A friend gave me a prompt and I sort of ran with it. This story takes place within the TVD Universe. However, it diverges from canon during Season 5. In this story Bonnie was only the anchor for a few months. Then a thing happened and she was back to normal-almost. You will learn about the thing that happened in a couple of chapters.
I know Tonnie isn't a popular pairing but please give it a try. Also, there will be some flashes of Bamon in the story but it is mostly friendship between them. And maybe a bit of unresolved tension.
Cold...that was the first sensation Bonnie felt as she began to awaken. The witch was chilled to the bone because she had been sleeping outside. Her brain couldn't immediately remember why that was the case. Weight...she felt the heft of a man's muscular arm draped across her bare abdomen. He was clutching her possessively even though his even breathing indicated that he was probably still asleep. Throbbing...her entire body ached in a way that was completely unfamiliar to her. However, the epicenter seemed to be centered between her thighs. Bonnie could make a few educated guesses about how that had happened. The last thing she remembered was getting drunk at Damon's 'Fuck Elena' party. Obviously, she had slept with one of the dozen guys that had tried to proposition her last night. She groaned after remembering that Damon had been one of the men that had propositioned her.
Bonnie had never before engaged in an one-night stand, therefore she didn't know the appropriate etiquette. However, finding her clothes and getting the hell out of Dodge seemed like the best solution. She grasped the man's arm with the lightest of touches and slowly began to move it. Unfortunately, her mystery man merely tightened his hold on her even more. Bonnie gasped when he ground his hardened manhood into her bare backside. At least now she understood why her vagina was throbbing...her new friend was well endowed. Bonnie was tempted to turn over to get a better look at it, but a strong gust of wind served as an effective deterrent. She was cold and needed to find her way back to the boarding house.
She gave up on being subtle as she scrambled to get to her feet. Bonnie cried out in pain as she moved both of her shoulders for the first time. The young woman didn't know how she had missed it before, but she was injured. The scent of her own blood invaded her senses. Bonnie couldn't judge the nature or extent of the injuries without a mirror but it couldn't be minor if the smell of blood was so strong. A few feet away, she spotted the jade colored mini dress she had been wearing last night. Bonnie walked across the leaf covered ground to retrieve her dress and panties. She scowled when she realized the expensive undies had been ripped to shreds. Fortunately, her dress had fared better. She pulled it over her head and began looking for her shoes.
"You're just going to leave without saying anything?" an amused voice asked from behind her.
Bonnie froze. The man speaking had caught her off guard, but she was more surprised that she recognized the gravelly voice. She turned around cautiously and groaned when she saw a very nude Tyler Lockwood.
He was lying on the ground with his arms tucked beneath his head. Tyler made no attempt to cover himself as he slowly got to his feet. He knew that he had nothing to be ashamed about where his body was concerned. He had been an impressive physical specimen long before he triggered the werewolf curse.
Tyler had awakened about thirty minutes before Bonnie had. He had wisely used that quiet time to come up with a plan. He didn't know how much Bonnie would remember about last night, but he remembered everything that happened. There would be consequences for their drunken lapse in judgment. However, Tyler had known for quite some time that they were on a collision course. Unfortunately, he didn't realize exactly what that would entail until it was far too late for him to prevent it.
Bonnie couldn't stop her gaze from dropping down to his erection. She gasped involuntarily and then quickly averted her gaze. She couldn't believe that something that size had fit inside her. The girl found herself wondering if all werewolves were so well endowed or if Tyler was just special.
Tyler chuckled deeply as he walked towards her. "You didn't answer my question, Bon."
Bonnie glared at Tyler. She didn't think that he appreciated how much trouble they had just stirred up. "I can't believe that we did something so stupid and irresponsible. Caroline and Jeremy are going to be heartbroken!"
He stopped in front of Bonnie so that they were merely a hair's breadth apart. He lightly grasped her chin and tilted her head up so that he could see her eyes. "Why should we care about them being heartbroken? Caroline and I aren't together anymore. You aren't with Jeremy either. You and I are the only people that we need to answer to."
