After her first drink Vera tend to loosen up a little more, she wasn't necessarily being social and chatting around with the students because in her mind that was wildly inappropriate but at least she wasn't grabbing freshmen and telling them to get back to the campus and go to sleep because they weren't old enough to be drinking. He'd also managed to get her out onto the dance floor which was really more just their living room Of course it was hard to not enjoy the party even a little when almost all night since his second drink all Hamish wanted to do was flirt with her. Even now as Thriller played over the speakers Hamish was lip syncing to the song and spun Vera around catching her in his arms as he playfully bit down on her shoulder. "Since when did you become a vampire?" Vera cocked her head to the side which only made things worse as he snapped at her neck like he would bite out her throat.
"When you started to taste so good."
"Careful Hamish, you are starting to sound like a big bad wolf."
He loved that tone of voice she used sometimes, so bossy and yet so soft and sweetly seductive. That little hint of playfulness just shining through. "Afraid I'll eat you up alive little Red Riding Hood?" Vera gave him a look like a silent scolding to behave himself. "What are you going to do Chancelor Duke, write me up?" He couldn't wait for the day that wasn't a joke. It was going to be a great day when he heard someone else call her Vera Duke for the first time or Mrs. Duke.
"No, I'm going to put you on 6 o'clock feeding duty since you can do that too now." He was actually alright with that, Vera wasn't a morning person, he'd do that not even as a punishment but generally just because like Theo he was always bright eyed and bushy tailed in the morning. Theo was a freaking hoot in the mornings too because all she wanted to do was play and giggle.
"I'd be more than happy to do that for you."
"Wha…" She paused, "No see you are supposed to…" He quieted her down with a kiss before dipping her and making Vera throw her hands on his shoulders to catch her balance.
"You were saying?" Hamish asked with a raised brow as he let her stand straight back up again.
She hit his shoulder a little, having something better than an argument. "I told you I don't always start it." She loved being right. "Take that Mr. Hot pants because this is me not starting it."
"Do you want me to take you upstairs?"
"God yes."
Hamish smirked at her. "Well Ms. Stone, now who's starting it?'
She looked around a moment finding a guy virtually eating a freshman's face off. "Him."
"Let's go up to my room."
"Why?' Vera asked him as he took her hand and looked around to see if any of the other wolves were around. Once he realized they were in the clear he snuck Vera upstairs feeling a little like he was trying to sneak his girlfriend into his bedroom back at his parents house. There were a few people upstairs though all of their bedroom doors were closed to keep anyone out, at least that was the hope. Looking at a couple making out in the hallway Hamish waved at them.
"Hey, go find a room. Not here though." He had to add because he was sure Randal and Lilith wouldn't be okay with them going into their rooms. Outside the bathroom was the real mess, one guy was throwing up in the toilet as a girl yelled at him because she had to use the restroom. Suddenly Hamish was so happy he didn't have to clean this up in the morning. Stopping at his bedroom door he opened it up and let Vera step inside first before shutting it behind him. It dawned on him that Vera had never been in this room before, it was far more lived in than his bedroom at his apartment with all his books, pictures, and personal nicknacks. Suddenly Hamish felt like he'd been cheating with Vera, seeing all of her personal life without ever really giving her much of a glimpse of his.
Walking up to a stack of records she thumbbed through them with a little smirk. "Chicago Hamish? Really?"
"Is that judgment I sense Vera?"
She set the record down and shook her head before finding a picture of him and his sisters when they were younger. Hamish looked like he was only six years old in the photo with a big awkward goofy smile on his face. "Oh." She paused a moment. "Well, Theo does look a lot like you doesn't she." She put the photo down. "You can't ever question me on the how's baby she is ever again Hamish." He never honestly meant anything by it when he asked her if Theo really was his daughter. It was sort of obvious that she was, primarily because Vera wasn't even remotely interested in anyone else. He's asked in the past if Theo was Alejandro's baby instead as a joke but that child looked so much like Hamish that any attempts to say otherwise to anyone was pretty pathetic.
Hamish laid back on his bed as Vera went through his stuff, he wasn't bothered by it, after all how often was he going through her stuff to find something? "Right back to where this all started." Hamish joked looking over at her. "Only I do recall you were downstairs working on that potion and I."
"You wouldn't leave me alone because you didn't trust that I wouldn't do something to blow up your whole house." She remembered, fondly. Well, maybe not fondly.
"I think I started to suspect that I liked you after you and I fought Kepler and your kids. You were very impressive in a combat situation." Vera smiled trying to not let him know that she was flattered. "I'll admit, I had a crush."
She picked up another picture of Hamish and a girl, was that Cassie? He was smiling in the photo, a very genuine smile, the same smile of absolute stupid pure love he'd had on his face the first time he'd held their daughter or the first time she'd actually let him into her world as more than just a booty call. "Hmmm." She put the photo back and turned to look at him. "I didn't start to like you until after you joined the Order, the first time. You know, before you robbed me." She paused, "Oh yes, before you slept with me and then robbed me."
"I'm…" Hamish sheepishly shrugged his shoulders. "Yeah, that was pretty bad. If it makes you feel better I really regret it but I assumed after that night you and I were going to be enemies again anyways and you were just very…" He stopped, it would be bad if he let her know he had totally slept with her knowing that would have been a one time thing and they would have been at each other's throats after that. Problem was that had sealed his fate with her because afterwards he'd been hard pressed to get her off his mind.
