Creature Of The Night

Cameron. 31. Known as the Nighthawk. Hero, gone rogue. Metropolis Partner Ask

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A swift swipe of her tail, ANNA MARIE tucked it closer to her small form, steps stopped as she looked up to the other. Tilted head, the black cat played innocence, the superhuman moving to stand behind the other, letting soft fur rub against skin  (  an attempted gesture to hide herself from the quickening footsteps  ).

Cameron watched the men run past him, as he felt the cat brush up behind his legs he decided to hide the cat until the coast was clear before he looked down at the cat again. “Something’s up with you, and I’d bet a twenty that those men were looking for a thief?” Cameron questioned with a smirk.

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THE BLACK coat of fur that covered the body of the feline acted as an easy camouflage - A quick escape from the store, necklace fit between her teeth, security falling back as Anna Marie rounded an easy corner … right into another figure, a quick swipe of her body avoiding a catastrophic pain for the burglar.

He had been out for a run, nighttime runs were his favorite less people that way. He normally didn’t expect felines to nearly run into him, narrowly avoiding stepping on the creature he stopped as he looked down at the cat and narrowed his eyes. “Now now, what do you have there?” It was strange to see a cat with a necklace in it’s mouth.

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Cameron knew the other night hadn’t gone so well. He had hoped to ring off the new year and with his match a little better. But then again what did he suspect he pulled his usual crap and he knew nobody would put up with him long term, no one ever had. He had thrown himself into the gym to clear his head, and for the next few days (well his clients went home sore). He finally gathered the nerve to ask her to hang out. Expecting a no, he had been surprised to get a location instead. 

Cam was surprised pleasantly by the little cafe. His eyes scanned the area not seeing her so he stepped up to the counter and got himself a bite to eat and a coffee before he settled at a table where he could watch the door and wait for the blonde girl who had been stuck on his mind to arrive.

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Amelia:

“Not when the simple party trick is a lot of fun.”She flashed a grin before folding her arms across her chest. “Advanced age? Are you calling me old?” She questioned with a raised eyebrow before continuing “Her name is Sabine, she is clearly the luckiest since she is paired with me. Who got stuck with you? I’ll need to send them a sympathy card”

“If I was calling you old Auntie, I’d simply ask where you wshied to be buried, I personally think a chilly watery grave best suits you. Perhaps the Great Lakes?” He smirked, oh he could be a little shit with his family, and his aunt especially. “What an unlucky woman. I should find a baker, or maybe someone who brew’s spirits. Either way give her a little gift to put up with you.” He rolled his eyes. “I got a lovely woman named Juliet, and how kind of you.” Cameron responded sarcastically.

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Lila

The amount of times that people had already bumped into her that evening (and, honestly, who could blame them with the lack of personal space in this building), Lila didn’t even blink twice before replying, “It’s fine,” to the male in front of her. “Are you looking for something specific?”

“The exits possibly, in case my match is a total loony bin case.” She didn’t look crazy but he knew just how much looks could be deceiving. He figured that if he did indeed need an out then he’d find them. “I was kind of hoping this place would by some low levels have a sports bar around as well.” He was completely out of his element, give him the trenches and he was set. This fancy stuff? No way.

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Juliet

Juliet felt lost. She didn’t know what Cameron wanted from her. She told him to go away but he wouldn’t. He wouldn’t agree to not sleep with other people either though. Sighing she turned away from him to look back out over the garden. She couldn’t see anything in the darkness but it was better than looking at him. She couldn’t think of anything to say so she kept silent.

He wanted to bang his head on the table, lord he thought the army was a better option then this. “I am an awol soldier.” He told her after a moment as he watched her look away from him. “I have a hard time trusting humans, especially confusing ones, who may or may not fill out their dress quite well.” It didn’t matter if it was dark or not to him, he could still see her clearly. “I like women, blonde ones are quite nice. Most of my time is spent in a gym. When I wasn’t working I was spending time on the side as a personal trainer. I prefer dogs but I am willing to give a cat a shot. I live in a little apartment, its outfitted with everything that I can’t break. Kind of how I feel like I could with you.” He kept rattling the facts off wanting her to see she had to get to know him past the basics. “I like the left side of the bed so you better be okay with taking the right.” 

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Juliet:

His words stung and all she wanted to do was get away from him. She had had some fairy tale romance in her head about this program. It was time for her to wake up. “I just told you that we can sleep with whoever we want Cameron. I don’t care who you sleep with.” She hoped he would walk away from her. Maybe she could hide down in the gardens for awhile. 

Cam sighed heavily. “I’m calling bullshit.” He told her as he looked over at her. “I’m just saying ease me into this okay? I wasn’t a relationship sorta guy, and this is strange way to get with a girl even for me.” He was trying, he had no idea which way to move with this girl. He was trying to get to know her, but she didn’t know him and still wanted rules. They had to take a step back first before moving forward. “If you are thinking I am going to walk away, you really don’t know me, and the fact that I won’t.”

