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Damon Salvatore X Fem!Reader Possible Lorenzo St. John X Fem!Reader

Word Count: 1037

Requested: Anon

Request: Would you write a story about how damon is dating elena but you and danon kiss on a drunken night. you don't want to share him or anything, you tell him he either breaks it off with elena or you're done. He doesn't end up doing it but he gets mad and jealous when he sees you flirting with someone else and when guys hit on you etc. Thank you. Reader is also a Vamp. One shot.

You shouldn’t have let it happen, Damon is supposed to be dating Elena and yet you had both ended up kissing at a party where you were both more than a little bit tipsy. You and Damon had danced around each other for years, with both of you being vampires. It had been a long time and while you wanted to be happy that it was finally happening you pulled away and put some distance between both of you. “Damon.” You warned as he attempted to move closer to you. “What?” He asked playfully. “You have a girlfriend remember, you choose one of us, you don’t get both of us.” You explained. “What, you don’t want one night of fun?” He asked. “No I don’t Damon, so end it with Elena or I’m done with you.” You ordered, seemingly sobering up, instead of continuing the conversation any further you walked into the bathroom for the bedroom that you had noth stumbled into, you locked the door and leant over the sink, you thought about washing your face before thinking better of it, given the makeup on your face. You then walked out of the bathroom back into the main room stopping for a second when you see Damon sitting on the sofa laughing at something that was said with Elena on his lap, you rolled your eyes and turned to the door, if that was his answer you weren’t going to stick around waiting for him.

The next morning you groaned as you woke up in your room “all the consequences and none of the fun.” You mumbled to yourself as you shuffled into your kitchen. “Good morning sunshine, you left early yesterday, you should not look like that.” Enzo teased from his place at your kitchen table. “What are you doing here?” You asked. “I came to check on you, you know after you and Damon disappeared.” He answered. “What did he do?” “He… We…” You gripped the door of the fridge as if everything that happened the night before finally hit you and he chose someone else. “You didn’t have sex did you?” He asked. “What? No. We just kissed.” You answered “but he’s with Elena.” “He’s never cared about that before.” Enzo shrugged as he stood from where he was sitting. “He didn’t care, I did. I told him that he had to choose me or Elena.” You explained. “And he chose Elena.” Enzo sighed as he walked over to you and pulled you into a hug, while you had both been friends for almost as long as you had been friends with Damon, your friendship was different, he treated you like a little sister and often had your back where you needed it. “Well surely we can find you someone else to have a little fun with, he’s really not worth you hiding away for.” “I don’t know.” You muttered. “Fine, you don’t have to find someone else but you can’t hide in here forever.” Enzo wagered and you sighed. “What do you have in mind?” You asked. “Come on, let’s just go out, see where we end up.” Enzo suggested and you thought for a second, in all honesty you had no other plans for the next couple of days past wallow in self pity so instead you nodded. “Fine but let me get ready first.” You answered as you disappeared back into your bedroom.

Your morning started with breakfast, you guys headed out to a cafe where you got something to eat and talked about how you were going to spend your day. “(Y/N) hey, we noticed that we left early last night, Damon said that you weren’t feeling too good, you look like you feel better now.” Elena said as she caught sight of you in the cafe. “Yeah, way better now Enzo has been helping me, he got me something to eat and came to check on me this morning, we’re going to have a quiet day today I think.” You explained, trying your hardest to be normal with her, she wasn’t the reason that you were upset, she didn’t hurt you. “Good, well I’ve got to go but I’ll see you later.” She waved as she met with Caroline outside of the cafe and they both disappeared. “See better even after a few hours, how’s the hangover?” Enzo asked, drawing your attention back to him. “Good.” You answered. “Great, so have you decided what movie you want to go and see?” He asked. “Yeah.” You nodded.

3 hours later, you were coming out of the movie theatre giggling with Enzo, he had his arm over your shoulder, you both walk out just as Elena and Damon were walking in Damon says something to Elena before just walks in and you were continuing forward before he calls out to you “are you just going to ignore me?” “I thought you were pretty clear with your choice yesterday.” You answered. “So we can’t talk anymore?” He asked. “Damon, I need some time, you know for you it might have been some fun for the night but I actually wanted something from you, so no for now we can’t talk.” You answered, feeling Enzo gently squeeze your shoulder in silent reassurance. “You moved on quickly for someone who needs time.” Damon continued to argue and you were going to give him an answer but Enzo didn’t seem to want to let that one slide. “She’s not like you, we’re just out as friends.” Enzo answered. “Is that what it is to you as well?” Damon asked. “It’s whatever she wants it to be, don’t get me wrong if she offered something more to me than friendship, I’d take it in a second but I’m happy with a friendship if that’s all she wants.” Enzo admitted pulling you away. “Come on.” “Enzo, did you mean that?” You asked. “Of course I did but there’s no need to talk about all that now.” Enzo said as you looked at him “after all if I am the one to get you, I want to be your boyfriend, not your rebound.” He winked before opening the car door for you and taking you home.

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Rock Solid

Enzo St. John x Reader

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Written for my personal fic writing challenge for 2024, Sophie's Year of Fic! Featuring a new fic being posted every Friday, all year long :)

Fandom: TVD/TO

Summary: Enzo's SO roped him into joining a Mystic Falls scooby gang game of truth or dare, and the rest of the Mystic Falls group is having trouble believing just how healthy their relationship is.

Word Count: 1,193

Category: Fluff, Humor

A/N: I know not all of the characters mentioned in this were present/on speaking terms at the same time in TVD, but I don't care. We're ignoring the timeline and going for vibes.

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"Okay, truth or dare?"

I could tell Tyler was up to something across the circle of our friends, but I wasn't sure what. I hummed, thinking for a moment before deciding to play it on the safer side. I'd known Tyler for most of our lives, and if he had a grin like that on his face, I didn't want to know what dare idea might be causing it.

"Truth."

Damon booed from across the circle, but Tyler and I ignored him. To my surprise, Tyler's grin actually grew as he asked his question.

"What's the biggest secret you're keeping from Enzo?"

I frowned, but not because I was upset at the question. My boyfriend, Enzo St. John, was sitting next to me, his arm around my shoulders. I'd dragged him to this party with my old Mystic Falls friends, and he'd given me some raised eyebrows and eyerolls at the idea of playing truth or dare. But, for me, he'd been a good sport about it. Because he loved me, and he knew it would make me happy while costing him relatively little. We had each other's backs like that.

Which is why I had absolutely no idea what Tyler was trying to do. Amongst the secrets, lies, and manipulations that had become the norm for my group since vampires got involved, Enzo and I always told each other everything. We didn't keep secrets from each other, unless maybe one of us was planning a surprise party, and frankly, I thought it was the main reason we were in a happy, committed relationship without the drama the rest of our group kept going through.

"Uh..." I said, stalling for time while I racked my mind. It seemed like Tyler was fishing for a specific answer, but I had no idea what it could be. After another few moments of thinking, I shook my head and dropped my gaze back down to meet Tyler's. "Honestly, I can't think of anything. I know that's not really the point of this game, but... I don't have any secrets from Enzo."

Right on cue, our entire friend group groaned and rolled their eyes. Also on cue, Enzo leaned down to kiss my temple with a smile. I turned to smile back at him, leaning closer into him and resting one hand on his thigh.

"Okay, there's no way you guys are actually this perfect," Caroline said, sitting up a little further from her seat beside Tyler. "There has to be some moment or lie or something that you haven't told him. What about that time at the bar...?"

"The one where we saw Kol and Klaus? He knows all about that."

Caroline narrowed her eyes at me.

"He knows all about that?"

"Yeah, Caroline," I replied, leaning forward and raising an eyebrow so she would hopefully get my meaning. "All about it."

My look must've worked, because Caroline promptly went bright red as her mouth dropped open. She glared at me, her voice raising in pitch as she spoke again.

"Are you serious? You told him about that?"

"Yes! Sorry, but... yeah, I did!"

Caroline huffed and flopped back into her seat, and I didn't need to look at my boyfriend to know he was grinning. I'd gone on a weekend trip to New Orleans with Caroline a few months ago, and we'd run into Klaus and Kol at a bar. Kol had spent some time hitting on me, but I'd shut him down, and we eventually ended up spending the night bonding and commisserating over the people we'd come to the bar with, who'd snuck off into the back to make out in a closet or something. I'd told Enzo everything, from the flirting to the shift to friendliness to Caroline ducking out with Klaus.

"Well what about some of the plans we've put together?" Elena chimed in, shifting in her seat next to Damon. "Like some of the things we all came up with before you started dating, when he was still working with the enemy?"

I shook my head. "...No, I told him about all of that after we started dating. And he told me about all of his pre-dating plots, too."

"Well what about-"

"I actually have a confession," Enzo broke in. Everyone stopped dead to look at him, and I turned to face him with a raised eyebrow. He continued, keeping his attention on my friends. "I know the question wasn't directed at me, but-"

"This works too," said Tyler, waving him off with a grin. "Whatta ya got?"

Enzo cleared his throat, then turned to meet my eyes. His expression was serious, and I could tell the rest of the room thought this was going to be a massive bombshell, but I honestly couldn't get myself to buy it. I just waited, letting Enzo build up to whatever it was he wanted to say.

"...I ate the last piece of cake last week."

I gasped, hand to my heart and a scowl instantly on my face. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw all our friends rolling their eyes and groaning, but I ignored them.

"Enzo! How could you?" I delivered the line like he'd just told me he'd slept with my best friend. "This is a betrayal! A stone-cold, unforgivable betrayal!"

"Alright, we get it!" Tyler broke in, giving us the tone equivalent of an eyeroll. I ignored him.

"Unless..." I said. Ezno raised his eyebrow, and I took a deep, dramatic breath. I barely managed to hold back a grin and stay in character. "I have a confession too. I was lying before, there is something I'm keeping from you."

"Boo!" called Caroline, as Damon hurled a pillow at the two of us. I ducked behind Enzo, letting it hit him, and the two of us quickly returned to dramatic form as it bounced off.

