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Adam Hauptman is the ([info]hottestalpha) wrote in [info]wariscoming,
@ 2015-02-06 13:47:00

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Entry tags:adam hauptman, mercy thompson

Who: Adam and Mercy
What: Meet up
Where: Library
When: Feb 6
Status: In Progress
Rating: Lowish, update if needed

It had been a hard week for Adam. Losing Jesse had been bad on his control but feeling Mercy suddenly vanish from the bonds they had established after she had learned he was suffering without a pack had been worse. Especially given what they were back home. But now she was back but still wasn't from the same time as him after their fun camping adventure with the river monster. He shook himself though and dressed in some of the clothes he had up at the cabin on the grounds before getting into the car and driving back. It didn't take long for him to find the library and he parked the car before he slid out. His eyes immediately fell on her and he stared.

It was his Mercy alright. Even if she wasn't his exactly. He studied her for a few moments, marveling at how she looked. He knew in the months to come for her back home it would be hard on her but she would more than be able to handle it. And he would be there to help her through it all. Or at least as much as she would let him. She was fiercely independent after all and did whatever she could to protect the ones she loved. But at least here she would be safe from the seethe.

He tugged on a pair of sunglasses as he could feel himself wanting nothing more than to go to her and bury his face in her neck and bury himself in her scent. He and his wolf were craving it and it was through sheer force of will that he resisted the temptation. He moved over though and smiled at her.

"Welcome to Lawrence Mercy," he said, pulling out an amulet he had picked up on the way here. "Put this on to keep you safe from demon possession. There's a tattoo you can get that might be better so you don't lose it as you shift."


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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-07 03:09 am UTC (link)
After talking to Adam on the network she'd been directed to, she sat back and stared at the computer screen for a long time. A year and a half, he'd been without his pack. A lesser Alpha wouldn't have lasted this long, she didn't think - that Adam had was a testament to his strength....not that she needed the reminder. Mercy finally signed out of her session, then stood and made her way to the exit to wait outside. After moving away from the entrance, she leaned back against the wall and crossed her arms across her chest. A few seconds later, she closed her eyes and took a deep breath, taking in the scents of the city, separating and cataloging them in her mind, then working on sounds.

She knew when he pulled up. His Alpha power washed over her a few seconds before whatever car he was driving arrived, but she didn't close her eyes. She'd be damned if she was going to show weakness or submissiveness to him right now, especially when she knew his control was probably hanging on by a hair. But if she annoyed him right, well, things would go back to the way they should. She hoped.

It wasn't until he had stopped in front of her and spoke that she opened her eyes slowly. Rather than focus on his, her own latched onto the amulet and she blinked in surprise, then lifted it to take the cord, frowning a little. "...That really works here?" Because nothing that she'd heard about demons could be stopped by an amulet or anything - her lamb hadn't done anything at all against the sorcerer.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-07 03:23 am UTC (link)
When she took the amulet from him he felt the faintest of brushes from her skin and he relaxed a little. He gave a faint smile and nodded. "Here yes," he confirmed, having a feeling she'd want the information first. "Demons are different here than they were back home," he returned. "They don't have to be summoned by sorcerers here to possess someone. You will take the classes to learn about the dangers here," he ordered, his tone brooking no room for argument. "The supernatural here is very different than back home and like hell am I losing you to one of this world's monsters."

He took in a deep breath and focused on her scent, forcing himself to calm down. He tugged his sunglasses off, his eyes only tinged gold now instead of the full on yellow they were before. "Would you like to see the hunting grounds first?" he asked, studying her. While he missed his packbonds, he missed most what he had had with Mercy but if she was from after the whole demon-vampire and Andre incident...

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-07 03:30 am UTC (link)
Mercy's own fingers felt as though they were on fire from that brief touch, and it annoyed her to no end that he could do that to her. But combined with his closeness and his scent hitting her full force....it was hard to put it aside. The order, though, had her gaze immediately snapping to his, anger at the command in her own. "I'll see if I have time," she said hotly, pushing off of the wall and deliberately stepping to the side and past him, refusing to give him any more leeway now that he was standing in front of her. The fact that his eyes weren't too far off from her own shade helped, too.

