Klayley

Klayley is the Het ship between Niklaus Mikaelson and Hayley Marshall from The Vampire Diaries and The Originals fandom.

Canon
The pair first met in Season 4 of The Vampire Diaries, when Hayley visited Mystic Falls as Tyler's friend. Klaus originally tried to create tension between Hayley, Tyler, and Caroline as he thought Hayley had an affair with Tyler. In truth, Hayley was actually helping Tyler and the other hybrids to break their sire-bond to Klaus. The trio encouraged Klaus' theory in order to cover-up their true plans, and Hayley betrayed Tyler and the other hybrids when she was revealed to have been working with Shane. Hayley manipulated Klaus into murdering all of his hybrids in return for key information about her biological family. Hayley then left Mystic Falls to give time for her treachery to blow over.

However, when she did return, Klaus tried to obtain information from her about Katherine Pierce. In return for her help, he offered her protection from Katherine's loyal vampires and even killed a vampire to protect her. The two heavily flirted with one another, and they eventually bonded over his art and the fact that she could see how twisted it really was - and she related to it. This eventually lead to them having sex together. The next morning, Klaus stopped Hayley before she could sneak away.

He recognized her birthmark and traced it with his fingers, and revealed to her that he'd seen this birthmark before. But only on a handful of other people who descended from the same bloodline - a werewolf clan that once thrived through what is now known as Louisiana. Hayley was shown to be intrigued by this information and demanded to know if he was serious, as finding a connection to her biological family was not a joke to her. However, Klaus insisted that he wouldn't dare to lie about it, as matters of family are sacred to him.

Hayley left Mystic Falls once again and went to New Orleans, where she was kidnapped by Sophie and Jane-Anne Deveraux. Meanwhile, in Mystic Falls, Katherine lured Klaus to New Orleans by telling him that a group of witches was plotting against him. Klaus fled to New Orleans, followed by his brother Elijah. His information then leads him to Jane-Anne and Sophie, who brought out Hayley much to Klaus' shock. Sophie revealed to him that she had a gift for sensing when a woman was pregnant and that Hayley was carrying his child as a product of a loophole in the supernatural world. Klaus originally rejected the child as his, but once he realized that it was his, he was shocked.

Jane-Anne and Sophie revealed that Hayley was now linked to Sophie and that if Sophie died so would Hayley and the baby. Sophie threatened to kill herself if he didn't help the witches overthrow Marcel, a deal that Klaus hated as he didn't want to be manipulated. He then rejected both Hayley and the child and coldly told the witches to kill both Hayley and the baby as he didn't care. Eventually, Elijah convinced him to accept Hayley and his child, and Klaus seemingly came on board with the idea.

Klaus moved Hayley into his family mansion, and this caused clashes to exist between Hayley and Klaus. After Rebekah arrived in New Orleans, she warned Hayley about Klaus' history of putting his siblings and family members in coffins. She stated that Klaus would have a coffin ready for Hayley after the baby was born and that she should have left town as soon as she found out about her pregnancy. Hayley later headed into the quarter in order to buy wolfsbane which would abort their child, knowing that she couldn't leave town while she was still pregnant due to the spell Jane-Anne cast on her. However, before she could take the poison, she was attacked by Marcel's vampires. After returning to their home, Klaus berated Hayley over her leaving the house and heading into the Quarter (which was off-limits to werewolves) and demanded to know what she was doing there in the first place. Hayley snapped that she was going to put the child out of its misery, which infuriated Klaus. He stepped forward and began to choke her, but Rebekah managed to pull him off of her.

The next morning, Klaus found an empty bottle of wolfsbane in her bag. Hayley woke up and assured him she didn't use it. When Klaus asked her why, as she could have been free from him and their situation, Hayley confessed that because of her past background she never had a real family. It was when her baby was threatened that she finally knew that she wouldn't let anybody hurt it. Klaus commented that they were alike, as they both are "cast-offs" who have learned to fight when backed into a corner. Klaus moved forward and gently placed a hand on her shoulder before informing her that it was time to fight, affectionately referring to her as, "little wolf."

Weeks later, after the masquerade gala, Hayley told Klaus that she learned something about their child that day. That a witch told her that she thought that the baby is a girl, something that made Klaus smile happily. After Hayley went to a witch doctor in the bayou and went missing, Klaus grew severely concerned as both Rebekah and Hayley had been attacked by witches. Klaus saw stumbling towards them, dazed and exhausted looking with her clothes tattered and dirty. Klaus and Rebekah rushed toward her, with Klaus checking her over for wounds, seeming shocked that she doesn't have any. Rebekah stated that their child must have healed her, as the baby has vampire blood in her system from her father. Klaus vowed to kill whoever was behind the attack, and when Hayley stood up she grew increasingly dizzy and almost collapsed. Luckily, Klaus caught her in time and held her in his arms telling that he's got her now.

Hayley was later kidnapped by a vengeful Tyler Lockwood, who wanted revenge on Klaus for keeping him away from Caroline. In the woods, Klaus and Elijah have an argument over Elijah looking determined to find, "the little wolf". In an argument between Klaus and Elijah, Klause claimed that he had "sampled" what Hayley "had to offer" and called her "exquisite." After Hayley escaped Tyler, she and Elijah accused Klaus of only wanting the child to create hybrids, an accusation which was both false and hurt Klaus deeply. In a moment of anger, he bit Elijah and moments before fleeing, shared a meaningful look with Hayley.

