[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

Sensing her wanting to run, he had to think of something quick, he didn’t want this day to be tarnished in anyway. He quickly grabs her by the hips and brings her in close, pauses a moment before locking his lips with hers, slowly and tenderly kissing her soft lips. He ends their embrace by kissing her forehead and holding there, hoping he didn’t piss her off by stealing their first kiss together.

After holding his embrace with her for a while, he releases his hands from her hips and says, “Well you can go be daddy’s girl if you want I won’t stop you, but you can’t stop me from enjoying this beautiful day, and I would love it if you enjoyed it with me”. He then takes his shirt off and motions with his hand for her to follow him to the water.

It was a late night when Aunt Veda held her and Bran in her lap, in the Hopkins library, and told them a story. She told them a story about a girl who was so elusive and a boy who was always afraid. Nadia had always found herself to be both. The most important choice you make, she’d said, is the one that allows you to be loved. 

It felt like the sun was burning in her chest, head and earth spinning in opposite directions. Even as he pulled away she could still feel him, weighing her down like gravity was going to fail at any minute. Holy shit. She stares at him, hands shaking and lips still parted like she was trying to figure out how to kiss him back.

Run. Every rational thought told her to run. He was a werewolf, she was a hunter. She had a house to lead, and he lived in the woods. How could they ever be happy? In a breath, she’s dropping her backpack and throwing her arms around his shoulders. Her mouth crashes into his, and she’s sure it hurts but she doesn’t care that she doesn’t know how to do this the right way. If she stopped now, even for second to think, then it would all be over.

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

Rex loved Nadia being this close, it made everything in a fucked up world feel okay for a moment. It was times like these Rex thought about how much he loved her and couldn’t wait to tell her that. He could smell her hair, she always used the same strawberry shampoo and conditioner, the familiar smell was always nice and reassuring to him in some strange way.

After what seemed like and eternity in their embrace he lifts his head off of hers and look at the water. “It’s a pretty nice day out, what do you say we make use of the weather and go for a swim?” Rex thought this would be good way to cut some of the somberness and maybe it would wash away some of the cigarette smell off of his skin.

Nadia had almost fallen asleep standing up. For the life of her, she couldn’t understand how he had this effect on her. In her world, letting your guard down could mean the death of you. Startled a bit by the realization, she pulls away from him and picks up her backpack. 

“Uh,” she cursed internally, knowing that it was obvious she was running away. “I should get back before Dad notices I’m skipping.” She wasn’t wrong, but it’s not like her dad ever checked up on her. She was Old Reliable. Boring Nadia. The Bookworm Hopkins. 

Stepping away from him, she tries to come up with something good to say. Something that won’t ruin this. 

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

He could smell the shift in her mood, and made a mental note not to fuck around anymore. This place must be really special he thought to himself as he notices the crumpled wild flowers Nadia has place on the shore.

He slowly moves to grab her hand, not only to comfort her, but he also just wanted to be close to her in this moment. After some time goes by he calmly asks “What’s so special about this breath taking place?” hoping it wasn’t a sore subject she hadn’t shared with him yet.

At the feel of his hand, Nadia’s eyes close for a brief moment. She had a lot of family, cousins and aunts and uncles, but she wasn’t as close to them as they were to each other. Yeah, they’d fight and die for each other but... Nadia had a hard time fitting in with the rest of them. She was like her dad in that way, she supposed. 

“It’s not the place,” she says offhandedly, like she’s still not sure how much she wants to share of herself. She looks up at him slowly, thumb rubbing over his. For such a jerk, Rex had honest eyes. Could she really trust him? He smelled like cigarettes and wet soil, like he’d been sleeping in the ground. It shouldn’t be enticing, but it was. And the excess heat coming off of him... Even in the spring sun, she didn’t mind moving closer to it. So she did, gently resting her head against his chest and guiding his arm to hold her waist. 

Here, she could feel his heart against her cheek.

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

He tries his best not to show it but Rex is in awe some the beauty of this place. He hadn’t seen anything like this spot yet, even when hunting through the forest after shifting. “This is one perty, this where you take all the boys?” he says with a western twang.