"I... told you the coffee I brought you last night was regular, but it was decaf. I know you're a vampire, but holy shit babe, it was two in the morning and you were drinking it for the taste, not to stay awake. You were trying to drink black coffee and go to bed. I couldn't just stand by."

"...I noticed. But it was adorable and thoughtful of you, so I didn't mention it."

I gasped again. "You bastard!"

That was the absolute limit of what Enzo and I could get through without dissolving into a fit of laughter. He moved his arm around my waist and pulled me closer to him, and I laid my head on his chest as I laughed my ass off. Half of our friends were glaring at us while the other half smiled fondly, but Enzo and I couldn't have cared less.

Leave the shitty drama and backstabbing to the rest of the supernatural world. Enzo and I were rock solid, and neither of us was ever going to let anything change that.

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enzo st. john x fem!reader Instagram au

hi anon if you’re seeing this I hope you like it :)

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yourusername mystic falls autumn how I missed you

@gilbertelenaaaa mystic falls missed you too

@yourusrname I didn’t go to war man I was just getting masters

@dam0nsalvat0re oh I heard the rat problem is back

@bonbonniie he literally crossed boxes in calendar each day till ‘y/n gets back’ btw ^^

@yourysrname HAHAHAHAHHA SOFTY ASS

@dam0nsalvat0re @bonbonniee you literally had no business making that public information

@stefaNN18 Welcome back y/n!! We missed you!! 🥰💕

@yourusrname the mom energy your texting style radiates💀

@itsenzo ah heard a lot about you love, welcome home or whatever

@carebear you return my mugs to me or I SWEAR there will be consequences

@yourusrname I’ll see YOU in court

gilberelenaaaa for future reference: don’t ask y/n to watch the stove

@gilberelenaaaa not even for two seconds

@bonbonniie that is some serious witchcraft wow

@yourusrname sorry for trying to be helpful

@1tsenzo nice try! never try again 👍

@yourusrname you literally eat burnt toast for breakfast

@1tsenzo it’s called English brown bread toast

@yourusrname you’re so cheap you’d probably eat anything

@1tsenzo anything…? When you put it like that I can certainly think of a few things I’d be interested in eating

@yourusrname what happened to shame?

@carebear EW HES SO GROSS

@stefaNN18 is everyone alright? xx

@gilberelenaaaa yeah dw we have had a fire extinguisher on stand by

1tsenzo hate this woman’s guts

@yourusrname I call it divine intuition

@1tsenzo we spent half an hour trying to get out of the herd???????? and I have goat piss all over me????????

@yourusrname and? and?

@bonbonniiee CUTIE

@1tsenzo thanks

@yourusrname it was directed to me

@1tsenzo on MY post? Not everything is about you love

@bonbonniie it was directed to her though

@yourusrname HAHAHAHAHHA SEE

@dam0nsalvat0re where are you two???

@1tsenzo idk I was just giving y/l/n a ride

@dam0nsalvat0re why?

@1tsenzo because she asked me to…?

@stefaNN18 since when do YOU do things for other people that aren’t a felony in some way voluntarily???

yourusername Caroline tells you to get the dress? You get the dress.

@bonbonniiee amen

@dam0nsalvat0re even if it’s matching with your grandma

@yourusrname SHUT THE FUCK UP

@dam0nsalvat0re can’t unsee it can you?

@stefaNN18 do not listen to Damon he doesn’t know what he’s talking about polka dots are sooooo back again

@dam0nsalvat0re okay Miranda Priestly

@1tsenzo wow.

@carebear ABSOLUTELY STUNNING

1tsenzo dress like your girlfriend day

@carebear LMAOOOO WHAT

@carebear You?? Don’t?? Have?? A?? Girlfriend??

@1tsenzo yet

@gilbertelanaaaa does he think he’s pulled off dressing like y/n

@yourusrname ????????????????????????

@1tsenzo you’re just jealous I wear polka dot better than you

@gilbertelenaaaa it’s so difficult to tell if he’s flirting with y/n or fighting with her

@1tsenzo a secret third thing

@yourusrname he’s being a bitch

@stefaNN18 delete

@dam0nsalvat0re have you by chance ever heard the term self respect?

@1tsenzo I couldn’t care less mate she is SO lovely I really don’t think much about much

@dam0nsalvat0re can y/n just go out with him at this point I feel nauseous

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If people want I could do more parts of this (I am dying to) let me know if you’d like to be tagged and thanks you for the request!!!!!!!

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Hiiii I hope you don’t mind me requesting again! I love the one you did for me! It made me incredibly happy.

May I request a Lorenzo St. John x female reader? This time I was thinking of a lot of fluff and hurt/comfort? If that’s okay of course. Again, human reader please. This time reader is very stubborn and always acts tough. She dislikes supernaturals a lot. She’s friends with Elena and her group.

One day reader gets kidnapped and threatened by an enemy vampire if the Salvatore’s. The brothers save her, but once she gets home she starts to panic and cry because she’s had enough and doesn’t know if she can take anymore of the supernatural drama. But Enzo stops by her house to ask for a favor and the reader acts like she’s fine but it’s obvious she’s been crying and he tries to comfort her, despite her not liking him much.

Ahhh sorry this is long again! I just have so many ideas….um ignore this if it’s too much. I hope you have a wonderful full day and night!!

Description: The reader is kidnapped by an old enemy of the Salvatores and as tries to pretend that everything is okay but fails at doing so.

Warnings: she/her pronouns, fluff, swearing

*Requests are open, please send through as many requests as you want, check my character list and requesting rules.*

I honestly got so excited when you requested Enzo! Thank you for requesting again and yay! I'm so happy the other one made you happy. I'm glad! I'm honestly not happy about how this one turned out but I hope you still enjoy it regardless.

Key: Y/N = Your Name, L/N = Last name, POV = Point of view

Word Count: 1,358

First Person's POV

Once I turned 18 I promised I would leave Mystic Falls for good. This town is a goddamn beacon for chaos and danger. I wouldn't even be surprised if a hole to the end of the world opened right in the centre of town. One thing I hated more than maths was the supernatural beings that thought the world revolved around them. Of course, I loved Caroline, Bonnie and Elena. I tolerated Stefan and Damon but the others... the others it depended on who they were and what they've done. I tried my best to stay away from the chaos that the group got themselves into, sometimes it was relatively easy and other times it was damn hard. 

Every day I make a bet with myself about if it's gonna be an easy day or a damn hard day. I made a bet that it'll be a damn hard day. I don't know what gave me that feeling, it was just that uneasy feeling when I woke up this morning and considering that the Salvatores had been kidnapped and beaten the last few days, I just assumed that the streak of unpleasantness would continue. 

Heading towards the town square, I stood, waiting for the girls to show up, putting myself on edge due to the sudden paranoia that someone would be out to get me. 

I don't know how it happened, or when it happened but I woke up, tied up and sitting on a mattress laid across the ground. I refused to cry, I would not let myself be seen as weak and give whatever asshole decided to use me as fish bait. 

"Y/n... Y/n... Y/n..." I stared angrily at the figure, recognising the person as a Traveller, I rolled my eyes and stared at the figure flabbergasted as he slapped me. 

"I need the Salvatores to come here, I see them with you, so here we are," I grunted through the rag, groaning as he pulled it from my mouth and went to speak but was literally hushed by the twit. He put his damn finger on my lips with a tut to silence me. 

"Listen here... I don't care about how you want to run your damn mouth, I don't have the time, all I care about is bringing the Salvatores here and following the plan." 

"And that would be?" 

"Noneya." 

"Oh, how mature," I muttered, hissing in pain as his fist collided with my face, I took another breath and smiled at the man showing that I didn't care and that it didn't faze me at all. I grunted as he shoved the rag back in and proceeded to pace the room. I couldn't help but flinch as the door slammed open and within the blink of an eye the Salvatores easily dealt with the guy and the adrenaline seemed to take away my thought processing and I ended up back home without really realising it. 

I took a shower, got into my pyjamas, plopped down on the couch and that's when it all came out. I could feel my hands begin to shake, a tightness in my chest formed that made it hard to breathe. The tears came cascading down, the whole room seemed to spin and I couldn't stop my sobs from escaping. I do not want to go through that again, I do not want to be kidnapped and hurt. I can't go through that, this is all too much, maybe I should just move away? Get away from the town of death and suffering. 

I couldn't tell you how long I had been crying for, I couldn't even tell you how the panic attack stopped or if it even stopped. I was sitting in a pool of tissues, I had already nearly gone through an entire box, I don't think I've cried this much before, I can't think of a time when the pain has been this bad. 

I jumped hearing a knock on my door, I quickly and roughly rubbed my eyes doing my best to make the tears go away and hope that whoever it was wouldn't need anything from me. I forced a smile to my lips as I opened the door, surprised to see the lovely Enzo there, he was a vampire I liked and I will admit there are times when I prefer him over the Salvatores but also just like most of the supernatural my tolerance normally ran low. 

"Enzo- hi."

"Hello, gorgeous... listen I need a favour-" The vampire cut himself off, he glanced around to the living area and then back at me. I did my best to keep smiling, not wanting to let my guard down. 

"Gorgeous, what's going on?" 

"I'm fine Enzo, listen I've got a busy day tomorrow and as much as I'm sure the favour cannot wait I cannot help you today." I tried closing the door on him, groaning as he easily stopped it and slipped into my home. I bit the inside of my cheek, finding it harder and harder to continue pretending that I was okay. 

"You've been crying..." 

"N-no I haven't. I said I am fine." I tried to make my words more pointed, hoping he'll truly believe that I was 'fine' but Enzo is smart and it was clear that my bullshit lies weren't enough to convince him. 

"Talk to me, please." I wrapped my arms around myself, shaking my head, the tears inevitably coming, I could feel my lips quivering and my body shake as the sobs escaped my lips. I could feel Enzo leading me to the couch, he brushed away the tissues and sat beside me. 

"Y/n... what's going on? What happened." 

"I- one of the travellers took me and used me as bait to draw in the Salvatores... I can't deal with the supernatural any longer... I don't want to go through that again. This- this anxiety, I can't... I won't go through that again. I'm so scared Enzo, I can't keep pretending that I'm fine because everyone looks to me because they think I'm tough but the truth is-" I let out a sob that would prevent me from going on any further without struggling to voice my concerns. I shook my head, angry with myself for blubbering in front of Enzo. 

