#fullhunter

ALEXIS:

Alexis ran her hands through her hair, strolling quickly back to her dorm room to collect her new roommate, Hunter. She was going to make him a ‘Welcome to Hailgrove’ dinner, and well, she wanted it to be perfect. Her first roommate had never arrived, Aiden had moved out, and she wanted to keep this one.

Flinging the door open, the first thing she saw was an insanely handsome guy, standing smack bang in the middle of her room. “Uh.. Hunter?” she asked, biting her bottom lip. Damn… She had one fine roommate. “I’m Alexis.. You ready to go?”

  HUNTER:

After meeting up with his sister, Hunter returned to his dorm to finish up his unpacking. His things were neat and his bed was done up military style. He wandered around the room aimlessly until he heard someone enter.

Hunter greeted Alexis with a smile and arm outstretched for a hand shake. “That’s me.” He smiled and watched as her golden locks curled around her shoulders. “Yeah, let’s go!” College might not be too bad.

  ALEXIS:

Alexis smiled, grabbing Hunter’s outstretched hand and shaking it gently, a wide, unreadable smile on her face. Who would have guessed that Katie had such a gorgeous brother? Seriously, it was like this boy was carved from marble.

  Biting her bottom lip, Alexis looked over Hunters perfectly clean side of the room, and arched an eyebrow. His bed looked almost.. Military perfect. “Excuse the mess.” she said slowly, realising that their room was slightly messy.. Well actually, it more looked like a bomb had hit it. “I’ve been a little busy. I’m usually way more clean, I swear.” she laughed, holding her hands up in innocence, before grabbing her car keys. “I’ll drive.” Hailgrove just got a whole lot more interesting.                                                                                                HUNTER:

”Oh no it’s fine.” Hunter gestured to the room. He  grabbed a pair of sunglasses off of his nightstand and held the door open for Alexis as she left the room.

As they walked over to the parking lot he tried to start up a light conversation. “So… did you go here last year?” He asked and nervously ran his fingers through his hair.

  ALEXIS;

“Sure, lets go.” Alexis smiled, quickly scanning the room again and pausing by the door, biting her bottom lip. “Oh, wait, Hunter just a quick question.. Do you like cats?” she asked, trying not to laugh at how ridiculous she sounded.

Seeing Mr Cuddles out of the corner of her eye, Alexis gently shut the door, bending down to pick up the tiny, pure white kitten she had bought yesterday. “This is.. uhh. This is Mr Cuddles. And i bought him yesterday as a spur of the moment thing.. But if you don’t like cats i’m sure I can find a good home for him.” she said, smiling softly into the kittens warm fur.            

  HUNTER;

Hunter shot Alexis a weird look when she shut the door, “Do I like what-?” he was a little startled by the sudden question. He watched a small white kitten come from around the corner.

”He’s adorable!” He stepped forward and scratched the cat behind his ears. “I always wanted a cat, but we couldn’t get one.” Bending over to be even with the cats face he cooed, “Hello Mr. Cuddles.”

        ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled softly, giggling as the tiny kitten tried to bite the end of Hunter’s nose. “I think he likes you.” she teased, looking up to realise just how close their faces were. And wow, he was ten times better looking this close. Taking a deep breath she bit her bottom lip, looking straight at Hunter with an almost flirtatious smile on her face. “Does this mean i don’t have to find him a new home? I’ve only had him for the day but he’s kinda.. I love the little thing. He really likes sleeping on your bed, by the way. When i got him yesterday he curled up where your pillow is and slept for hours. I’m surprised he wasn’t there when you got here actually.” she rambled slightly, pressing a kiss to the top of the small animals head.                                                       

HUNTER;

Hunter wrinkled his face when the kitten’s tiny teeth pricked at the end of his nose. “We can definitely keep him.” He said almost a bit too fast. He stood back up and watched as Alexis’s lips pressed against the white fur, he silently wondered what they’d feel like against his lips to himself.

“We can be bunk mates.” He joked scratching underneath the kitten’s chin. Man, it was really cute.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, wiping the end of Hunter’s nose with her thumb without even thinking about it. “Yaaaay! Did you hear that Mr Cuddles, Hunter likes you, so you can stay!” she said happily, spinning around. “And he even said he would let you share his bed, so be nice.” she cooed, popping the tiny kitten down on the couch and he gave out an indignant meow.

Laughing softly, Alexis bent over, pressing a kiss to the kittens head again. “Nooo, Mummy has to go out. But if you’re good, we can snuggle when i come back.” Turning around to Hunter, a wide grin on her face Alexis bit back another laugh. “Okay, shall we go now?”

  HUNTER;

Hunter froze while her thumb was against his nose, from this close he could smell the perfume she’d probably sprayed on her wrist. When she pulled away he smiled to himself, he’d probably end up trying to get second-hand cuddles from a cat. There was just something about Alexis.

