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03. The End Of The Affair
Chicago 1920
Brayden Salvatore stood in an empty alleyway, draining the blood of the person who dared flirt with his boyfriend, in the man's defense, he didn't purposely flirt with Brayden's boyfriend, he was just an unfortunate soul who got trapped in the games Brayden and his boyfriend liked to play with each other, usually it was Brayden making him jealous, but for the first time in a long time, Brayden felt extremely jealous seeing another man touch something that belonged only to him.
"You're going to kill him" Someone behind Brayden said.
Brayden ignored the voice of his lover, and continued drinking from the man, he wanted him dead for thinking he had a chance with his boyfriend, but before Brayden could kill him, he was suddenly pushed off of him.
Brayden watched in annoyance when he saw his boyfriend feed the guy his blood, and then compel him to forget him and Brayden.
"Kol Mikaelson saving someone's life, that's a first" Brayden taunted, once the guy had walked away.
Kol turned to Brayden, a smirk on his face, "You sound jealous, darling".
Brayden glared at Kol, "What was that tonight?" he asked.
"What was what?" Kol asked, pretending to be oblivious.
"You were all over the guy, Kol!" Brayden snapped.
"And?" Kol asked, "I thought you said that you don't care if I leave with someone else tonight".
"Go to hell" Brayden spat.
Brayden turned to walk away from his boyfriend, when suddenly Kol speeded over to him and caged him between the wall and himself.
"Now you know what I feel when you play games with me every bloody night" Kol whispered, his lips lighting touching Brayden's.
"I hate you" Brayden stated, trying not to jump Kol.
Kol smirked, "No you don't, Bray" he said, "You love me".
"I swear to god, Mikaelson, if another person touches you, they are dead" Brayden warned, anger and jealousy evident in his eyes.
"You are so hot when you're jealous" Kol said, "I really need to start making you jealous more".
"Well, then you better be ready to start cleaning up bodies" Brayden snapped.
"Anything for you, darling" Kol said, placing his lips on to Brayden's.
***
Damon stood in the Salvatore living room, pouring himself a glass of bourbon when his phone started ringing, "You're interrupting my drink" he said, answering his phone.
"You miss me?" Katherine said from the other side.
"Katherine, where are you?" Damon asked curiously.
"Lurking outside your window, pining away" Katherine replied.
"What do you want?" Damon asked, looking around in vary.
"I'm homesick, what have I missed?" Katherine asked.
"Well, Stefan and Brayden are still Klaus' little prisoners, Fae and Caroline still think they can save them, Kaitlynn's busy making sure her two friends don't end up in trouble, and no one's thought about you since you left" Damon replied.
"And what about you?" Katherine asked, "I'm sure now that you've given up on your brothers, you're plotting some sort of way of moving in on my sister?".
"I didn't give up on them, I just don't know where they are" Damon defended.
"Hmm" Katherine said.
"But you do" Damon suddenly realised, "Are you trailing them?".
"A hybrid who wants me dead, and his two sidekicks who are off the rails?" Katherine asked, "I couldn't be further away".
"Which means you know exactly where they are" Damon concluded.
"All I know is that Klaus pitched a fit once his hybrids didn't work" Katherine said, "Now he's looking for some answers".
"How do you know that?" Damon asked, slightly confused.
"Spend five hundred years running, and there will be a few people on the way looking out for you" Katherine replied.
"Is that what you're doing?" Damon asked, "Looking out for my brothers?".
"Maybe, maybe not" Katherine replied, "I'm conflicted".
"Where are they?" Damon asked, done with the small talk.
"The same city Brayden called you in the 1920s, I believe it was to introduce you to his boyfriend, right?" Katherine asked, "A boyfriend, who was no where to be found once you and Brayden reunited after being apart for five years".
Realisation drew on Damon, after a huge fight about Kaitlynn and Katherine, Brayden and Damon had separated from each other in the 20s, that was the only time in centuries in which the Salvatore twins weren't together, and exactly five years later, Damon had finally received a call from his brother, saying Damon was right, Kaitlynn wasn't his true love as Brayden had ended up finding someone else, and to Damon's surprise it was a guy, but Damon didn't care about that, all he cared about was his brother moving on.