Jeremy had been a devoted boyfriend while Bonnie was stuck on the Other Side. His constant companionship had made the ordeal more bearable. She would forever be grateful for his dedication. However, Bonnie's return to the land of the living had proven to be a strain on their relationship. Jeremy kept insisting that they could go back to the way things were before she died. Unfortunately, Bonnie just couldn't seem to fit into the mold anymore. Her attitude shift pushed Jeremy away and into the arms of the head cheerleader. Bonnie had waited for the anger and heartbreak to crash into her like waves on a shore. She knew that their relationship was dead in the water when those feelings never surfaced.
"But…there is a girl code about these things. You can't sleep with your best friend's ex-boyfriend. I know that you and Care are in a weird place right now but she still loves you, Tyler."
Tyler rolled his eyes and said, "Caroline doesn't seem to adhere to this code. She dated Matt after Elena broke up with him. Besides, she is hardly in the position to judge anyone after she fucked Klaus."
Bonnie winced at his venom laced words but she understood his anger. She still couldn't believe that Caroline had slept with Klaus. The original hybrid had done so much to hurt all of them. However, none had suffered at his hands more than Tyler had. She swallowed thickly. A thought occurred to Bonnie and it hit her like a ton of bricks. "Is that why this happened? Is this a revenge fuck to get back at Caroline for hurting you?"
He looked vaguely offended and said, "I know that I have a reputation for being an asshole but I wouldn't do that to you, Bon. We might not be the best of friends right now but we were once."
Bonnie and Tyler had been friends from the moment they ended up in the same kindergarten class. They had only grown distant during freshman year of high school when he joined the football team. Bonnie hadn't understood the shift in his personality at the time. Over the years, she learned that Richard Lockwood had bullied his son into being more like him. He had given up his love of art and music to focus on football and baseball as his father had when he attended Mystic Falls High School. He also started hanging out with the more affluent kids at their school.
The green-eyed witch was confused by the visceral feeling of relief that washed over her. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have accused you of doing something like that. I am just having a hard time piecing together last night's events. The last thing I remember is the two of us dancing together. I don't understand how we got here."
He nodded because it had taken him awhile to piece it all together, too. He said, "I have two words for you hillbilly moonshine."
"What?" she asked in an incredulous voice.
"Damon bought a truck load of moonshine from these hillbilly assholes and he put it in the punch last night without warning anyone. We are lucky that we are not blind or dead this morning."
Bonnie blinked as she processed that information. She had drank several cups of the punch last night because Damon had used Hawaiian fruit punch as the base. She glared, "I am going to kick his undead ass all over town!"
Tyler said, "Get in line...I lost control of my wolf last night because of the moonshine. I started to shift at the party...in front of people."
Her eyes grew as wide as saucers. Last night was a classic Damon Salvatore bash. There had been at least seventy college and high school students at the party. She wondered what level of damage control they would have to do this morning. Bonnie immediately became concerned for Tyler's safety. She asked, "Did anyone see you?"
He smiled as Bonnie took an unconscious step forward. She forgot all about their comprising situation at the thought that he might be in trouble. "No, you got me out of the house before I completed the change. Thanks for that by the way..."
"I don't remember doing it but you are welcome." Bonnie shook her head and asked, "Are you going to get dressed?"
He smirked and said, "My clothes aren't around here. They are much closer to the boarding house and probably pretty useless at this point. I wasn't exactly in the frame of mind to undress carefully."
"Oh," Bonnie uttered softly. "I can run up to the house and see about stealing a pair of pants from Damon or Stefan."
"That would be great. Thanks, Bon." Tyler stood there quietly as he waited for the other shoe to drop. He watched Bonnie's forehead wrinkle as she tried to construct a mental timeline.
"I get that you started to change and couldn't stop it. How did that translate into what happened between us?"
He cleared his throat and said, "I was hoping that we could go somewhere to talk about what happened. I remember everything but there is so much that I need to explain to you or it won't make sense. It'll take more than a few minutes and we should really get you out of this cold."
"You're making me nervous, Tyler," she said.
Tyler walked behind Bonnie and gently placed his warm hand between her shoulder blades. "Do you feel that?"
She whimpered as her knees buckled when he touched the wound on her back. However, the sensation she felt wasn't the pain that she had expected. She could feel moisture pooling between her thighs. Her brain was telling her to break contact with Tyler, but her body recoiled at the idea. She nodded. "What is that? What are you doing to me?"
