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NUNTIUS MIKAELSON
Elijah laid in bed sleeping soundly, he was dreaming of Klaus and how they could be. Nuntius was also asleep dreaming of Klaus and Joy and Elijah when suddenly he heard the sound of loud industrial music. His eyes snapped open and he got out of bed. He went to the door and stopped. Something felt different, off. He turned around and saw Elijah sleeping in his bed. He looked down at himself and realized, he was in his own body.
He looked back to the door, the song was still playing, he should, wake, Elijah, Klaus, but the song was drawing him in. He opened the door and took a step past the threshold. The music got louder. How was no one hearing this?
He went to the balcony and looked over it. In the center of the court yard there stood a glass box and someone standing inside it. He tilted his head curiously at the stranger. He walked the length of the balcony and went down the stairs holding onto the railing. The music was pounding in his head, in his heart.
He walked up to the glass box and what he saw, startled him. He stared at the man in the box and for the first time in his life, he felt the fear, panic and bafflement other people felt when they saw, him. He glared at the stranger. This stranger looked, like, him only he had long braided hair straight down the center of his back,he had tattoos on the sides of his head of vines, leaves and what looked like purple, pink veins, everything was outlined with a deep, void like black. He was wearing a white crop top tank top that wrapped around his neck and big white cargo pants with large white platform sneakers.
Nuntius took the handle of the door that was set into in the glass box and pushed it open. As he did that the music stopped. The silence took him back and the pounding continued in his head.
"Hello Nuntius" The stranger spoke, he sounded like Nuntius.
Nuntius glared at him. "Who are you?"
"My name is Nuntius Mikaelson"
Nuntius growled and dashed at the stranger pushing them into the wall of the box.
NM slowly rose his clawed hand and pulled Nuntius's hand from his neck. Nuntius's eyes widened, no one had ever been able to match him in strength. He let go and took a step back.
"Now that I have your attention" NM put a hand to Nuntius chest and pushed him back carefully and then started circling Nuntius.
"I am here from another world, I am here to help you, I will answer your questions, I will talk to you, I will repeat myself if need be, I will comfort you if you cry, scream. If you snap, or snark at me, I will, snap, and snark back. I will not harm you, I will not fight you, I will be as patient as I can be."
Nuntius had never felt like prey before but he felt it now. He listened to NM and the things he said, were, startling, he couldn't really mean all that, could he? He wasn't very good at any of those things and to think that, this, Nuntius could, made him frustrated.
"Help me, how?" Nuntius asked. As NM circled him Nuntius noticed he had more tattoos on the back of his head and his back it was hard to see the full piece on the back but on the back of his head were more vines, leaves and two blades of silver and red. He then realized the veins were glowing.
"Your not as free as you think you are Nuntius. Your cruel, violent, impulsive, you cant communicate, you cant, reach people the way you want to and you cant, love, the way you want to either."
Nuntius's heart dropped and he took a deep breath and exhaled. "But you can"
"I can"
"So why bother with me? Why not just stay in your world and be free? What do I matter?" Nuntius was starting to shake.
NM stopped circling and stood in front of Nuntius.
"I wouldn't be here, without you, it's complicated, but I owe you, everything, I love you and I care about you"
NM swallowed hard he couldn't help but feel the sincerity in NM's voice, the warmth, the love it was all there.
"I…what do I have to do?" Nuntius finally said.
NM stepped closer to Nuntius and put a hand to the side of his face. "Kiss me, and you'll be free. You can love, Joy, Klaus and Elijah, you can talk to Cami, you can help, everyone and yourself."
Nuntius felt tears in his eyes and he put his lips against NM's. NM moaned kissing Nuntius back. Nuntius could feel a familiar desperation, a need in NM that matched his own. NM pulled away with a lot of effort putting a hand on Nuntius's shoulder stepping back.
Nuntius felt a rush of adrenaline and something in him snapped and he dropped to the ground. All of his fights with Klaus and Elijah, their times together, Cami's desperation to reach him. It all flooded him and he cried.
NM crouched down and rubbed Nuntius's back gently. "Breathe"
Nuntius took shakey breaths. He was light headed but he also felt, lighter, less, volatile, he felt his mind and heart warming, calming down. He lifted his head to NM to look at him.
"What now?" Nuntius asked in a whisper.
"You go back to Elijah, you hold him, go back into his hall way and decide. You can separate from him when you please, merge with him as you choose. Talk to him, and Klaus and Joy. Tell them of what happened. Its your, choice."
Nuntius closed his eyes and NM kissed his forehead. "You will, be, okay, Nuntius. You have a lot to do, and a lot to live for, and that's all you have to do now."
Nuntius nodded and got to his feet. "Will you come back?"
"I may, some day, but know that I love you, and I am always watching over you" NM disappeared and the box slowly faded. Nuntius looked around and at the space NM stood. What was he going to tell Elijah? He slowly turned and jumped when he saw Elijah standing there.
"Damn you" he snarled.
"Nuntius…" Elijah said softly.
Nuntius dropped his head and fell against Elijah.
Elijah wrapped his arms around to hold him.
"I have you" he said quietly.