But to Damon's confusion, when he finally made it to the city, Brayden had no memory of his boyfriend, hell he was even more bent on freeing Kaitlynn, confusing Damon, but he didn't think much of it, he was just happy to finally be with his brother again, but now he knew what happed, Klaus had compelled Brayden to forget about his lover.
"Chicago" Damon whispered, "They're in Chicago".
Katherine smirked, "Bingo" she said.
***
"Welcome back to Chicago" Klaus told the two brothers, as they arrived at a warehouse.
"What are we doing here?" Stefan asked confused.
"I know how much you two loved it here" Klaus replied, "Bringing back memories of the good old ripper days, Stefan?".
"Blacked out most of them" Stefan replied, "Lot of blood, lot of partying, the details are all a blur".
"Well, that is a crying shame" Klaus said, "The details are what makes it legend, how about you Brayden, remembering my brother yet?".
"What the hell are you on about?" Brayden asked, in no mood for Klaus's cryptic words.
"Chicago was the city in which the psychopathic maniac, Kol Mikaelson, met the ruthless killer, Brayden Salvatore" Klaus revealed, "And began quiet a tragic love story".
***
At midnight, Brayden stood in the balcony of his and Kol's shared apartment, drinking his coffee and reminiscing about the last five years, when a sleepy and shirtless Kol came behind him and hugged him.
"What are you doing out here?" Kol said, kissing Brayden's shoulder blade.
"Do you remember when we first met?" Brayden suddenly asked.
"Of course I do" Kol replied, "Five years ago, I was at Gloria's bar, when this angry vampire bursted in, who seemed to be in a mood to pick a fight with everyone, including me".
Brayden chuckled, "I didn't know you were a vampire, I just knew I was on a mission to piss of as many people as I could".
"And when you found out I was a vampire, you were even more adamant to piss me off" Kol remembered.
"Remember our fight?" Brayden asked.
"Mhmm" Kol replied, "We trashed Gloria's bar and I nearly killed you".
"But I did get a good few blows in" Brayden defended.
"Still Bray, you should have known better then to pick a fight with an original" Kol said.
"I didn't know you were an original" Brayden said, "For me, you were just an annoying little british vampire".
"For days we kept going back and forth" Kol reminisced, "Sometimes having physical fights and sometimes having verbal".
"Until one day, neither of us were in a mood to fight, instead, we both sat at the bar and talked the whole night" Brayden said.
"It was weird, we hated each other, yet we found solace in each other" Kol said.
"Eventually, we became friends" Brayden said, "Until one day, you ended up kissing me".
"You were in a mood that day, you refused to stop arguing with me, so I had to think of something to shut you up" Kol defended, making Brayden chuckled, "Anyways, why are you going down memory lane tonight?"
Brayden turned around and faced Kol, "I don't know, just felt like it".
"You're nervous about tomorrow" Kol suddenly realised.
Brayden sighed, "Yeah" he replied, "I don't want my brothers to screw things up".
"Bray, it's going be okay, Stefan's your brother, he won't judge you" Kol assured.
"My brother Stefan won't judge me, but I can't say the same about the ripper of Monterey" Brayden said, he turned around and faced his brother, "Are you sure you want to meet him?".
"We've been dating for five years, Bray, it's high time I meet your family" Kol replied, "You've met Elijah and Rebekah, it's only fair I also meet your brothers".
Brayden groaned in annoyance, "Why is it so important for you to meet them?".
"Because I love you" Kol replied, "And I want to meet the people who are important to the man I love".
Brayden sighed, "Fine" he said, "You can meet Stefan tomorrow at Gloria's bar, Damon will be arriving in a few days".
"Great" Kol said, "Now come on, let's go to bed".
"I have a better idea" Brayden said, putting his hand behind Kol's neck and pulling him into a very heated kiss.
***
"I hate this" Brayden complained, as he and Kol walked towards Gloria's bar, wearing matching black tuxes.