He removed his hand reluctantly and moved in front of Bonnie once more. He grabbed her arms to prevent her from running away. He said, "When I changed last night unexpectedly, I bit you."
"You bit me?" she asked with incredulity tinging her voice. She struggled to break free but Tyler's grip was like steel.
"I'm sorry, Bon. I wasn't in control last night. My wolf instincts were running the show."
"What the hell does that mean?" she snapped.
Tyler remained calm because he could smell fear rolling off Bonnie in waves. He pulled her closer so that their bodies were pressed together. He felt her muscles go lax and her scent changed from fearful to content. Tyler knew it was unfair to use their connection that way but he couldn't have her running off and doing anything rash. "I thought that the moonshine was responsible for me losing control and it was to an extent. However, it was also you. I've been feeling a strange pull whenever I have been around you lately. It started after you were resurrected and it intensified once you were no longer the anchor. I've been controlling it for months but…"
"The moonshine lowered your inhibitions and you lost control." She looked up at him with a hurt expression. "You have some deep seeded need to hurt me?"
He quickly shook his head. "No, it's not like that, Bon. I wasn't trying to hurt you last night...I was marking you. As soon as I finished biting you, I shifted back to my human form. Unfortunately, the damage had already been done. I'm sorry. I haven't lost control like that since I broke Klaus' sire bond."
Bonnie's brain was still fuzzy but werewolves and marks sounded familiar to her. She had read about it in one of the older grimoires she had stolen from Jonas Martin. She closed her eyes for a few moments as she tried to recall the interesting bits of the entry she had read. Bonnie's eyes opened and she began to struggle against Tyler's hold on her. "A mating mark? I thought that could only happen between two werewolves."
Tyler held Bonnie tighter but he was careful not to hurt her. She was a lot stronger than he thought that she would be. "I thought the same thing but last night proved us both wrong. For months, I have been feeling drawn to you and I ignored it because you had just broken up with Jeremy. My wolf side was trying to tell me that we wanted you but I wasn't listening. I mean you aren't a werewolf so I just figured I was all screwed up because Klaus turned me into a hybrid. But my bite took...you felt it when I touched your back a few minutes ago."
Bonnie's cheeks flushed as she remembered her reaction to Tyler touching the bite mark. She averted her gaze and tried to think rationally about their predicament. She wasn't prepared to admit this aloud but she had been feeling attracted to Tyler, too. She had ignored that attraction for obvious reasons but now she wondered if she should have paid more attention to it. Perhaps her dormant magic had been trying to tell her something. "There has to be a way to undo this right?"
Tyler growled from deep within his broad chest and his eyes flashed an inhuman amber color. "No."
Bonnie gasped and looked up at his eyes. "Did you just growl at me?"
"Mating marks are permanent once it has been consummated. You are mine," his voice boomed as he spoke.
"Settle down, Tarzan. I am not your Jane and I didn't agree to any of this! This has to be some kind of mistake." she ranted.
Tyler nuzzled Bonnie's neck to make her settle down. She would bruise if he held her any tighter. "The mating mark doesn't make mistakes. You were meant to be mine, Bon. I was meant to be yours. I don't know how to explain it but you are my mate. You may be a werewolf judging by the way your body responded to the mark."
Bonnie practically went boneless when he nuzzled her neck. She couldn't think straight while he was touching her that way. "You are manipulating me and I don't like it. Stop touching me..."
Tyler slowly pulled away from her. He knew that he could chase Bonnie down if she tried to run. "Fine...I won't touch you again until you ask me to. And trust me...you will ask."
She smoothed down her dirty dress and tried to regain some composure. "Thank you. Have you seen my shoes?"
He shook his head. Tyler tensed as he remembered chasing Bonnie through the woods last night. She had taken off her shoes so that she could run faster. In the end, it hadn't made a difference. Tyler had pounced on Bonnie, pinned her to the ground, and bitten her back. "You probably lost them near the house."
Bonnie looked down at her bare feet with a scowl, as if they were responsible somehow. She began walking toward the Salvatore boarding house but winced after every couple of steps.