Hunter dramatically opened the door again. “After you.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis blew a kiss to Mr Cuddles, scooting out the door before he could run across the room, grabbing Hunters wrist and pulling him after quickly, shutting the door in a whirlwind that looked almost graceful, except that she was laughing at how dramatically Hunter had opened the door. “If I have to keep leaving like that i’m going to forget something someda- My jacket.” she laughed, shaking her head, looking over at Hunter. “There should be one in my car, anyway. So, Hunter.. Tell me about yourself.” she said casually to start conversation, a shiver running down her spine from the cold.

                        HUNTER;

Hunter quickly followed his new roommate out the door, watching her little dance with the door and laughing along with her. He shrugged off his jacket and handed it over to her. “Here wear mine.” He cleverly worded this so it wouldn’t be a question. He began to walk towards the parking lot. “Well… I’m twenty one, I’m an engineering major, and this might sound crazy, but I just got back from running away and joining the army!” He raised his arms up by his head. “Surprise!”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis looked at Hunter, a small smirk on her face as she realised that Hunter was telling her to take his jacket, not asking. “Thanks.” she said, slipping Hunters jacket on with a smile. It smelt AMAZING. “You were in the Army?” Alexis asked, her eyebrows arched. She actually wasn’t surprised, Hunter was obviously in incredible shape. “Engineering huh? Sounds way more interesting than my major.” she added with a flick of her hair, careful not to mention exactly what her major was. Most people thought she was some insane geek or crazily driven. Truth was, she was neither, but Law & Adolescent Psychology were where her father had steered her and she had just stuck with it. She couldn’t wait to get finished.

HUNTER;

”Yep, I’ve been back and forth between here and Iraq, I took some time off to start working on engineering, I could be drafted back any day though.” When Hunter looked, he could see a few cars start to pop up. “Let’s just keep our fingers crossed.” He looked over at Alexis and seeing her in his jacket was… wow. “Really? What’s your major?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis fought the urge to let her mouth fall open in amazement. He was twenty-one, he’d fought in Iraq and he had just let her wear his jacket. He was almost too good too be true. “Well I hope they don’t want you back any time soon because I think Mr Cuddles is already attached.” Alexis smiled, keeping her tone light as she pressed the button on her keyring to unlock her Jeep Cherokee Overland, and it’s lights flashed. “My major? It’s pretty boring.” she said softly, twisting her keys in her hands. “I’m doing Law and Adolescent Psych, second year.” she smiled. It wasn’t so much that she was embarrassed of her Major, just more.. It was boring and bland compared to Hunter and his Engineering major and Army background.

  HUNTER;

”We can’t have Mr. Cuddles getting depressed!” Hunter nudged Alexis’ side. “I guess I’ll just have to stay.” When they approached the Jeep he smiled and slipped into the passenger seat. “Nice ride! I thought Jeeps were the coolest thing when I was little.”

When he noticed how Alexis’ face dropped when she started talking about her major Hunter made a mental note to maybe not mention it so much. “That sounds fancy, Is that like… divorces and stuff?”

  ALEXIS;

“Of course you’ll have to stay, just for him.” Alexis smirked, nudging Hunter straight back. “What, you’re saying you don’t still think they’re the coolest thing now?” she asked with a mock sad pout, looking at him.

“And it isn’t fancy as such just.. Boring. Most people just assume i’m a crazy nerd and i study all the time to do what i do but honestly it comes pretty naturally.” she explained, loving the almost confused look on Hunters face. “Yeah, sort of. I’ll start off with stuff like that and then hopefully end up as a State Attorney like mon père.” she smiled. It nearly almost made her happy to talk about her fathers accomplishments. It was about the only positive thing in his life really. “Then i’ll get to argue the States side of things in criminal cases and stuff which should be super fun.” she added, dropping the definition of what a state attorney actually did in there, just in case Hunter didn’t know. It wouldn’t be the first time somebody hadn’t.

  HUNTER;

Hunter twisted to face her in interest. “That’s really cool actually!” He smiled, “It’s almost like what I’m doing, you know, criminal justice and all that.” Shrugging he added “Except the criminals in my case have a gun pointed in my direction!” He almost regretted saying that, he didn’t want to her feel bad or anything. “So what do you plan on cooking tonight?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis froze for a split second at the thought of anybody pointing a gun at Hunter, but quickly shook it off, fixing a smile onto her face as a shiver ran down her spine. “Thanks. It’s like mon  père always says, ‘ce que vous croyez être la vérité est ce que vous devez vous battre pour Alexis.’” she smiled, sliding up into her Jeep. “He always was one for inspirational quotes.” she added with a smile laugh. “Well, i’m not sure! What’s your favourite?” Alexis asked. She actually had no idea what she was going to make, but she knew it would be fantastic. Her cooking always was.

  HUNTER;

Hunter’s jaw just sort of dropped off his face, he blinked a few times and sat up straight in his seat. “Okay… I’ve only taken like… a year and a half of German. So you’re going to have to, I don’t know, translate?” He had no idea what Alexis just said but it sure sounded nice. “How about, you know actually, is there a grill somewhere on campus?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis let out a small laugh, covering her mouth with one hand as she reversed out of her park easily. “I am so sorry. I forgot not everyone speaks French.. My brother Sebastian and I spent alot of time growing up in Paris. It’s where we were born actually.” she explained quickly. “And it means ‘whatever you believe to be the truth is what you have to fight for’. It’s kind of my mantra in life.”

