( lucifer is capable of this. that is doubt talking, and in klaus' experience, the want of those he desires has always outweighed his doubts. it has always propelled him forward. and when and where it has not, he has regretted it.
his heart squeezes in his chest. what if she rejects me? he knows that helplessness. he knows that anguish, from his father, his mother, his siblings, aurora, and others. he also knows the truth of this what if is hardly comforting, but it's what he would do. ) Then you tell her that you will love her regardless, ( he pauses, letting that pain sink in for them both, and finishes, ) and you move on.
( with a sharp breath, he looks away. ) Love isn't an easy thing. Nor is it anything short of terrifying. But take it from someone who has spent centuries denouncing every incarnation of it just as I craved its comforts and rarity: ( klaus' gaze returns. ) It's worth the fight. It's worth the chance, and the pain.
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his heart squeezes in his chest. what if she rejects me? he knows that helplessness. he knows that anguish, from his father, his mother, his siblings, aurora, and others. he also knows the truth of this what if is hardly comforting, but it's what he would do. ) Then you tell her that you will love her regardless, ( he pauses, letting that pain sink in for them both, and finishes, ) and you move on.
( with a sharp breath, he looks away. ) Love isn't an easy thing. Nor is it anything short of terrifying. But take it from someone who has spent centuries denouncing every incarnation of it just as I craved its comforts and rarity: ( klaus' gaze returns. ) It's worth the fight. It's worth the chance, and the pain.
( even the pain. )