Author's Note: It was suggested by a few people that I pull my Damon/Bonnie/Enzo drabbles series out of A Snapshot in Time and give its own little home. Also, I sat here for the longest time trying to think of a title for this series and I am completely lost. If anyone has any suggestions I'd love to hear it!
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Prompt: Enzo flirts with Bonnie and Damon gets jealous
He doesn't pick up on it at first.
He is too busy being Damon Salvatore and the million little nuances that come with it. After all, he is alive. Truly alive when he damn well shouldn't be. That fact alone should allow him an extra bit of swagger (though he catches more than one person rolling their eyes at him).
It isn't until Bonnie flounces in with Enzo on her heels that he gets it.
She has her eyes narrowed (he knows that look, he helped her perfect it) and she scoffs as she tries to close the door in Enzo's face. "You're disgusting."
Hey now, that's my insult, Damon thinks as Enzo's hand comes out easily to catch the door before it whacks him in the nose. His friend slides in the boarding house, an lazy grin on his face.
Damon is not a fan of it.
"Come now, beautiful, you don't mean that," Enzo purrs and Damon resists the urge to make a face. Guys like Enzo (like him) only pull that tone out when they are trying to accomplish something (usually involving clothes hitting the floor).
Bonnie glances at him and for a moment Damon smiles (not grins, there is a difference). Then she swoops past him, hoping to put some ground between she and her pursuer.
(actually now that Damon thinks on it —- this isn't the first time he's witnessed an encounter like this, but it is the first time that he's paid attention)
Bonnie stops in the middle of the living room. She has got her grimoire clutched so tightly to her chest that Damon thinks she'll crush the damn thing if she's not careful. Her eyes, however, are not on him. They're leveled over his shoulder to where Enzo leans against the wall (still grinning). "Does that line ever work?"
Enzo laughs, "No, not really —- and I wouldn't expect it to. I just like the way your eyes light up when you're angry."
"Ah," Bonnie states and nods her head. She is finally looking at Damon again and he thinks all is right in the world. "Control your friend."
"He can try," Enzo states leisurely.
For the first since he has been back, Damon has the urge to punch his good friend. He doesn't however. Instead he steps closer to Bonnie (she doesn't tense anymore when he does so —- she hasn't in a long time). A hand reaches out to land on her shoulder, fingers curving over her warm skin. "He's an ass."
"Beg pardon!" Enzo kicks off the wall and steps into the living room.
"Oh I know," Bonnie agrees and Damon beams in triumph. Point for Team Damon. His hand lingers for a moment or two longer and then he lets it fall away.
Bonnie takes a seat and before Damon can even react, Enzo's right next to her, arms outspread across the back. Damon thinks the bastard knows just what he is doing just by the look on his face. Enzo's taunting him. Bonnie spares him a glance before opening her grimoire. "I think I've figured out a way to undo the damage the Traveler's caused to Mystic Falls."
"Good, because I am tired of being a frat house to every supernatural being around," Damon says and it is more an automatic response than anything. Bonnie and Enzo both give him an eyebrow.
"That's right, Damon, we'll all be out of your hair," Bonnie states and there is a slightly wistful element to the way she speaks (or so Damon thinks there is). He tightens his jaw (because truly, he has gotten so used to having Bonnie close that the thought of she not being so is unnerving).
"I, for one, am looking forward to it," Enzo drawls. His head turns toward Bonnie. "Perhaps, you can give me a tour of the fair town —- I missed most of it the first time around."
Bonnie doesn't answer.
Damon can't stop himself. "Why are you still here anyway, Enzo? I mean —- you spent all of 1.5 seconds dead. You could have run off to the depraved corners of Pairs, Rome, Turkey…take your pick."
There is a pause as the two men stare each other down. Then Enzo gives an easy shrug (and that grin is back). "I don't know," he begins and his eyes travel from Damon's to run across the expanse of leg Bonnie currently has on display in those shorts. "I rather like it here. Quiet. Nice view."
That's it, Damon is punching Enzo later.
He'll blame it on the fact that he hasn't had a good fight since he's been back.
That's believable.
Right?