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      Jonathan Devellis. 21. Hunter. Beacon Hills.                          M!A: None but accepting.     The Nemeton didn't just bring the creatures; it brought the hunters. "Mom and Dad always told me not to look for the monsters under my bed, falling prey to some ridiculous notion that they wouldn't come for us if we didn't go after them. They were wrong. And what can I say? I've never been good at taking orders."

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         ”It’s not too much. It’s- Normal. A normal happy. When was the last time either of us were that?”

{For Allison? Months. Jonathan? Possibly never, she didn’t know.

         ”She’s something. Maybe. I don’t know. Does it even matter? He-” [He picked her. He picked Kira over her.]

         ”Is going to get popcorn and chocolate chips in the job description too? Even if it’s just sneaking into the cafeteria to get out of here?”

{Allison hoped it was. Honestly, she just needed to get out of here and maybe she felt so bad because she was lightheaded from skipping meals again.}

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       "Normal or not, we can't have that. So what if you can't afford to be normal happy? -- That's the luxury of ignorance. There are other types of happy, though..."

{ She wasn't buying what he was selling. Obviously. Hell, he wasn't even buying it. But Jonathan was never the guy to give up easily, so he'd keep on trying. The whole incident would be off her mind in no time. At least, that's what he told himself. }

       "She's new --."

{ He stopped himself. He wasn't going to mention how this seemed to be a habit with Scott, picking up the new girl. That was the last thing Allison needed to hear. He was definitely going to get back at Scott for her somehow, excluding lethal force because Isaac was a nice enough guy and killing his alpha seemed a little overboard. And Allison wouldn't like it. The code and all. } 

       "Yeah, junk food's in the fine print, actually. There's a disturbing lack of loopholes but a hell of a lot of perks if you're willing to put in the time to find them."

       { Jonathan nodded his head in the general direction of the cafeteria. }

"Lead the way, Warrior Princess."

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              “I know. Points for trying, right?”

{Reaching out her hand, Allison hoped he would meet her halfway, because she needed someone to help her stand still when things were spinning out of her grasp.}

              “A step down? Jonathan, she’s freaking gorgeous and still smiles. I bet she hasn’t nearly killed her best friend lately, and I can tell you she definitely isn’t a freak with a knife collection.”

{She might have had her dad run a background check on the girl - more or less standard procedure now for anyone new getting close to the group. Kira was about as normal as a girl could get, as far as they found - definitely plusses for her, since Scott was probably looking for normal after everything with her.}

             ”I just- You would do that?”

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             "Points for trying."

   { He agreed, taking her hand like it was something they did everyday. If she needed him to hold her up, he could do that.  }

             "Step down, definitely. Maybe it's a personal preference, but girls who smile too much creep me out. It's almost like they're plotting my death in their head. Besides, I think something is a little off about her. Call it instinct, but I'm going to trust my gut on this one. You told me what happened with that teacher so it's not too far fetched."

   { So maybe Kira wasn't darach material or, at the very least, didn't seem that way. He was even considering that he might get a bad feel from her because she was half the cause of Allison's current state. Either way, he'd keep an eye out, even if it was just to make sure Allison didn't accidentally catch sight of her ex and the new girl getting friendly. }

             "Of course. Sometimes I think you're forgetting the job description. — Don't worry, though. There will be nothing bordering on mortally wounded, but I'll definitely be making use of the wolfsbane."

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                 ”Jonathan.”

                     ”Not. Helping.”

{It really wasn’t, but he was the only one there. He understood every other aspect of her life other than how she felt about Scott because they’d never talked about it. Hunting partner - he was there. Snark - he was there. He could figure out every other part of her, but Allison didn’t have the words to explain how it felt like her heart was in her throat and she couldn’t breathe.}

                   ”How long? I thought- He said-”

{She shook her head. It was all just words.}

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               "Come on, Allison."

                 "I'm trying."

   { And she was nearly crying. This was definitely something out of his league. Heartbreak wasn't something he'd exactly had any experience with and he wasn't exactly aware what all went down between Scott and Allison. Werewolf Romeo and Hunter Juliet, dead bodies and all. But he was here for her, and if she needed a shoulder to cry on or someone to chase Scott down with a revolver, he'd do it. }

                 "Not long. -- I don't think, at least. I mean, nothing against Kira, but you and I both know that she's a step down from you."

                 "I mean, that's gotta be something, right? -- Plus, I've been looking for an excuse to kick Scott's ass."

