The truth is that Elijah loves as deeply and selfishly as Klaus
And he’s seen how destructive it can be
Which is why he tries to the point of desperation to keep it from you
Like Rebekah once said, Elijah is capable of being completely devoted to anyone except for himself
And because he wants you so much, he sees loving you as an entirely selfish act.
So needless to say he was reigning King of Denial for a very long time
A Very Long Time
Where Klaus can be demanding, vengeful, and downright mean, Elijah has a tendency to be cold
he sees it as keeping his composure, trying to keep his feelings for you apart from himself
which provokes you to absolute rage
because he might be able to just shut you out but you aren’t capable of doing the same to him
so the least he could do is have the courtesy to get angry at you when you do something stupid, to be anything other than polite
what you do not know is that Elijah Mikaelson believes himself to be capable of just about anything but shutting you out
Klaus trying to use you as a pawn to bend Elijah to his will
Elijah beating his ass
Once Elijah finally excepts his feelings for you (and I mean finally because I am talking years of denial before he even lets himself kiss you) he finds himself navigating the relationship as though he’s never been in one before
because loving like he loves you is an entirely new experience to him
Sometimes he smiles for no reason around you and its because he’s realized he doesn’t quite know how to conduct himself and that he’s almost nervous
it reminds him of the more human parts of himself that he thought were long gone
You tend to be snarky but other than that you’re really easygoing and don’t get caught up in the conflicts of New Orleans
He finds this bewildering and refreshing
You actually turn into something of a friend to Klaus
Elijah finds this even more bewildering
The cliche Perfect Man
candlelit dinners, walks in the park, puts his jacket around you when you’re cold etc.
You have an almost childish way of finding light in the darkest of situations and that comes to mean so much to the Mikaelson family that they’d do anything to protect it.
It also means that, regardless of the fact that you are dating the oldest living Mikaelson brother, the rest of the siblings try to protect and shelter you as if you were an older version of Hope
It drives you crazy
Telling Elijah he actually has to meet your parents
you know he will more than impress them, of course, which is why you mention it so casually
but then you see his eyes widen marginally
And he’s like “Well … er … what are they like?”
Because people in TVD and TO don’t?? really ever have functional? living? parents?
He starts making calls to set up elaborate dinner reservations and proper entertainment for the evening and you’re like ‘babe.’
You come from a lower middle class family and Elijah has them picked up by a driver and they’re like ?? Honey are you dating a senator??
It being a full-time job just to get him to lighten the hell up
you’re good at it though
sending him little gifts
or letters to brighten his day
Him always being gentle with you in everything he does because after the thing with his mother and the red door he’s uniquely aware of his destructive power
PDA
Elijah’s very private so pda is kept to a minimum
he likes kissing your hands and your arms??
little kisses to each of your knuckles individually
his hand on the small of your back
it slowly slides around your waist when he feels like you aren’t close enough
he spends a lot of time thinking you aren’t close enough
Once you’re in private though he’s very heated and passionate
He can do that thing where he just looks at you across a crowded room and you blush bc you can tell what he’s thinking
As Elijah’s SO and Klaus’ best friend, you’re one of the only ones trusted enough to watch Hope
Hayley doesn’t trust Klaus’ judgement of course but she trusts Elijah’s so you usually watch Hope when they’re unavailable
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