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Rebekah Salvatore finally found love (hasherwhims) wrote in wariscoming,
@ 2013-06-10 15:20:00

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niklaus mikaelson, rebekah mikaelson

WHO: Rebekah and Klaus Mikaelson
WHAT: Siblings.... bonding? Arguing? Doing that indefinable Mikaelson thing!
WHEN: About lunchtime today.
WHERE: Their house.
RATING: TBD
STATUS: In progress
[cut lyrics: False Pretense by Red Jumpsuit Apparatus]

Working in a bar meant Rebekah often didn't come home until the early hours of the morning, sometimes not even until the first rays of sunlight were starting to peek through for the day ahead. And despite the speed she could easily use, she walked back at a normal pace, enjoying the tranquility of that quiet time. Whatever other dramas that might have been going on didn't bother her, confident as she was with the strength and skill that came with being a thousand years old, an unkillable Original vampire. Nothing could touch her. Nothing could hurt her.

Well, okay, that was a lie. One thing could, hurt her right in the heart even without a dagger being involved. That brother of hers. Half brother, if you wanted to get technical about it, but Rebekah had never cared about that. She had stayed by his side, rejecting her father for him, staying with him when Kol, even Elijah had moved on to other things. Loved him no matter what. Even after he had stabbed her, carried her around in a coffin like a piece of furniture. She loved Nik, desperately and utterly, as much as she could violently hate him as well, like when his words, cruel and deliberate, could cut through her. No one could ever make her cry the way he could.

She knew he would never take the deal she had offered him. Never put her before his beloved hybrids, or his obsession with the doppelgangers, or the Forbes girl for that matter. Never choose her. That was all she wanted, for him to choose her. So she couldn't even muster being disappointed when she did wake up after a few hours of sleep and see him heading out. To meet with Sherlock, to discuss blood. For science. For hybrids. It hadn't exactly been difficult to figure out, you didn't stay with someone for so many centuries and not figure it out.

"Going somewhere?" Her tone was more resigned than anything else, as she leaned against the kitchen doorframe, mug of coffee in her hand, watching him move in the hallway. The phone in his hand, the one he had been fidgeting with, that was another give away. To contact or not to contact Caroline. Rebekah wasn't even sure if she was relieved he hadn't, or a little sad that he hadn't reached out, again. "I suppose offering company would be pointless."

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humanitytorn
2013-06-11 07:17 pm UTC (link)

"It was worthy of me you know. Threatening her like that though she'd done nothing. Maybe big brother's been taking lessons what do you think?" he tried to remain casual as he spoke of it but that fear had been nothing he ever wanted to repeat. He'd saved Caroline from Elijah's wrath by freeing the bitch that had evaded him and no one would ever know it. He didn't want them to, not even Caroline. In fact especially not Caroline. "Funny though, I should have expected it, they'd been using Caroline against me for a while you know, she was the distraction so many times and every time I let it work, every time, knowing on some level what they were doing I let her in."

It actually physically painted him to discuss any of this. Any little bit of it. Because it was showing weakness. Yes to Rebekah, she might be the only one to whom he'd tell any of this but it was still more than he could deal with without heady amounts of alcohol. "There's not a thing I wouldn't give her, I wanted to give her the world you know, show her everything she has yet to see, make the eternity she was given matter. And she wants it too, she wants to live, to see the world outside that drab little town and I'm going to be the one to show it to her, no matter how long it takes her to realise."

There was a hint of a smile on his face as he discussed her, "She smiles, and nothing matters, not the Hybrids, not even revenge on her bloody boyfriend, just her."

He downed the bourbon in one and beckoned for the bottle again. There clearly wasn't enough alcohol in the world.

"Problem is its not just Tyler I have to contend with. She pretty much informed me I'm a terrible person and she can never forgive all the awful things I've done. And the one here doesn't even know about poor dead Carol." he added with a shrug. Tyler took everything from him it had seemed only fair. "If that makes me as much of a mess as you then I suppose I am a fool."