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{She had seen them. How long had i- Did it matter how long it had been happening?}

{It was cruel, that she couldn’t forget it. That every time she closed her eyes she saw them. Scott and Kira kissing in a tree - K I S S I N G. It was the parking lot, but whatever.}

                        “I- I saw them. I didn’t know they… You know.”

{She wants to forget and can’t and just needs someone to tell her this is okay and normal and that she’ll forget it.}

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  { Johnathan turned about when he heard her voice. Oh no, turns out Scott and Kira were officially a thing now. And judging by Allison's reaction, she wasn't quite handling it well. }

  { Comfort, right? That's how normal people would handle this. Damn, Allison normally came to him for snark and hunting advice. Well, maybe he served more as a punching bag, but that's not the point. He had no clue how to handle this. }

                       "Kira and Scott. — I'm guessing they're out of the closet..."

  { He nearly winced when he realized that what he said wasn't exactly helpful. }

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"Yeah," she snapped. "I do. Because apparently guided training hasn’t done shit for me."

Allison watched him suspiciously. There was something going on here that she didn’t trust or understand. He was playing with her, but he was still two steps ahead. She hadn’t seen exactly where the bullet was in the rotation, and not knowing that made her very nervous. And now he wanted her to talk her way out of this?

Taking a deep breath, Allison tried her hardest to focus. “Alright, fine. You want to know why you shouldn’t potentially kill either of us? Let’s start with the obvious - one of us would be dead. And that would be unpleasant not only for us but that might get a few more people six feet under once our families find out. You think your uncle won’t go after my dad? Or vice versa? Think again. And this world might need them a hell of a lot more than it needs us. So there’s that potentially regional if not national responsibility.

"Want another reason? You’re selfish. And so am I. We’re human, what else can we be? We want to live. Maybe you want to take me to Formal. You can’t do that if one of us is dead.

"Or maybe you think you can just get one of us hurt and walk away. Want to know what happens if you hurt me? I will kick your ass so hard and so far the Jetsons will be long dead by the time you come to. Think you’re going to hurt yourself? Fine. Do it. I will stitch you up myself with no meds and no painkillers, and then drop you off in the middle of nowhere as punishment for being so goddamn stupid. Really, the best option is not hurting anyone or killing either of us. It’s human instinct to survive, so do it. So put the gun down, because I’d rather you didn’t blow a hole in your foot."

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     Johnathan laughed then, laced with amusement and something bordering on mischief. With practiced ease that came with hours upon hours of practice he removed the final bullet which had been set to shoot, before stuffing the revolver in the space between his back and belt. He held the projectile up, smug grin still in place. "Now tell me what's wrong with this bullet. — If you can't I will. It's a blank."

     "Didn't see that coming, did you?" The question was more of a statement anyway, so he continued on as if he hadn't even asked it. Johnathan's dramatic act had a purpose and it was about time he got to it. Everything he was about to tell her, he learned from experience, which is what being a hunter on the road would do to you. His jaw clenched and eyes narrowed as he pocketed the blank. "Rule number one, Allison. Be five six, or seven steps ahead of your opponent or to put it simply, the smartest person in the room, or you're dead."

     A shrug of his shoulders accompanied his next words. "Because you've got one thing right about hunters. They are the scariest thing you'll have to face. Far scarier than the things that can possess your body, and the creatures that consume mankind. — We're the worst kind of predators because we know exactly what we are doing and why. So maybe my code doesn't pass your test, but you're lucky that I'm the first other hunter you've come across. In ten years, maybe less, I'll be just like them, maybe worse. Hell, you may be too."

     "But I digress, the bullet is what you want to know, about, isn't it?" His expression grew serious as he spoke. If she wasn't listening to anything he said, she needed to hear this. "The strongest nerve is what you've got to have. Playing it safe is sometimes the easiest way to get yourself or someone else killed and sometimes, it's the easiest way to save a life. A blank won't kill unless you put it to your head, and it won't cripple, but with the little arrows you carry around, it's checkmate."

     When she spoke of human instinct, he couldn't help but shake his head. "Something you're wrong about is the human instinct to survive and it leads right into rule number two. Somewhere, deep down, every hunter has a death wish --." He cut his own words short, letting Allison fill in the blanks herself. It was always something different with each hunter and he wasn't proud enough to believe he could decipher someone else's, especially when his own was still in the darkest corner of his mind.

