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1. Terms and Conditions by sheridandarling

   Fandoms: The Originals (TV), The Vampire Diaries (TV)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Dec 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Caroline Forbes/Klaus Mikaelson
   • Caroline Forbes & Rebekah Mikaelson
   • Caroline Forbes & Elijah Mikaelson
   • Caroline Forbes & Elizabeth Forbes
   • Caroline Forbes
   • Klaus Mikaelson
   • Rebekah Mikaelson
   • Elijah Mikaelson
   • Hayley Marshall
   • Hope Mikaelson
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Slow Burn

   Summary

   Klaus Mikaelson has ruled through fear for a thousand years — until someone refuses to endure him.

   In the aftermath of the trial, the Mikaelson family begins to fracture, and Elijah travels to Mystic Falls to meet the woman his brother cannot dominate, bargain with, or ignore.

   Caroline Forbes will listen.
   She will not excuse.
   And she will not come when called.

   A slow-burn, canon-divergent rewrite of The Originals, where boundaries matter more than promises, and change is never forced.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   11,369

   Chapters:

   4/?

   Comments:

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