I felt him wrap an arm around me, he lightly rubbed my shoulder, against all my wishes, I let myself curl against him. At that moment I didn't care about who was comforting me, all I cared about was seeking someone who would offer me the comfort I clearly needed. 

"I can make it easier for you- I can... if you're comfortable, I can compel you... I can make it go away." I considered, that maybe it would make it easier to just disappear... make it easier to get away from all of this. I was about to allow him to do that but then I thought of Bonnie and Caroline and Elena... I couldn't do that to them. 

"N-no, no. Thank you." 

"If you ever change your mind... I know we aren't close, I think you don't like me at all but I'll make it go away. If you ever want." I took a few deep breaths, nodding and appreciating that Enzo would do this for me even after knowing that I wasn't his biggest fan. 

"I don't not not like you but- it's not important right now." 

"You know, you know gorgeous... I still think you are pretty tough, you know it's okay to cry and it's okay be worired." It felt reassuring to know that, I never wanted to let anyone down and I wanted them to know that I am strong and I am tough. That these things won't bother me or effect me.

"Means a lot to me."

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The Cost of a Prank

Plan F: Fabulous or Failure?

A Dangerous Game – 🔥 Smut

Kai Parker

Shadows of Destiny – PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3

Shattered Reflections

Pretty Little Monster

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Veil of Deception

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Prison World IKEA: Assembling Chaos – (Damon, Bonnie, Kai, Reader)

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Cooking Disaster at the Boarding House – (Reader, Stefan, Damon, Enzo)

Road Trip from Hell – (Reader, Damon, Caroline, Klaus)

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Chapter 6: "12144"

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Rosalie stumbled into the boarding house giggling girlishly. She had an oversized jacket on and was holding a bright pink smoothie in her hand. Her giggle was cut short when she bumped into Katherine who was on her way out. Katherine didn't think twice and shoved the girl to the side and went on her way without so much of a word.

"Good morning to you too!" Rosalie called after her, hiccuping and turning around. "Oh!" She was alarmed with the sight of a bloodied and disheveled Damon across her. "What the hell happened to you?"

Damon looked like he was shuddering and truthfully like he had been in the pits of hell. "Where the hell are you coming from?" He grunted at her.

"Hm? Oh! Caroline, Bonnie and I had an impromptu sleepover at Caroline's house! Her mom, by the way, is the sweetest!" Rosalie chuckled and sipped her smoothie. "She's a cop! The sheriff! I love that women today get to hold jobs like that! A sheriff!" She laughed all over again.

Damon's nose crinkled. "You're not drunk—"

Rosalie agreed with him and raised her smoothie to make the point. "Totally not!"

"—which means you're just naturally like this…" Damon thought it might actually be worse than having her be drunk.

Rosalie deadpanned him for his words. "Anyways, I stayed at Caroline's and I didn't have any clothes because I still need to shop so she let me borrow some of hers and while the dress is fine, I don't think this jacket was hers because it looks way too big for her!"

"Yeah, okay, cool it now," Damon raised a hand to stop her before she talked his ears off. "We need to switch gears. How are you at locator spells?" He turned to head up the stairs.

"Locator spells?" Rosalie repeated, her excitement slowly waning. "Why…why would you need that from me?" She hurried to catch up with him upstairs.

"Trouble!" was all Damon said until he strode into Stefan's room. The latter was in the middle of putting some clothes away.

"Where the hell have you been?" Stefan said the moment he felt Damon's presence.

"Yeah, and why are you all bloody?" Rosalie said with a crinkled nose.

"Aw, you know, being held against my will, shot in the head, now I can't find Elena," said Damon dismissively, "How was your evening? Anything out of the ordinary happen?"

"Wait a minute, what do you mean you can't find Elena?" Stefan said, tossing a jacket on his bed. Behind Damon, Rosalie was questioning the same thing.

"I mean, she's not picking up her phone, she's not in her dorm, she's nowhere in this house, which leads me to believe that Dr. Creepy Ken-doll has her somewhere," Damon said, once again leaving his audience very confused.

"What's a Ken-doll?" Rosalie tilted her head.

"Are you talking about the Whitmore bio teacher?" asked Stefan.

"Yeah, the one that operated on vampires during business hours, yeah, that one. Put your hero hair on, Stefan. Let's go get Elena!" Damon rounded on Rosalie abruptly and once again asked for the locator spell.

"I-I don't…I can't do one, Damon," she said just as he had started towards the door for one of Elena's things.

"Excuse me?" He looked back at her in disbelief.

Say something quick before he snaps your head off! Rosalie gulped. "I'm…I'm rusty at that stuff…"

"Rusty?" Damon said incredulously and exchanged glances with his brother. Even Stefan found the excuse rather strange. "Hear that Stefan, we got stuck with the rusty witch. I'm sorry, weren't you the creator of the Other Side? This should be easy-peasy for you."

"I'm, uh, having some trouble alright?" Rosalie pursed her lips nervously.

Unlike Damon who immediately scoffed, Stefan walked over to the witch in concern. "Rose, is everything okay?"

Rosalie felt awful for lying, especially to Stefan who'd been the kindest to her out of everyone in the group. She just wasn't ready to tell them the little peculiar flaw with her magic. "I am," she promised, "it's just after Qetsiyah's death, I'm having a hard time, uh, using my magic. Rusty, you know?"

"Well, Rosie-kins, you better un-rustify yourself and figure it out because if my idea goes south, you will be performing a locator spell one way or another," Damon warned the witch and continued his way out of the room.

"Don't worry," Stefan told her as they went to follow Damon.

"I'll be more worried if we can't find Elena," she said. "Damon, any chance I could be caught up on this matter before you drag me into it? I don't mean to be a downer but I would like to remind you that I just came back to life."

"Sure," Damon flashed her a grin from downstairs, "on the ride there. Let's go!"

"Damon, you just said you don't know where Elena is," said Stefan, "Where are we going?"

"I don't know where Elena is, which means we're gonna have to find us some leverage since the only witch with magic we know of" — Damon shot Rosalie an accusing glance — "is apparently unavailable. We'll be doing this the old fashion way so come on!"

~ 0 ~

Rosalie had not been to Whitmore College except for the evening of the costume party and even that had been a one-building kind of visit…and in the dark. Now here she was in broad daylight in the middle of a large campus filled with students. Everything seemed so much bigger!

Students were walking past them from both ends. There were others studying or relaxing on the lawn and at tables. Her favorite thing were the different clubs that day — sororities, sports, community helpers!

"Could you please not walk like a damn deer with those bigass eyes of yours?" Damon called from up ahead. Rosalie was walking a significant distance behind them, her dark eyes wide as her head flipped in every direction taking in the sights. "We're trying to be subtle here!"

Rosalie scoffed at him and picked up her pace. "You being subtle is something I would pay to see! It's just all new to me! Everything is brand new to me!"

"Yeah, we get it," Damon said and continued leading the way.

"I've never been to school—"

"We get it," Damon insisted.

Rosalie rolled her eyes and finally caught up to him and Stefan. "So you want to tell me why this great big school is filled with evil professors? Don't recall that being the norm…"

"Just the way the world works," Stefan said with a nonchalant shrug. "Or, I guess, how our world works. So stay close, please."

"I'm not a vampire," Rosalie reminded him.

"Exactly, so you're more expendable than we are," Damon smirked at her and picked up his pace.

Rosalie glared after him. "You know, Stefan, everyday I like your brother less and less."

Stefan nodded. "I know what you mean."

Damon led them into one of the dorm buildings and pointed out their target: a young man by the name of Aaron sitting on a couch with headphones on. He was so focused writing in his notebook that he never noticed Damon plopping down next to him until Damon ripped one of his earphones out.

"Pop quiz," Damon started ever so casually, "so your girlfriend's taken by a mad scientist. Now, do you: A, get a new girlfriend; B, call the police; or C, kill someone close to the mad scientist?"

Aaron was more than frightened and quickly got up to run, only as soon as he made the turn he crashed into Stefan.

"Sit," Stefan ordered him and Damon patted the empty spot on the couch for him to return.

"Wow, talk about a warm greeting," Rosalie mumbled as she came to sit on the couch chair. She sized up Aaron and wondered how the hell this guy could have possibly done to warrant such a hostile interaction.

"Zip it newbie," Damom said while death glaring at Aaron. "Where's Elena?"

"I-I have no idea where Wes took her," Aaron swore, still very much frightened.

"Well, they're not at his lab, so where else could he hide a vampire?" asked Stefan.

Aaron was frantic as he kept looking between the brothers then Rosalie. "I'm sorry. Am I supposed to know who you two are?"

"That's my brother Stefan," Damon was happy to introduce, "but I'd watch your tone with him because he's kind of in the midst of a psychotic break."

Rosalie snorted. "Seriously?"

"And that's Rosalie, we don't really know if we like her yet."

Once again, Rosalie deadpanned Damon.

"Alright, alright, enough with the jokes," Stefan reprimanded Damom but the latter scoffed.

"Oh, I was being dead serious, little brother. You don't think I know about you and Katherine?"

Rosalie's eyes widened. "Wait, what?"

Stefan barely contained his snap. "Oh, I see. You're jealous."

"More like disturbed," Damon corrected. "See?" He side-glanced Aaron. "He's off his rocker, he's losing his mind, teetering on the brink of insanity."

Aaron's mind was spinning with so much information but he settled on the one thing that was the most shocking to him at the moment. "How are you not dead? I shot you."

Damon grinned as he looked around before answering him. "Well, because you went for the head. You got to go for the heart." He smacked the back of Aaron's head. "Go for the heart next time. Now, where's Elena?"

"I have no idea! All that Wes told me was to go about my life as usual."

"And that didn't spark any kind of suspicion for you?" Rosalie raised an eyebrow. "You gave up your friend…willingly…and you never thought to ask where exactly you were sending her to? Yeah, you're not sounding very smart right now…"

"The first thing you say that I can agree with, Rosie!" Damon pointed back at her then set his sights on Aaron again. "We're gonna call Wes, and you're gonna tell him that if he doesn't give us Elena the next experiment that he conducts it's gonna be sewing your arms back on," he lightly whacked Aaron's arm. "Get calling."