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[ what are you doing? ily and i’m such a terrible rp partner. you know, since teen wolf is back, i’m going to reboot jonathan. btw, i miss you like crazy so yep, i’m coming back for real this time. ]

YES COME BACK TO ME I FINALLY SETTLED EVERY FC AND PLS LETS RP

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[ I am trying to get my things together and then i will reply to all the things and do new starters and unfollow and follow all the cool kids and stuff like that, yeah?? ]

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ooc;

Well, yeah, I've been gone a while now, but I'm really back now, mostly because someone reminded me where I started and I'm a little ashamed to have let the muse drift off as time has passed. So, i'm hella excited to be back and it's going to start with a massive overhaul. Clearing out some old things, a new theme, you know, the works. As of right now, this blog is under construction. So dear god, please do not come onto it.

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"Yeah, it is," Isaac confirmed with a glare, feeling his blood boil. He was doing his best to keep the wolf at bay, knowing that a showdown at the lacrosse field was not a good idea. Especially because he had no idea what this guy was capable of. At his words about his friend, Isaac tensed, feeling even angrier. "She’s not a wolf, she’s a hunter,” he corrected him, his voice coated with hostility. “And it’s none of your business.” The man seemed to not give a damn about whether they were the good guys or not, and when he introduced himself as a hunter, Isaac had confirmation of what he’d already been thinking. “So you’re here to skin us? Because we’re the scum that walks the earth and yadda, yadda,yadda,” he replied, looking straight at the man. For the first (and hopefully last) time in his short life, he wished Peter was around. “We don’t want any trouble. Just get out of town.”

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"Sorry kid, if it's a monster, it's my business. Really goes with the hunter title. I mean, if you need proper definition I'll oblige..." Words trailing off, he arched an eyebrow at the mention of that Allison girl being a hunter. That was actually interesting. Johnathan pushed the thought to side, attributing it to every hunter going through some sort of phase where they tried to play nice with the creatures who hid under their beds. Arms folded across his chest when he spoke. "Little Miss Hunter playing nice with the pack? Ah, she'll learn her lesson soon enough. They always do. — Think she's sweet now. Just wait until she realizes how much of a monster you are. You have control now, but tell me, what happens when you lose it? Because you will and I think, deep down, you know it's inevitable."

Another smug grin passed over his features. "Scum. Hey, you said it, I didn't. —Now I don't want you to get your panties in a twist. I'm not going to gun you down here. It's just a little public, don't you think?" Johnathan could admit that he just liked the actual hunt behind it all. He might be a lot of things, but underhanded wasn't one of them. He preferred an even playing field, even if it was against something as twisted as a supernatural creature. If they killed beat him, hell, they deserved to live. Simple as that. He might have laughed when the wolf told him to leave town. "And I got to say, it's cute. Really. The little pup, probably the youngest in your pack, right? In wolf years at least. You're trying to play alpha, boss me out of your territory or whatever. — Want a gold start for trying?"

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(teen!verse lie meme) "So... Why haven't you asked me out yet?"

"Well, you see—the thing is." Johnathan stumbles over his words, trying to find his footing when it comes to this honesty thing." —Allison, come on. I’m no good. Everyone around me dies. I’d rather suffer without you than be the reason that something happened to you. I’m. —I hate this truth thing—. I’m scared. We know what this life is. And you’ve got a chance to get out. You can graduate high school, go to college. —High school is it for me. I know too much to walk away. —Isn’t there a saying somewhere? About when you.." He scoffs, cutting himself off. "About letting things go?"

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"Look, I’ve had enough of the annoying self sacrificing bit, on all ends of this," she said frankly. "I’m tired of giving things up because of my job, and maybe you are too. If not, I’ll just leave." 

Allison listened quietly and tried not to cringe. There were a lot of times she didn’t realize how lucky she really was, and this was another one for the list. “Well,” she offered quietly, “At least we have that in common - dying at least once. But the reaper sounds a lot less fun than drowning. And avenge? I might. Depends on how you go out.” Okay, maybe this wasn’t the best time for teasing but she was trying.

"I should, but apparently I don’t. So, what do you say? Last chance, take it or leave it. I’m not promising a whole lot, and hey maybe a few weeks or months from now one of us leaves and that’s it, but you have to admit you want to try."

She grinned - something she couldn’t help. Allison would be lying if she said she didn’t enjoy risks and that rush you get from things like this. “Well?”