After Hayley returned from the bayou, Klaus demanded that Hayley enter the car so they could go to a new home without Elijah and Rebekah. Hayley willingly entered the car, even though she knew that if she didn't Klaus would force her. Now at the Abattoir, the pair clash over how to deal with the wolves, witches, and vampires, as the werewolves are her people. She was angered when she learned that Klaus ordered an attack on the wolves, and threatened to pay him back for trying to murder the wolves. She also asked Klaus what would happen to her once the baby was born, which surprised him. Hayley told him that she had a little while until she found out and that she will pay him back for what he's done. She added that as long as she's pregnant, he can't do anything about it.

The pair continued to clash over the wolves, particularly the treatment of them, as well as other clashes and arguments. However, they share intense and intimate moments as well, moments where they both seem ready to be partners to raise their daughter, and moments where their guards are down outside of the wars. Eventually, tensions between them became too high, and Hayley moved out to the bayou to be with her newly discovered relatives and werewolf pack. Klaus then spent the weeks that followed trying to convince Hayley to return home and Elijah to help him accomplish this. Hayley is then forced to return to the Abattoir after she is cursed by Monique and had to be cured by Genevieve. In the meantime, Klaus fed her his blood to keep her strengths up. She was almost killed by Mikael who attacked her and her daughter in the astral plane. Luckily, Genevieve was able to save Hayley just in time, which relieved Klaus deeply.

After the witches acquired the moonstones needed to help the wolves no longer need to transform, the next full moon, Klaus was deeply weakened due to his strength being spread out amongst the moonstones. This lead to everyone being vulnerable and Hayley was kidnapped by the witches and dragged to the church. They forced her to give birth and enter labor early. Klaus staggered into the streets to try and save her and heard her scream from the church, and he released an emotional yell in response.

In a flashback, Hayley was writing a letter to her daughter, and Klaus joked about it being to one of her many suiters - Elijah or Jackson. He jokingly mentioned himself surprised as he thought he was out of the running ages ago, and she teased him about his ego. They then share an intimate moment regarding their daughter kicking in the womb. Hayley asked if he wanted to feel it, and he smiled and kneeled in front of her, his hand placed over her stomach. When the baby kicked his face lit up, and they shared a happy expression and bonded.

In the present, Klaus arrived at the church and attempted to fight off the witches but was stopped by their magic. Hayley was on the altar and was forced to give birth in the church. When the baby arrived and was stated to be a girl, the new parents exchanged loving gazes. Hayley asked to hold her daughter, which Genevieve allowed, however, Monique viciously slit Hayley's throat. Klaus screamed in absolute horror and was rendered unconscious by the witches. Later in the evening, a distraught Elijah arrived at the church to find a saddened and crying Klaus on the floor holding Hayley's dead body.

At the cemetery, Hayley arrived and confronted the brothers. Klaus was surprised and relieved when he realized that she was in transition to becoming a hybrid and that their daughter had sired her. Together, they charge toward the witches and attempted to rescue her once and for all. Back at the Abattoir that evening, Hayley held her daughter while Klaus and Elijah talked about the best way to proceed. Hayley tearfully mentioned sending their daughter away in order to protect her, while they cleaned up the mess that they had created in the city. Klaus suggested that they tell the world that she was killed in the war, that way no one would go looking for her. Both parents are heartbroken and share a knowing and heartbroken look with one another.

Quotes
"Have a care, mate. That's no way to treat a lady."

- Klaus before killing a vampire that attacked Hayley

"You show a girl a few mediocre paintings, whine about your childhood, and I swoon and spill all my dirty secrets?"

- Hayley to Klaus

"Your brother is a notorious psycho. Who I slept with. Classic me."

- Hayley to Elijah about Klaus

"I've got you to love, I've got you."

- Klaus after catching Hayley

"Only I can save her, and I need them to fear me in order to do so."

- Klaus about his plans to save Hayley

"I should have been there for you. And for Hope. But I was scared... Of this very moment. This family, hm? We're a curse to each other. And to our home. And I know that she needs me. I see that now. But loving her brings her closer to death. And I want her to live. I want her to grow up. I want her to love. And be as strong and beautiful a woman as her mother. I don't know what to do. And I really wish you were to tell me. Little Wolf."

- Klaus to Hayley's memorial tree

"But despite what you might think, you did love her and not because of some family obsession. Because of her. Because she believed in something better for all of us and because she fought for it when we couldn't."

- Klaus to Elijah about Hayley

"Dear Klaus, you’d have been proud of Hope today. She's back home for summer break. I brought her out to the bayou for the crawfish boil, hoping she'd play with the other crescent kids, but when I turned around, she was gone. I found her inside at Mary's bedside, telling her stories and singing to her. Sometimes I think about all of the unlikely things that led to her existence – you and I, born a thousand years apart, and all of the petty crap that brought us to that one night in Mystic Falls. It's been hard… But the truth is, I watched her curled up next to that dying woman, and I knew I wouldn’t change a thing. In all my life, I've never felt lucky before her. Anyway, we miss you. Hayley."

- Hayley's letter to Klaus

Trivia

 * They met in Mystic Falls in Season 4 of The Vampire Diaries.
 * They named Hope together after Klaus told Hayley about what Elijah said about their child being this family's only Hope. Klaus then gave her the middle name, "Andrea", after Hayley's birth name.
 * Klaus kneeled in front of Lucien to save Hayley, an act that he had never done before and has never done since.
 * He saved her from being taken by the Hollow and from going into the Hollow.
 * Klaus only returned to New Orleans when he learned that Hayley had gone missing.
 * Klaus carved her name into her family's memorial tree in the woods after her death.