Sasha Romanova & Nicholas Everett
A hurricane in Louisiana. A tornado in Oklahoma. A flood in London. A tsunami in Japan. Clear skies and perfect waves for Hawaii and Australia.
Despite her rather busy night, Sasha still managed to make it back to Hecate Academy by early morning, not at all tired. She had no time to be tired! She had to conduct her morning yoga class, finish with her lesson plan for the first semester, some private tutoring, dance class, and Sophia was most likely going to want to see her at some point during the day. Rest wasn't part of her vocabulary at the moment. Dammit! And she still needed to have breakfast. But that could come after her yoga class. She was already dressed in her yoga gear before the sun had risen, greeted by her usual yoga class and a few new others as well. “Namaste, everyone. It's great to see you again. Now, just because I'm a little bit tired and I know many of you are as well, let's go ahead and start with our corpse pose.” Strange enough, the purely Russian woman who was raised by a Greek had a strong Australian accent. That was probably because she spent a great deal of time in Australia – It was one of her favorite places in the world. There was a bit of laughter from her class as she gave a dimpled smile and they all began their morning by lying down on their mats for a while. Everyone felt refreshed as they went through their usual routine, throwing in a few more poses here and there as they greeted the sun.
“Beautiful, everyone. Absolutely beautiful. Let us move from Child's Pose to our Eagle Pose and finish with a strong Warrior's Pose.” They took a good few minutes for each pose, Sasha's green eyes sparkling as everyone moved gracefully with ease. Breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth, she joined everyone in ending their last pose by bringing their feet together, placing their hands together, and giving a light bow at the waist. “Beautiful. Now, go ahead and get some breakfast. And by breakfast, I do not mean leftover pizza from last night's party washed down with warm beer. Alan.” She earned a few more laughs as she shot a teasing smile to a student with messy black hair and a sheepish grin. As everyone gathered up their mats, she disappeared back through the door in her tree only to re-emerge with her running outfit, shorts and a sports bra.
Barefooted, she made her way out of the central courtyard and had to make her way through the halls a bit, flashing a smile and wave to those she passed as her name was called out. She didn't stop for anyone though, keeping a careful pace all the way to the sports training area. Or at least one of them. She figured that Nic would be at the eastern one because she knew he liked watching the sun rise while he ran. And right she was, spotting him just finishing with tying his shoes. “It's a lot more comfortable without shoes, y'know? I don't see why you won't just hike with me in the morning.” She flashed him her famous dimpled smile, pulling her long hair up into a ponytail.
Nicholas just chuckled softly at Sasha, ignoring the slight butterflies in his stomach that happened whenever she was near him. He shot a lazy mega watt smile as he stood up and stretched, feeling the muscles beneath his light grey t-shirt tighten then relax.
"Well I'm always up for a change so why don't we go run in the bush? I'm already bored of this track." Nicholas questioned. He felt good today, so good in fact that he had woken up really early this morning and finished all his class schudules and shit that he usually would put off until the last minute. He was excited for the school year. He couldn't want to see the smiling faces of his students. He also had some witty names and pranks for the barbarian, Mr.Erik Odinson.
"And I'm good with shoes, you ready to get going?" he questioned, pointing towards the trees behind them.
“Well, let's get going then. Try to keep up, Sasquatch.” Sasha teased him with a playful shove, a light smirk on her lips as she remained oblivious to the butterflies in his stomach, though highly aware of the ones in her own. With hardly another word, she took off ahead of him with long strides, every now and then giving a shout of bliss. Despite being hit by a few thin branches every now and then when she forgot to duck, she was absolutely ecsatic. She loved the smell of morning dew on the forest floor and the sounds of the animals around them. She felt little to no pain as stickers and burrs clung to her feet and other exposed skin, simply relishing the feel of running through nature. She had to remember that Nic was with her to keep her from simply disappearing into a swirl of petals and taking off to who-knows-where just because.
She could get a little carried away [no pun intended] when she was running.