Vera opened up the drawer to his nightstand before closing it again. "Well, nothing adds insult to injury quite like getting robbed by the guy you are sleeping with."
"And we got it all back for you." Hamish got up walking over to her as he grabbed her hips. "I know I was kind of an asshole but I'd like to think we've come a long way since then Vera. No hard feelings, after all if someone did anything to hurt you or the Order now I'd be pretty damn pissed. In fact, the day Alyssa took your powers, when I woke up I feared she'd kill you and I was powerless to stop it. With or without your powers you have no idea how relieved I was to see you. I knew then I was terrified to lose you too, you mean the world to me Vera."
"Yes, well." She looked away from him. "Don't ever get kidnapped again."
"Don't get set on fire again." He kissed her, pulling her closer to him. "With how many people have wanted you dead I have half a mind to put you in the vault." He kissed her again. "I'll just bring you food and Theo." His lips moved down her neck as he picked her up and held her in his arms. "Never let anyone hurt you ever again and keep you safe forever." He could never lose her like he'd lost Cassie, it's why he'd gone behind her back, he'd done something she would have scolded him for if she ever knew just how far Hamish had gone to save her. One day that magical cancer would have ripped her away from him and he'd have the means to keep it from happening. Even if it took him instead at least he would never have to fear a life, a world without Vera in it. "But I couldn't put you in a cage Vera Stone, so I'll do the sensible thing and worry about you every second you aren't with me."
He laid her on the bed gingerly a little impressed with how quickly she could get his pants off as she got to her knees so she could kiss him. If she had any hope of shutting things down it was gone now. His hands rested against the small of her back as he kissed her slowly moving his fingers up to the back of her leather corset. "Vera, I have to confess something." If he didn't get it off his chest it would bother him for the rest of the night. "I've wanted to get you out of this outfit since I saw you in it."
"I know." She smiled, kissing him again and helping him slip the corset off her. "I don't get you guys and liking a woman in a certain outfit so much you want to take it off." Vera pulled up on his shirt getting it stuck momentarily only to lean in and kiss him again while he was trapped and blinded. Hamish laughed struggling out of the tight fabric and tossing it to the floor.
Hamish squirmed a little, feeling her soft lips brush over his throat as she placed kisses down to his collarbone. A shiver ran down his back making his eyes flash silver for a moment before going back to their brilliant blue hue. "Vera, I'm sorry."
"What? Why?" He pushed her down into the bed kissing her hard as he grabbed hold of her thigh and held it tight against his hip. She squealed as he rocked into her making her claw into his back a little, oh god, that was why he was sorry.
"I know." He gasped leaning in and kissing her again. What was it with October and a lack of patience with her? At least this time he'd been a little less aggressive, rocking into her slowly and covering up her initial tension with light kisses that helped her relax in his arms. "Shit, I feel like we haven't been able to do this in forever." It was a risky task having sex in the bedroom with a sleeping baby. Oftentimes it was really quiet, really slow, and not super satisfying because, well, they couldn't afford to wake up their daughter. Not to mention Maddox was right below them, nobody was having a whole lot of fun in that house right now and they were rarely ever alone together.
Right now though Hamish felt like he had all the time in the world and loud music downstairs to make Vera a bit more vocal. He started with a sensible pace resting his forehead against hers and trying to read her expressions before picking up his pace. At a certain point Vera didn't really appreciate slow and steady and nice to win any damn race either, pretty much what everyone expected she liked it rough. Vera moved him down into the bed sitting on top of him now since she didn't really trust him to not chicken out a little. Sometimes she hurt herself but it was better than Hamish tip toeing around paranoia. Especially after he's accidentally made her bleed a little while she had been pregnant. Hamish had assumed right away he was going to cause her to miscarry. Until that day Vera had also never seen Hamish almost pass out.
Leaning forward Vera pressed her lips into his panting heavily as he held onto her hips. Hamish held out long enough for Vera, feeling her shudder eventually and hardly coming down from her little high before someone opened the door to the bedroom. Hamish hadn't really known that there was such a thing as a feargasm but apparently there was and it was a mixture of terror and 'hell yeah' but mostly terror and slight embarrassment as he tried to scream but ended up sounding horribly off. Vera was quick to cover her chest with her arms while the drunk party goer pointed at them. "This isn't the bathroom."
Hamish still felt a mixture of everything, shame, fear, like he needed a hug, breathless. "Nope, that's one door back and on the other side of the hall."
"Cool, thanks." The guy waved at him for being such a helpful naked guy. "You guys have fun."
Vera was quiet, deadly quiet, that was no good. She got off Hamish looking horribly traumatized and pushed him away from her a bit as she sat on the bed and pulled the blankets up around her. "Well, that was eventful."
"I'm sure he has no idea who we are, it's really dark in here." Vera looked back to Hamish knowing he was full of bullshit but it was nice he was trying to make her feel better about the whole situation.
She leaned in and kissed him, that look of concern on her face before running a hand through her hair. "I really hope so, this better not be one of those stories that sticks around the campus until Theo attends and then it's 'Hey, your mom fucked your dad at a Halloween party.'
"Vera, if it makes you feel better, I think everyone's mom fucked someone's dad at a halloween party some time or another so it's not that big of a deal."
"Not helping."