"I'd rather eat first," she said honestly. "Or on the way." Changes in rapid succession like hers had been that day left her with a killer appetite, and her stomach actually growled softly to echo the sentiment. Leaving him to come on his own, she started to walk towards his car at a steady pace, though she knew he'd end up reaching the car at the same time she did so that he could open the door.

He was old-fashioned that way....not that she minded. Much.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-07 03:43 am UTC (link)
When she started to slide past him his hand snapped out and grabbed her arm to stop her but not enough to hurt her. "You will make time Mercy," he growled, his eyes growing more gold. "Trouble is attracted to you and I don't have my pack here to help pull your ass out of the fire." He let her arm go and watched her head to the car.

He closed his eyes and took in a breath, forcing himself to calm down. Only she could rile him up like this and keep him on his toes. "Were Bran here he would say the same damn thing." He winced a little when he realized she had gotten him to swear in front of a lady and he growled in annoyance before tugging the car door open, barely keeping himself from ripping it off before he stalked over to his side and got in.

"There are drive thrus," he returned, tugging his sunglasses back on. "It's a bit a ways out of town so the risk of running into people is less." He began driving and headed in the direction of the cabin.

"I am not losing you to a monster here because you're too prideful to take the classes that are offered."

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-07 03:52 am UTC (link)
She wasn't too worried about the grab, not really. It shouldn't have aroused her the way it did, and she deliberately forced that down quickly before he could sense any of it. That recent day on his sparring mats was still on her mind, despite all that had happened since, with him, Sam....and now, even Stefan. This was seriously getting ridiculous. Though the fact that he swore, even a minor one, had her grinning in triumph where he couldn't see.

After slipping into the car, she closed the door with deliberate precision, a perfectly sweet, innocent look on her face while she buckled. Mercy took a brief second to filter through the scents in the car and frowned minutely when she did indeed smell herself, though it was faint. Jesse was more recent, and the thought of his daughter caused a sharp pang in her heart, and she glanced over at him as he spoke.

After a long moment of silence, mainly because it wouldn't cause her to lose anything if she did take these classes, Mercy finally gave a faint nod. "I'll take them," she said, though she really wish he'd given her the option instead of practically demanding she do it. But he was hurting, and she could feel it, so she'd go a little easier on him.

Her dark eyes moved to watch the buildings as they passed. "So what's the last thing from home you remember, since it's been 'months'?"

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-07 04:06 am UTC (link)
Driving gave him something to focus on other than having Mercy so close. Spotting a restaurant he knew Mercy wouldn't turn her nose up at, he made his way towards the drive thru and waited in line patiently. He had no doubt in his mind she could smell Jesse and herself in the car. When she agreed to take the classes he glanced at her, his eyes soft and back to their normal hue as he pushed the sunglasses up to the top of his head. "Thank you," he said, relief coming off of him.

He allowed the car to pull up a bit as the line moved. When she asked about what he remembered from home, he smiled a bit. "A lot more than you," he returned. He looked back in front of him. "It can be explained later once you've had time to settle in." He glanced at her. "Not all of it is good." He licked his lips and figured it couldn't hurt to ask now to let her have time to think about it.

"I...also have a favor to ask of you that's your choice," he said. "You know I've been without a true pack and the bonds for nearly two years...and it's...wearing on me finally. I'd like to ask you to become pack." He looked at her after moving the car up. "Take your time to decide Mercy. I know my asking this is more than for a plate of cookies."

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-07 04:17 am UTC (link)
She didn't bother replying to his thanks because she was satisfied that he seemed back to normal. He wasn't about to Change while driving her around, so they were both a helluva lot safer now. Her eyes were focused on the bumper of the car in front of them, carefully not looking at him as he refused to answer her question right away. Adam's reasoning sounded right, and but she caught the faint whiff of uneasiness, particularly when he said it wasn't all good.

Dammit - the vampires did find out and kill her.

After quelling her own sudden rush of paralyzing fear, she blinked a few times as his words sank in and, dammit, the answer was on the tip of her tongue almost before he got the words out. Finally, she glanced over at him. "I never waited for you to ask for cookies," she pointed out, but mainly because baking was busy work for her. She was always sending them over randomly. Pulling her gaze away from him because he really was too beautiful to look at right now, she again stared at the car in front of them.

