'Revelations' Sneak Peak

In one swift motion, Klaus shut the door behind him, making sure to not make a sound. He pressed a hand to Stefan's chest and pushed him across the hall to the opposing wall, a soft thud filled the otherwise empty hallway as Stefan's head flew back, hitting the wall behind him. Stefan bit down on his lower lip in anger as Klaus' face inched closer to his.

"In what universe do you get to tell me what to do?" Klaus sneered in a whisper. Stefan's hand instinctively flew up to grasp Klaus' but he was unable to budge the ex-hybrid's hand from his chest.

Klaus smirked at the attempt before reaching his other hand up and slowly peeling it off of his wrist, "Now that is adorable, Stefan. Please keep trying to defy me. You know it will be of no use."

This defeat slowed Stefan's breathing as a change took over his body, the tension that held him rigid had escaped through his feet as he slowly lowered his head. Stefan's eyebrows clenched together as he gathered the courage to make his demand, his eyes slowly rising. Klaus knew that look all too well, he'd seen it before.

"Klaus, Damon's my brother." Stefan's voice was barely audible, a desperate whisper. "He was in a bad place then, did things he wasn't proud of." His voice cracked as Klaus hand moved up to his throat.

"And that's an excuse?" Klaus hissed while Stefan's mouth hung open in silence. "He should be pardoned because of a bad day, week, century?"

Before Stefan could stop himself, he looked Klaus dead in the eye, his voice low and harsh.

"You think you're any better than him?"

Before Stefan could take a breath, Klaus' other hand flew up to grip his shirt in anger. In a few seconds, Klaus had Stefan pressed against the wall, his feet barely touching the floor. The pressure on Stefan's chest was unbearable.

"I never said I was an angel, Stefan Salvatore," Klaus tilted his head slightly, narrowing his eyes. "In fact, I have a reputation for being quite the abominable jackass." He pressed himself closer to Stefan, his mouth brushing close to his ear. "I may be a monster, but at least I have the decency to put my pets out of their misery. The fact you let Damon have Caroline live with her memories of what he did to her is more abominable than anything I could do."

"Klaus ..."

Stefan couldn't finish his sentence as Klaus' hand wrapped tighter around his neck.

"The fact that you would compare me to that disgusting excuse of a man ..."

"Klaus .. I never …" Stefan struggled to speak, his eyes bulging out of his head as Klaus seethed with anger.

"You'd have me spare your rapist of a brother," Klaus' eyes bore a hole through Stefan's pity, the wolf almost breaking through. "And that is something I cannot do for you, old friend." Klaus took a deep breath in an attempt to steady himself as Stefan's hands were slamming into his wrists, his voice in broken gasps.

"He's … changed …" Stefan spoke through gasping breaths.

"You know what, mate. You're right." Klaus scoffed, a smirk rising across his face. "He has changed."

Stefan's face rose, holding a flicker of hope.

"He's human and so much easier to destroy piece by piece."

"Klaus .." Stefan begged aggressively, his feet flailing and hands desperately clutching Klaus' fists.

Klaus exhaled a deep breath in frustration before dropping Stefan to the ground and slamming a fist into the wall in front of him. He slowly pulled back his embedded fist, pieces of drywall falling onto Stefan from the small hole that was left behind. No noise escaped his tight lips, his nose flaring. He needed to leave, now, before he ended up taking his anger out on the wrong person. But he couldn't have Stefan following him …

Before Stefan could speak another word, a fist rained down from above, connecting with his temple and sending him to the floor. Flicks of white flickered dizzily behind his eyelids as he attempted to recover himself to no avail. He slowly slipped into the darkness of the hallway, faintly hearing Klaus' retreating footsteps.

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I know it's not a lot, but it's something right?

I've been working on this chapter for awhile. Slowly piecing bits together. I'm super sorry for the lack of update, but I will try to pen this down for you sometime soon. This is going to be my favorite chapter to date with a lot happening. I will TRY TRY TRY to get it down soon.

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