“How's the view from back there?”, she called over her shoulder, not realizing the double meaning of her words until she actually said them. But that was her, not always thinking about what she said before she said it. She quickly turned her head to the front once more, lest he see the dark pink shade take over her tanned cheeks.
"Pretty damn fine!" Nic shouted back. He hadn't even realized Sasha was so far ahead, having been taking in the scenery of the forest around them. Nic couldn't help but grin widely as he took a quick look at Sasha's ass before picking up his speed. Moments later they were running side by side.
"I'll race ya to the pond," he challenged, a cheeky smirk adorned his handsome features as his dark hazel eyes glanced over at Sasha.
“Oh, yeah? Alright. But the loser - which will be you - has to kiss the winner. Which will be me.” A thinly veiled show of affection, she held her head high before taking off. It was a win-win situation, so she was hardly worried about the outcome. Unless he told her that he didn't want to kiss her. She frowned for a moment, but ran on anyways, her lithe figure absolutely graceful as she leapt over a fallen tree. For a few moments, she debated taking the form of a rabbit and waiting for him at the pond. There was no way he was going to beat her.
Nic only nodded his head and took off, his long legs carrying his further along as he dodged branches, stones and fallen trees. His sneakers made no noise as he ran. It may just be his manly pride but he wasn't going to lose to a woman, no matter how attractive she was. As Nic dodged another low hanging branch the pond came into view, the morning sun shone down on the smooth, clear surface of the water making it glisten. The pond was pretty deep and at the moment Nic had an insane urge to jump in the water, wanting to feel it cool his warm skin. His pace picked up at the pleasurable thought and he passed Sasha.
Damn it, he was gaining on her and soon passed her. She pumped her legs faster as she pushed onward, the pond within her line of sight as well. She would have won if a large stag hadn't jumped out in front of her. She had been so absorbed in her own thoughts and focused on winning that she hadn't paid enough attention to hear its thundering hooves as he made his way towards her with a doe and a few little ones in tow. She allowed them to pass, but she had already lost. Her lower lip pulled out into a small pout as she sulked her way over the pond. “You just got lucky. Don't get cocky.”, she huffed softly, her green eyes storming over a bit as a large gust of wind tossed her hair and the leaves around her, the sky darkening just a little.
Nic noticed the sky darken and walked over to Sasha. "Don't be a poor sport." Nic chuckled before gently grabbing Sasha's face between his hands and pulling her forward, bringing her against him as he leaned down a gave her a soft kiss. He didn't want to push it, even if he wanted to stay there longer, so he pulled back moments later and gave Sasha a big pearly smile while brushing stray pieces of dark hair from her face.
"You win." Nic said, smiling down at Sasha.
Sasha was indeed content with being a poor sport, poking at the ground with curled toes like a child who was told "no" several times. She wasn't about to start crying, of course. But she was still rather upset. She liked to win and she very much liked to think that she was stronger than Nic. Magick-wise, she'd kick his ass. But he could definitely take her on in a physical fight unless she shapeshifted. “I'm not being a p-”
Her words were cut off as he stepped to her to place a kiss on her lips, effectively shutting her up. As far as she was concerned, for that whole five seconds the world didn't even exist. She could feel her ears and cheeks get warm as her face turned bright red, realizing that even as he pulled away, her eyes were still closed and she was still leaning against him, having contently melted against his muscular figure. “Of-of course I win. I always win.” She stepped away and quickly recovered - sort of, giving a bashful laugh. “Hardly as exciting as I thought my first kiss would be, but I suppose it was special enough.”
She gave him a grin and took a seat on the bank of the pond, sliding her feet in until the water went up to her knees. It wasn't really one of those ponds that gradually got deeper. It was fifteen feet straight down from the center on out.