"I'll think about it." There was so much she wanted to know, first - after all, if he'd already declared her his mate...was there some weird political thing about it all that meant she was accepting if she became pack? And just why was she longing to say yes? That, at least, she chalked up to his Alpha presence and the fact that she hated seeing him suffer.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-07 04:52 am UTC (link)
Mercy was hard to read sometimes visually but he caught the whiff of fear from her. He glanced over at her, resisting the urge to reach out and draw her in to comfort her. "Don't worry. You're still alive in the following months back home but you live up to being just like Coyote from the Native American legends. Trouble definitely likes you." He wondered suddenly, if she had come from later after the mess with Zee and the reservation murders if the walking stick would have followed her here. It was hard to say but he knew if the stick did come here it would definitely follow her around. Of course, the thought of the stick made him think about the man who had first stolen it and anger threatened to seize control of him again as he once more wished he could tear Tim apart.

Hearing her agree to think about it he nodded and relaxed more. He had a feeling she would agree if only to help him. But this had to be her choice here. Back home he had panicked that night on the way to his house from her trailer.

"Don't worry," he said in the silence as the van ahead of them began their long order. "Becoming pack isn't the same as the mate bond. You have to agree to become my mate before that bond settles in." Though back home with her not accepting it had put the pack on edge and he had done all he could to ensure it stayed together. Still, he hadn't had a choice. He had promised Bran to look out for Mercy and declaring her his mate kept her safe from his pack.

As the van finished and began pulling forward, he looked over at her. "What did you want to eat?"

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-07 05:04 am UTC (link)
Mercy dared not admit aloud the relief she felt at his statement, though she knew he could smell it coming off of her. "That's not my fault - It's not like I go looking for trouble." And she didn't, not really. She just wanted to take care of those she cared for. Like Jesse. And Adam.

When he relaxed as well, Mercy shut her eyes at last and lay her head against the seat's back. If she didn't know any better, she might have thought he was reading her mind, but Adam definitely didn't wasn't a mind reader. Keeping her eyes shut hid her annoyance at how well he seemed to be reading her, but the words eased her own deep, internal fear and anger. She hated being angry, and Adam just seemed to generally terrify her....particularly during conversations like this.

At the question, she opened her eyes to look over at the menu. After a moment, Mercy shrugged. "Three double cheeseburgers, large fry, large diet Coke. Two large fries," she amended, sitting up a bit as the anticipation of being fed swept through her. At least to a werewolf, her choice in meal wouldn't seem strange - shifting, no matter the form, took a lot of energy.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-08 12:07 am UTC (link)
He grinned a little. She had told him pretty much the same back home repeatedly given all that happened. "I know you don't but you have the bad habit of thinking that only you can save those you care about," he chided with surprising gentleness and, dare it be said, fondness. "You don't have to take on everything by yourself Mercy. I survived Vietnam and being turned into a werewolf after all," he pointed out.

Hearing her order, he relayed it to the voice box before putting in his for five double cheese burgers but only one large fry. Order in, he pulled up and stopped before fishing his wallet out and tugging out the money for the food. Wolves needed to keep themselves fed properly after all or they could run the risk of attacking humans. Some liked preying on humans but it was forbidden in the Marrok's territory. True there was no Marrok here but Adam, in the grand scheme of all the North American wolves back home, was fourth in the hierarchy. Charles and Samuel, Bran's sons, came before him in order.

"There are a lot of places to stay," he said after a few moments of silence. "Some have set up apartment complexes and offer free apartments to the displaced if you want to stay there. Or there is my home. It has a few bedrooms. No where near as big as my house back home but you're welcome to it."

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-08 12:40 am UTC (link)
She frowned, almost grumbling as she eyed him. "And yet who saved you from Gerry? And the witch? And then from Littleton. In fact," and this time her eyes narrowed before she continued, "one might say that you are the one always getting in to trouble. Face it, Adam - you're the damsel and I'm the knight in shining armor." The mental image actually brought a smile to her lips, and she relaxed into the seat, studying his profile while he wasn't looking at her. She liked looking at him....no matter the angle, to be honest.

