March 28 - Happy Birthday

[brightestlight]

She didn't know when his birthday was. He'd never told her, so when she got the email, it just sort of exploded into a flurry of needing to do things. Of needing to put something together, and that's why she did. That's why she messaged him, why she'd booked the holodeck, and why she'd done this. She was outside, waiting.

And, yeah, she was wringing her hands, until she heard him coming closer. Because she was nervous. Because, as he'd told her once, what seemed a lifetime ago, he loved birthdays.

And she, Caroline Forbes, was pretty much the world's biggest stickler for throwing good parties.

"Hey," she said, exhaling in sort of a rush, smiling brightly because she was glad to see him, but that also sort of meant she could stop working on it, she could just hope it all went off well.

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Before he even opens his eyes, Klaus is trying to figure out what sort of simulation they're in. A city, that much is certain, between the smell of it and the discreet traffic in the semi-distance. There's another smell he can't quite place, and there's the unevenness of the ground under his feet, but in the end, who knows. It could be a number of cities.

When he opens his eyes, lips still curved in a half-smile, he sees the river, first, and takes a couple of seconds to place it. The flickering lights to the side draw his gaze, and that had been the faint smell in the air he could not place - hot wax. So many candles, and not two of them the same.

His smile has stretched into something warmer than he usually displays, because of the bundle of warmth in his chest. He didn't even know, until today, when his birthday was exactly. And Caroline's done this for him. He looks back over at her, and pulls her close, and kisses her, long, deep, and soft.