"Ouch, well that just wounded my ego." Nic said, trying to sounded wounded but it didn't really work with him having to resist the urge to chuckle. He then removed his sneakers, socks and shirt placing them near a large rock before he took a runner's stance. Pushing off Nic ran towards the pond, jumped and landed in the water with a loud splash, spraying Sasha. Nic didn't surface but instead used his protection magick to form a bubble of air around his nose and mouth so he could breath as he swam to the bottom of the deep pond. It was dark but with a snap of his finger's golden balls of light surrounded the area allowing him to see. Nic saw small fish and other aquatic life, along with seaweed, shells and stones. He stayed under for a while until he grew bored and resurfaced, the air bubble and orbs of light disappearing as he did.
"Well that was refreshing." he grinned as he saw a slightly soaked Sasha. A loud screech brought Nic's attention from a wet Sasha to a large black bird. One of Sophia's.
Sasha rolled her eyes as Nic's failed attempt to appear hurt by her words, a small smile still on her face as she kicked her legs in the water a bit. This was one of her favorite ponds because it was a salt water pond. The water itself was straight from the Pacific Ocean right off the coast of Australia. It wasn't like the water was special, or anything. But it was her little piece of Australia right there in Washington. When Nic jumped in, she could have easily avoided the splash, but she welcomed the cool water that soaked her, tilting her head up as it chilled her skin. While Nic was submersed, she looked up to the sky and let her thoughts turn away from him for a few minutes, focusing on the matters of the world outside of the school.
She didn't have too long to think about it before Nic resurfaced and one of Sophia's ravens came for them. The Head Mistress requests your presence in her office immediately. As it cawed, Sasha understood the bird as though it were speaking perfect English. “Right - Give us five minutes.” She smiled politely as the bird nodded and flew away, her eyes turning to her friend in the water. “Soph wants the Mentors in her office...But we've got five minutes for you to make up for that sorry kiss you gave me earlier.” There was a teasing tone in her voice as she kicked water at his face.
Nicholas was slightly shocked at what Sasha had said but didn't question it as he climbed out of the pond, soaking wet and lifted Sasha off the ground. He didn't know if she was serious but he would take any chance he got. He held her up and against him by her ass, pinning her back against a tree and kissed her. This kiss was more passionate then the first not wanting to disappoint this time. He pulled back once he knew they had to go but didn't put her down but instead smiled at her.
"That better?" he asked cheekily.
To be honest, she had fully expected Nic to splash her back and have some witty remark ready. She was completely taken by surprise with his swift movements, squished between him and a tree soon enough with his hands squeezing her ass. Well, having his hands on her ass wasn't really a foreign experience. The two had played cat and mouse since the day they met forty years ago, but it had never gotten so far. But, it was a new year with new dangers. Just more of a reason to live in the now as far as she was concerned. She was all too happy to collect the knowledge she had gathered from movies and books, having no actual prior experience before, letting her hands settle on the back of his neck as they kissed. Rather than five seconds, this kiss lasted almost five minutes.
As he pulled away, she forced herself not to pout but wasn't able to shirk the dazed look in her eyes or the goofy smile on her lips. “We should try this more often.”, she responded breathlessly.
"I agree." Nic grinned playfully, his voice held a husky undertone. He gently placed her back down on the ground, gave her a swift chasted kiss on her lips then went over and grabbed his shirt, socks and shoes. Quickly, he threw them on.
"Let's get heading back, Sophia's probably waiting." Nic said. Run or teleport?." he questioned.
Like a giddy schoolgirl, she could only smile as she took a step back from him and straightened out her hair. “Let's see you win this race.” After punching him in the arm playfully, the woman's figure seemed to just fall apart, becoming swirling pink petals that zoomed through the forest on a strong breeze. It was almost no time at all that Sasha arrived in Sophia's office, her body reforming with her sitting on her adoptive mother's desk. “I've got something super important to say when you're finished. Unless you say what I have to say because you probably already know.” She smiled at the woman before her just before Nic arrived, flashing him a smirk. “I win. Again. You owe me. Again.”
Nicholas grinned. "I'll pay you back any time." he smirked, winking at Sasha then turned his attention to the Head Mistress and the other teachers. "Mornin' everyone."