"Would you just relax" Kol said.
"I can't relax!" Brayden snapped.
"Panicking isn't going to get you anywhere" Kol snapped back.
Brayden opened his mouth to say something in return, when someone called his name.
"Bray?", Brayden turned around, and came face to face with his younger brother.
"Stefan" Brayden whispered.
Stefan smiled at his brother, "Good to see you again, going to be honest, I'm surprised you called".
"I didn't call you willingly" Brayden said, glaring at Kol.
Stefan looked at Kol, who was looking at Brayden, "You must be the boyfriend I was called her to meet".
Kol looked at Stefan and nodded, "You must be the brother".
Stefan nodded, "Stefan" he introduced, forwarding his hand towards the Mikaelson.
"Kol" Kol introduced, shaking Stefan's hand.
"Shall we go inside?" Stefan asked.
"Yes" Brayden replied, "I need a drink".
"You always need a drink" Kol said, as the trio entered Gloria's bar.
"Guess who my eyes have just spied, ladies" Gloria said, seeing Brayden and Kol enter the bar, "Looking for a good time, Mr. Salvatore and Mr. Mikaelson?".
"Always, Gloria" Kol replied.
"You two come here often?" Stefan asked his brother.
"Everyday" Brayden replied, "This place might as well be our second home".
"True" Kol said, "Come on, the bar is this way".
And with that the three vampires walked over to the bar and spent the rest of the night drinking and getting to know each other, blissfully unaware of what was about to happen to them.
***
"Chicago was magical for you and Kol" Klaus told Brayden, who was standing at the warehouse door and staring at the stars in the dark night.
"I wouldn't know, you know, since you took his memories away from me" Brayden snapped, "Speaking of which, isn't it time I remember him?".
"Soon, Brayden" Klaus replied, "I assure, very soon my brother's memories and love will be returned to you".
"Why are we still with you?" Stefan asked, walking over to his brother and Klaus, "We had our fun, your hybrids failed, I mean, don't you want to move on?".
"We're going to see my favorite witch" Klaus replied, "If anyone who can help us with our hybrid problem, it's her".
Hearing Klaus, both Brayden and Stefan exchanged a worried look, both wondering how were they going to stop a witch from sensing that the female soulmate was still alive.
***
"Rise and shine, sleepyhead" Damon said, laying on Kaitlynn's bed and watching as in her sleep, Kaitlynn laid on his chest.
"Shh" Kaitlynn said, slapping her hand over Damon's mouth, "Sleep".
Damon removed Kaitlynn's hand from his mouth, "Come on Kaitlynn, get up".
Kaitlynn groaned in annoyance, "What do you want from me?" she asked, her eyes still closed.
"Came to ask if you want to join me, Fae and Caroline in a road trip to bring Stefan and Brayden back" Damon replied.
"Sure" Kaitlynn said.
"You're going to have to get up then" Damon said.
"Five more minutes" Kaitlynn said, moving closer to Damon.
"If you move any closer we're going to have a problem" Damon warned.
"What kind of problem?" Kaitlynn asked.
"I'm going to end up kissing you" Damon replied.
Suddenly all the sleep was gone, and Kaitlynn sat up in shock, "What?!".
Damon smirked, "Made you get up".
Kaitlynn slapped Damon's chest, "You can't say things like that to me".
"Why?" Damon asked, "Does it make you feel things, Kaitlynn?".
"Shut up, Damon" Kaitlynn snapped, she looked to her side table and looking at the clock, she realised it was 6am, "Are you crazy?! Why are you waking me up at 6am?".
"I told you, we're bringing Stefan and Brayden back home" Damon replied.
"Wait, you know where they are?" Kaitlynn asked shocked.
Damon nodded, "Your sister informed me" he replied.
"Katherine?" Kaitlynn asked, Damon nodded, "She knows where they are?".
"She's been trailing them" Damon informed, "She knows exactly where they are".
"Which is where?" Kaitlynn asked.
"Windy City" Damon replied.