Looking at Hunter with a slightly confused look on her face, Alexis gave a small, teasing smile. “Afraid i’m going to poison you Hunter?” she asked gently, biting her bottom lip.

  HUNTER;

”I’ve never been.” Hunter listened with interest as he buckled his seatbelt. “So are you French? You don’t have an accent.” He pulled his sunglasses down over his eyes as they drove into the sun. Hunter mulled over what Alexis said, “That sounds about right to me.” He quirked an eyebrow at her, “No, I just thought I could grill up some steaks or something.”

  ALEXIS;

“I’ll have to take you one day. It’s beautiful over there.” Alexis replied almost wistfully. She loved Paris, and she missed it terribly but given her relationship with her mother, she didn’t think she would be going back there anytime soon.

“I used to. But I spent all of my high school years here, so I learnt to drop it pretty fast. Nobody likes the snobby french girl.” she explained with a small smile. “There’s an amazing butchers just up here..” Alexis said softly, turning into a side street and into an almost empty car-park. “I come here all the time to get meat, but shhh, it’s a secret.” she smirked, biting her bottom lip as she switched off the Jeep. “Could you grab my wallet? It’s in the glove compartment.”

  HUNTER;

”That sounds like a lot of fun.” Hunter smiled almost jealous, Alexis was far more interesting than he was, he felt lucky to even be in college let alone an engineering major.

“That’s really interesting, was French your first language?” Because of his military career all Hunter really heard about was ”MERICA’, so hearing about other places was new. He pulled his wallet out of his back pocket and stepped out of the Jeep. “I’ve got this.” He said waving it in the air.

  ALEXIS;

“Seriously though, when we have a semester break i’m taking you to Paris. It’s.. Amazing. You’ll see.” Alexis smiled, sliding out of the Jeep with a roll of her eyes. “I’m not letting you pay Hunt.” she said, automatically shortening Hunters name without even thinking about it. “And yes, French is my first language. I sort of grew up learning both at the same time, but i took more to French.” she shrugged, walking around to Hunter’s side of the Jeep and leaning into it, reaching for the glove compartment.

  HUNTER;

Hunter smirked. “Well I look forward to seeing it then.” He began walking up to the butcher shop and held the door open for her. “Madame” He said in a horrid French accent while gesturing inside. “And we’ll see who pays, we’ll see.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smirked, locking the Jeep with an over-her-shoulder press of a button, breezing past Hunter as he held the door open for her. “Merci monsieur. Veux-tu m'épouser?” she asked expectantly, knowing that Hunter would have no idea what she had just asked him. “If you try and pay I will.. I was going to say break your fingers but with your army training i’m screwed.” she laughed, smiling softly as she pulled Hunters jacket closer around her, managing to showcase just how slim she was without even realising.

  HUNTER;

Hunter rolled his eyes at her use of French. “Two can play at this game.” When he watched Alexis snuggle into his jacket he saw just how slender she was, and were they flirting? “Du bist eine schöne Mädchen.” He said slowly trying to recall the little German he remembered from high school. “And I would probably let you break my fingers before laying a hand on you.” He added reassuringly hoping his military background didn’t make him come off scary.  

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smirked softly, dropping her bottom lip. “So you won’t then?” she asked, looking at Hunter with sad puppy dog eyes. I mean, he wasn’t going to know that she had just asked him to marry her, but it was fun to play with him.

“What are you even- German? Who learns German, seriously.” Alexis teased, poking her tongue out at him. “You better be saying nice things.” she added, smiling at Hunter. He was so sweet, such a gentleman. It made a change from dealing with her brother’s temperamental attitude.

“I would never break your fingers anyway.. I’d be too scared too. Breaking fingers hurts so bad.” Alexis said dismissively, taking Hunters hand in her, looking at it. “And you have nice hands. I clearly can’t ruin nice hands.” she said with a shrug, not looking at him.

  HUNTER;

Won’t what-?” Hunter looked at her raising an eyebrow. “Never mind. And /I/ learn German, even though in Canada you’re supposed to take French. Maybe I shouldn’t have pretended I was a cool rebel.” Alexis’ hands looked so small compared to his, his trigger finger was slightly more muscular than the rest of his fingers but it wasn’t very noticeable. He pushed his fingers between hers and held her hand, leaning in close he whispered, “I said you’re a pretty girl.” Quickly, in an attempt to seem cool he looked up at the man behind a counter. “We’re looking for some steaks.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smirked, looking down at her fingers threaded through Hunters. “Marry me.“she whispered, her lips right beside his ear as she giggled softly, pulling away. “I’ll try to teach you French, then you’ll be cool.” she laughed, looking at Hunter with that trademark teasing smile of hers. Blushing ever so slightly as Hunter called her pretty, Alexis leaned into his muscular shoulder, looking at the man behind the counter. “Can we also get some of your amazing crumbed chicken?” she asked, looking at Hunter with a guilty smile. “I’ve been craving it for like a week.”