Aaron didn't have much of a choice but to comply. He took his cell phone out and dialed Wes, getting straight to the point as soon as the call was picked up. "Do you have Elena?"

Although he didn't put the call on speakerphone, Stefan and Damon heard perfectly. Rosalie, however, was left at a disadvantage trying to piece in the conversation.

"Uh, Stefan and Damon Salvatore are gonna kill me unless you give them Elena…" Aaron's gaze was glued on the seemingly calm Damon who was just waiting to fulfill his threat. "...or he's in front of me imagining what my kidney would taste like."

Rosalie grimaced.

Aaron ended the call a moment later. "He says to—"

"We heard," Damon stood up from the couch.

"Uh, hello, I didn't?" Rosalie said, following in suit. "Where are we going now?"

"To your first college class," Damon grinned dramatically, "Fair warning, you get docked points for being late so let's go. Oh, and only losers sit in the front row."

"What?" Rosalie turned to Stefan for help. She felt much more clueless than usual and she knew that Damon was getting a kick out of it.

"C'mon," Stefan motioned her to walk with him. "Ignore him."

"Trust me, I'm trying here!" Rosalie muttered. They headed back outside with Aaron leading the way to Wes' classroom.

"You want to give us a little backstory as to how you know one another?" Stefan asked his brother. The hostility between Damon and Aaron was just too much.

"Aaron is Aaron Whitmore, and he comes from a very long line of vampire-probing, blood-testing, organ-removing freaks called Augustine," Damon was happy to explain, throwing glares at Aaron as he spoke.

"And why do you know this?" Steve asked, finding it odd as it didn't sound like something Damon would ever be interested in. However, the answer he received shocked him even more.

"Because I was their test subject in the '50s."

"What do you mean test subject?"

"Meaning I donated my body to science except I was alive and it was against my will."

"Oh my god, you were experimented on?" Rosalie was horrified and for a second she almost forgave Damon for being such an ass. Almost. "Is that why you're such a jerk because they messed up your brain beyond belief?"

Damon rolled his eyes at her. "Funny. I might give you a point for that one."

"Hold on a minute," Stefan came to a slow stop in the middle of the sidewalk, "How do I not know about this?"

'Don't get all guilt-ridden, Stefan, on me. We were on the outs back then, and by the time it was over, you know, it was over…" Damon started to walk away, until Aaron called out to him.

"Why don't you finish the rest of the story, Damon?"

"I don't recall saying that you could talk," Stefan gave Aaron a sharp look, "Did I say that he could talk?"

Damon played along and shrugged. "I don't remember anything."

"I didn't think so."

Rosalie looked between the brothers and shook her head. "Now I can see how you two are related. And on some level, I'm relieved because I was beginning to wonder if one of you was actually adopted. Can we please just go to class now?"

"Okay, you know you're not actually going to a college class right?" Damon raised an eyebrow at her.

"I can pretend," Rosalie retorted. "And let's be honest, between you two's brooding and evil faces," she gestured between the brothers, "I'm probably the only one that can actually slip in undetected."

"With what magic?" sneered Damon who took off right after.

"Whatever it is, it's definitely more magic than you have, Damon!"

Stefan sighed wearily and grabbed Aaron's arm to follow after the two. Rosalie and Damon spent the whole walk to the classroom bickering.

"I'm starting to see why Caroline doesn't fully approve of you," Rosalie spat on their way in the hallway. "Because, oh yeah, she talked about you a lot last night!"

Instead of being offended like Rosalie had intended, Damon snorted. "So you spent your entire evening talking about me? I'm honored."

"Would you two just knock it off already?" Stefan reprimanded them from behind. "Which classroom is it already?" He asked from Aaron. The latter was walking right in front of them searching for the classroom number.

"This one," he stopped and pointed to a door ahead of them.

Rosalie was the closest and therefore reached it first.

"Ah!" Damon smacked her hand off the door handle. "What if it's a trap, dummy?"

Rosalie scoffed and made a gesture to the empty hallway. "I don't suppose there's another evil professor in there waiting for us?"

"It could be a trap," Damon reiterated, although Rosalie suspected it was only to go against her.

"Fine," she whacked his hand away and grabbed the door handle, "then I'll make sure to point out who the vampire in this group is. As far as anyone knows, Stefan here is human."

Damon did not care for her long smile and fought the urge to shove her when they walked into the classroom.

"Oh, evil professor, where are youu?" Rosalie sing-sung, and no longer could Damon control himself. He gave her a hard push to the side.

21051!" Someone called and made the group realize there was a man sitting in the back of the classroom.

"Holy crap, I didn't think that would work…" Rosalie whispered to Stefan behind her.

Damon was frozen in his spot when the man started coming down the steps towards them. "Enzo?"

Stefan noticed the odd way in which his brother had quieted down and lost his grip.

'Enzo' stopped in front of them, more precisely in front of Damon. "It's been a while, mate."

"And who the hell are you?" Stefan cut in since it didn't seem like Damon was going to talk anytime soon.

"Lorenzo, but my friends call me Enzo. Ah. Kidding…" Enzo's sights seemed stuck on Damon for the moment. "I don't have any friends." He offered his hand to Stefan to shake but the latter eyed him up and down, unimpressed.

Rosalie looked at all of them and wished she had stayed longer at the sleepover with Caroline and Bonnie. Anything had to be better than this. "Alright, at the risk of getting myself some fangs — like poor Aaron over there — how about we just play nice…?" She extended her hand towards Enzo and introduced herself. "Rosalie."

Enzo grinned and took her hand but instead of just shaking it, he brought her hand up to his lips and kissed it. "Pleasure to meet you."

Rosalie flushed and before she could say anything, Damon leaned over and yanked her hand down. "We don't talk to strangers, Rosie."

Rosalie forgot all about her flush and glared at him. "I talk to you, don't I?"

"Oh, we're strangers now?" Enzo scoffed and nearly laughed in Damon's face.

"Fine," Damon said with a dramatic long sigh, "Enzo's another Augustine vampire. Our cells were next to each other. So, we're here to meet somebody — Wes Maxfield. You know him?"

Enzo seemed even more incredulous than before. "That's your first question for me? Not 'How are you? How'd you survive in that fire I left you to die in?'"

"Uh, does somebody want to tell me what the hell is going on here?" Aaron said, swallowing hard with fear.

"I second that," Rosalie raised her finger.

"I'd love to," Enzo said, stepping back and gesturing towards the seats behind them, "Have a seat. Been waiting seventy years to tell my story."

"Yeah, you know what, we don't really have time for a story…" Damon trailed off as Enzo let out a short laugh.

"Yeah, I don't think he was asking…" Rosalie drew in a breath, "Well, this might be the closest I'll get to a real college class, so…" She was the first one to start towards the seats.

"Ah, really Rosie? You pick now to be obedient?" Damon went right behind her, especially when Stefan threw him a warning look; he recognized the look as a 'you better watch her'. "Where was this when I told you a dozen times to shut up on the drive here?"

"Must have ignored you, which I'm beginning to feel like I'll have to do many times in the future…" Rosalie plopped down on an empty chair in the front row. She noticed Stefan quietly slipping out of the room with Aaron's phone. Aaron was none the wiser.

Enzo hopped onto the professor's desk and cleaned his throat to signal that it was his turn now. "Damon was right. We were cell mates in 1953. We'd been locked in those cells for years, tortured, beaten, humiliated, but we weren't gonna let them break us, no. We decided if we were going to escape, we needed to work together." He paused for a moment just to truly glare at Damon. "We needed each other."

The classroom door opened again and Stefan came in. "Wes isn't sending her," he told the others.

"Tragic," said Enzo dismissively, "Can I continue my story now, please?"

"Doesn't he know we have Aaron?" Damon said, confused. Even Aaron beside him was a little confused given that his life was on the line.

"He doesn't care. He's willing to risk it."

"What?" Aaron rose from his chair, incredulous. "Let me talk to him! He'll listen to me."

"Uuh, guys…" Rosalie's quiet call when unnoticed. She could tell Enzo was getting irritated with them. He hopped off the desk and went straight to the chairs.

"What part of "he doesn't care" are you not registering?" Damon was arguing with Aaron when Enzo ripped off one of the classroom chairs from the floor and threw it out the window.

A heavy silence followed after that as everyone stared at Enzo who was now pleased with their focus. "Where were we? Uh, ah, right. I was telling my story, and you were all politely listening. Huh?" He started heading back to the front of the classroom. "So we came up with a plan to finally escape. I gave Damon my blood ration for a whole year, leaving myself a tiny bit just so that I wouldn't dessicate, so he'd have the strength to escape and save me in the process."

"A whole year of that?" Rosalie cut in, glancing at Damon behind her chair. "I'm surprised you were that patient. There was nothing else you could do to escape that hellhole?"

"Everything was made to keep vampires in," he responded, "Nothing got out."

"So how did you get out?"

"I can answer that," Enzo said, drawing their attention again, "Our plan began perfectly, didn't it?" He sent a sour smile in Damon's direction: the latter remained silent. "Every year, Augustine held a little get together with other Augustine friends and Dr. Whitmore got to show what he'd found in his research."

"That would be you guys?" Rosalie looked between the two in question. "Like a circus show?"

"Pretty much," nodded Enzo. "We were put into cages like animals, weakened from vervain injections, starved. The day of the party, everything went according to plan. Damon got out, fed more and gained the strength he needed to then help me. And there I was waiting in the cage for him to release me, waiting for my friend, my cellmate, the only soul with whom I'd connected with in all those years of captivity…" Any trace of a smile vanished in the next moment as he told what actually ended up happening. "Then a fire starts, burns out of control, but Damon just can't get the damn cage open."

Damon could feel his brother's gaze on him the more Enzo went on.

"…he looks me in the eye as if he doesn't even recognize me, turns around, saves himself, leaving me to die."

"Wow, that is horrible," Rosalie blurted and looked at Damon, "You are horrible."

Damon did his best not to let the shame become too evident on his face. "This coming from the woman who practically dessicated a human for 2000 years!"