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Juliet:

She had pushed too far. That much was clear from the way he backed away from her. She didn’t regret it though. She was free to go about her life and flirt and be with whoever she wanted now. He was going to do the same. Their marriage wouldn’t be one of love and she was fine with that. Glancing up at him she forced herself to smile. “We’ll just try to be friends then. You can sleep with whoever you want.” She had seen a rather intriguing man at the bar. Perhaps he was still there.

Cameron was frustrated by this girl on so many levels at this point as he ran a hand over his short hair. “Look why don’t you take time to get to know me before we jump into this like who we can sleep with or not sleep with bullshit.” Cam told her as he shook his head. “I mean for fuck sakes, we could get together and you don’t even enjoy it or some shit or were not compatible besides an invisible force telling us we are. Don’t go getting all possessive just yet honey.” Yet, wasn’t that what he was doing right now? Cam just shook his head. 

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Juliet:

Juliet glanced down at his hands trying to hide a smile at his gesture. Sighing she tilted her head to the side as she studied his face for a moment. “Here I am telling you I want you to not sleep with anyone else and you’re making jokes. I mean it though. I don’t want to share you.” She wasn’t prepared to declare him hers but she wasn’t willing to share him while she tried to decide about him either. It was something she would put her foot down about if she had to. She hoped that he wouldn’t fight her too much on it.

There was too much attachment in that, in her words and of what she wanted from him. “You don’t even know me, I could be quite horrible there fore you want to share me.” He countered as he pulled back instead. “I’ll try not too sleep with anyone else, but I won’t make any promises.” He told her, if opportunity struck then he’d go with the flow, she wasn’t even his. It was far too complicated already. 

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Juliet:

“Good thing I have two hands then.” She grimaced at her own lame joke as she turned to lean against the balcony. “Well I could have been really boring or something. Then you would have been wishing for my trouble causing ways.” She smiled moving to stand between him and the balcony. She had never been one for personal space. “I don’t know. Just like rules about what we expect from each other. Like your pet name thing. You don’t want to be called any. Maybe rules about if we’re allowed to sleep with other people or something.” If she had her way he wouldn’t be touching anyone except her. “Well if I don’t ruin your fun you’ll think there’s something wrong with me.” She rolled her eyes at him insisting that they only needed one cat. “You’re going to be our cat’s best friend and then I’ll have to get a dog to be my friend.”

Cam scoffed at her words for a moment choosing to not respond. “Quite possibly, I hardly think you are boring so far.” He rested his hand on either side of her on the balcony ledge. “You like pet names from what I’ve gathered. But already trying to make rules about how the sex’s going to be? Bold. Who caught your eye to sleep with huh? I have to at least meet them first.” Cam insisted, he wanted to know who she had found interested in. “I may already think that.” He joked but shook his head. “I think that’s a bit backwards.” 

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Juliet

“You’ve been a handful too. Wouldn’t you be so disappointed if I didn’t cause you any trouble? You know it’s more fun for you if I’m not nice all the time.” She grinned up at him reaching out to flick his arm. “Should we set some kind of rules? I mean I’m not sure how this is supposed to go. We aren’t a couple but at some point we’re supposed to marry. Should we have rules while we work on becoming a couple?” She scrunched her nose as she thought about her words wondering if she was making any sense to him. “Is there really?” She peered into the darkness but it was hopeless. She couldn’t make out anything. “Well don’t watch them that’s rude.” She laughed softly shoving lightly at his arm. “I was thinking one but we can have two if you want. You might need a sidekick or something.”

“Always going to be a handful.” He shook his head as he smirked. “Oh yeah? And how so it it more fun for me huh?” Cameron closed the distance between them a little bit. “Rules huh? I’m rogue do you really think I follow the rules? Fine I’ll bite though what kind of rules are you talking about.” He nodded his head as he looked down into the darkness. “Yeah there is, least that’s what their heat sensors look like their doing.” He rolled his eyes. “Killing all my fun.” He looked back at her and let his eyes adjust back to the low light. “Nope, no way, one is just fine then. Besides, dogs are more of mans best friends than cats.” He wasn’t sure what this even was between them, was it flirting? Was it them just falling into that gray area that much more? He had no clue.

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❛  OH, no harm done, handsome.  ❜  Anna purred, the raven haired woman taking step away from the other after the ‘accidental’ collision. A red smile plastered on, her hands fiddled with the slit of her black dress to make sure it hadn’t lifted any more than it should’ve.  ❛  &  &  I suppose the crowd is not much help either. This maze can easily make you feel disoriented.  ❜

“Handsome huh?” His brows rose as he looked over the woman in front of him slowly. “It seems as if they maybe needed a bigger venue with how many people are packed into here.” He mused for a moment as he stepped down another step so he was a bit more level with her. 

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fragile-peace:

Juliet would have been disappointed when he pulled away to go outside but she had danced enough that evening. If she was being honest she was a bit tired. Offering him the same small smile that she had just moments before she followed him out into the night air. “You might not be a hero or whatever anymore but you’re a not villain either. You’re just somewhere in the middle.” She sighed running a hand through her hair before continuing. “I can be a lot sometimes. I just want to know that you’re willing to try. Everything else can be worked through as long as we’re both willing to try.” She turned away from him to look down at the garden. “If you hate cats we’re doomed though.”