She had decided not to reply to Hunter’s comment about her being pretty, what did you even say to that? Thank you? “Oh, and I invited Sebastian and Katie to dinner, but they said they couldn’t make it. Seb had lacrosse, and I don’t actually remember what Katie said, sorry.”

  HUNTER;

“Let’s take three of each.” Hunter said to the man, and added to Alexis, “We can eat the leftovers during the week.” He jokingly flexed his arm muscles when she leaned into them. Hey, he was allowed to be proud of them, he worked hard for them. When he heard the soft ‘marry me’ in his ear it was his turn to blush, his ears reddened. “I think that’d be rushing things a bit?” He smiled.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled. “There should be leftovers now, seeing as Sebastian won’t come and steal everything out of my fridge now I have a roommate.” she said with a little laugh, feeling Hunter flex his muscles beneath her. Damn he was insanely ripped.“You are really strong.” she said rather breathlessly.

“Oh no, I was so looking forward to the wedding!” Alexis said with a mock sad pout, loving the adorable way Hunter blushed.

  HUNTER;

”You’ll have to introduce me to this wonderful Sebastian that I’ve heard so much about sometime. I’ve only chatted with him online.” Hunter laughed and took the bag of meats from the man behind the counter and moved over the cash register. “Mr. Cuddles can be the ring bearer.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis laughed. “Wonderful, yeah, that’s one way to describe him.” she said with a smirk, moving to the cash register and handing over her credit card before Hunter had the chance too. She had warned him she was going to pay she thought with a smug smile, looking at him and giving a small giggle. “Could we actually? That would be way cute. we’ll just have to make sure he doesn’t bite you.” Alexis joked, and the man behind the cash register smiled warmly at her. “You two kids are getting married? Congratulations, you look like a very in love couple.” he said and Alexis turned to Hunter, laughing. “Oh sir we’re not.. Thank you, thank you very much.” she said, taking their meat and turning for the door.

  HUNTER;

Hunter gave Alexis a look when she handed over her credit card but he secretly thanked her, his army pension didn’t give him much wiggle room with his budget, he should probably start looking for a job… When the man behind the counter noted their talk of marriage Hunter quickly raised his hands and shook his head, politely. He followed Alexis out of the shop. “So, what do people do around here?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis shrugged. “Get married?” she teased, unlocking her Jeep as they walked, lightly running her thumb over the back of Hunter’s hand. “Joking. Um.. Well to be honest i’ve always been so busy i’ve never really explored. I mean, we have pretty amazing clubs nearby, great places to eat but in the way of stuff to actually do.. I have no idea. And this is my second year here, so I really do suck.” she laughed, opening the back door and resting their stuff on the back seat, before jumping into the drivers side. “I would be the worst tour guide.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter laughed as he climbed into the passenger side. “Maybe we’ll have to take a look around. We can check out some places later.” He leaned over and buckled up his seat belt. “So tell me more about France. Is it anything like the stereotypes?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, starting the Jeep and glancing over at Hunter. “We can lose ourselves in New York, sounds fun.” she said gently, pulling out of the parking lot back into the traffic with ease. “France is.. It’s beautiful. It’s the most relaxed place i have ever been. I mean, in Paris at lunch everything closes for two hours and you actually have a break, you can just walk around aimlessly and feel safe.. I don’t really know what the stereotypes for France are, but i do know that Pairs in certainly the city of love. The place is just.. It’s amazing.” she said, all too wistfully. “What about you? I would say tell me about the army, but we don’t have to talk about it if you don’t want.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter adored the way Alexis’ face lit up whilst talking about France. “You speak so poetically, I’m jealous.” Hunter looked down at his hands and out his window, he never really felt inferior to someone before, he quickly climbed the hierarchy in the social groups in the Army, but Alexis just made him feel, well, dumb. “Well the Army, the Army is pretty scary, but it’s really worth it. I feel like I’ve changed alot since going. I mean you don’t really know what it’s like to be alive until your drill sergeant is telling you to do twenty more push ups in the freezing rain, when you feel like you can’t breath and your heart is pounding.” He gave Alexis an apologetic look. “Sorry, that wasn’t very cool of me.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled softly, Hunter made her feel like she was on a pedestal, the way he looked at her when she spoke and just.. He was amazing. Listening to him talk about the Army, seeing how passionate he was about it made her smile. “You sound like you really enjoy it.” she replied softly, reaching over to squeeze his hand. Stopping at a red light, Alexis saw her phone flashing and picked it up to check it, the smile falling from her face as she let out a small sigh. The stupid psycho that had been messaging her for weeks was back, how fantastic. Throwing her iphone on the floor beside Hunter’s feet she frowned, taking off as the light turned green.

  HUNTER;

Hunter smiled. “It was fun and hopefully if I get drafted again it’ll be during the summer.” He watched as Alexis’ face turned sour, “Hey!” he shouted reflexively bending over to pick up the phone, making sure it wasn’t broken. He set it back down where it was originally. “What was that all about?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis sighed, pulling over just off campus because he hands were shaking with anger. Taking a deep breath she smiled over at Hunter, shaking her head. “It’s nothing, really. Just some jerk who’s been stalking me for awhile. I just, sort of.. Snapped. I’m sorry that you had to see that.” she replied softly, closing her eyes and turning away, resting her forehead on the steering wheel.