"Ah! That's — it wasn't — " Rosalie splattered, flushing. "Amara had it coming for lying to everyone and it wasn't just her, okay. We got her and Silas! Neither one was very innocent."

"Cut it out you two," Stefan interrupted them, even more annoyed with Enzo as the latter seemed to take amusement in what he caused. "Clearly you didn't die," he told Enzo, implying it was high time to get over it.

Enzo smiled wryly in his direction. "No. Unfortunately I lived. I was spared by one of the scientists so I could spend another fifty years on a table being opened and closed. Happy ending, right?" He slid off the desk now that he was done with his story. "Now that we've all been acquainted, I'm gonna find something to wet my whistle."

"What's—?" Rosalie barely started to ask when Damon politely told her to shut up.

"You didn't tell us about him," Stefan remarked, drawing Damon's annoyance.

"It was the 1950s. I'm supposed to remember every moment of my life? Do you want to kill Aaron, or should I?"

"Woah! We are not going to kill him!" Rosalie exclaimed, getting up from her seat. Aaron jumped from his and backtracked from the group. "Damon, I really think you should deal with that guy instead," she pointed behind her where Enzo had left. "Because if you really shared the cell with him for 5 years, I know damn well you have to be fazed at least a little bit."

Damon ignored them both and turned to Aaron. "All good then, I will do it!"

Aaron backtracked even faster from them. "Whoa, whoa, whoa. Hold on, hold on, hold on!" He nearly tripped in the aisle of chairs and held onto the back of another chair. "Wes gave me a bunch of files on my family history. They're in my dorm, okay? Maybe there's something in there you need, a name, I mean, another lab."

"Hm, that's a timely revelation," Damon remarked and this time both Rosalie and Stefan agreed with him.

"Yeah. Well, you know, he's not gonna help me, why should I help him?" Aaron retorted and straightened himself up but the moment he did, Damon was on him.

"I don't like you, I don't like your family, I don't like you messing up my relationship!" Damon backtracked him down the row of chairs. "If you're lying, I'm gonna take my thumbs, and I'm gonna gouge out your sad little eyes out of your sad little head!"

"Ah. It's frightening what you can find on campus these days…" Enzo said as he walked back into the classroom holding a bottle of alcohol.

"Ooh, you meant to get a drink…" Rosalie nodded to herself and made a mental note of the new saying. She was terribly behind on the slang. "Sorry, I just recently came back to life 4 months ago and I'm trying to learn as many metaphors as I can. It's not easy." Enzo gave her a strange, yet bemused glance.

"Okay, well we're gonna go with plan B," Stefan announced, "Let's go." He pointed Aaron to lead the way, under threat of course.

"Damon's not," called Enzo. He was pouring himself a drink at the desk. "Damon's staying right here. He knows all my secrets, so he knows how ornery I can get when I don't get my way."

Damon pressed his lips together and decided it was for the best if he humored his old pal. "Call me if you find anything, kill him if you don't."

"Well if you kill him, then we're really not gonna get anywhere," Rosalie said, letting out a tired sigh. Aaron seemed just as lost as they were, maybe even more. "Wouldn't happen to know where we could find Elena Gilbert could you? Kind of tall, brunette, really nice eyes?" She had her best kind smile plastered on her face when Enzo looked her way.

"Nice try," he pointed at her with his drink, "But 1) I don't care about Elena Gilbert, 2) I don't even know where she is anymore — or do I? — and 3) I don't care." He saluted everyone with his glass and drank again.

"Rosalie, let's just go," Stefan said, eyes glued on Aaron as the human scurried around Damon to get out.

"Actually, I think I'll stay," Rosalie announced, crossing her arms and glancing back at Damon.

"Talk about horrible ideas," he said with a frown. "Do you want to be sent back to the Other Side already? I'm sure Silas would love to give you a welcome back."

Rosalie deadpanned him for a moment before speaking to Stefan again. "I may not be at my best with my magic but I think Damon's gonna need the assistance if his friend over there—"

"That's a very loose label, love," Enzo made sure to call out before taking a drink from his glass.

"—decides to kick his ass for leaving him behind." Rosalie waited for about half a minute before looking over at Damon again. "Which, let's be honest, you would totally deserve."

"Who's side are you on!?" Damon groaned.

"His!" Rosalie pointed a thumb at Enzo. "You were a horrible cellmate! At least when Qetsiyah stabbed me, she still helped me in the end."

"Oh, wow, the standards are really high there, Rose," Damon said sarcastically, "You want to help? Get the damn locator spell going already!"

"I guarantee you that no spell is going to let you find Elena before Wes really gets into her," Enzo said, flashing Damon a smirk.

"Go, Stefan!" Rosalie ushered him towards the door. "I'll be fine!"

For fear of what Enzo said, Stefan decided to grab Aaron and leave. He did, however, give Damon another 'watch her' kind of look before making it out.

Rosalie heard the door close behind them and then looked between the two vampires left in the room. The awkwardness and tension was off the roof. "So…exactly what kind of classroom is this anyways?"

Damon couldn't take it and walked away from her. "Oh, just get out already!"

Rosalie rolled her eyes so hard it almost hurt her.

"Now then, Damon, don't be so rude," Enzo set his glass down on the desk. "Did your years of freedom really not teach you how to readjust into the world? I wouldn't know, right…"

"He's just pissed because everything that could go wrong today is," Rosalie said, leaning back on the desk of a chair. "Elena's gone, his girlfriend—"

"Oh, he knows, Rosalie!" exclaimed Damon. "Because I'm sure he's already met her!"

"I have," Enzo was happy to confirm. He poured more alcohol into the glass then held it out specifically to Rosalie. "I won't bite."

"You promise?" Rosalie smiled dryly at his joke. "I don't drink, actually, I much prefer those iced coffees they sell now. They're delicious! Back in my time, coffee didn't even exist."

"Really?" Enzo mused over her words. "Where exactly are you from again?" He saw Damon pulling a leg over the chair that would lead to the front row Rosalie was standing by. "C'mon mate, just making some chit chat here, no need to get nervous."

"Yeah, well, for some reason my brother likes her so…you know…gotta make sure you don't eat her." Damon was now standing beside Rosalie, ignoring the woman's flat look on him.

"Oh, I have my plans set for someone else," Enzo said, looking directly at Damon and took a big swig of his glass.

"Would it really kill you to just apologize?" Rosalie whispered-hissed to Damon. She was beginning to think this was all just a long distraction until Enzo got the jump on them.

"Stay out of it, Rosie," Damon said then spoke to Enzo, "What do you want, huh? You want me to feel guilty? I couldn't save you. Now, where's Elena?"

Enzo seemed like he had something to say but instead he began to grunt in pain. Even the drink he had taken was stuck in his throat as he coughed and leaned on the table for support.

"Wasn't me!" Rosalie raised her hands in front of her, alarmed.

"What's wrong with you?" Damon asked him, confused.

"Wes injected me with poison that will stop my heart," Enzo managed to explain. He was trying to push through the pain in his chest. "I'll desiccate if I don't return for the antidote."

"All the more reason to tell me where he is!" Damon exclaimed. "Look. You get the antidote, I'll save my girlfriend, we'll kill Wes together!" But Enzo basically ignored the proposition.

"Did you even think about it after you left, the experiments, the cell, or did you just go out and live your merry life to its fullest?" Once he was strong enough again, he walked towards Damon.

Damon, in turn, subtly pushed Rosalie to the side just as Enzo came to face him. "Look at me. If you go back, we go back together. We finish this for good. Come on." He offered his hand to Enzo to seal the deal.

Enzo took it but instead of shaking on it, he used his grip to pull Damon closer to him. "You're not gonna see your girl again, Damon" — Rosalie winced as she heard Damon's bones crack — "because I want the antidote, and Wes told me not to come back until you were dead." Enzo then grabbed Damon's neck with his other hand and threw him out the window.

Rosalie's eyes widened, her hands clapping to her mouth.

"I would stay right where you are, sweetheart," Enzo warned her before jumping out the window himself.

"…like hell…" Rosalie mumbled and dashed out of the classroom. If Enzo really did plan on killing Damon, she would have to suck it up and use her magic to help.

The only problem was making her way out of the building. If she hadn't been arguing with Damon so much, maybe she would've remembered what hallways they used to get back downstairs. She finally ran out the entrance doors and looked for the two vampires. How nobody noticed such a crash — Damon had landed on a car and totaled it — was beyond her. The new world was just so clueless.

She found Damon and Enzo not too far from the entrance fighting with each other. Of course when she grew closer, she saw it was really more of a one-sided fight as Enzo kept punching Damon across the face and the latter was just letting it happen.

He does feel guilty, Rosalie concluded. Well, it meant that somewhere in there, Damon did have a heart.

"Enzo, look at me!" she heard Damon yell and realized Enzo had stopped fighting. Gray veins were running up his arms.

"Bloody poison!" Enzo grunted as he fell to his knees, Damon still holding him.

"Where is he? Where's Elena? Tell me where she is!" Damon said desperately as the veins crept up Enzo's face.

"Or what?! You never see her again? It might be good for you to know what it's like to miss someone for the next sixty years!"

"Enzo, look at me. Hey! Enzo! Where is she? Where is she!?"

But Enzo desiccated completely before he said another word.

Damon groaned, frustrated, and looked over at Rosalie running up to them. "Fix him!" he ordered her.

"But I—"

"Rosalie, fucking fix him!"

"I can't!" Rosalie exclaimed.

"WHY NOT!?"

"Because he's not poisoned with magic!" Rosalie argued. "This is science and I don't know a thing about that! He needs the antidote that Wes guy has!"

"The lab…" Damon said suddenly.

"What?"

"Wes had another lab here!"

"What, on campus?"

"No, at Disneyland — yes here!"

"What's Disneyland?"

Damon couldn't possibly glare harder at Rosalie. His eye nearly twitched. Stefan owed him big time for leaving her with him.

~ 0 ~

Rosalie was sentenced to wait outside the lab for her safety and for Damon's sanity. Even if he didn't believe her, she was sorry for being so clueless…and useless.