He grabbed for the bottle impatiently as he continued. "But see, here's what I don't get. I've given up the Hybrids to keep you happy, left Katherine alone to keep Elijah happy. I'd probably leave the little traitor alone if it would make Caroline smile so...who the hell am I supposed to be here. No ones going to be scared of me, they'll just send her and her smile and her conversation at me and I'll hand over the keys to the bloody kingdom. I'm not just some lovesick idiot and I'm not nice. I should drain Elena. Or I don't know. Can I kill Jeremy? ...Wait no, nah, just in case lets not. Damon? Would anyone really mind?"

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hasherwhims
2013-06-11 07:30 pm UTC (link)

"And that is a terrifying concept. I already have one you as my brother, I don't need two, and I especially don't need the two of you doing that to each other. It scares me, the idea that one day you two will fall out so intensely it can never be fixed. And I especially don't want it to be over two girls who don't, in my very clever opinion, deserve my brothers." She couldn't help but offer him a wry smirk. "I get it now, you know. The way you felt when I was with Alexander, Stefan. That's how I feel about both of them, that they're not good enough for you or Elijah." Far, far from worthy.

As he beckoned, she wordlessly handed the bottle over. Why not? He deserved it after all, being open with her for the first time in a very long time.

"She dreams of seeing the world, but she's also scared of it. It's not that hard to see, she's terrified of what the world might hold, so that's why she clings to the town and knows and the boy she thinks she loves." Yes, thinks. Rebekah didn't think anyone could actually love Tyler Lockwood, he was far too boring.

Ah, the terrible person line. Like Matt gave to her. "You know, she's probably right, same as Matt is about me. Maybe we are terrible people, after all the things we've done. I can't see many people caring about the reasons for it all, which we did have, and nothing can take that away from us."

She couldn't help but grin a little at the idea of killing Jeremy. "We probably shouldn't kill Damon. Tempting, but no. People might start bitching and that's too much of a headache." But she did raise her head to look at Nik, her eyes abruptly blazing with a defiance and the strength that came with age. "No, you're not nice. Neither am I. Fuck being nice, and who cares if they're afraid of us. What we can be here, is we make Lucifer terrified of us. He thinks he's bigger than us, those angels think that we should cower before them, fuck them. We are the Original vampires. We are a thousand years old and we could tear those demons limb from limb. We are a force to be reckoned with, so let's show everyone what we can do. And hey, maybe it'll be fun to fight with the 'good' guys for once." She even did the air quotes. Good, evil, interesting concept. "If they think they can judge us, then let them, we can show them all how they know nothing about our family."

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humanitytorn
2013-06-11 08:35 pm UTC (link)

He managed a grin at that, "Oh he'll never be me. Too prim and proper to pull it off where it counts. Don't worry about that. Besides if he tries it again I'll be ready. Might not have a dagger but Elijah won't be allowed to get out of hand. " He could have yelled at her of course for the comment about Caroline but he'd said similar to her in the past, as she pointed out. Perhaps that was part of the sibling thing, thinking no one would ever be good enough. "At the very least then I think all three of us would agree that Sage was little more than a common harlot with delusions?"

Oh how he'd hated her. But Finn hadn't been that much better Self righteous little idiot hiding behind their mothers apron strings.

As for her summation of Caroline, he wasn't entirely sure he liked it. "She stays because she cares, because she won't leave her friends to their fate. She stays because, for now at least she wouldn't be anywhere else. And I do believe she loves Tyler. I just also firmly believe there is more than one love in a lifetime. He can be her first love. I have every intention on being her last."