(This post is made by both Little Fox and Myself {AvalonKnight})
A hurricane in Louisiana. A tornado in Oklahoma. A flood in London. A tsunami in Japan. Clear skies and perfect waves for Hawaii and Australia.
Despite her rather busy night, Sasha still managed to make it back to Hecate Academy by early morning, not at all tired. She had no time to be tired! She had to conduct her morning yoga class, finish with her lesson plan for the first semester, some private tutoring, dance class, and Sophia was most likely going to want to see her at some point during the day. Rest wasn't part of her vocabulary at the moment. Dammit! And she still needed to have breakfast. But that could come after her yoga class. She was already dressed in her yoga gear before the sun had risen, greeted by her usual yoga class and a few new others as well. “Namaste, everyone. It's great to see you again. Now, just because I'm a little bit tired and I know many of you are as well, let's go ahead and start with our corpse pose.” Strange enough, the purely Russian woman who was raised by a Greek had a strong Australian accent. That was probably because she spent a great deal of time in Australia – It was one of her favorite places in the world. There was a bit of laughter from her class as she gave a dimpled smile and they all began their morning by lying down on their mats for a while. Everyone felt refreshed as they went through their usual routine, throwing in a few more poses here and there as they greeted the sun.
“Beautiful, everyone. Absolutely beautiful. Let us move from Child's Pose to our Eagle Pose and finish with a strong Warrior's Pose.” They took a good few minutes for each pose, Sasha's green eyes sparkling as everyone moved gracefully with ease. Breathing in through her nose and out through her mouth, she joined everyone in ending their last pose by bringing their feet together, placing their hands together, and giving a light bow at the waist. “Beautiful. Now, go ahead and get some breakfast. And by breakfast, I do not mean leftover pizza from last night's party washed down with warm beer. Alan.” She earned a few more laughs as she shot a teasing smile to a student with messy black hair and a sheepish grin. As everyone gathered up their mats, she disappeared back through the door in her tree only to re-emerge with her running outfit, shorts and a sports bra.
Barefooted, she made her way out of the central courtyard and had to make her way through the halls a bit, flashing a smile and wave to those she passed as her name was called out. She didn't stop for anyone though, keeping a careful pace all the way to the sports training area. Or at least one of them. She figured that Nic would be at the eastern one because she knew he liked watching the sun rise while he ran. And right she was, spotting him just finishing with tying his shoes. “It's a lot more comfortable without shoes, y'know? I don't see why you won't just hike with me in the morning.” She flashed him her famous dimpled smile, pulling her long hair up into a ponytail.
Nicholas just chuckled softly at Sasha, ignoring the slight butterflies in his stomach that happened whenever she was near him. He shot a lazy mega watt smile as he stood up and stretched, feeling the muscles beneath his light grey t-shirt tighten then relax.
"Well I'm always up for a change so why don't we go run in the bush? I'm already bored of this track." Nicholas questioned. He felt good today, so good in fact that he had woken up really early this morning and finished all his class schudules and shit that he usually would put off until the last minute. He was excited for the school year. He couldn't want to see the smiling faces of his students. He also had some witty names and pranks for the barbarian, Mr.Erik Odinson.
"And I'm good with shoes, you ready to get going?" he questioned, pointing towards the trees behind them.
“Well, let's get going then. Try to keep up, Sasquatch.” Sasha teased him with a playful shove, a light smirk on her lips as she remained oblivious to the butterflies in his stomach, though highly aware of the ones in her own. With hardly another word, she took off ahead of him with long strides, every now and then giving a shout of bliss. Despite being hit by a few thin branches every now and then when she forgot to duck, she was absolutely ecsatic. She loved the smell of morning dew on the forest floor and the sounds of the animals around them. She felt little to no pain as stickers and burrs clung to her feet and other exposed skin, simply relishing the feel of running through nature. She had to remember that Nic was with her to keep her from simply disappearing into a swirl of petals and taking off to who-knows-where just because.
She could get a little carried away [no pun intended] when she was running.