At his words, she hesitated, thinking it over. Living with him wasn't something she was sure she was ready for - what if she succumbed to him simply due to his Alpha mojo? Mercy knew for a fact that she would never recover her pride if she actually gave in for that reason. And the truth was, she didn't know if she could forgive herself if that was it. Self-doubt stirred in her stomach next to the hunger, and she wondered: while she knew that Sam only wanted her as a broodmare....she honestly wasn't sure why Adam wanted her. It wasn't for the same reason, she was quick to remind herself, but still.

Plus, the thought of being surrounded by his scent was too intoxicating to really consider at the moment. "...I don't know," she finally admitted honestly. "I guess there's no chance that there's a trailer around I can claim, is there?"

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-08 12:47 am UTC (link)
A small, knowing smile formed slowly on his face. "Yet, not long for you from when you were taken, you run to me and the pack for help when you needed it. Several times." He looked at her. "We're strong together," he said. He looked away so she couldn't see the haunted look in his eyes. He couldn't save her though from what Tim had done. Yes he had ripped Tim's body to pieces but it wasn't enough. He hadn't been fast enough to save her. And that hadn't been the last time either.

He dropped his sunglasses over his eyes to help hide his emotions. "There's no rush," he said. "But the offer will remain open. As for the trailer, we could always find you one. But you'd need a place to park it and make sure it's been warded against the evils that are here." He glanced over at her as he pulled up some. "We have no idea after all how your magic will work here."

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-08 12:53 am UTC (link)
She opened her mouth to reply, then shut it when she caught a whiff of something else from him. After a moment, Mercy abruptly looked away, yawning just a little and pushing a stray hair out of her face. At least she'd managed to clean up a little in the library's bathroom, so at least she wasn't half covered in grease like she had been on showing up initially, but she knew she needed a shower, pretty desperately. She could still taste the grease from her clothes as she'd carried them in her mouth while taking a quick look through some of the alleys between the graveyard and the library itself.

"Well, if you've got a house than you've got land - I'll park it just past the edge," she retorted, smirking just a little, then shrugged. "I guess for now I'll take one of the free apartments, at least until I get the money for something more. And I don't have magic...I just have immunity to some of it. A slight immunity, at least." As Adam pulled up to the window, she sat up a little eagerly, ready to take the bags whenever he got them.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-08 01:03 am UTC (link)
If asked, Adam enjoyed how Mercy smelled. Grease and all. She wasn't one for damseling after all. And she had faster reflexes than the average human. It made her a great sparring partner. And back home he had been working with her to ensure she remained in tip top shape so she would never be a victim again if it could be avoided.

Pulling up to the window, he handed the money over and gave her a small smile as he looked over at her. "Good luck finding an old Rabbit to annoy me with," he returned. Even if he did secretly find it endearing that she made such an effort to annoy him given how Alphas loved order. Taking the change he took the drink for Mercy and handed it to her. "I could always loan you the money," he offered though he doubted she'd take it.

When the bags of food came over he sniffed the bags to deduce which had more before handing Mercy's over to her before he took his bag. He gave the girl at the window a warm smile before he pulled off and began heading for the hunting grounds.

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-08 01:21 am UTC (link)
Mercy took the drink and after stabbing a straw through the lid and sipping, she set it in one of his cup holders. "Hey, never doubt that I can't find a good Rabbit," came her quick reply. At the offer of a loan, she hesitated, then gave a small shrug. "Maybe. If we work out repayment arrangements." Because she did have to admit that she wouldn't immediately have the money to get a place, and she'd need something to start out with, at least.

Taking her bag, Mercy was had already unwrapped and started on the first burger before he made it out of the parking lot. It was finished quickly, the wrapper balled up and dropped back into the bag, and she started on the fries to eat them before they got cold, though not as quickly as the burgers.

"So where are these hunting grounds?" She asked while looking back over at him. "And who all is here, wolf-wise?"