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The forced laughter that left his lips was almost pained. “I’m not going to stop. I can’t. And you know that.” Pausing a beat, he nodded in agreement. “Maybe I am tired of giving things up. — Maybe I really am. The last year. My parents. The chance to be a normal teenager.”

"Reaper’s are nice enough, sometimes. I guess it just wasn’t my time or I was somehow able to be revived." He worried his lower lip for a moment, realizing he hadn't every really talked about this before. "They at least try and take on friendly forms." He sighed at Allison’s comment, a ghost of a smile passing over his features. "Dying at least once. How many people get to say they have that in common?—Talk about compatibility…"

Johnathan thought about what she was saying. He actually did. Maybe it was best. They both knew that they couldn’t offer much, but if they wanted to try. To hell with it. “I’m going to regret this for the rest of my life.” And with that he crashed their lips together.

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Allison knew she was being childish, and this was exactly why she wasn’t able to lead much of anyone. Until she learned her lesson, until she could learn to be clinical and unemotional in all dealings of work and life, she was never going to be good enough. And unfortunately, Jonathan seemed to bring out the worst in her. This was certainly not going to get her anywhere in life, except maybe in a scuffle where someone ended up with a bloody nose. 

"Maybe I want to learn on my own, did anyone think of that? I don’t have anyone to tell me how to do this! All I have is my dad, and all he can do is train me to fight. I’m supposed to lead, but all the women I’m supposed to look up to are gone," she said harshly. "And frankly you don’t need to know any of this, and I don’t know why I’m bothering to tell you. So you know what? Take your advice somewhere else, because I don’t know what to believe any more."

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Johnathan rolled his eyes at Allison's borderline harsh response. Arms across his chest, his features grew hard. Fine, if she didn't want to take his advice, then she didn't have to. She could learn the hard way, like he did. Except, it would be under his control the way this went down. Dropping his arms, he pulled a revolver from his coat and emptied all the bullets except one. "You want to learn on your own. --Really?"

"Okay, then, I've got one bullet in this chamber." He arched an eyebrow as he spoke, barrel of the revolver pointed at the ground. "You have no idea what I'm going to do with it. I could shoot you. I could shoot myself. Don't think you can overpower me before I make some sort of decision. Negotiate with me." Clicking his tongue, the hunter shrugged in a way that suggested nonchalance. "Miss Matriarch Allison, show me how much you think you can learn by yourself."

He was young and reckless. His uncle would beat him within a inch of his life he knew half of what Johnathan got up to when the old man wasn't around. And this, well, Johnathan wouldn't be more than a corpse if word got back. He held the gun so easily, a slight smirk dancing upon his lips. Glancing from the firearm back to Allison, he demanded, "Make me believe that no one has to get hurt here."

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Isaac tensed when he realized the man was looking through his phone; he never cared too much for caution when he wrote his texts and he was sure the word ‘werewolf’ was mentioned in there a lot. “What the hell d’you think you’re doing?” he asked, angry, and took a few steps in his direction. When he asked who Allison and Scott were, he felt a jolt of panic run through him. Those were the two people in the world he cared about the most, and this man had figured out they were probably his weak spot. Who was he? A hunter? Another crazy Darach? “Look, I don’t know who you are, but we’re none of your business,” Isaac said, determined to keep his calm. “We’re not hurting anybody.” When the man threw his phone on the ground, Isaac ignored it, but at the words that followed, his jaw clenched in anger. “Who the fuck are you?” 

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"Oh look, it's getting mad." The thought briefly crossed his mind that while angry werewolves were borderline dangerous, it actually made them easier to put down. That little sliver of humanity was so hard to snuff out sometimes. But he didn't back away when the kid charged a bit forward. A handy revolver in his coat would easily take care of the wolf. The word choice struck his interest, then. "We? So Allison and Scott are wolves too? — Good to know, I suppose." The hunter rolled his eyes. He couldn't count how many times he heard the whole not hurting anyone spiel. Ignoring it, he addressed the idea of an introduction, cocky smirk still in place. "Johnathan Devellis. Hunter. Pleasure's all mine, pup."

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Isaac had just finished changing back into his clothes after lacrosse practice and was about to head home when he realized he didn’t have his phone with him. He headed out to the field to check if he’d left it on the bench; it wouldn’t have been the first time, he had a sort of talent for leaving his phone around in the worst places. When he got there, he noticed someone else was too, and arched an eyebrow, surprised. “Hey, have you seen a phone around here?” 