"Chicago" Kaitlynn realised, "They are in Chicago?".
"Yeap, so start packing" Damon ordered.
***
Brayden and Stefan sat at the bar, drinking the night away, while Kol had gone to the rest room, while he was returning he bumped into someone.
"Rebekah?" Kol asked shocked.
Rebekah looked at her brother in shock, "What are you doing here Kol?".
"I live here" Kol reminded.
"But I thought you and Brayden were out of the city" Rebekah said.
"We came back" Kol said, "Wait, what are you doing here?".
Rebekah looked at Kol in worry, "Nik brought me here".
Kol looked at Rebekah in shock, "He's here?".
Rebekah nodded, "Kol, I didn't know you were here, I thought you and were Brayden were still out of town, if I knew you guys were still here, I would have never let Nik come here".
"Where is he right now?" Kol asked.
"Somewhere here" Rebekah replied.
A worried Kol looked towards Brayden, only to see him laughing with Stefan, worry started rising in Kol's heart, when he realised the man he has been trying to protect Brayden from for the last five years, had now caught up to them.
***
"Looks familiar, doesn't it?" Klaus asked the brothers, as they entered Gloria's bar.
"I can't believe this place is still here" Stefan replied, while Brayden admired the place, he didn't remember much about Chicago, but he definitely remembered Gloria's bar, his second home.
"You gotta be kidding me", Brayden and Stefan turned to the voice, and were shocked see Gloria standing infront of them.
"So a hybrid walks into a bar, says to the bartender--".
"Stop" Gloria interrupted Klaus, "You may be invincible, but that doesn't make you funny", Gloria then turned to Brayden, and a smile formed on her face, "Brayden Salvatore, once upon a time my favorite customer".
"No offense, but how the hell are you still alive, Gloria?" Brayden asked.
"Now, if I die, who's gonna run this place, huh?" Gloria asked.
"Gloria's a very powerful witch" Klaus replied.
"I can slow the aging down some, herbs and spells" Gloria informed, "But don't worry, it'll catch up to me one day".
"Stefan, Brayden, why don't you go and fix us up a little something from behind the bar?" Klaus asked.
Brayden glared at the hybrid, "Do I look like your bartender?" he asked, "I'm going to go to the bar and make myself a drink, you want a drink? Come make it yourself".
Before Klaus could say anything, Brayden walked over to the bar, and Stefan followed, while an amused Gloria looked on.
After the brothers walked away, Klaus turned to Gloria, "You look ravishing, by the way".
"Don't" Gloria warned, as the two of them sat down, "I know why you're here, a hybrid out to make more hybrids? That kind of news travels".
"So, what am I doing wrong?" Klaus asked, as Stefan and Brayden listened to their conversation, "I broke the curse".
"Obviously you did something wrong" Gloria replied, "Look, every spell has a loophole but a curse that old, we'd have to contact the witch who created it".
"Well, that would be the Original witch" Klaus said, "She's very dead".
"I know" Gloria said, "And for me to contact her, I'll need help".
While listening to Gloria and Klaus's conversation, Brayden started looking at the pictures that were hanging on the bar, and one specific photo shocked him.
"Bring me Rebekah" Gloria told Klaus.
"Rebekah" Klaus said, "Rebekah is a bit preoccupied".
"She has what I need, bring her to me" Gloria said.
A furious Brayden walked over to Klaus, "Is that him?" he asked, "Is that Kol in this photo with me?".
Klaus looked at the photo in Brayden's hand, and saw it was a photo of Brayden and Kol together, taken in this very bar.
"I told you Brayden" Klaus said, "Chicago was magical for you and Kol, it was your home, and this bar was your safe place".
***
"I don't get it" Brayden snapped, as he and Stefan followed Klaus into the warehouse, "Why won't you just uncompel me?!".
"Because it's not the right time" Klaus replied.
"So when is the right time?!" A frustrated Brayden asked,
"Soon" Klaus replied simply, "Now, I'm a little busy, memory lane will have to wait".
"I'm going to kill him" Brayden mumbled, about to attack the hybrid, but Stefan quickly grabbed him.