  HUNTER;

Hunter’s eyebrows furrowed in confusion. “Wait a minute. Someone’s stalking you? do you need me to call the police?” He leaned over and carefully rubbed Alexis’ back. “Hey calm down, deep breaths.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis shook her head, focusing on Hunter’s hand against her back. “No, no it’s fine, don’t worry about it.” she replied, straightening up and taking another deep breath. “I’m fine, really.” But that was a lie. Alexis’s hands were still shaking, and maybe it wasn’t just the rage. The messages she had been getting had gotten progressively worse, all from stupid anonymous person. She couldn’t believe she was letting it affect her like this, and in front of Hunter no less.

  HUNTER;

Hunter sighed and pressed his lips together in thought, he dealt with a quite a few panic attacks with Katie and he could see the signs. “Alright scoot over.” Hunter stepped out of the car and walked around to the driver’s side, holding the door open for Alexis. “You’re not driving anymore.”

  ALEXIS;

Turning to sit sideways on the drivers seat, Alexis shook her head, looking at Hunter with surprise. “Hunter, no, i’m fine, really.” she said confidently, the tears welling in her eyes a dead giveaway that she wasn’t. She was fighting with Sebastian, Aiden was mad at her, somebody wanted her dead.. Giving a small sniff, Alexis smiled softly at Hunter, probably the most transparent fake smile she’d ever given. “I’m fine Hunt, really.”

  HUNTER;

”Uh huh, yes you’re fine.” Hunter said sarcastically, wiping away a tear from Alexis’ cheek. “Now, I’m going to drive the rest of the way back because I feel like it.” He gestured outside the vehicle.

  ALEXIS;

Catching Hunter’s hand in her own while he wiped a tear from her cheek, Alexis leant her face against it for a moment, before gently throwing her arms around his neck and burying her face in his shirt. She never did this. She didn’t show emotion, she didn’t in front of strangers.. But clearly Hailgrove was changing her. Taking another deep and shaky breath, Alexis pulled away from Hunter, her cheeks wet with silently shed tears, her arms still around his neck. “Sorry.. I think i got your shirt wet.” she smiled softly.

  HUNTER;

”Hey hey hey!” Hunter let go of the door handle and rubbed on Alexis’ back. He guided her chin up to look up at his face with his other hand. “My shirt will be okay. Let’s get you home.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis shook her head, not letting go of Hunter just yet. She felt safe. Like for a few seconds she hadn’t lost it. “I’m sorry.” she murmured, her cheek against his chest again. “I don’t... I  won’t make a habit out of this, I promise.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter sighed, and patted the back of Alexis’s head. “It’s okay, it’s okay.” He’d been through the ropes with Katie, he was practically a pro at emotional problems by now. “Just breath in, hold your breath and count to ten and breath out.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis froze as Hunter patted her head, almost feeling like she was an upset child. Which is exactly what she would look like. Fan-fucking-tastic. Pulling away from Hunter, Alexis walked around the front of her Jeep, jumping into the passengers seat wordlessly, wiping at her cheeks and plastering a smile on her face. “I’m fine.” she said, looking over at Hunter. “Just.. Be careful driving my baby okay? Nobody apart from me has driven her yet.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter eased off as Alexis moved to stand up, and watched her as she walked around the Jeep carefully. A little burst of childish glee shot through him as he slid into the driver’s seat of the car of his childhood dreams. He was careful to keep his face nonchalant, however; he looked over to make sure Alexis was okay. Gently, he eased the car forward. “I’ll be careful.”

  ALEXIS;

“Just squeal in happiness. Come on, i know you’re dying too.” Alexis replied smoothly, a smile on her face as she turned to look at Hunter. “You used to think Jeeps were the coolest things, I remember. You can squeal. I won’t judge you.” she said with a soft, teasing smiling and a wink.

  HUNTER;

Hunter pressed his lips together in thought. Damn it okay, he smiled really wide but he wasn’t going to let himself squeal. He tapped his hands on the steering wheel and accelerated into the college parking lot, being sure to slow down in time to park safely.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis giggled softly, looking over at the huge grin on Hunter’s face, rolling her eyes as he managed to park without squealing once. “You didn’t squeal. I know you want too.” she teased, reaching across and poking Hunter lightly in the ribs. It was good to have something to focus on, something that wasn’t her, or the stupid crap that had been bothering her. She could just focus on Hunter, and how hot he looked driving her car. They were on like, level seven of her relationship scale right now, nobody ever got to drive her car. But there he was, grinning like an idiot. And she loved it.

