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1. What We Take From Each Other by Ficreader2019

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

   • Mature
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   30 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Klaus Mikaelson/Original Female Character(s)
   • Klaus Mikaelson
   • Rebekah Mikaelson
   • Kol Mikaelson
   • Finn Mikaelson
   • Elijah Mikaelson
   • Damon Salvatore
   • Stefan Salvatore
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Elena Gilbert
   • Bonnie Bennett
   • Sheila "Grams" Bennett
   • Mikael (Vampire Diaries)
   • Mikaelson Family (Vampire Diaries)
   • Slow Burn
   • Slow Romance
   • Morally Ambiguous Character
   • POV Original Female Character
   • Moral Dilemmas
   • Vampires
   • Werewolves
   • Magic
   • Community: tvd_originals
   • Dubious Morality
   • Witchcraft
   • Witches
   • Hybrids
   • Mystic Falls (Vampire Diaries)
   • Protective Klaus Mikaelson
   • Hybrid Klaus Mikaelson
   • Possessive Klaus Mikaelson
   • Protective Elijah Mikaelson
   • Protective Kol Mikaelson
   • Protective Rebekah Mikaelson
   • Elena Gilbert Bashing
   • Bonnie Bennett Deserves Better
   • Vampire Caroline Forbes
   • Caroline Forbes Deserves Better
   • Alternate Universe - No Hope Mikaelson (The Originals)
   • Eventual Fluff
   • Eventual Optional Smut
   • AI-Generated Text

   Summary

   Mara has spent her life surviving on borrowed magic, but Niklaus Mikaelson is unlike anything she has ever touched. Kidnapped after helping Klaus solve the mystery of his dying hybrids, repeated siphoning leaves them with a growing magical connection neither understands and an increasingly dangerous need for one another. Mara knows understanding a monster does not absolve him. The trouble is, it may no longer be enough to make her want to leave.
   This story was developed and written with the assistance of generative AI; see the author’s note for details.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   113,156

   Chapters:

   19/?

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