She sat at the bottom of the staircase talking to Caroline and Bonnie through the three-way that Caroline showed her last night. "Maybe I'm just more of a load than I thought. And a useless load at that," Rosalie said after recounting the day to the girls.

"Nu-uh!" snapped Caroline. "You are forbidden to feel like that, especially because of Damon Salvatore of all people. Now that guy seriously has no business saying anything!"

"Caroline, calm down," Bonnie said, "It's not actually about Damon, if you haven't noticed. Rosalie's just feeling the pressure of adjusting to the new world. But Rose, it's literally only day two. You have to take it slowly."

Rosalie sighed. "That's easier said than done. On the Other Side, all I did was just watch. I watched the world go by but never learned how to go along with it. Now I'm actually in this world and I have no idea what to do."

"It's fine. Stefan found Elena and she's safe," reminded Bonnie. "Now you have to go home and rest too."

"Hm, you know, after being dead for 2000 years, I'm not all that sleepy. Besides, Katherine is staying over and she sort of doesn't like me…"

Both Caroline and Bonnie scoffed at that.

"She's lucky she got to stay there," Caroline huffed. "But don't worry, none of us like her either. See? You're fitting in perfectly already."

"Yeah, I think that's probably about the only thing Damon and I can agree on…"

"Rosalie, you can come stay with us in our dorm if you want," Bonnie offered. "We only have 3 beds but we can work something out!"

Rosalie thanked them for the offer but she felt like she shouldn't ruin their sleep just because of her existential crisis. "It's fine. I'll be fine. I'm not going to let 2000 years get me down, you know? I have to figure this world out on my own."

"Yeah, but you're definitely not alone," Caroline said.

"I know, and I thank you guys for it. I just meant that I have to learn about the world. I'm not dead anymore, Qetsiyah isn't here anymore, so…I have to figure it out." A noise upstairs startled her and her first instinct was to hang up and rush up the stairs. She was only halfway up when Enzo was coming down, but she still froze nervously.

"No need to worry, he's alive," Enzo all but muttered with disdain. "Not that he ever cared if I wasn't…"

Rosalie stayed in her spot while he walked around her, still muttering to himself. She recognized the ire with which he spoke and sympathized. "You know, for all the teasing I did, I think he really does feel guilty about what he did," she turned on the step and looked down where Enzo had stopped, "But, you know, you are right to be mad."

"What?" He said, mildly interested in her point.

"I meant that…that you're right to be mad — you have a right to be mad.." Rosalie cleared her throat, trying to ease her nerves as Enzo turned completely around. "I think this is a very good example that humans can be just as monstrous as what they believe vampires are."

"Well, as far as humans go, I think Augustine is about the most inhumane a human could get," Enzo said.

"I'm sorry," Rosalie said and wished there was more that could be done for his sake. "I can't imagine what that must have been like…"

"To give you a bit of an idea, it makes you feel like you're less than any living creature. I couldn't even hang onto the most basic thing of mine which was my name. I was a number to them," he said, jaw clenched with rightful anger, "12144."

"I'm sorry, I'm very sorry…"

He felt her honesty from his spot and gave her an acknowledging nod. At least she tried, unlike everyone else.

"If you're accepting advice, please take mine. I have some experience in the matter of being put away somewhere — The Other Side. That's the supernatural purgatory for all of, er, us non-humans. But recently, I was freed so…that anger you feel about being imprisoned against your will, yeah I get that. I didn't exactly die of natural causes, someone killed me, and trust me, I had a lot of time to stew in my own anger. I was furious about everything and with everyone but I promise you that it doesn't last forever."

"So what exactly did you do to get over it?" Enzo asked. "Because I doubt you woke up one day and decided to get past it."

"I didn't," agreed Rosalie. "But Time is literally all you have on the Other Side. You can't feel or be seen or heard in that place so I just watched. I watched the world go by, the people…And then with time, I stopped being angry."

Until I was brought back from the dead to finish a revenge plot. He didn't need to know that. In fact, she suspected he had not heard anyone speak to him kindly and about his feelings. He didn't need to hear her whole story, just the parts that would validate his situation.

"So yeah, I just…I just wanted you to know that you're right to be mad and that it's not right that no one understands that but also…don't waste time being angry. Trust me, this new world is so nice…lots of things to try." Her smile then was very genuine as she thought of the things she got to do lately. Sleepovers and random smoothies were just the beginning of her new reality.

"Hm…" Enzo seemed to ponder for a moment, a moment that lasted long enough for Rosalie to panic thinking she'd earned his ire as well. "So in this new world, what would you recommend I try first?"

Rosalie was pleasantly surprised with the response. "Um…the food!" she exclaimed. "Definitely the food! It's way better than what it used to be! The desserts are to die for—"

"Rosalie!" Damon shouted from upstairs, no doubt having heard her yapping on.

Rosalie sighed. "And that would be my ride calling. I know that I'm no one to you but just try and listen to what I said, okay? Take care." She waved at Enzo and finished her way up the stairs. By the time she looked down, he was already gone.

~0~

The ride back to the boarding house was surprisingly quiet and Rosalie honestly didn't feel like pushing Damon's buttons anymore. Today was probably enough for him.

She saw Elena in the living room almost as soon as they stepped in and hurried to see her. "Thank goodness you're okay!"

Elena hugged her back and thanked her. "These aren't your clothes…"

Rosalie flushed and told her that they were Caroline's. "We had a sleepover yesterday…"

"Okay," chuckled Elena, "we are definitely going shopping tomorrow. Promise."

"It's okay," Rosalie said and backtracked. She noticed that Damon wasn't exactly the joyful boyfriend he should have been seeing that his girlfriend was free and okay. "Have a goodnight." She rushed up the stairs, getting the feeling that things were going to get very awkward.

She crossed the hallway intending on heading straight to her bedroom when Stefan called her, albeit in his usual quiet voice. He stood beside his bedroom doorway when she turned around.

"Uh oh, why do I get the feeling I'm in trouble?" She could read on his face that something was on his mind.

"How was the rest of your day?" he asked her instead.

"Umm…good…" She replied, bringing her arms behind her back, "I mean, Damon has some manner issues but nothing significant. I actually think I should apologize for being so hard on him today…"

"Mm…and that was it?" Stefan asked, now eyeing her as if looking for something. It took Rosalie a few seconds to realize he was trying to make sure she wasn't hurt.

"Nobody harmed me, Stefan," she assured him.

"I know Damon wouldn't, but his cellmate on the other hand…"

"Enzo wasn't looking to kill us, Stefan, he was angry and hurt," Rosalie walked up to him, "And truthfully, after what Damon did, I'd be mad too. I mean, you were mad at him for leaving you in that safe in the quarry for four months. Damon left Enzo for dead. You heard him — Damon left him in a cage to burn alive and because of that, he spent the next 60 years being continuously tortured. That is grounds for a justifiable argument, don't you think?"

Stefan looked away but the corners of his mouth were curling upwards. "That's one way to think about it…" He met her gaze and his smile became full-fledged upon seeing her nervous face. "And around here, we all pretty much think the same way."

"So is this good or bad?" Rosalie tilted her head, her hair swishing with her. "Because Damon wasn't too happy with me."

"Yeah, well Damon's hardly happy with anyone who isn't Elena. I wouldn't pay much attention to that."

Rosalie chuckled lightly. "Got it. I'm okay, Stefan, promise. There's no scratch on me."

Stefan smiled at her. "Good. But next time, let's try not to stick around the spot where the fight is gonna break out, okay?"

"Okay," Rosalie nodded. "I'll see you tomorrow. Goodnight." She left him to go to her room, hoping to rest but neither she nor Stefan knew that a few hours later, they would both be woken up by a loud rumble on the stairs.

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Hey hey! May I please have a male vampire diaries or originals matchup?

Personality: I’m super chill until you mess with someone I care about or I feel overwhelmed. I’m a nerd when it comes to history (I’m a former history teacher), cultures and music. Although I’m not shy or have that much trouble making friends, I’m kind of a loner. To the point that I’ve moved to other countries by myself and often travel alone. I’m pretty adventurous and I’m an ENTP. I also try to stand up for what’s right and try to be understanding of those different from me. I’m pretty chill on the outside despite me having anxiety and I’m generally friendly to everyone which can get me in trouble sometimes when it’s looked at as flirting. I can be really impatient and easily bored when it comes to romance. I’m pretty independent too. I can talk to anyone but I have to recharge and sometimes that can take hours or sometimes days of me being alone. Im also sort of a tomboy. I’ve been told by men before that I have BDE and some have even called me daddy hahah.

Appearance: I’m a 28 year old black woman with locs where half are dyed purple. I sort of have a rockstar style but I also can look like a whimsigoth. I’ve been compared to a fairy as far as my features go since I have high cheekbones, look young for my age, feminine with sharpish features and expressive eyes. I have a really smirky smile as well. I’m also genderfluid and can dress pretty androgynous at times. I also have tattoos and a nose ring.

Interests: I love listening to music, I play bass guitar, love traveling and experiencing other cultures. I also like being in nature, roller skating and crocheting. Depending on the vibe and who I’m with I can be both a partier and a homebody.

Quirks: I’m clumsy, sometimes stutters when my thoughts are too fast and my mouth can’t keep up, I can’t hear all that well either cos of the concerts I’ve been to and loud music I listen to

Thank you!

I ship you with Lorenzo St. John!

So let’s start with the obvious, shall we? He loves music, you love music, it’s a match made in heaven. He would play the guitar while you created silly lyrics to match the tune. He would tell you how beautiful you sound, even when you’re off pitch. You would compliment his taste in music and melt at his dance moves that you couldn’t help but film.

Enzo has been around the block a few times, he has become well adjusted and self aware to his own feelings as well as others. He knows when to give space and when you need him the most. When you need time to recharge, he’ll make sure the space is well equipped for your needs throughout the time you need. When you’re ready, he’ll be back in a heartbeat.

You say that you’re a homebody and I feel that Enzo would match your vibe. Enzo will make the most out of any situation and always up for an adventure if you ever change your mind.

You love nature? Enzo will find the best lookout in the area, create a beautiful picnic and teach you what he has learnt over the years.

