TVD/The Originals One Shots (X READER)

Americano - Triple Shot - Room for Blood

You take a deep breath.

"It'll be alright Y/N." you keep repeating to yourself as you walk into your new job.

Being a barista can't be that hard. Can it?

You hoped you were right about taking this job. You needed the money - living alone and going to college was definitely tough but it might be a little easier with a bit more cash.

"Hey, I'm supposed to start today? I'm Y/N." you explain to the young girl behind the counter. She was very young, you thought. Probably around 15/16, she was extremely pretty with golden blonde hair and green eyes.

"Oh I'll get Teresa. One second" she says to you as she starts to walk through a door leading to whatever is in the back of the restaurant.

A lady that is obviously comes to greet you and brings you through to the back. You train for an hour and she puts you straight to work.

"Ah, shit." you exclaim in front of a customer while accidentally spilling a bit of her coffee on yourself. "I'm sorry." you say through gritted teeth. She takes her coffee from your hand and walks away with a small scowl on her face.

"How's everything going out here?" your manager Teresa says, checking on you - obviously noticing it's not going too well.

"Great!" you reply lying. "I think I have everything under control!" Another lie.

"That's awesome, well if you need anything I'm just back here" Teresa spoke with an unsure tone.

You give her a smile and she walks back behind the door. Taking another deep breath you here the bell on the door again, indicating another customer is here.

A tall man, probably about 25 ish, dark hair with a short stubly beard and solid jawline walks through the front door of the cafe.

"Hello sir, what can I get for you today?" You ask in your cheery barista voice that you practiced last night in the bathroom mirror.

"Americano with a triple espresso shot, black." the man announces.

"Is that to sit in or to take out?" You ask him, a little captivated by his order. That's a lot of caffeine.

The man plays with a big ring on his finger while you ask him the question.

"To sit in." He adds.

You nod and ring up his drink, when he hands you a $20 bill.

"Keep the change. " He insists.

The man doesn't look like he would accept your refusal so you just don't bother and take the large tip for the $3 coffee.

The man sits at a small table near the east corner of cafe and starts to stare out the window.

You're curious about this man. Something about him just doesn't seem right and you have that feeling in your stomach you get when you know you shouldn't be doing something. But you do it anyways.

After making his dark coffee you bring it over to his table. He doesn't even bother to look at you while you set the coffee down on the white surface.

"Americano, triple shot, black." You narrate to him.

The mysterious man eyes you, gives you a short nod and looks away from you again.  

Not happy with the reaction you got and wanting to dig a bit deeper you start by asking a question to "make conversation".

"So, are you from around here?" you chime in, maybe just a little bit too excitedly.

Turning around slowly, and with an almost annoyed expression, the man replies to your question.

"You could say that." he quips, you could tell, internally mocking you.

"Oh? I haven't seen you around before. I'm Y/N by the way, it's nice to meet you!" you express cheerily.

"Enzo. Enzo St. John." he says with a demonic look on his face.

He takes a sip of his hot coffee and gives you a nod of approval or maybe a nod telling you to leave now.  You weren't quite sure but you walked away towards the counter anyways.

When Enzo finishes his coffee, he gets up and leaves straight out the door.  You wonder if you'll ever see him again.  Something about him makes you curious to know more.  For some reason you just can't get him off your mind.

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After you're finished cleaning up the café after closing, you head into the back room to put your jacket on and grab your keys.

You hear the door of the café open and close. 

"Sorry, we're closed!" You yell out into the front.

Hearing no one leave the café, you head out to see if someone was still there.  You see a shadow of someone standing near the door and a sudden spell of fear comes over your entire body.

"Who's there?" you say trying to reach for the light switch.  Finally brushing your fingers across it, you switch the lights on and feel relieved when you realize it's only Enzo from earlier.  But why was the mysterious man back?

"Enzo? Sorry, we are closed. You'll have to come back tomorrow for your coffee." you told him.

"I don't need coffee." Enzo objected in a dark voice.

The dysphoria you feel intensifies while your perilous curiosity grows.

What did Enzo want? Why was he here?

"Are you okay? What do you need? I was just about to leave." you state to him in a cautious tone.

"I need you." he declared wantingly.

A feeling of confusion and anxiety quickly comes upon you and your first instinct is to run. Leave. Get out as fast as you can. You have no idea what will happen next.  But you can't.  Your feet are frozen in place and your breath slows like his eyes are holding you hostage.  You cannot move.  At all.

Enzo shoots himself over to you in a matter of milliseconds.  How did he just do that? Is this even real? Are you in a dream? No this is real life.

"Oh, Y/N." he preaches softly. "I need your blood. And I need it now." he whispers into your ear.

You can feel the soft touch of his lips on your ear as he breaths. 

He smells sickly like sweat and blood.  Up close you can see the pores on his skin and the oily texture of his hair.  He looks into your eyes inches away from your face and then pain hits your body. 

Your vision gets blurry and black starts to fade in from every corner of your view. Closing your eyes, you take in the pain and resist screaming. 

Enzo sucks every last drop from your veins and your body goes limp. And then.. you slip away.

A/N:

Hello everybody! Sorry for taking so long to update but thank you everyone for 2.1k reads!! I'm not too sure if Enzo ever had a daylight ring in TVD but in this story he does! Hope you enjoyed and stay tuned for more updates coming soon! xx