He’s curious to see what happens next, and takes a moment to just take in the beauty of the area, the aroma of the lake and the shore. Feeling around the sand he grabs a good sized stone and skips it into the water, watching the stone bounce for what seems forever until it sinks into the depths of the water out of sight.

Nadia is nervous and she doesn’t even know it until she sees how much he likes it here. It was silly, wanting him to like everything she did. Taking a rather obvious deep breath, she looks around for a moment before answering. 

“No,” she says finally, voice a lot smaller than usual. “I’ve never really taken anyone here.”

Her booted toes are drawing lines in the sand, a nonsense pattern of crosses and triangles. It was nerve wracking, sharing such a hidden piece of her heart with someone else. She was young, when her mother left, but she was aware of how much it broke her father. Gabriel Hopkins may appear to be the pillar of her family, but she knew just how many cracks were below the surface. She knew it was only a matter of time before somebody damaged her like that. 

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

Rex notices her walking away, perfect looks like she got the idea before I even had to ask. He allows her to get about 20 feet away before shouting, “Hey, if I’m such a dog aren’t you gonna shout ‘Come here boy, come get your treat!’ follow me isn’t much of a command for a dogs”. He then breaks into a slow jog to catch up with her quick pace.

He follows her through this strange trail and gets a slight sense of excitement, he has never been here before and he can’t wait to see what she has in store for him this far away from the campus.

Nadia doesn’t bother to respond, instead rolling her eyes like he can see her exasperation through the back of her head. He was full of come backs, wasn’t he? Once they make it down the rocky wall closing off the academy from the rest of the country, a clear lake is within view. It’s the shore she heads for, where a cove has been dug out by the water over the years. 

Inside that cove is a withering bunch of wildflowers. Her mother wasn’t dead, but she wasn’t around either. Sometimes Nadia felt like the only place she could talk to her was here. Quickly she kicks dirt over the flowers before he reaches her, she doesn’t want him asking questions. Raising her brow at him, she asks, “Do goody two shoes skip class?”

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

“Well don’t get your perfectly ironed panties in a twist, I’m just messing with you, beside, your too stinky for me to get that up close to you, my nose couldn’t handle it”. He was seeing how far he could frustrate her before she hits him in public. Rex new Nadia would give him a good slug on the shoulder if he went to far, but in a public place, now that was a new situation.

He pauses for a moment or two, taking a couple deep drags on his cigarette, and contemplates asking her to play hooky and spend the rest of the day with him. Maybe take her somewhere nice for dinner, at least somewhere more private than a campus.

Perfectly ironed... Nadia’s whole face is up in flames now. Did he really think she was so stuck up? The comment on her scent was par for the course, but sometimes his opinions on her bothered her. She stares at his shoes, trying to come up with something to say. Every come back sounded bratty inside her head. 

Looking up at him, suddenly, she orders him, “Follow me.” Nadia turns before waiting for him to respond, cutting between two buildings to their right. The rocky path leads down the side of a hill, and she takes every stone like she’s done it a million times before. She remembers going this way with her mother, when she was small. Now, whenever she needed to get away, she found the path again. Rocks turn to mud, and that’s when she looks back to make sure he’s following. 

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

As bread clumps fall from his mouth, he suddenly smells a shift in Nadias scent, he knows for sure he’s turned her on, if not just a little bit. “I got some better ideas about where to put my nose instead of you hitting I think you might enjoy”.

At this point he decides he has to either make a move, or move his ass a long, he had places to be and so little time. He lights a cigarette, and motions for her to stand up to bid him goodbye. He was also looking forward to seeing her again, hopefully somewhere more private next time.

Nadia can’t believe her ears for a second. She stares at him with wide eyes, and barely suppresses a bit of a squeak. Did he mean...? Looking around frantically to make sure no one heard that, she hurriedly packs her stuff back into her backpack.

“I can’t believe you,” she mutters, but somehow she can. He was a dog in every sense of the word. When she stands, she crosses her arms over her chest. “I would not enjoy that.” And right away she regrets saying that, because now he knows her mind was on the exact same thing. Blood rushes to Nadia’s cheeks, and she’s moving to push past him.