  HUNTER;

Hunter felt like a little boy as he put the car in park and pulled up the emergency brakes. His smile didn’t fade when he looked over at Alexis, and he actually did let out a little shriek when she assaulted his ribs. He went back into serious mode once they got out of the car, and he watched to make sure his roommate was going to be okay. “Let’s get back to the dorm, we can grill these up tomorrow.” He said, reaching into the back seat to pick up their meat.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled softly, slipping out of the car and taking the keys back from Hunter and intertwining their fingers as she did so. “Hunter, i’m fine. How many times do i have to say that?” she chided, pouting slightly, sighing. “Now i feel like i’ve ruined your Welcome to Hailgrove dinner, and that sucks.” she mumbled, still pouting.

  HUNTER;

Hunter smiled as he gripped onto Alexis’ hand. “Hey it’s not entirely ruined, we can heat up something quick and watch a movie.” He whistled and locked the car before handing the keys back over to the blonde. “Has anything good come out in the last six months?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, pouting still, but only just. “Yes, my darling Military man, plenty of good movies have come out recently. And i’m still cooking you dinner. Tomorrow.” she said, leaning into Hunter as they walked, drawing his jacket closer around her. Had she really just called him her military man? Oh dear god, she really had.

  HUNTER;

”We’ve known each other for a few hours and I already have a nickname, I’m honored.” Hunter smiled and nudged her shoulder. “And you will soon learn that I will never turn down a home cooked meal.” He held open the door to their dorm for Alexis to step inside. “Why don’t we turn up the heat a bit, it’s frigid outside.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis cringed slightly, she had a whole bunch of nicknames she would love to give Hunter, but they may be just a little inappropriate for right now. Walking into their room, Alexis released Hunter’s hand, nodding at him. “Yeah, the heater thingys are over there..” she pointed, heading into Hunter’s room to search for her kitten.

  HUNTER;

Hunter followed Alexis’ hand and tugged down his sleeves as he fiddled with the heat. “Hey, Lexis! I’m not really used to air conditioning so if it ever gets too warm in here, feel free to turn it down.” He called remembering the fluctuating temperatures of the desert. “Did Mr. Cuddles survive while we were out?” He asked walking into his room.

  ALEXIS;

“I’m sure you’ll learn soon enough.” Alexis called back. Laying on her stomach, on the floor beside Hunters bed, Alexis smiled, her hand buried in the darkness underneath. The only thing that she could see, were her tiny kittens piercingly blue eyes. “I think he’s okay. But he doesn’t wanna come out.” she pouted. “Cuddles, i just wants to snuggle!” she moaned softly, in a far too cute voice as she stared underneath Hunter’s bed.

  HUNTER;

Hunter chuckled and joined Alexis on the floor. He patted the floor a few times before getting an idea. “Hold on I’ll be right back.” He went into the kitchen and picked off a small piece of chicken, small enough that Mr. Cuddles wouldn’t get sick, but large enough to have a smell. He sat indian style a few feet away from the bed and held out a few fingers coated in chicken juices for the kitten to smell.

  ALEXIS;

And just like that, Mr Cuddles was rushing past Alexis, clambering his way onto Hunter’s lap, meowing happily. Pouting, she looked over at him, before crossing her arms beneath her head, letting her head rest on them. “I’m pretty sure he really does love you more.” she said sadly, letting out a small sigh. “Now i have no cuddle buddy.” she added, almost suggestively.

  HUNTER;

Hunter picked up Mr. Cuddles where his arm pits would be and nuzzled their noses together. “Mr. Cuddles just likes me for my chicken.” He said reassuringly as he held out the small piece of meat for the kitten. “Didn’t you mention something about us sleeping together-” Hunter sputtered and coughed and looked away, “I mean sleeping in the same room, because of a stalker?”

  ALEXIS;

Watching Hunter with Mr Cuddles, Alexis decided that he really was just the most perfect guy. “Nope, he loves you.” she said, shaking her head, and giving a laugh as she watched how uncomfortable Hunter became. “Hunter it’s okay, breathe, i knew what you meant.” she giggled, rolling over and resting her head on his knee, laying on her back. “We can watch movies and relax in bed, if it’s okay with you.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter put the small white puffball back down on the ground and dusted a few specks of fur off of his shirt. “Okay, sorry, yeah.” He smiled “What’s come out that’s good?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, looking up at Hunter from her place on the floor, her head resting on his knee. “Silver Linings Playbook just came out. It’s really good.” she said softly, silently admiring the structure of Hunter’s jaw from his angle. “We’ll set up camp in here yes? Mr Cuddles will be lonely otherwise.” she said, taking Hunters hand wordlessly in her own, looking down at it, noticing his index finger was slightly more muscular, and running her fingers over it. “Trigger finger?“she asked gently, not looking at him, just down at their intertwined hands.

  HUNTER;

Hunter watched Alexis’ blond hair sprawl across his knees he really wanted to run his fingers through it, but they’d just met. “I saw a few ads for that on the plane home.” He nodded in approval. “Yeah, it looks a little awkward…” He looked down as Alexis’ soft hand tangled his rougher one. “You have really nice hands!” He noticed.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, running her thumb over Hunter’s ‘trigger’ finger. “It doesn’t look awkward. I didn’t even notice really until I squeezed your hand.” she said with a shrug, looking at her own, perfectly manicured hands against Hunter’s. “Oh please, I have such prissy hands.” she laughed, looking up at him. “I like your hands. They’re safe hands.”

