crack_van | Don't Know the Taste of a Never Ending Ache by perfectlystill (R)

Fandom: The Vampire Diaries
Pairing: Klaus/Rebekah
Length: about 4200 words
Author on LJ:

perfectlystill
Author Website: fic masterlist

Why this must be read: I went back and forth on including this story because it no longer fits in with the show's canon. It was written before 3x08 and therefore draws its own picture of the Original family and Rebekah's relationship with her brothers. Despite that, the entire pieces draws such a clear and vivid picture of Rebekah. I also love getting to see Klaus through her eyes, the way they were bonded when they were young because they were both younger children and how that connection changed as he delved into his hybrid side.

Excerpt

Nik is Elijah’s favorite, but Rebekah is his second favorite and she rejoices in that. She swims in the adoration of her brother’s, smirks at her sisters who want to be in the boy’s club and the ones who think it is inappropriate how much time she spends trailing her older brothers. She scrapes up her knees and gets dirt under her fingernails and toenails. She relishes the ache in her legs and callouses on her feet.

Rebekah feels tough and independent. She feels undoubtedly special in a way she never has before. She is wanted, not because she is the baby, not because they are coddling her, but because she makes Elijah’s face soften and Nik laugh, the sound reverberating through the trees.

She always hugs Elijah tightly when he leaves, a wife to attend to, and makes him tell her that she is still his favorite girl.

Don't Know the Taste of a Never Ending Ache