Least Rebekah wasn't trying to deny being a terrible person. He of course reveled in it. Always had, likely always would. He built power around himself, made himself stronger and better than anyone else. The more powerful being in their world and to get there, yeah he'd had to do some things that Caroline was so fond of throwing back in his face now. But being one of the 'good guys'? He wasn't sure he could stomach it. "I'll fight for this world purely because it now contains all of the people I actually care about. Because I don't know for sure that I could survive the end of a world. But I'll never be one of them. I'm better than them, and they'd best not forget that. Or what I'm capable of. My...mercy as it has been has weakened that opinion of me and I don't like it. I won't be seen to be weak. You know that."

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hasherwhims
2013-06-11 09:40 pm UTC (link)

And again, Rebekah rolled her eyes. "Seriously? You're already scheming, in case you and Elijah fall out over women again? He's got Katherine, who isn't with him, and you've got Caroline, who isn't with you. Wouldn't it just be far more logical for you two to get drunk and brotherly bond over the whole thing? You've got more in common than you might think, prim and proper attitudes aside."

Though, of course, she had to grin and nod about Sage. "I hated that self righteous little bitch. Thinking that she was one of us, just because Finn loved her. And of course, Finn..." Her voice trailed off and a flash of pain entered her eyes. Their own brother, conspiring with their mother, the woman who was supposed to love and protect her children, to kill them all. The most painful betrayal of all the ones she had faced over the years, and when she looked up at Nik again, there was a sudden vulnerability in her eyes. She didn't grieve for Finn, not the way she did for Kol, but she was far from over that betrayal.

"Would you ever do that for someone? Stay and risk your own life for them?" Oh how she wanted him to say he would for her, for Elijah, but more than anything Rebekah wanted her brother to say he would do that for someone. Anyone. Just to show he could love like that. "And still, that might explain why she stays in Mystic Falls, but what about here? The Caroline here, that's not..." she trailed off with a faint frown, one of concentration as she tried to figure out exactly what it was. "I don't know, there's just something different about this one. Maybe it's because she's younger, I don't know. This one seems..." Even more intolerable than the one from home. Rebekah didn't phrase it quite like that. "Smaller. She seems smaller."

She sighed, and drained her glass again before making a gesture for the bottle. "Why do you always see mercy as a weakness? You could have torn her apart, and everyone knows it. She is alive because you chose to spare her, because you're capable of actual thinking. No one needs to know the reasons why, they just see you making a choice. That's not weak, that's strong. I don't think anyone could question what you're capable of."

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humanitytorn
2013-06-12 10:32 am UTC (link)

"In case he decides to take advantage of the weakness yes. I wouldn't put it past him. Besides let him wallow. I'm still furious at him for what he tried to pull." Brotherly bonding would have to wait. It would have to wait until Elijah was ready to apologise. Of course hell may well freeze over in the interim. "Whatever you think we have in common, we don't." He wasn't in the mood to talk about Finn. Annoyed enough at one brother and still reeling from the loss of another, he was hardly about to throw a pity party for the brother that had so betrayed them. But he could see how much it hurt Rebekah to think about the betrayal. Her brother, her mother, her father. The only family that had always been there for her of course, was him. And she needed to remember that more often.

And yet even with all that, if they were being honest here, he really couldn't give her the answer she wanted. "No." he said shortly. His life was too important to him, that continued existance, gaining more power, more control. There was nothing he wouldn't do, and very likely no one he wouldn't saccrifice to save himself. Oh he'd miss them. Mourn them even. But he would not give himself up to save them. "Did you want me to say that I would? Oh I'd try, I'd even fight until I knew I couldn't win. After that, I mean to live. Forever, all going to plan, and people keep trying to kill me so plans tend to have to adapt. If its any consolation I probably wouldn't throw you to any metaphorical...or literal wolves. I'd try to save you too."

It probably ruined their little happy bonding sibling experiance, but she wanted honest. He'd give her honest. He also wouldn't dignify her comments about Caroline with more than a glare. She was quieter yes, less of the fire he'd come to expect from Caroline Forbes but perhaps that was the time she was from, or the time spent here. He didn't know.