“I know I am.” He knew where he stood, it was a gray area quite frankly, he wasn’t far enough in on any side to be considered that good anymore. “So I have noticed, you have been a handful so far this afternoon.” Cameron gave her a soft smile though. He didn’t mean it as a bad thing just that she was challenging but maybe a challenge was what he needed for a little while. “I’m willing, otherwise I would have kept walking away or let you go back to your room and never chased.” He told her, as his arms crossed over his chest. “There’s a couple making out down there.” He laughed softly, as he saw the heat sensors of two people that were sitting all too close even if they were shrouded in darkness. “That depends on how many cat’s you are talking. If we have more than two then yes we have problems I agree, I can’t do crazy cat ladies with a hundred or so cats.” He didn’t mind cats. 

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Juliet:

Juliet didn’t comment about him keeping his options open. She was glad to know that he was though. He wouldn’t be very committed to the process of marrying her which was fine. She just had to be sure to keep her own feelings out of it as well. That was always her down fall. She fell hard and fast and it was always ugly. Her brother hated when she was with anyone because of it. “Alright Cameron. I’ll keep that in mind.” She gave him a small smile as they turned on the dance floor. They had been dancing for awhile but she didn’t mind. She loved to dance. She wondered if he planned on being faithful to her. She supposed that she couldn’t demand for him to be. Though she wanted to. She didn’t respond to much of what he said but she didn’t want to say too much. She had made the mistake of liking him.

Cameron noticed her go silent except for one thing that she said. He danced with her for a few more moments before he pulled away. “Come on lets go outside and get some fresh air, talk a bit.” If he fell for this woman he’d do everything in his power to keep her. Cam found an empty balcony and he was glad for the night air for a bit. There was a glint over his eyes as they adjusted to the darkness, everything that wasn’t a glow came to him as a greenish hue as he scanned the area around them. “I don’t get attached because I don’t want anyone to get hurt. There are a lot of good super’s out there, I was one of them once.” He wondered if she knew that he was rogue. He turned to look at her for a moment as he bit his lip. “Don’t let that put you off though, I am open to giving this whole thing a shot. I wouldn’t of signed up for it if I was out to intentionally hurt someone.”

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Juliet:

“Of course not.” She smiled as she laid her head on his shoulder. He really was the perfect height. She had been afraid that she would end up with someone shorter than her. “It’s a bad sign if you’re already talking about divorce. I don’t know how that works either. I wonder if you’re allowed to request a different match. The whole thing is kind of confusing.” She was fairly happy with her match so far so she wasn’t too concerned about it. “Tell me what names you would allow then. I want to know what I can call you.” She frowned at his question pinching his arm in retaliation. “It was flirting. If you don’t know what flirting is that isn’t my fault.” She thought for a moment about if she would speak to him in some random bar. She didn’t want to lie to him. “I would. I would give you a second glance. You have really pretty eyes. Don’t get offended that I called your eyes pretty either. What about you? Would you have given me a second glance?”

This woman he noticed was already super comfortable, he wasn’t used to meeting a stranger and just having them in his arms for this long, he didn’t make a move to push her away however. “Keeping my options open.” Or really his options if it was ever necessary. The last thing he wanted was some human getting hurt all because they were tied to him by name or by marriage whatever the cause, it was probably why he had been so protective of his mother growing up. “Handsome is fine, or Cam, Cameron. Keep it simple, the whole pet name thing is not really my style. I mean you can always call me Nighthawk if you prefer.” He joked a little bit as he then rolled his eyes. “We need to work on that, because if that’s your game darling, then you may need to work on it a tiny bit.” He listened to her all because of his eyes, Cameron looked her over as he shrugged softly. “I would of tried to get with you, kept it a one night affair. Despite signing up for a marriage program, I am not a man that usually committed before now. It was always easier to keep my attachments brief. Usually kept whoever I was with safer.” Or at least that’s what he told himself, he didn’t really let anyone past his defenses anymore, he didn’t want to be found weakened due to some emotion. Nor have emotion be something that was exploited against him.

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August

While August just loved the number of hot bodies within the gala, he knew he needed a little bit of fresh air. Maybe it was the alcohol that drove him outside. He was glad to find a balcony off the gala’s main ballroom. He was surprised, though, when he walked out on the balcony to find that he wasn’t alone. It was a large balcony so they weren’t stuck next to each other. But, August couldn’t help it.

“I don’t know about you but if I heard one more violin, I was going to go crazy. After I find whoever it is I’m supposed to find, I’m going to escape to a proper bar.” He finished off his complaining with a grin.

Cameron was watching the night life of the city, a life that he would have surely found himself in tonight if he hadn’t signed himself up for this little program and wanting to make a good impression he had showed up but after a while the lights and the music was giving him a headache so he took in the night air instead and he found himself relaxing again. 

“That and the cello, I had half a mind to snap both instruments and put everyone out of their misery for a little while at least until they could find a replacement.” Cam smirked lightly as he turned to gaze at the other male. “I could deal with a proper bar right now. Preferably a sports one.”