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

He looks directly into her eyes, and with his mouth rigid, sternly speaks in a joking manner “If my stamina is in question I can show you I’m quite fit, and if you don’t give me that sandwich back I might just eat you”. 

He then awaits for the swift verbal lashing Nadia is about to give him. He likes toying with her, but knows when he takes it too far, and tends to on a consistent basis, he likes it that way. Before she can speak though he grabs his sandwich and all in one motion shoves the rest of it in his mouth and stands up, fake snarling at her like a rabid dog.

It would be a lie to say his words didn’t make her stomach knot in a couple different directions. Taking a moment to stare him down, Nadia swallows the lump in her throat. Right. Okay. Mating with werewolves, or any other supernatural creature, was still strictly forbidden. With Ariella and Leo around, it was easy to forget that rule.  

“You could try,” she says blankly, “but I can promise that’ll earn you a wack to the nose.” She had dog jokes by the dozen. Biting into her sandwich again, she chews slowly with an unwavering gaze. There’s other students milling about, sparsely, but hopefully enough to dissuade him from trying anything. 

[ahopkinsprincess]

cigarettedxydream:

“Make fun of my smell all you want, but you wouldn’t be sitting so close to me if you didn’t like it” he quickly responds with a smirk. He loved the way they gave each other a hard time, it just clicked so well. He thought about when he first met Nadia she was so quiet and reserved and how much she’s opened up to him.

At this point he was already working on his second sandwich, and in the other hand he crumpled the paper bag and tossed, waiting for Nadia to yell at him for littering. Sometimes he would do things like this to specifically annoy her, the little frustrated faces she would make amused him enough to make the verbal lashings worth it.

Well he wasn’t wrong. She doesn’t respond though, taking a gigantic bite of her sandwich instead so she doesn’t have to. Taking her time chewing, she lets her mind drift away. Until a paper ball flies past her face. Huffing, she puts her sandwich back into her container and looks over at him. 

“Seriously? The garbage can is like three feet away, is your werewolf stamina not up to par or something?” She knocks his shoulder harder this time and snatches the rest of his sandwich from his hands. “Go pick it up or I eat this too.” 

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Rex stares at the extinguised cig on the ground, and feels a sense of mouring for it, as it was his third cousin twice removed he met once, at another funeral for a random relative. He didn’t smell the food until it came out of her backpack, and it immdiately made him salivate.

Snatching a piece of her sandwhich he stares at her. “My Marlboros have feelings too you know, and for the record, the drooling is because of how you smell, new deoderant today?” she hated when Rex commented on her scent, and he knew it too. After finishing his stolen bite he pulls out a stained brown paper bag with his ragtag looking lunch he made 3 a.m. the night before. “Don’t laugh at my lunch now, I forgot to have my daddies special chef whip me up a balanced meal” as he pulls 2 pb and j’s and a bag of chips out of the raggity bag.

[ahopkinsprincess]

Nadia ignores the way his comment about her smell makes her stomach tighten. She understood why he couldn't help but take note of it, but did he have to say it out loud? She doesn't let it show how nervous he makes her, but his nose would always find where her true emotions were hiding. "Yeah, yeah whatever," she says dismissively, moving her bag aside so he can sit beside her.

"And what are you wearing? Is that special edition 'Not So Wet Dog'?" Knocking her shoulder against his, she feels his immense heat despite the layers of clothing separating them. Werewolves burned hotter than hell. Noticing their faces are so close together, she averts her eyes and picks at her lunch.

[cigarettedxydream-blog]

He lets out a small grin cause he can’t help but be serious more than a second. “I’d rather poppa Hopkins get me before the Marboro’s do, heard the latter way to die is nastier.” He had given up on fearing pain or death since his werewolf powers kicked in, always healing from life threatening injuries had made death a moot point for Rex. Walking away he throws Nadia a peace sign and doesn’t turn back.