“Breathe, love” he’ll say when you become overwhelmed and trip over your words. He’ll take his hands in yours and rub calming circles until you calm. He’ll allow the time and space for you to fumble and be in the moment, listening intently no matter what.

Now we all know that vampires have super hearing so what you lack, he makes up for in double. If you require sign language, visuals or beats, he’ll make sure he knows it all to make you feel welcomed and comfortable

You know who would love BDE and support it? Enzo. He would be on your side cheering you on, encouraging this side of you and building you up. He would proudly say “they’re mine!” and enjoy every minute of it.

Clumsy, no worries! Enzo has that speed, he’ll catch you before you even know you’re falling. He’ll give you a cheesy pick up line like “Are you falling for me, love?” or “Do I make you weak at the knees, pet?”. If you are the type of clumsy that knocks things over, he’ll either replace the item that broke or save it all before it touched the ground.

[tvimagines221b]

Being a Young Vampire and Enzo being like your older brother would include:

It all started in the 1950’s. You had been a young vampire, wondering your way across the world. You spent your immortal life living it to the fullest. Doing all of the things that you wanted to do and even more. But one awful night, it all changed when you were captured and imprisoned by the Augustine Society. The Augustine Society was where you met your cell mate, Lorenzo St John, or Enzo. It is also where you met Damon Salvatore.

Over the years in captivity, you and Enzo learned to become friends. And the older vampire had become quite attached you. Both of you forming a sibling like relationship.

Being the older one, Enzo always strives to give you the best advice he possibly can.

Enzo being extremely overprotective of you. “Y/N, I care about you. And no matter what, I will always look after you.”

Being called: “Love”, “Kid”, “My Dear” by him.

When you’re sad or scared, Enzo let’s you hug him, and he would hug you too. He always runs your back, and caresses your hair while trying to give you some encouraging and reassuring words. “It’s going to be alright love, you’re going to pull through this.”

Enzo likes to kiss your forehead, his way of showing his affection and care for you

You defending him when everyone wants to distrust him. “Enzo is not the villain here. He is my friend, like a brother to me. And I will protect him.”

In the end, Enzo will always be grateful for having met you. You helped his get through some very difficult times, and even though he can’t necessarily admit it he loves you more than you can ever imagine.

[the-vex-archives]

The Originals/The Vampire Diaries

Master list (2023)

Klaus Mikaelson

Oneshots

"Motherly Feeling" ( x Platonic Motherly! Reader)

@as-far-as-life-gets

you find a Niklaus hurt in the woods and take care of him maybe spoil him like a son give him the care and love he didn't have as a kid from his parents and he introduces her to his family like saying she's his mother

Lorenzo St. John

"Lowly Human Problems" Part 2

@fanficimagery

Imagine Enzo always being there to listen to anything you have to say, whenever you need him

[imaginefan]

Alone

Lorenzo St. John X Reader

Word Count: 703

Requested: Anon

Request: You turn off your humanity cause your parents died. Enzo was the only person who actually cares about you but he got distant from you cause he was getting closer to Bonnie and didn't see the signs that you were really bad. He tries to get you back but you won't listen to him and he's also why you shut it off too cause you lost Enzo too even though he is still around.

Tvd one shot please.

You can’t believe that you hadn’t seen them before they died, they kept asking you too but you kept telling them that you were busy, you don’t even know what had you so busy. No that’s a lie you knew what it was, it was the friends that claimed that would do the same for you but they weren’t even at the funeral, the ones that you died for yourself, the ones that you continued to fight for even when you should have gone home and now as you stood over the graves of your parents with none of them there, you wondered if it was even worth continuing but it’s much harder to stop when you were immortal.

So you did something else, something that was supposed to make you feel better but all it did was make you feel empty. The only difference was that you couldn’t find it in you to care, with your emotions turned off you couldn’t care what happened around you. That was how you found yourself in a back alley bar everyone around you was dead and you had just finished feeding “(Y/N) what are you doing?” You recognised the voice immediately. “Enzo, I didn’t know that you’d be around here.” You smiled as you gestured around the room. “You are hungry, take your pick. What’s mine is yours.” You winked as you leaned back in your chair “or maybe you want something else, I’ve never really been a big consumer of alcohol so you can definitely have whatever is behind the bar.” “(Y/N) what happened?” He asked. “They’re dead.” You answered “while I was out helping all of you, they died, you know the last time I saw them was before I was a vampire and that was almost 3 years ago now.” “(Y/N)-” “I know that 3 years aren’t that many to you given the fact that you’ve lived so long and before I know it 3 years will be nothing to me either right?” You asked. “(Y/N) I know that you have lost everything but-” “You know the worst part wasn’t that I lost them, it was that the people I still had weren’t there, when I had been there for every one of them, when Jeremy died I sat with Elena, when Caroline was turned I tried to help her where I could, when Bonnie found out about her magic I was there too but the only reason that I’m here to grieve today was because you… A stranger at the time thought I was worth more alive than dead.” You said and he looked down at his hands. “Do you wish that I had let you die that day?” He asked. “You know even after everything, I’m not sure that I do but I’d have to flip that switch to know for sure right?” You asked. “Do you think they would still be alive if I was dead?” “I don’t know, do you believe that it was our enemies that killed them?” He asked. “There was hardly anything left of them, it couldn’t have been anything else.” You answered. “You saw them?” He asked. “They needed someone to identify what was left of them.” You answered “they left their faces so I would know that they were gone.” “So tell me what are you doing here?” He asked. “What do you mean?” You asked. “Well why aren’t we looking for the people who killed your parents, you know I would move heaven and earth for you.” He said. “I didn’t know that.” You answered through gritted teeth “when I stood alone, crying, you know they had no family to see them off, I was their only child and everyone else had died before them, I was there alone.” “I never meant for you to be alone.” He said “I didn’t know.” “You didn’t know because you pulled away long before they died, so leave me be, I’m not the reason that we play hero.” You were gone before he could say anything else but he had failed you, everyone had, he couldn't make them see but he could surely fix what he had done if he tried.

Requests and general question!

[band--psycho]

Enzo St John x Reader- Christmas Shopping

So this is my first Enzo story courtesy of the wonderful @withmyteeth (and can I just say a huge thank you for sending in this request I enjoyed writing it so much!)

I hope you all enjoy this latest story for my Christmas Writing Challenge! 💛

Prompt - You really love Christmas, huh?

“You really love Christmas, huh?” Enzo asked, his British accent laced with a teasing tone, a smile spreading across his lips as he glanced over  at his girlfriend, who had nothing but excitement in her eyes as they approached the shopping mall.

“I do,” she answered back, with a beaming smile. Y/n had always loved Christmas, but her family never really did, so there were very few Christmas decorations in her house growing up. 

Though she certainly made up for that now that she had her own apartment. As soon as Thanksgiving was over the Christmas decorations slowly started to come out.

Enzo didn’t mind. He knew Y/n loved Christmas, it was evident given how their apartment was currently looking; even though it was still quite early in the month, their apartment was beginning to look a lot like Santa’s grotto. All that was really needed was some love Reindeers and he was pretty sure it could pass for the grotto of the man in the red suit. 

He just loved seeing her happy. 

That’s why he agreed to go shopping with her. Because he knew how happy it would make her. 

It was also their first Christmas together as a couple so he wanted to make it special. 

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“Love, put it down,” Enzo chuckled softly as he wrapped his hand lightly around Y/ns, trying to move her hand down so that she could put another festive decoration she’d found back where it belonged. 

“But…it’s so fluffy,” she pouted back, trying to fight against Enzo's strength (and failing). 

The Christmas decoration the two were arguing about was a red and white Christmas pillow that was in the shape of a Christmas tree. 

Enzo didn’t have a problem with Christmas. 

And he didn’t have a problem with Y/n buying things to celebrate the festive season. 

But so far they already had three bags full of just Christmas decorations, not to mention the decorations that Y/n had purchased after Thanksgiving. 

He hated saying no to her, especially when she looked at him with her puppy dog eyes and pouty lip. 

She had him wrapped around her little finger and they both knew it. 

“We already have three Christmas pillows,”

Not to mention the other three that were already on the couch. Granted none of them were in the shape of a Christmas tree but still the point stood. They couldn’t fit any more pillows on the couch. 

He was trying so hard to stand his ground, but he couldn’t resist her puppy dog eyes 