“How's the view from back there?”, she called over her shoulder, not realizing the double meaning of her words until she actually said them. But that was her, not always thinking about what she said before she said it. She quickly turned her head to the front once more, lest he see the dark pink shade take over her tanned cheeks.
"Pretty damn fine!" Nic shouted back. He hadn't even realized Sasha was so far ahead, having been taking in the scenery of the forest around them. Nic couldn't help but grin widely as he took a quick look at Sasha's ass before picking up his speed. Moments later they were running side by side.
"I'll race ya to the pond," he challenged, a cheeky smirk adorned his handsome features as his dark hazel eyes glanced over at Sasha.
“Oh, yeah? Alright. But the loser - which will be you - has to kiss the winner. Which will be me.” A thinly veiled show of affection, she held her head high before taking off. It was a win-win situation, so she was hardly worried about the outcome. Unless he told her that he didn't want to kiss her. She frowned for a moment, but ran on anyways, her lithe figure absolutely graceful as she leapt over a fallen tree. For a few moments, she debated taking the form of a rabbit and waiting for him at the pond. There was no way he was going to beat her.
Nic only nodded his head and took off, his long legs carrying his further along as he dodged branches, stones and fallen trees. His sneakers made no noise as he ran. It may just be his manly pride but he wasn't going to lose to a woman, no matter how attractive she was. As Nic dodged another low hanging branch the pond came into view, the morning sun shone down on the smooth, clear surface of the water making it glisten. The pond was pretty deep and at the moment Nic had an insane urge to jump in the water, wanting to feel it cool his warm skin. His pace picked up at the pleasurable thought and he passed Sasha.
Damn it, he was gaining on her and soon passed her. She pumped her legs faster as she pushed onward, the pond within her line of sight as well. She would have won if a large stag hadn't jumped out in front of her. She had been so absorbed in her own thoughts and focused on winning that she hadn't paid enough attention to hear its thundering hooves as he made his way towards her with a doe and a few little ones in tow. She allowed them to pass, but she had already lost. Her lower lip pulled out into a small pout as she sulked her way over the pond. “You just got lucky. Don't get cocky.”, she huffed softly, her green eyes storming over a bit as a large gust of wind tossed her hair and the leaves around her, the sky darkening just a little.
Nic noticed the sky darken and walked over to Sasha. "Don't be a poor sport." Nic chuckled before gently grabbing Sasha's face between his hands and pulling her forward, bringing her against him as he leaned down a gave her a soft kiss. He didn't want to push it, even if he wanted to stay there longer, so he pulled back moments later and gave Sasha a big pearly smile while brushing stray pieces of dark hair from her face.
"You win." Nic said, smiling down at Sasha.
Sasha was indeed content with being a poor sport, poking at the ground with curled toes like a child who was told "no" several times. She wasn't about to start crying, of course. But she was still rather upset. She liked to win and she very much liked to think that she was stronger than Nic. Magick-wise, she'd kick his ass. But he could definitely take her on in a physical fight unless she shapeshifted. “I'm not being a p-”
Her words were cut off as he stepped to her to place a kiss on her lips, effectively shutting her up. As far as she was concerned, for that whole five seconds the world didn't even exist. She could feel her ears and cheeks get warm as her face turned bright red, realizing that even as he pulled away, her eyes were still closed and she was still leaning against him, having contently melted against his muscular figure. “Of-of course I win. I always win.” She stepped away and quickly recovered - sort of, giving a bashful laugh. “Hardly as exciting as I thought my first kiss would be, but I suppose it was special enough.”
She gave him a grin and took a seat on the bank of the pond, sliding her feet in until the water went up to her knees. It wasn't really one of those ponds that gradually got deeper. It was fifteen feet straight down from the center on out.