It’s meeting time at the spot the next day. Rex has two cigs lit in his mouth, he’s convinced himself today he will get little miss perfect to add some tar to her lungs, as if his second hand smoke hadn’t added enough. Hearing her footsteps 10 feet behind him he holds up her Marlboro in his left hand saying, “I got one nice and hot for you princess, hurry now or it will go cold and lose it flavor” mimicking how a mom might talk about fresh dinner she’s just cooked.

[ahopkinsprincess]

Was he aware that she could kick his ass? In hindsight, she suspects that's why he's so attracted to her.

When she reaches him, she takes the cancer stick he offers and gives him a sweet smile before putting it out on the ground beneath them with a stomp. "Your death wish is bloody intense," she tells him as if she's impressed. "Have you had lunch yet?" Swinging her backpack onto the ground, she lands on her bottom with her legs folded like a pretzel. From her bag she pulls out the lunch her father has their chef make fresh daily. A warrior needs a balanced diet after all. Looking up at him, she throws one of his trademark smirks right back at him. "I don't have anything to share, just wondering if you're going to sit there and drool at me while I eat."

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[cigarettedxydream-blog]

Rex could smell her uncomfort, and see it on her face, but also smelt the deep lingering smell of desire for him. He wasn’t sure what to do but respond the only smartass way he knew. “Same time tomorrow then?” he then grabs her wrist and steals a quick kiss from her, just to rustle her jimmies.

Releasing her wrist he quickly turns away and flicks a cigarette from his pack right into his mouth, and without missing a beat has it lit. He then looks around to make sure none of Gabriels goons who like to tail Nadia was around, they were always careful about where to meet, but you can never be too careful these days.

[ahopkinsprincess]

Nadia let him get away with a lot of things, but she had to draw the line somewhere. Her hand flies to her mouth as he walks away, staring wide eyed at the space he leaves behind before she's coming to her senses and following him. "Hey!" she nearly barks, waving a hand in front of her face to clear his trail of smoke from her face. "Hey, you can't do that!" When he begins to turn around, she falters and looks at the ground.

Anyone could have seen what he just did, and who knows what would happen. Her father was the least of their worries but she couldn't tell him that. Especially since the issues surrounding John Stearne were just speculation as far as the kids were concerned, or so her father and the rest of the council thought. When the courage has built up in her chest once again, she meets his eyes. "Something bad could happen to you," she says quietly, "...and I don't want to be the reason why."

[cigarettedxydream-blog]

He briefly looks to the ground, considering pulling out a cigarette before speaking again but dismisses the idea, he doesnt want to appear detached from the situation. “…Neither do I then.” he tells her bringing his gaze up from the ground straight to her eyes. He gives her a sly smile trying not to be too much of a smartass, though he expected her to be used to his shit by now.

[ahopkinsprincess]

Stifling a laugh, she looks away quickly so he doesn't see the way her lips quirk in a smile. Nadia takes a deep breath, trying to decide how to respond. The attraction between the two of them is palpable, anyone could read it a mile away. Her cousins had wasted no time in teasing her endlessly about it. But they didn't understand, they were free to be with whomever they chose. Just because Ariella could fool around with a werewolf, didn't mean Nadia could. Being next in line for the Hopkins crown meant she had to follow an entirely different set of rules.

"Well whatever it is that you do," she begins slowly, unable to keep the grin from her lips. "I can't do that. Especially not with you." He knew exactly why, so she didn't understand why he kept pushing the issue. She felt like wherever she went, he was there. Either her cousins clued him into her schedule or he was abusing his sense of smell.

[ahopkinsprincess]

Nadia has never felt this sweaty, not even after the week she spent in the woods around the Estate for training. Sweat was pooling in her bra, in her damn bra, and even though he didn't know that it still made her blush. She stares at Rex, fumbling over her words a couple times before she can get it out.

"I- I'm not allowed- I mean not that I'm not allowed, but I don't-" She takes a breath and forces a smile. "I don't date."

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[ahopkinsprincess]

"Family before all else," she says firmly, setting down the sword she just finished cleaning. "Family before glory, before..." She stutters before looking up at her dad.

Nadia should really know this. She'd been studying all night, the family history and the Hopkins creeds. Huffing, she tosses her rag onto the table and sits with her arms crossed. "Sorry Dad.."