"Relax, Bray" Stefan said.
Brayden shoved Stefan away from him, "Don't tell me to relax!" he yelled, "I'm missing five years of my life, Stefan, five damn years!".
"If you want to kill me now, I'm not sure what you'll do once you get all your memories back" Klaus said.
Both Stefan and Brayden looked at Klaus in confusion, "What the hell are you on about?" Brayden asked.
"You know I compelled you to forget Kol, but you don't remember how, and you don't remember what I did to Kol" Klaus replied.
"What did you do?" Stefan asked confused.
Klaus looked at the brothers, and without saying anything to them, simply walked away.
"I hate him" Brayden whispered, "I freaking hate him!".
***
"Klaus?" Brayden asked, "Your brother who you've been running from, he is here, now?".
"Yeah" Kol replied, "Which means we need to leave this city, Bray".
Brayden nodded in understanding, Kol had told him all about Klaus, and about the fact that Kol was currently on the run from his own brother, who was angry at him for running away from his family, and both Kol and Brayden knew, the moment Klaus found Kol, he was going to dagger him, separating Brayden and Kol for god knows how long.
"We need to tell Stefan" Brayden said.
Kol nodded, "Where is he?".
"With your sister" Brayden replied.
"Stefan and Rebekah?" Kol asked shocked.
"Yeap, who would have thought" Brayden replied.
"Definitely not me" Kol said, "Come on, let's find Stefan and get the hell out of here".
Kol and Brayden turned to find Stefan, when suddenly their way was blocked by the person Kol was dreading to meet.
"Long time no see, brother".
"Nik" Kol whispered.
***
"Your sister?" Stefan asked shocked, Klaus telling the brothers about Stefan having a thing with his sister, "So Brayden wasn't the only one who knew an Original vampire?".
"If you can't handle it, then don't ask" Klaus said, once again walking away.
"This isn't what I asked for" Brayden snapped, "I asked for my memories back, not to know about my brother's past fling with your sister".
"And I told you that you need to wait" Klaus snapped, walking over to where five caskets were placed, he walked over to one of the casket and opened it, revealing his younger sister, Rebekah.
While Klaus was looking at his sister, Brayden walked over to another casket, and attempted to open it, but failed, "Why won't this one open?" Brayden asked confused.
"Because the day you and Stefan joined me, I made one of my witches spell that casket shut" Klaus replied, confusing the brothers.
"Why?" Brayden asked.
"Because Kol is in there" Klaus informed, shocking Brayden, "And I don't trust you not to wake him up, therefore, I sealed him away".
"I need some air" Brayden suddenly said, realising if he stayed near Klaus any longer, either he was going to die, or Klaus was going to get seriously hurt.
While Brayden left to get some air, Klaus removed the dagger from Rebekah's chest, finally waking her up from her ninety years old slumber.
***
While Brayden was away from Klaus and Stefan, he received a text message from Klaus, in the message was an address of an apartment, Klaus told him to meet him at that apartment, telling him to consider this a temporary peace offering, as this address lead to the apartment Brayden shared with Kol, an apartment Elijah had made sure to maintain over the years for his brother after finding out what Klaus had done to Kol and Brayden, an apartment whose address Damon also had.
Brayden stood outside the apartment, his hand on the door knob, but he made no effort in going in, he didn't know what to expect on the other side of this door, he didn't know if he was ready to see whatever was in this apartment.
"Anytime now Brayden" Klaus snapped, as he and Stefan stood behind him.
"Can you for one minute, just shut up?!" Brayden snapped.
"Open the damn door, Brayden" Klaus demanded.
Brayden rolled his eyes, but the nonetheless, he twisted the doorknob and pushed the door open.
"Do you feel that?" Klaus asked, as the trio entered the apartment, "Is anybody here?".
"It's been vacant for decades, people must break in all the time" Stefan replied.
Brayden tuned both Klaus and Stefan out and just looked around the apartment, immediately Brayden was hit with a sense of familiarly, though he had no memory of this apartment, as soon as he entered he felt like he was at home, and there was only a handful places where Brayden felt that, making him realise, Klaus wasn't lying, this really was his and possibly Kol's home.