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-08 01:52 am UTC (link)
"One thing I have learned about you Mercy is to never doubt you when you put your mind to something." He shot her a grin and dug out one of his own burgers and began chewing on it. His mind drifted to the time when he had been attacked by Gerry's men and Mercy had loaded him up in her van and drove him to Montana to ensure that he was safe and could heal properly. And on the way she had stopped and gotten a large bag of burgers for him to eat so he could heal faster.

The memory brought a smile to his lips and he glanced over at her as she began on her fries. "About an hour or so outside of town, as isolated as I could make it," he said. He wished for the mountains of Montana but he had made do with what was here. "As for wolf-wise I think there was only two others from another world and a vampire-werewolf hybrid from another. That's all I know of at the moment."

Finishing his burger he dropped the wrapper into the bag and dug out his second. "As for the cabin the food inside is never ending so there's no need to restock and there are rooms in the basement designed to hold wolves from multiple worlds if they're injured and need a secure place to recover." Adam knew from experience that wounded wolves were volatile and every Alpha usually had a safe room or more in their territory to ensure the wounded wolf couldn't harm anyone.

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-08 02:01 am UTC (link)
Adam's grin was answered with a faint smile of her own. She'd been on the verge of closing her bag to save the food for after they finished hunting, but the mention of a never-ending food supply meant she could keep right on eating, which made both her and coyote happy. Absently licking some salt from a finger, Mercy pulled out her second burger and ate it much slower than the first.

"Plus the woman who just showed up - she said she gave birth," Mercy pointed out, then shook her head half in wonder. Even if there had been only one other werewolf around, dominant fights could still be an issue. "But no pack....of any kind?" Honestly, Mercy was surprised that Adam hadn't formed a pack himself, given he was an Alpha. The pack supported the Alpha nearly as much as the Alpha supported his pack, so that meant that he needed someone...and she wasn't anywhere close to being enough.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-08 02:45 am UTC (link)
Adam grinned a bit when she kept eating. Given how easily Mercy could shift forms, she could burn energy faster than he could if she rapid changed. But his changes were far more brutal and took a lot of energy. And given how fast a wolf's metabolism was, he burned up calories fast. Second burger finished he started in on his third.

"I haven't seen her yet," he said. "I was more determined to get to you first." With her question he shook his head. "Every wolf that's been here is different. So while there's been no formal pack we've all gone on hunts together on fulls and have reached out to each other when needed."

He was silent for several minutes. "I...won't lie. It's been...difficult to say the least not having a pack and the bonds like back home. Having the others here for support has been helping but it's...it's not been enough."

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[info]fearlesslamb
2015-02-09 01:00 am UTC (link)
Given that he was putting her above a werewolf who'd given birth, Mercy tried very hard to keep her eyes off of Adam for the moment. She used the excuse of catching a glob of tomato, onions, and ketchup with one finger that was slipping off the burger. As she absently licked it off, she gave a small nod, then looked over at him. "It's weird to know that there are different werewolves," she said. "What else is here besides werewolves and demons?"

Mercy became silent as he did, finishing off the second burger and returning to her fries. She nodded a bit at his next words. While she didn't fully understand pack magic, she did know that things couldn't have been easy for him. "I'm sorry," she told him softly, wishing there was something she could do.

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[info]hottestalpha
2015-02-09 01:21 am UTC (link)
Adam would always put Mercy above others. No matter when she was from, she pack to him. And pack came first. He watched her discreetly as she licked her finger clean and the strong desire to kiss her surged up and he quelled it quickly. Given when she was from, they were barely dating. "I'm not sure if he's still here but there had been a fae werewolf here. Dyson I think his name was." He glanced over at her. "Aside from werewolf and demons? There are a few different kinds of vampires, witches and wizards - we actually have some witches and/or wizards from Harry Potter last I knew." That was sure to amuse her. "And then as I said before we have more than a few fictional people here."

He made a note to warn her that they were fictional here. He had found the book by happenstance but he wanted to warn her that their lives were out there for all to see.

After a while he pulled off onto a well hidden dirt road and drove alone for about five minutes until the cabin came into view. He pulled up and parked his SUV before shutting it off and getting out. "Welcome to the hunting grounds," he said, smiling as he relaxed.

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