother. “You're stealing my lines, love. Can't do that, can we?” He gave her a dazzling smile. She cupped his cheeks, bringing his face closer so she could unleash kisses all over it. Y/N could very well see the blush in his cheeks when she stopped kissing him; and she found it adorable.
“I can do that. I can do whatever I want, Mr. Mikaelson.” Whispering in between his lips, he hummed and slipped his tongue into her mouth.
“You can, Miss Mikaelson.” He shifted their positions quickly, staying on top of her instead but holding his weight with his arms. “You can do whatever you wish.”
While playing with the baby hairs in the back of his neck, her eyes studied him with a longing smile. He raised an eyebrow, not helping but sharing the same grin.
“What?”
“Marry me again.”
Kol caressed her cheek, heart melting at her words. “Is that what you want?” He kissed her. “Mhm? Would you like for me to kneel again? Perhaps another ring too?” Another kiss.
Three times 'cause I've waited my whole life
She was breathless.
But she would keep kissing him until all air left her lungs.
“I don't care about rings. We could have paper rings for all I care. I just want to marry you again, Kol.” She cupped his face, eyebrows creasing in deep thought. “I love you so much that I'd marry you everyday. I'd chose you every in every timeline. I'd find you through thousand lifetimes.”
I like shiny things but I'd marry you with paper rings
That's right,
Kol frowned when a lonely tear slipped down her eye. “Hey.” He uttered, kissing the spot where the tear had left wet, “I love you too, darling. More than anything or anyone else in this entire world. Why are you crying?”
Y/N laughed, shaking her head and quickly drying her eyes.
“I just... never thought I'd find you.”
He smiled softly, “Well, I'd never thought I'd find you. But here we are. And I'm the happiest man on earth for that.”
She sighed against his touch, taking his hand and leaving a kiss on his palm.
“I am the happiest to have found you.” He kissed her forehead, adjusting his body to have her head on his chest. “To have married you.”
“I do think Y/N Mikaelson has a nice ring to it, don't you?”
She laughed with her whole heart, “I do, Kol. I do.”
Darling, you're the one I want.