"I'm going in the bedroom" Brayden stated, "If you know what's good for you, neither of you will follow me".
Without hearing anything from his brother or Klaus, Brayden walked into the bedroom.
"I'm going to see if this place has a drink" Stefan stated, walking into the kitchen.
As soon as Stefan entered the kitchen, he was shocked seeing Fae standing by the wall, looking at him with a small smile on her face, both Stefan and Fae were glad you couldn't see inside the kitchen from the living room, where currently Klaus stood.
"Look what I found" Stefan suddenly said, shocking Fae, she quickly shook her head, through her eyes pleading Stefan not to tell Klaus about her being here.
Stefan ignored the pleading look on Fae's face, he simply walked over to her, once he was standing right infront of her, Fae thought he was going to kiss her, but instead he put his hand behind her and grabbed the alcohol that was placed on the counter behind her, after giving Fae one last glance, he walked over to Klaus.
"1918, single malt" Stefan told Klaus, showing him the alcohol bottle.
"Sounds like Kol and Brayden" Klaus said, "Your brother is probably going to take his time here, we should leave and find someone to pair it with".
Stefan nodded and gladly left the apartment with Klaus, because he knew, if Fae was here, that meant both Caroline and Kaitlynn weren't far behind, and he'd rather Klaus not see any of the girls.
***
While Stefan was keeping Klaus away from the apartment, Brayden was looking around his and Kol's shared bedroom.
As soon as Brayden entered the room, he was met with numerous photos of him and Kol spread all across the room, Brayden knew there was no way this was his idea, he hated taking photos, let alone framing them, so he figured this was Kol's doing, causing a small smile to form on his face.
Brayden walked over to the side table and picked one of the photos up, it was a black and white photo and in the photo, both Brayden and Kol were dressed in black tuxes, they stood facing each other, while Kol fixed Brayden's bowtie, an amused expression on his face, while Brayden gave him his signature smirk, Brayden wanted to thank however took this photo, because in this photo, Brayden could clearly see the love reflecting in his and Kol's eyes.
"Brayden".
Hearing the familiar voice, Brayden turned around in shock, "Caroline" he whispered.
For the first time since he has met Caroline, Brayden failed to sense her presence, usually whenever the Forbes girl was near him, Brayden would always know, but today he was so busy in trying to remember Kol, that he couldn't even sense his own soulmate.
Caroline looked at Brayden, tears welling in her eyes, she quickly ran over to Brayden and hugged him, "I missed you" she cried, "I missed you so much".
Brayden closed his eyes and took Caroline's presence in, he went to wrap his arms around her, when his eyes landed on the photo of him and Kol still in his hand, causing his hands to stop in mid air.
Brayden took a deep breath, and after much reluctance, he pulled Caroline away from, "You shouldn't be here" he said, taking a step back from her, and placing the photo of him and Kol back on the side table.
"I needed to see you" Caroline whispered, her eyes landing on the picture Brayden was looking at, she had already seen that photo, when Brayden entered the room, Caroline was already here, but she was hiding behind the door, as she thought it was Klaus entering the room as she had heard his voice, but when she saw Brayden enter the room, all she wanted to do was run to him, but before she could, she saw Brayden admiring the photos scattered around the room, and for a moment, all the insecurities she had pushed away were fighting to come back, but ignoring all the insecurities that were surfacing, Caroline decided to let her presence known to Brayden.
"You need to leave" Brayden stated.
Caroline shook her head, "No" she said, "I'm not leaving without you Brayden".
"And I can't leave with you Caroline" Brayden retorted.
"Bray--".
"Stop" Brayden interrupted, "Don't say anything, I don't want to hear it, I want you to leave, you have to forget me, because I have no wish to come back home to you".
"You're lying" Caroline whispered.
"Dammit, Caroline" Brayden said, "You being here is going to ruin everything! Klaus wants to sire his damn hybrids, if he sees you alive and well, he's going to figure out that the reason his hybrids are failing is because you're still alive".