"Mercy is a weakness we can do without. Because of Elijah, Katerina thinks she's free, believes herself invincible I expect. She got away from me. And when you chase someone that long and have it taken from you because of the foolish mercy of love. It bothers me that she's alive. It bothers me that she knows, for his sake, I won't hurt her. Mercy doesn't suit me."

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hasherwhims
2013-06-12 12:33 pm UTC (link)

Honestly, he did her head in sometimes. Both of them did. And it was sad that they let two such unworthy women get between them. "You know, he's probably furious with you too. Some might say it's even between you now." Which might have been the problem. Nik never liked being even with anyone. He always wanted to be the one up on everyone else. And most of the time, he was.

Rebekah was disappointed in his answer, she couldn't deny that, nor could she keep that from showing on her face. But she wasn't surprised, and that was clear too. "How quickly?" Her voice was quiet and her gaze was drawn to her glass, but this time she didn't drink, simply swirled the amber liquid slightly around, watching the way the light reflected off it. "How quickly would you give up on fighting for me?" Oh, she'd always known that he would choose himself over her. But she did want to know how long it would take. First sign of trouble? Or would he really stay until every other option was closed to him?

Sometimes he really could frustrate her. "I don't think Katherine is under any illusions, Nik. I spoke to her, she is still scared of you. Scared of what you could do. And who knows, maybe with her flaunting her relationship with Damon-bloody-Salvatore in front of Elijah, maybe he'll fall out of love with her and won't care what you do, and I think she knows that too." She sighed, finally drinking her drink. "Mercy isn't a weakness, nor is loving your family. I just wish you could see that."

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humanitytorn
2013-06-12 04:09 pm UTC (link)

Even. That was hillarious. He didn't do even. Never had never will. The fact that it was his brother made no odds whatsoever. "Well, we'll see. I suppose the next move is mine isn't it?"

And there of course was the disappointment in his answer, though really, could she have been in any way surprised to hear it. He was a survivor, he always had been. That being said, he wasn't completely heartless. "I'd fight for you. Of course I would. You should know that. I daggered you to get you away from Mikael didn't I? I could have left you to it. I'd fight for you for a long time but you wanted honesty, you have it. I have no wish to die, came close enough once or twice and it didn't appeal to me."

It was probably heartless to say he'd abandon even his own sister to that fate but heartless was probably more prefrable to her than a lie.

She did need to stop trying to make him merciful though.

"Are you going to tell me what is and isn't a weakness now? I've surrvived this long on my reputation, why should that change now? If I'm not able to back up the threats I make then really, what's the point? I've given her the chance, twice now. And I don't like it. I don't like having to make choices like that for the sake of Elijah's ridiculous opinion of her."

More bourbon was quickly poured from the bottle and he shrugged. "Things I do for my family and yet I'm the one you try to change. I'm the one you think needs mercy and compassion? Its insulting."

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hasherwhims
2013-06-12 05:10 pm UTC (link)

There he went again, thinking in terms of moves and plans, because that was just how he lived, all the time. Rebekah felt like screaming in frustration at him, at his constant inability to see anything else. "He's your brother, Nik, not some enemy to outwit. Just remember that when you're planning your move." Not that she thought for a second that he actually would.

She was bemused at the idea that he had daggered her to protect her, but she supposed, in his twisted mind, that time at least it had been for her own good. Of course the fact he had left her there for ninety years and only woken her when he'd wanted something from her, that was another matter.

But he had, at least, been honest with her. It had been a painful honesty, but even so. "I wouldn't expect any different from you." Sad, but true. In many ways, Rebekah was also incredibly selfish, and she did take things from her brother out of spite, Elena's blood, the cure, hurting Nik had been part of that. But even so, she would die to protect him, to protect Elijah. But that was the difference between them. "Would you still fight for Elijah?" One other thing she needed to know. "Even now?" There was the silent plea in her question, begging him to tell her that things weren't utterly broken between her brothers, that she wouldn't have to choose between them.