“Fine,” he sighed in defeat, letting go of her hand as she quickly ran to the till, with a triumphant smile on her face. 

~~~~

Two hours and six shopping bags later, they had finally finished Christmas shopping for the day. 

“I don’t think I’ve ever been so exhausted after shopping,” Enzo stated as he practically collapsed on the couch. 

“You should go shopping with Caroline, that is exhausting,” Y/n replied, causing a small chuckle to leave Enzo's lips as she began unpacking the bags with the decorations in. 

Little did Y/n know there was a little Christmas present in a bag Enzo had kept out of her sight that he would continue to keep it hidden until Christmas Day.

Tagging:

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[samdeancass]

Whatever It Takes

Requested by: Anonymous

Pairing: Enzo x fem!human!reader

Genre: Angst, Fluff

Characters: Enzo, Y/N, Stefan, Damon.

Description: Y/N is pregnant with Enzo’s baby, but the baby isn’t human. They both do whatever it takes to keep them both alive.

Enzo was over the moon when you told him that you were pregnant. All he ever wanted was his own family and he loved the fact that he was starting it with you. Something became very wrong, however, when, a few months into your pregnancy, Enzo noticed that you were becoming very fragile. Your skin was turning pale white and you barely had any weight left on you.

He took you to see Damon and Stefan to see if they could shine a light on what could be happening to you. The brothers both looked at each other with sadness in their eyes and looked back at Enzo, who’s eyes were wide with frustration. “Enzo, we... we think that the baby is feeding on Y/N, feeding on her blood. We think that the baby is a vampire.”

Enzo was speechless. He looked over at your fragile form lying on the sofa and his eyes filled with tears. He couldn’t lose you, but he also couldn’t lose his baby. You both meant so much to him. He had to do everything he could to save you, whatever it took.

He wiped his eyes and looked over at the Salvatores. “I need to figure out a way to save them both, and I could do with your help. I can’t lose either of them.” Damon walked over and clapped him on the shoulder. “Whatever you need, man. I’m here. We both are.” Stefan nodded in agreement and gave a small smile before following Damon out of the room.

Enzo walked over and sat on the edge of the bed next to you, tucking a few strands of hair behind your ear and placing a kiss to your forehead. “Don’t worry, love. Everything’s going to be alright.”

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Over the next couple of months, you, Enzo and the Salvatores talked through a lot of different scenarios of how to keep both you and the baby alive. The only thing that seemed to have worked, though, is blood. Stefan had an idea that with the fact that the baby was living off your blood, you should be drinking it too.

At first, even the thought of it made you uneasy. You flat out refused which really worried Enzo. You were bedridden at this point, you couldn’t move at all because you were so weak. “Please, my love, just give it a try. It could be the one thing that saves your life.” Looking into the sad eyes of your boyfriend was more than enough to get you to change your mind. With all of your strength, you leaned over and placed your hand on top of his, lacing your fingers together. “Ok, Enzo, I’ll do it.”

And that is what had gotten you through the last few months of your pregnancy. However, though, within the last few weeks you started to deteriorate again and seemingly died giving birth. Enzo sprung into action though, and did the first thing he could think of: feeding you his blood. He pierced his wrist and whizzed to your side, pressing his wrist to your mouth. 

He stood back with tears streaming down his face, hoping that he was quick enough. Minutes went by and you still hadn’t woken up. He dropped to his knees and let out a heart wrenching sob as the realisation dawned on him. However, a warm hand on his shoulder alerted him and he looked up to see your face smiling, beaming at him. 

Enzo jumped up and engulfed you, peppering kisses all over your face. “I thought I was too late. I thought I lost you. I know you never wanted to be a vampire but I also knew that you wouldn’t want our child without a mother.” You leaned back and looked into Enzo’s eyes, complete forgiveness in your features. “It’s alright, Enzo. I’m still here because of you and that’s all I can ask for. I love you will all my heart, Lorenzo St.John, and I always will.”

You leaned in and pressed a passionate kiss to his lips, wrapping your arms around his neck. He quickly returned the kiss, his arms tightening around your waist. You broke the kiss and smiled down at him. “Now, shall we go and see our daughter?” You got up and held a hand out for Enzo to take and you both made your way to see your daughter. 

Enzo had finally gotten the family he had longed for for so long and he was never going to let anything else happen to either of you.

[starlightandfairies]

Lonely Nights ~Enzo St. John~

Description: Reader experiences many lonely nights and Enzo is finally the person to be the desired comfort.

Warnings: she/her pronouns, fluff, angst, mentions of drinking

Key: Y/N = Your Name, POV = Point of view

Word Count: 1,581

First Person's POV

Sitting in the small apartment that I owned, alone for another night as Team Save Elena worked their little butts off to accomplish rescuing her from her stupidity and be her babysitter yet again. I had grown astray from them, and when I finally realised that Elena was far more important than everyone else, I couldn't allow myself to be near that and by doing so I lost the majority of my friends. 

A rhythmic knock filled my ears; alerting me to the door, hesitantly I approached the door, glanced through the peephole and instantly became confused seeing Enzo standing on the other side. I could trust Enzo, he was a good man despite what Stefan echoed repeatedly on a loop saying that he wasn't. 

"Lorenzo." I smiled, opened the door and invited him in. 

"Hello, gorgeous." He whispered, with a smirk growing across his lips, stepping inside my apartment and waited for my attention as I closed the door and proceeded to lock it. 

"What can I do for you, Lorenzo?" I smiled, glancing down to the basket in his hands, raising an eyebrow as he handed it me and shrugged his jacket off, placing it neatly on the couch. 

"I figured since you have been shunned by everyone... what is it that you call it?" 

"Team save Elena." His chuckle was gorgeous to listen to, the vampire gestured to my couch and sat down beside me once I took my seat. 

"Right, Team save Elena. Anyway, seeing as those bastards left you alone because you realised what none of them could I thought you could have some company and I've noticed just how joyful you seem when we are together." 

"Don't get too cocky... but thank you. It really means a lot to me, thank you." He brought me to his side, his cologne tickling my nostrils as he rested a soft but chaste kiss on the side of my forehead. 

"Anything for you, gorgeous." 

The silence between the two of us lingered for a moment; it was comforting, heartfelt and peaceful. The kind of silence that an elderly couple would share after many happy years together, Enzo was good to me and having that goodness in my life from someone who actually cared- I cannot begin to describe just how perfect it was in my eyes. 

"So, I figured you and I could watch some films, eat some popcorn and whatever else I threw together in that package for you. What do you say?" The idea of having a movie night was delightful, being able to be a normal person with someone who I wish could be my boyfriend. 

"That's lovely, Lorenzo." 

"Please, Y/N, call me Enzo. I don't know how many times I have to ask this. I'll go get the popcorn cooking and set up the rest of the snacks. You pick something to watch." He shot a wink, leaving to head towards the small kitchen in the adjoining room. 

I chose a movie, grabbed the blanket from off my bed, and settled down on the couch, glancing into the basket that Enzo had brought with him. There was a little teddy bear, a vase with flowers and a small box with a little bow on top. 

"I see curiosity got the better of you." Enzo smiled, sitting down and placed the bowls of food on the coffee table. He rested the box in his lap, handing me each individual item while giving a little speech about each item. 

"A teddy bear because that one night when you got drunk at the bar, hardly able to stand up I took you here and got you settled in bed and saw all those teddy bears from your childhood and thought why not give you one that you could have to add to the others?" 

"I love it, thank you." The kind gesture made my heart sore with happiness, I rested a kiss on his cheek, thanking him for the gift. I rested the teddy bear in my lap, watching as he pulled out the flowers. 

"Roses and carnations as they are your favourite flowers." He carefully rested them to the side, his eyes never once leaving me as he grabbed out the final gift he wished to share with me. He handed me the little box with a bow, resting the basket to the side, watching me anticipation filling his gorgeous dark eyes. 

"You really did not have to get me all of this. Thank you, Enzo... thank you so much." Enzo's arms wrapped tightly around my waist as I threw my arms over his shoulders, his head buried in the crook of my neck a gentle smile forming on his lips as he pulled up and urged me to open the final gift. 

I did just as he asked, opening the present and smiling as an antique heart locket met my gaze, scared that it would crumble in my hands, I picked it up as if it were the most fragile item in the world and opened the silver piece of jewellery, seeing the photo of the two of us together. 

"It's beautiful, would you help me put it on, please?" 

"Anything for you gorgeous." Enzo's tender hands placed the locket on, his hand moving to rest on the side of my face for a moment as the British vampire seemed deep in thought as he stared into my eyes. 

"What movie did you choose to watch?" Enzo rested back against the couch, missing the eager look that crossed my eyes and yet he just continued to smile at me as if I were the greatest thing in the world. As if I were the only thing that mattered to him and I wish for that to be true. 

"Love Actually. It's a holiday film, seeing as we're entering the holiday season and seeing as you're here I figured why not share my favourite modern holiday film with someone that cares about me the same way that I care about them." 

"I cannot wait," Lorenzo whispered, resting another kiss on my forehead, smiling as he managed to conjure up a blush on my cheeks. We watched the film, cuddling up halfway through the film, Enzo seemed deeply hypnotised by the film, intrigued by the 'hidden meaning' or he was just enjoying the smile that was plastered on my face that always showed up when I watched this film. 

"So, what did you think?" I questioned, genuinely curious to hear what he had to say.

"It's got obscure humour, however, I do enjoy the film and seeing you smile the way you did as you watched this film. It just makes me feel good to be able to see that smile, you look so gorgeous when you smile. I want you to be happy." Enzo smiled as he said his words, I cannot explain what happened next, tears just started welling in my eyes and I cradled into him as he instantly pulled me into his arms. 

"I'm sorry, it's just... having you care for me, having someone that really does care for me..." 

"Shh, I know, gorgeous. I know. I'm here for you and I'm not gonna disappear. You don't have to worry." Enzo whispered, he began stroking my hair, the misunderstood vampire continued to do this until he soothed me into a calmer state of mind. 

"Would you like to stay for the night?" I whispered against his chest, finding his comfort too desirable to be suddenly taken away by his leave to do whatever it is he does when he is alone. 

"I'd love to." 

"I'll set up the blow-up mattress." 

"Don't worry about it, love... this couch is perfect for that fairytale character Sleeping Beauty. I'm quite happy to be sleeping here." 

"Are you sure?" 

"Of course. Don't worry about me, love. You get some rest, you look tired." 

"Goodnight Enzo, I'll see you tomorrow morning." I don't even know why I did this, it was almost like it was a habit, I bent down, rested a kiss on his lips and instantly pulled away once I realised what I did. 

"I am so, so sorry... oh gosh." Enzo pulled me down onto his lap, shutting me instantly as he placed a tender kiss upon my lips, bringing me closer to him, holding me and kissing me with so much desire yet he was tender and gentle. Enzo was the first to pull away, however, he seemed reluctant to do so. 

"I have been waiting too long to do this." 

"You have?" 

"Of course I have, you are utterly perfect and you desire so much more than you give yourself credit for. Promise me something, Y/N" I leant into his touch as he caressed my cheek, smiling at him as he lovingly grinned at me and began to say the words that he wanted me to promise.

"Promise me that you'll allow yourself to be happy before anyone else, no more putting yourself below others and remember that you come first." I rested a small kiss on his lips, nodding to his request and smiled as he brought me closer to curl into his arms. 

"I can promise you that" 

"Thank you." Enzo's voice echoed in my ears as I fell asleep. 

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“What are doing here? It’s way too early in the morning on a Saturday morning,” you yawned.

“I need to stay with you,” he stated bluntly.

“What did Damon do now?” you groaned loudly. 

“Nothing, it’s just-” he took a breath to think over how to phrase this. He didn’t want to spook you with the knowledge of a gang of extremely strong vampire being on the hunt for you, “Let’s just say for today that I’m your guardian angel.”

“Guardian angel? Enzo, what’s going on?” 

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