"I don't want your protection, Brayden, I want you!" Caroline snapped, "If to be with you I have to tell Klaus about me being alive, then I'm ready".
"Well, I'm not" Brayden snapped back, "Why don't you get it Caroline?! Even if I agree and go home with you, I'm no longer the Brayden you fell in love with, everything has changed, you won't be able to love this version of me".
"That's not true" Caroline said, stepping forward and putting her hand on Brayden's cheek, "I love every version of you, Brayden".
"Not this version" Brayden said, removing Caroline's hand from his cheek.
"I'm not giving up on you" Caroline stated.
"Yes you are" Brayden said, "You have to Caroline, because you and I, we're over, we're done, forever".
"No" Caroline whispered, shaking her head in denial, "Please don't say that, Brayden, please don't, I love you and I can't live without you".
"You're going to have to learn how live without me, Caroline" Brayden said, "Because that's exactly what I'm going to do".
"Are you going to be able to forget me?" Caroline asked, "Are you going to be able to forget our love?".
Brayden gave Caroline a sad smile, "That's exactly what the humanity switch is for, once I turn it off, it will be like I never met you in the first place".
Brayden turned to leave the room, when Caroline grabbed his wrist and forced him to face her.
"It won't be that easy" Caroline snapped, "Our love isn't that weak Brayden, I am not going to let you give up on us like this, you want to stay with Klaus? Fine, stay with him, the beauty of us being vampires, is that you and I have forever, I will wait, for as long as I have to, because I believe in us, I believe in you, and I know one day my cheesy Brayden Salvatore will return to me, all I have to do is wait".
Brayden stared at Caroline, he could feel the walls he built around his heart slowly breaking seeing the tears streaming down Caroline's eyes, before he could fully break, Brayden turned his back towards the Forbes girl.
Caroline let out a sad laugh, "You can't even see me cry, Brayden" she whispered, "There's no way you're going to be able to stay away from me".
"I can and I will" Brayden stated.
"You can't and you won't" Caroline retorted.
Brayden closed his eyes and took a deep breath, internally he was dying to be with Caroline, but he couldn't let Klaus get to Caroline either, so despite everything in his body telling him to stay with Caroline, with a heavy heart, Brayden speeded out of his and Kol's apartment, leaving behind a devasted Caroline, who fell to the floor, sobbing, once Brayden had walked away from her.
***
"You abandoned your own family, Kol!" Klaus spat, glaring at his brother.
"I didn't abandon my family, I abandoned you" Kol snapped, stepping infront of Brayden, who rolled his eyes and stood next to Kol, this time making the Mikaelson roll his eyes, "I was tired of living in fear of when you were going to have your next tantrum and end up daggering me".
Klaus glared at Kol, "I'm going to make you watch while I kill your lover and then I'm going to dagger you for eternity".
Kol glared back at his brother, "I'd like to see you try".
Before the brothers could attack each other, bullets were suddenly shot into the bar, causing everyone to scream and run for cover, and in the chaos, Brayden and Kol ended up losing each other.
"Kol!" Brayden yelled, looking around and trying to find his boyfriend, but not seeing any sign of him anywhere, before he could move, Klaus once again came and blocked his way, "Move out of my way, Klaus" he snapped.
"I'm sorry, I have nothing against you personally, but Kol chose you over his family, and I can't have that" Klaus said, starting to compel Brayden, "You must forget Kol and the love you two shared, forget everything related to Kol, you two never met, and you never fell in love with him".
After compelling Brayden, Klaus snapped his neck, just as Kol ran over to them, "No!" Kol yelled.
Before Kol could reach Brayden, Klaus speeded over to him and plunged a dagger into his chest.
***
While Stefan and Klaus were back at Gloria's bar, Damon and Kaitlynn also came there, and while they distracted Klaus, Stefan stepped outside the bar to meet Fae.
"Hey" Fae whispered, smiling at the youngest Salvatore.
"You guys shouldn't have come here" Stefan stated, slowly walking over to the heretic.