Tyler watched Bonnie walk for about thirty feet before he had enough of her stubbornness. He walked up behind Bonnie and tossed the girl over his shoulder. Then he used his hybrid speed to race through the woods.
Bonnie screeched and dug her nails into Tyler's back as if she were a cat scrambling for purchase on a slick counter. "You are an asshole!" she yelled as the wind whipped by her face.
The brunette hybrid stopped as abruptly as he began. He popped Bonnie on the butt before setting her on the ground. "I think what you meant to do is thank me for not making me walk a few hundred yards barefoot in the middle of November."
She spotted Tyler's pants and threw them at his face without responding. Then she walked around to the front of the house. Bonnie was glad to find the door unlocked. She wanted a shower and change of clothes before she ran into any of their friends with enhanced senses.
Tyler walked up behind Bonnie and put a hand over her mouth. He closed the door quietly as not to draw the attention of their supernatural friends. He whispered, "I can hear people moving around inside the house. They are all awake."
Bonnie was prepared to curse Tyler out for touching her again. However, her fury cooled when she heard the words he whispered against her ear. She slowly removed his hand from her mouth. "What should we do?" she whispered.
He pulled a set of car keys from the pocket of his muddy pants. He dangled the keys in front of Bonnie's face and replied, "We can go back to my house to get cleaned up. I wouldn't mind everyone smelling me all over you but I know that you wouldn't like it."
Her mouth went dry at the how deep Tyler's voice got. Bonnie just nodded in agreement because she didn't trust her voice.
Tyler's arm slithered from around her waist and then he grasped her hand. He pulled Bonnie away from the boarding house to his car that was parked near the main road. Last night, he had not wanted to get blocked in by other cars. Tyler hadn't even wanted to attend the party because he ended up fighting with Caroline and Stefan every time he saw them. However, Matt had begged him to play wingman.
He opened the passenger door to his BMW for Bonnie.
"Thank you." She looked down at their dirty clothes. "We're going to ruin your seats."
He shrugged. "Leather cleans off easy enough…"
Bonnie nodded and quietly slid into the car. She put on her seat belt while Tyler walked around the car. Bonnie was anxious to get in front of a mirror so that she could see the bite mark on her back. She couldn't believe that this was happening or that Tyler was so calm about it all.
Tyler didn't waste any time climbing into the car and speeding away from the boarding house. He didn't want to risk anyone stepping outside and seeing them. He didn't particularly care what their friends thought of him. However, he wouldn't let them judge Bonnie for what happened last night. She still hadn't come to terms with the permanence of their situation. Tyler was prepared for her to waste time trying to find a magical loophole. Not that she would be able to do much now that she was powerless.
However, Bonnie wasn't as powerless as her friends believed her to be. After coming back from the Other Side, she refused to believe that her magic was simply gone. Magic was part of her DNA. It was baked into her very core. Bonnie simply had to figure out how to access it once more. Access was the reason she had visited the Falls nightly for the last few months. Each night she spent no less than three hours communing with nature. The Falls was the perfect location because she could harness all four elements in that spot.
Just a month ago, she had felt her magic straining to awaken within her body. Bonnie planned to feed the tiny ember until it grew into a raging fire once more. Regaining her powers would take time but she was patient. Unfortunately, Bonnie wasn't sure that she had that sort of time any longer. She needed to figure out a way to undo this mating mark before everyone discovered the truth. Bonnie knew how hurt Caroline and Jeremy would be.
Tyler could sense Bonnie's apprehension. The bond rapidly forming between them insisted that he comfort his mate. He said, "Everything is going to be okay, Bon."
Bonnie didn't know why but she believed him. The girl grabbed onto the talisman hanging around her neck as she tried to remember what happened last night. Suddenly, she was awash with images of a werewolf chasing her through the woods. Bonnie's head snapped toward Tyler when she realized that she recognized the werewolf that chased her last night. She had spotted the same werewolf lurking outside of her house at night.
It was taking a herculean effort for Tyler to avoid touching Bonnie. He knew that her body would respond favorably to his touch because she bore his mark. However, that wasn't the same thing as Bonnie consciously wanting to be touched by him. Tyler had faith that she would get there eventually.