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"Nice device." Johnathan said, thumbing through the information on the kid's phone. His eyes narrowed a little as he looked up at the teen approaching. "— Say, who's Allison? And Scott? You do seem to talk to them a lot." He stood from where he sat on the bench, a slight smirk passing over his features. "I knew there was a pack in town, but really? Teenagers." The hunter slouched a little then, portraying mock confusion. " — Granted, I was a teen a few short years ago, but I didn't cry wolf when things got hard." The phone left his hand then, tossed to the ground a few feet away. "There you go, kid. Fetch." 

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"I don’t need a lesson right now. And believe me, the first person I ask isn’t going to be someone my own age." Allison hated his tone of voice, the fact that he was still smirking at her, everything about the moment seemed condescending, whether or not he meant it to be. 

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He audibly sighed, resisting the urge to roll his eyes. Johnathan controlled his tone so that it sounded not nearly half as confrontational as his instincts wanted it to. "Listen, Allison. I've been doing this a little longer than you have and I wasn't half as protected while learning. You can either accept the advice I offer or I don't know, ask your dad. —But what would he be willing to tell you? I doubt it would be the whole truth."

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She wanted to be mad, but it was a little difficult with him smirking at her. Instead Allison settled for glaring at him before looking away uncomfortably, crossing her arms. 

"You could say that," she snapped. "Skills mean nothing when no one’s here to teach me them. So I guess I’m starting from nothing. Happy now? That just upped your chances of winning whatever the hell it is we’re betting on right now. One of us on our knees, prom date, whatever it is."

Allison hated that she sounded as angry as she did, but more than that she hated feeling like a failure at who she was supposed to be. She hadn’t been raised as a hunter, she hadn’t taken leadership classes, and she certainly hadn’t gotten any lessons on anything other than fighting from her father. 

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Allison was...pouting? Arms crossed about her chest and refusing to look at him. Pouting he could handle. Johnathan sighed but couldn't seem to wipe the smirk from his face.

"Alright." He rose his arms up in mock surrender, before dropping them back to his sides. "—Rule number one. It's not about winning. Negotiations are never ever about winning. It's about making sure that you're not losing and you know damn well that doesn't mean you come out the victor."

So maybe he ignored the easy innuendos he could have artistically delivered, but he realized that this couldn't just be about something simple. Allison's reactions told him that much. If they were going to work together, the least he could do was teach her a thing or two.

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"The kind who hasn’t been given the chance to deal with people who will tell her no," she snapped. Really, the only time Allison had been trusted as a leader of any kind, she’d asked for Derek Hale’s head on a silver platter, and said the rest of the pack was collateral damage. Gerard had fed her whatever he needed to get that done, and she’d been nothing more than a pawn. That was her only experience with anyone who wasn’t her friends or her father. It wasn’t any experience at all, especially compared to Jonathan.

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Johnathan was a little taken aback by her reaction. He was quickly learning that Allison was a switch, one moment fire and the next ice. It was a little intriguing, and a touch dangerous. Smirking anyway, he stated more than asked, "Guessing I touched a nerve there. Everyone's gotta start somewhere, even if it's with something as trivial as being on one's knees for the other. But we're teenagers. — We can get away with it."

"And if helps with your Argent matriarch leadership skills, I'll tell you no all the time, but I was going to do that anyway."

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[ Ah, yes, i should explain. I've been a bit occupied here. And you are a flawless Faith. Also, I promise that my character is not nearly as good as it seems he is. ]

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"Insanity? A deal breaker?" Allison pretended to look shocked. "Wow, I had no idea that insanity was something people commonly were okay with."

Crossing her arms, Allison raised an eyebrow. A deal? Well this was interesting. Normally people just sort of rolled over and agreed or walked away. Negotiations didn’t happen often, but they were something she needed to learn to figure out.

"Oh really? I dare you.”

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"Well, maybe not everyone..." He trailed off, smirking a little. "But I'm not exactly your run of the mill guy, am I?"

His eyes narrowed when she crossed her arms. Apparently Allison wasn't so keen on compromise. Johnathan shrugged. "So can I take it that you're not up for negotiation? — What kind of hunter doesn't deal in a little give and take?" Pointing at her, he laughed. "Sheltered ones, that's who."

He rolls his eyes at her decree. "Allison, do you really dare me? —You know I love a challenge."