"Ouch, well that just wounded my ego." Nic said, trying to sounded wounded but it didn't really work with him having to resist the urge to chuckle. He then removed his sneakers, socks and shirt placing them near a large rock before he took a runner's stance. Pushing off Nic ran towards the pond, jumped and landed in the water with a loud splash, spraying Sasha. Nic didn't surface but instead used his protection magick to form a bubble of air around his nose and mouth so he could breath as he swam to the bottom of the deep pond. It was dark but with a snap of his finger's golden balls of light surrounded the area allowing him to see. Nic saw small fish and other aquatic life, along with seaweed, shells and stones. He stayed under for a while until he grew bored and resurfaced, the air bubble and orbs of light disappearing as he did.
"Well that was refreshing." he grinned as he saw a slightly soaked Sasha. A loud screech brought Nic's attention from a wet Sasha to a large black bird. One of Sophia's.
Sasha rolled her eyes as Nic's failed attempt to appear hurt by her words, a small smile still on her face as she kicked her legs in the water a bit. This was one of her favorite ponds because it was a salt water pond. The water itself was straight from the Pacific Ocean right off the coast of Australia. It wasn't like the water was special, or anything. But it was her little piece of Australia right there in Washington. When Nic jumped in, she could have easily avoided the splash, but she welcomed the cool water that soaked her, tilting her head up as it chilled her skin. While Nic was submersed, she looked up to the sky and let her thoughts turn away from him for a few minutes, focusing on the matters of the world outside of the school.
She didn't have too long to think about it before Nic resurfaced and one of Sophia's ravens came for them. The Head Mistress requests your presence in her office immediately. As it cawed, Sasha understood the bird as though it were speaking perfect English. “Right - Give us five minutes.” She smiled politely as the bird nodded and flew away, her eyes turning to her friend in the water. “Soph wants the Mentors in her office...But we've got five minutes for you to make up for that sorry kiss you gave me earlier.” There was a teasing tone in her voice as she kicked water at his face.
Nicholas was slightly shocked at what Sasha had said but didn't question it as he climbed out of the pond, soaking wet and lifted Sasha off the ground. He didn't know if she was serious but he would take any chance he got. He held her up and against him by her ass, pinning her back against a tree and kissed her. This kiss was more passionate then the first not wanting to disappoint this time. He pulled back once he knew they had to go but didn't put her down but instead smiled at her.
"That better?" he asked cheekily.
To be honest, she had fully expected Nic to splash her back and have some witty remark ready. She was completely taken by surprise with his swift movements, squished between him and a tree soon enough with his hands squeezing her ass. Well, having his hands on her ass wasn't really a foreign experience. The two had played cat and mouse since the day they met forty years ago, but it had never gotten so far. But, it was a new year with new dangers. Just more of a reason to live in the now as far as she was concerned. She was all too happy to collect the knowledge she had gathered from movies and books, having no actual prior experience before, letting her hands settle on the back of his neck as they kissed. Rather than five seconds, this kiss lasted almost five minutes.
As he pulled away, she forced herself not to pout but wasn't able to shirk the dazed look in her eyes or the goofy smile on her lips. “We should try this more often.”, she responded breathlessly.
"I agree." Nic grinned playfully, his voice held a husky undertone. He gently placed her back down on the ground, gave her a swift chasted kiss on her lips then went over and grabbed his shirt, socks and shoes. Quickly, he threw them on.
"Let's get heading back, Sophia's probably waiting." Nic said. Run or teleport?." he questioned.
Like a giddy schoolgirl, she could only smile as she took a step back from him and straightened out her hair. “Let's see you win this race.” After punching him in the arm playfully, the woman's figure seemed to just fall apart, becoming swirling pink petals that zoomed through the forest on a strong breeze. It was almost no time at all that Sasha arrived in Sophia's office, her body reforming with her sitting on her adoptive mother's desk. “I've got something super important to say when you're finished. Unless you say what I have to say because you probably already know.” She smiled at the woman before her just before Nic arrived, flashing him a smirk. “I win. Again. You owe me. Again.”
Nicholas grinned. "I'll pay you back any time." he smirked, winking at Sasha then turned his attention to the Head Mistress and the other teachers. "Mornin' everyone."
(This post is made by both Little Fox and Myself {AvalonKnight})