HUNTER; Hunter turned his hands around so his palms were facing upwards. An angry red scar had been torn into his hand. “Heh, don’t open plastic bags with a pocket knife if you want your ‘prissy hands’ to stay nice.”

  ALEXIS; Alexis smirked. Well, she could win this little argument. Releasing Hunter’s hand, she pulled the left sleeve of Hunters jacket up, revealing the faint scar that ran from the tip of her thumb, right down to her elbow. “Don’t drink and drive.” she murmured softly, biting her bottom lip.

  HUNTER;

Hunter winced as he glanced over the scar. “Well… That wasn’t a very smart decision.” But he wasn’t one to talk with his underage alcohol abuse. Eager to change the subject Hunter stood up and extended and arm to help Alexis. “Let’s go heat something up.”

  ALEXIS;

Taking Hunter’s hand and pulling herself up, Alexis smiled sadly. “Worst decision of my life, you have no idea.” she replied gently, leading him from the room, releasing his hand to go through the fridge. “Okay, so we have leftover Chinese take-out, pizza, homemade fruit salad, and leftover stir fry. I should really clean this thing out more often. What’s your poison soldier?”

  HUNTER;

Hunter laughed as Alexis listed off the items on their menu for tonight. “Are you feeding an army or something?” He joked, moving to sit in one of the bar stools. “I’ll go with Chinese.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, laughing at she took the Chinese from the fridge, popping it into the microwave. “With the amount of people that have been in here stealing my food, I actually think I might be.” she laughed as the microwave dinged, and she took the food from it, transferring it onto a plate from the box before getting a fork and handing it to Hunter. “It’s like, I woke up the other day and came to have some fruit salad for breakfast, and it had just vanished. I still don’t know where it went.” she laughed with a shrug.

  HUNTER;

Eagerly Hunter took the plate and fork from Alexis. “Wait… people have actually been sealing your food?” He began twirling his fork around.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis laughed, giving a small shrug. “I’m pretty sure it’s just Sebastian.” she said, smiling. “He can’t cook to save himself, so my fridge becomes his personal store.”

  HUNTER;

”Does that bother you?” He asked taking a bite of fried rice. He opened his mouth to ask a question but rolled his eyes and waited until he could swallow the unfortunately huge bite he took. Eventually he got it down. “Speaking of Sebastian, isn’t he rooming with my sister? How’s that going?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis shook her head, taking a bottle of water from the fridge, leaning back against the counter and watching Hunter eat. “No, not really. I’m used to it.” she smiled, shrugging when she heard his question. “I don’t really know. I’ve not seen a lot of Sebastian recently.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter took another bite off his plate, when did he get so hungry? “Well if it does start to bother you, you should bring it up.” He shifted in his seat and pushed around a few pieces of orange chicken. “I guess you probably have a real different relationship with him than Katie and I.” He shrugged. “Aren’t you going to eat something?”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, sipping from the bottle of water silently, as she watched Hunter eat, before realising that she was probably making him a little self-conscious. “It doesn’t bother me. I mean, I doubt he’ll do it anymore because even he isn’t stupid enough to sneak in here now I have a soldier for a roommate.” she laughed softly, shrugging. “I suppose we do. I mean, I can’t imagine putting myself in her shoes with you overseas..” she said, “But you two probably have a better relationship than Sebastian and I. We aren’t the most.. Normal of siblings.” she finished, with the understatement of the century. Shaking her head, held up her water bottle. “I’m not really hungry.”

  HUNTER;

Nodding in thought, Hunter took a bite of chicken. As he chewed he thought about how it was probably abnormal that he and Katie were so close. Alexis didn’t seem like the type to send heartfelt letters to her brother. He shrugged, “Katie just had a rough childhood, but I won’t gossip.” He didn’t think his sister would want him blabbing about her past to his roommate that he’d known for a few hours. “Suite yourself.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis nodded, smiling softly. “Yeah I wondered..” she said softly, biting her bottom lip. “She has social anxiety right? I mean, you don’t have to elaborate but I remember when Sebastian was.. We had an argument and he was having a panic attack, and she gave him anti-anxiety pills. Just… Yeah. I felt rude asking her.” she said quietly, looking at the ground. She obviously wasn’t about to tell Hunter that Sebastian was freaking out because he had slapped her across the face and left her alone, whimpering on the floor. She wasn’t sure he was quite ready for that sort of information.

Shrugging, Alexis smiled. “You’ll soon find out I don’t eat often. Even less this week considering I can’t train.” she explained, sipping her water again. She may not have eaten all day, but with being unable to train Alexis was terrified she would gain weight.

  HUNTER; Hunter worried about his sister, he wondered how Katie had been getting by for the last year, he should probably ask Alexis what she knows when they got to know each other a little better. “Yeah, she’s a bit… fragile.” He tried to be careful, not knowing what would offend his sister.