"Too late now" Fae said.
"What do you want, Fae?" Stefan asked, "Damon and Kaitlynn won't be able to distract Klaus for long".
Fae stepped forward and cupped Stefan's face in her hands, "I want you to come home with me Stefan".
Stefan stepped away from Fae, "How much clearer can me and Brayden make it?" he snapped, "We don't want to come home, Klaus is obsessed with siring these hybrids, the second he knows that Caroline and Elena are alive, he'll figure out why it's not working".
"Look, I get trying to protect Caroline and Elena, but you can do that at home as well" Fae said, "Please Stefan, wasn't thirty years enough? For how long are we going to stay separated?".
"What do you expect if I do come home, huh?!" Stefan asked, "It's never gonna be the same, Fae".
"Why not?!" Fae asked.
"Because I've changed!" Stefan yelled, "We have left bodies scattered from Florida to Tennessee, innocent people, humans".
"Every single time you've gone down this road, me or Lexi have always brought you back" Fae reminded, "I refuse to give up on you Stefan".
"You have to, Fae" Stefan argued, "It's done, that part of my life is done, I don't wanna see you, I don't wanna be with you, I just want you to go".
Fae looked at Stefan with teary eyes, it was like the two youngest Salvatore brothers were hell bent on hurting the girls they claimed to love.
Without looking at Fae's heartbroken face, knowing if he looked he would crumble, Stefan turned around and went back into the bar.
***
After their individual confrontations with Stefan and Brayden, Caroline and Fae sat in the back of Damon's car, both the girls staring out the windows, their hearts shattered into a million pieces by the two brothers.
Damon and Kaitlynn sat in the front, they looked at the two girls then at each other, the heartbroken look on the girls faces worrying them.
"You two okay?" Damon asked.
"Just drive, Damon" Fae whispered.
"I just want to go home" Caroline said, trying not to burst into tears.
***
After dealing with their individual heartbreak, Stefan and Brayden met with Klaus at the warehouse in which he kept his family.
"Stefan and Brayden" A now awake Rebekah whispered in shock, once she saw the two brothers enter the warehouse.
Klaus walked over to Stefan, having compelled him to get Rebekah and Kol as well, "Now you remember" he compelled, he then turned to Brayden, and did the same thing to him, "Now you remember Kol".
As soon as Klaus said that, everything that was taken away from him came rushing back to Brayden, he remembered his and Kol's first meeting, their physical and verbal fights, their first kiss, the first time they slept together, which happened to be in Brayden's car, he even remembered the time they bought their apartment together, but most of all, Brayden remembered the immense amount of love he and Kol shared.
As soon as his memories were back, Brayden opened his eyes and glared at the hybrid infront of him, and before anyone could stop him, Brayden had punched Klaus in the face.
"You ruined everything!" Brayden yelled, rapidly punching Klaus, "In your stupid ego, you once again ruined your siblings life, first it was Elijah, then it was Kol, what the hell is wrong with you?!".
Before Brayden could land another punch, Klaus grabbed his hand and shoved Brayden away from him.
"Oh come on, I did you and Kol a favor, he wasn't your soulmate, you were meant for someone else, I saved my brother from heartbreak" Klaus defended.
"You didn't save him, you were jealous of him!" Brayden spat, "Kol was happy, we were happy, dammit! And you didn't like the fact that your brother was happy while you were left alone! But guess what Klaus, you have no one but yourself to blame for your misery!".
Klaus glared at Brayden but before he could to do or say anything, Brayden turned around and walked out of the warehouse, his heart hearting from the two heartbreaks he had suffered in one night.
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Presenting 3x03 of The Vampire Diaries . . .
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First of all, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR 100K READS! ❤️
Also, I want to clarify a few things, first thing, Stefan wasn't in Chicago in the 1920s, he came when Brayden called him, Chicago was Brayden and Kol's home not Stefan's, second of all, this is the episode in which Caroline's father tortured her, but I hate him so he's irrelevant in my story which is why no one is torturing our Care Bear!
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