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   The Coffin Years by WalkingThePlank

   Fandoms: The Vampire Diaries (TV)  

   • Explicit
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   21 Jun 2026

   Tags

   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Major Character Death
   • Caroline Forbes/Klaus Mikaelson
   • Elena Gilbert/Damon Salvatore
   • Caroline Forbes
   • Bonnie Bennett
   • Damon Salvatore
   • Stefan Salvatore
   • Elena Gilbert
   • Rebekah Mikaelson
   • Elijah Mikaelson
   • Tyler Lockwood
   • Matt Donovan
   • Katherine Pierce
   • Mikael (Vampire Diaries)
   • Alternate Universe - Future
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Time Skips
   • desiccation
   • Immortality
   • Angst
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Bittersweet
   • Jealous Klaus Mikaelson
   • Protective Klaus Mikaelson
   • Intimacy
   • Klaus mikaelson has been waiting

   Summary

   Caroline Forbes wakes up thirty-nine years in the future, desiccated in a coffin for reasons she incorrectly remembers.
   The world has changed. Mystic Falls has adapted.
   Everyone has moved on without her.
   Everyone except Klaus Mikaelson.
   A future-set Klaroline about time, immortality, searching, and waiting.

   - diverges from canon around mid-season 4.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   4,066

   Chapters:

   3/20

   Comments:

   14

   Kudos:

   117

   Bookmarks:

   31

   Hits:

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   Bookmarked by Elle1294

   09 Jan 2026