AN: After a lot of work, Alaric was actually fun…and kind of went over the word limit a lot but who cares…more stuff is starting to happen between Bonnie and Damon so I need more time to tell it.
Enjoy.
Alaric Saltzman.
One afternoon spent planning battle strategies against The Originals in his history classroom revealed to Alaric what practically everyone else already had an inkling of.
There was something going on between Damon and Bonnie.
The two squared off as an argument began about the spell she was going to perform. Damon didn't want her to do it, it was too dangerous, she wasn't that powerful yet. Bonnie insisted she was, she was a big girl now and she'd been practicing.
To Alaric's surprise, Bonnie managed to silence the vampire with a look and the mental communication between the two that ensued as they locked eyes was almost palpable.
The others watched on in silence as a multitude of emotions crossed both supernaturals' faces. Damon had moved closer while they'd argued, moving into her personal space as he so liked to do, and now they were almost touching. Alaric's eyes followed Bonnie's hand as she reached out, fingers brushing against the back of Damon's hand and linked her fingers with his in a gesture that seemed far more intimate than it was. The connection between the two made the air around them tingle as they stared intently at each other, their mental argument occurring silently and creating visible sparks in the air as Bonnie's magic released her frustration.
Damon finally gave in, squaring his jaw and stepping away from her, letting go of her hand in the process. He let loose a spiel about not cleaning Bonnie's brain matter off the carpet when this whole thing blew up in her face, with the aim of scaring the teen, Alaric was sure, and left the room.
Alaric noticed Bonnie sigh as she watched him leave before she turned back to the grimoire in front of her, writing down the ingredients she'd need for the spell.
Elena stepped towards the door, her face a mask of worry but it wasn't Stefan's voice that told Elena not to go after the elder Salvatore.
"Leave him, Elena, he needs to calm down. Going after him now will only result in someone dead and nothing can guarantee it won't be you."
Alaric was glad he wasn't going to be in Bonnie's shoes when she had to confront the manic vampire even though somehow he knew she was the safest person in the world when it came to Damon Salvatore's homicidal tendencies.