"You can back up the threats, you're just choosing not to, you think anyone here is stupid enough to not see that?" She arched an eyebrow as she pointedly asked the question. "And what makes you think for a second that I'm not furious with him too? He put that little tramp before us. I fully plan on yelling at him for that, as much as I am at you."

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humanitytorn
2013-06-13 08:47 am UTC (link)

"I'm well aware who he is." And more than that, he was aware that in some ways their mother had been right about Elijah, for all his claims to morality and nobility he could sometimes be as heartless as the rest of them. When he was roused to be, and it seemed Katerina brought that out in him. He would have to keep that in mind for the future. Whatever the next move ended up being. That would be at the forefront of his mind.

Would he still fight for Elijah? It was a question he hadn't considered but of course she had. He'd hurt Rebekah already, he could see that in that stricken look, the sadness in her eyes. But she had to have known it. He'd never hidden how important his own surrvival was. He was always going to be that way and yet she looked so disappointed in him. He hated disappointed on her. It reminded him once again of their mother and her father. That look. That same look. But when it came to Elijah. Fighting for him.

"Would I fight for him?" he repeated in an attempt to keep her worried as if he were still musing on it. The answer of course was easy in the end. "Always and Forever" he said simply. In the spirit of honesty and all, he was furious at Elijah, and it would probably back and forth between them for a while but of course he'd still fight for his brother, he'd fight for any of his siblings were they here. With the probable exception of Finn.

"That's not to say of course you shouldn't yell at him. Where I can watch. And likely applaud. You can be horrified at the depths of my vindictiveness all you like, I'm used to it, but chastising Elijah for it. I'll want to bear witness." he told her actually laughing at the idea. Rebekah, as he had stated before really could be quite mean. And it never failed to be entertaining to watch her when she really got on a rant.

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hasherwhims
2013-06-13 12:13 pm UTC (link)

The reply to that was just a look. People frequently underestimated Elijah, the dignified sibling, the honorable one. But when he wanted to be, he could be truly vicious, just like the others, and it seemed that Nik had seen that for the first time in a while. But that didn't mean Rebekah wanted the two of them to fight, to circle each other and growl, constantly waiting for the other to betray him.

And she couldn't help it, she held an unneeded breath as she waited for him to respond to her question, that oh so important question. Would he still fight for Elijah, did he still actually love his brother? And when he finally did answer, she let out a sigh of relief.

"Thank you," she smiled, that almost innocent smile she could have when she let her guards down. "He'd fight for you too, you know. We both would, no matter what. No matter how much we fight or argue, there's nothing I wouldn't do for you, Nik. You're my brother and I love you." And Elijah, and Kol. Finn was different. Nothing could make what he did right between them.

Rebekah did look a little smug. "Oh believe me, I plan on it. There may be some foot stomping involved. So yes, you can watch." And dramatic hair tossing. And more than a few cutting remarks. "I like to think that I am completely fair in calling both of my beloved brothers idiots when they deserve it."

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humanitytorn
2013-06-17 10:10 am UTC (link)

Maybe he would. Maybe Rebekah was right and Elijah would step up and fight for him. It was hard to believe it completely for one so used to lies. He'd gotten so caught up in paranoia he barely trusted anyone anymore. Even Rebekah had betrayed him more than once, and so it fell to him to keep himself safe. But his sister was easily swayed, flighty, and for now she liked him again, trusted him. It was better that way. He wanted all his family to feel that way, but never imagined they would.

"He might, or he might betray me completely because Katherine Pierce smiled at him. But for now, we three are on the same side. I have no wish to change that."

And she could yell at him all she liked, might even be funny.

He glanced down at the bottle almost impressed at just how much they'd polished off between them and grinned. "You can call him a moron for letting that cow control him so much. Caroline, she doesn't control me. I just refused to let her suffer because Elijah's too much of a coward to deal with me directly."

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