“ i take it elena found the gift i left her. ” kol said as klaus entered the living space of his mansion. elena gilbert was off limits, klaus had made that crystal clear, despite the part she had played in the untimely death of their brother finn, the doppelganger still lived, unharmed and unscathed, at least on the surface. the eldest gilbert may have been off limits, but her blond haired friend matthew donovan wasn’t. finn may have been mad, he may have betrayed them, may have tried to have them all killed thanks to their mothers meddling but finn was still his brother and kol had made certain that the blond answered tenfold. kol’s smile was devilish as he met his brothers lofty gaze from where he stood, hands leaning against table still coated in the donovan’s blood.
“ you think she liked it ? ” kol asked innocently. it had been centuries since kol had last blood eagled anyone, the intricacies of the procedure not lost to him even with the time that had passed and kol had been careful, patient, precise with his cuts, knowing that he hadn’t wanted matt to die too quickly. truthfully, he had put up a good fight, so good kol had almost been tempted to let him live if only so that he might torment him further but he had made a promise, and since he couldn’t kill elena, matt had answered for it all. leaving the boy strung up in the gilbert backyard might have been a little nasty even by kol’s standards but there was no denying that he had enjoyed himself. “ i’m sure i can gift wrap another one of her friends if she has a problem with the first. ” // @valorled ♡‘d for a starter for klaus