And there it was, the moment lost and Caroline in tears. Because god forbid she see it as anything other than something terrible she had done. Or that he had done. She'd inevitibly blame him after all. He knew how this played out and he wasn't in any mood for it. Not today.
"Do you want to leave?" he asked her as she'd pulled away from him. "Go, if you do and we'll say no more about it."
Oh he wasn't even sure he meant that. This had happened and one day Caroline would have to realise that she had been just as much a participant as he had, but of course her light, her goodness. She probably felt awful, for of all people Tyler, who frankly Klaus still believed would have been all over his precious little wolf girl with half the chance.
"So we're clear love, I know you didn't come over here expecting that, I didn't expect it any more than you did, I kissed you, after giving you every chance to walk away and you didn't walk away. Truth be told, you're still not sure you want to walk away. Or that you remember how? Am I right?"
He sat back slightly more, wanting to comfort her, wanting to hold the woman he so desperately loved but figuring that would probably have the opposite of the desired effect