The soldier furrowed his eyebrows and looked to his roommate with concern. There’s a lot of dysphoria involved in the Army and he knew exactly what was going on. “Alexis, you should at least something.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis sighed, smiling softly and biting at her bottom lip. “I’m sorry, i shouldn’t have asked you either.. Sorry.” she murmured, shaking her head as if would give her clarity over her thoughts. “I’m fine, really. I’m just not hungry. But you eat up.” she replied, smiling brightly at Hunter. She didn’t need to eat. She was fine.

  HUNTER;

”Alexis…” Hunter sighed and looked down at his plate. Was he going to have to look after his sister and his roommate? He stood up from the bar stool and brought his plate into the kitchen. After stabbing a piece of chicken, he lifted the fork to Alexis’ mouth. “Open up.” He smiled.

  ALEXIS;

Frowning, Alexis glared down at the piece of chicken in front of her, looking at Hunter, confused. “I’m not hungry. You don’t have to look after me you know.” she said simply, before taking the chicken from the fork with her teeth, scowling. She didn’t want to eat it. But she could tell that Hunter was just going to keep insisting if she didn’t. But there was no way she was eating anymore. “There. I ate.”

  HUNTER;

Hunter smiled in triumph when Alexis took the piece of chicken. ‘Baby steps’ he told himself. “Good, I’ll clean off my plate if you want to go get the movie started?” He moved to turn on the water and waited for it to heat up before he rinsed off his dish.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis pouted, poking her tongue out at Hunter with a small frown. “Sure, your room right? I’m just going to get changed.” Walking across to her room, Alexis half shut the door, easily sliding out of her jeans and tight shirt, slipping on one of Sebastian’s old lacrosse shirts and her skin tight boyshort boxers. Grabbing her laptop off the side table, she flipped the lid open while she walked across their living area, throwing it onto Hunter’s bed while it started, pulling her hair up into a messy bun. “Did you have any preference for what you wanted to watch Hunt?”

  HUNTER;

As Hunter finished cleaning his plate he heard the zips and ruffles of Alexis getting changed and he wouldn’t admit to himself how much that actually turned him on. He didn’t really know where to put the dish so he set it on the counter by the sink, they could deal with it later. When Alexis came out of her bedroom Hunter was almost jealous that she could pull off men’s clothing better than him. Or maybe it was the fact that she was really hot, probably both. He dried his hands on a towel and followed her into his room. “Anything that you recommend I’m down for.”

  ALEXIS;

Alexis smiled, jumping onto Hunter’s bed, digging her cold toes into the duvet, sitting against the wall with her knees up by her chest, leaving Hunter plenty of space. “I love Silver Linings Playbook, personally. But I don’t know, what kind of movies do you like?” she asked, a small shiver running down her back as she watched him. “Oh, wait.. I’m sorry, do you want me to leave while you change?” she asked softly, a small, slightly flirtatious yet embarrassed smile on her face.

  HUNTER;

Any and all embarrassment of being nude was long gone from Hunter’s life. As he walked over to his dresser he pulled off his shirt and tossed it into a hamper. “I can just grab my stuff and change in the bathroom.” He could leave the rest up to Alexis’ imagination. He grabbed a gray t-shirt and some black sweat pants and ducked away into the bathroom to change. When he returned he sat on the bed next to Alexis, “Sounds good, fire it up!”

  ALEXIS;

Watching Hunter take his shirt off Alexis bit her bottom lip. He was.. Wow. “Hmm, yeah, okay.” she murmured in reply, ripping her gaze from Hunter’s incredible physique, sliding underneath his duvet to take the chill off, before loading the movie and snuggling down, placing her laptop in front of them and giving a small yawn. She was exhausted.

  HUNTER;

Hunter joined Alexis under the comforter, the air conditioning was really getting to him. He propped up a pillow to lean on and crossed his legs. “Alright, let’s do this.” This was almost like a date.

  ALEXIS;

Alexis wriggled down slightly as the movie started, resting her head on Hunter’s chest and trying to focus on the movie, but she had watched it at least ten times already and she was just, so, tired. Her eyes fluttered closed, and she let out a quiet, annoyed groan, at herself and her inability to stay awake when she was just so comfortable. “Good, movie.” she murmured, before cuddling into Hunter’s side a more, letting out a small snore.

  HUNTER;

As Hunter watched the beginning of the movie he noticed Alexis slowly drifting off. He was just starting to get into the movie when he heard a soft snore from his shoulder. Chuckling Hunter covered the girl’s shoulders with the comforter and shifted so his arm was around her sleeping form. Purely for warmth. He went ahead and finished the movie.

Gently he shut Alexis’ rather expensive looking laptop and set it on his side table. He pushed his sleeping roommate over, as easily as he could, to the other side of the bed because he needed to sleep closest to the door. Standing, he turned on the bathroom light and shut the door, letting a small amount of light into the room but it would still be dark enough for him to sleep.

Finally he checked his gun, he opened the magazine and counted the bullets, making sure there were still six, and rammed it back up the handle. Then the checked the chamber to make sure it was empty. After making sure the safety was on he slid it underneath the bed. Hunter crawled back under the covers and practiced grabbing the gun a few times before he was confident that he could get to it in an emergency.