I set the ground rules

Bonnie woke up to a strange place. At first she felt a bit dizzy, but as the bits of memory were coming back to her, she accessed her surroundings. There was a cozy fire and the place seemed to be a cabin. As she stood and walked closer to the flames, she could hear a door opening and then closing behind her and steps making their way to the place where she was standing. Then it hit her: this was all Lorenzo's doing. And knowing Lorenzo, he is up to no good. The steps were coming closer and closer and then, instinctively, she pulled the iron poker that was near the fire and attacked him with all the strength she could gather.

At first, Enzo blocked her attack out of reflex. He took a step back, but Bonnie tried again and he once more took a step back, raising his hands to communicate he did not want to hurt her. She tried a third time, but now he took grasp of both her arm and the poker in hope she would just give up and calm down.

"Of course she won't", Enzo thought as Bonnie released the poker and tried to run to the opposite direction. He went ahead to block her way and she almost collided against him.

"Motus!", she said raising her arms on waist level, trying to move him out her way using her magic. They stood there for a couple seconds, but nothing happened.

"Get off!", Bonnie tried to tackle him out of the way, but Enzo held her in place.

"Hey, Hey! You are not a prisoner, Bonnie. I'm trying to keep you safe", he said, looking intently in her eyes.

"Yeah?", she interjected angrily, pushing away from his grasp, "You got a funny way of showing it! Secluded cabin? Anti-magic sedatives?" she almost screamed, getting angrier and angrier because of the absurdity of all this.

"Yeah, it's to keep you hidden from The Armory. All right?", Enzo cut her off, this time with a calmer tone, in hopes she would calm down too.

Bonnie just stood there, wide eyed, looking at him skeptically.

"Look, I don't know why they want to you", he continued, "but they want you, and in my experience, when they're being dodgy about what they want it's because they want it for dodgy purposes", he finished.

"I thought you worked for them", Bonnie said, still angry and skeptical, raising her eyebrows as she finished her sentence.

Enzo raised his eyebrows in response. "No, my allegiance is to myself. Simpler that way", he said turning his back on Bonnie and walking away. She just stood there, processing the information and trying to judge if she could actually trust him. After all he had done to her and her friends, that wasn't at the top of her priorities.

"What you should want to know is why you're so important to Alex", he continued, turning around by the table and pointing the poker he was still holding at Bonnie for emphasis. "Now, in exchange for protection plus complimentary room and board, you're doing some research to me, college girl. Sift through these and figure out why The Armory is so desperate to get their hands on you", he finished, dropping the poker on the table.

"Can Enzo not read?", Bonnie asked tilting her head to the side in a mocking manner.

He inhaled, trying to contain his smile and failing to do so. He appreciated her sense of humor.

"While I'm away, keeping up appearances with them", he said, sitting on the edge of the table, "if you take one of these every day, you'll be safe, hidden from locator spells", he finished, raising a pack of pills in front of him.

"If I don't?", Bonnie asked after a couple seconds of silence, still skeptical, with her arms crossed.

"I'm sure Alex has a cozy little cell waiting for you", he tried to reason with her.

"Why are you doing this?", she asked, squinting her eyes at him.

"Maybe I'd rather see you alive than dead. Maybe I'm just curious about what the Armory's plans are", he replied, as Bonnie turned her back on him and started walking around the cabin. "Or maybe I'm just showing you common decency. I can tell you're not used to that", he finished, not sure what the actual reason are. Probably the latter.

Bonnie took a moment, thinking. It was not your everyday, "tea or coffee, red shirt or black shirt" kind of choice to make. She closed her eyes, angry about the whole situation, knowing she had really not much of a choice. Especially now that she didn't have any magic in her.

"Ok", she replied, clearing her throat, "Say I take you up to this protection, for now. If I stay here…I set the ground rules", she said firmly. If she had to be held captive against her will, then he better follow her rules. Bonnie was a very independent and strong woman.

Enzo again couldn't stop himself from smirking. Of course Bonnie Bennet wouldn't just accept such a weird deal if she didn't have her own terms that he had to agree with.

"I expect nothing less", he replied.

"Ok then. It's settled", she said, moving straight past him and into a bedroom. She checked it out and decided it was empty. "I'm staying in this room. And you are NOT allowed in. No exceptions", she said firmly raising her eyebrows and widening her eyes for emphasis.

"Fine", Enzo said with a smirk, raising his arms up in a defensive manner. "You won't have to worry much. In fact you'll hardly see me, love. I will be pretty much spending my time running errands for Alex to keep up with the appearances. And when I'm back, it'll be just to check on you", he said, standing up and taking a few steps in Bonnie's direction. "I won't be lurking over you. I'll respect your space", he said truly. And honestly, he didn't need a hostile, cranky Bonnie Bennett after exhausting missions.

"Good", Bonnie replied, satisfied with finally having good news. She then realized she didn't have any spare clothes and all her stuff was left at Whitmore. "I need to go back to get my stuff. I left everything there."

"YOU are going nowhere. I, however…", he said, looking at her. "What do you need, love?", he smirked.

"Stop calling me that", she squinted her eyes at him.

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Disclaimer: I don't own The Vampire Diaries nor any of the characters in this story. I just had the urge to write this down because Bonnie and Enzo make one of the most epic couples ever. So yeah. I hope you like it. Also sorry if I make any mistakes as English isn't my first language. Any feedback is appreciated. Thank you