[center][right]A few days before the delivery of the Dear David letters[/right] [img]https://fontmeme.com/permalink/220606/f4aa5fbb952e82b8a0d8167fc51414e5.png[/img] [img]https://i.imgur.com/Wpzvy3b.png[/img] [sub]A [@BrutalBx] & [@Venus] Collab Featuring [color=gold]ReyRey Gonzalez[/color] & [color=00A868]Alexandria Davies[/color][/sub][/center][hr][hr] [color=darkgray][indent][indent]It was a decent place that ReyRey had managed to swing for her; only the best for Allison’s little sister. It was on the border between the two sides of town; out of the way enough not to draw too many eyes. It would give Lexie the privacy she needed for the job she came here to do; take care of the Serpents when any of their many enemies would attack. It was far too dangerous for a Serpent to go to any kind of mainstream hospital. They had an In at the Sinclair Clinic but that resource was drying up very quickly. When ReyRey found out that Ally’s baby sister was a nursing student, that sparked an idea in the self proclaimed entrepreneur. He DM’ed her and got to talking. A lot of talking. Talking that moved beyond business, that’s for sure. She had so much of her sister in her, it was stupendously addicting. R2 carried the last of the large boxes into the apartment as the hot summer sun seared his caramel coloured skin. He had to strip himself of his signature jacket and down to his wife beater due to all the heavy lifting. Had it been anybody else, he would’ve sent one of his cronies like Sunshine or Jokes to look after Lex; maybe Creed, but he had another, more important job at present. This was the King Snake’s gig. With the sweat clinging to his toned, tattooed arms, ReyRey placed the box down with a pile of others before he reached for a nearby ice cold beer to wet his parched throat. Six years previously, Alexandria Davies’ life as she knew it had been flipped upside down. Her older sister, her parents’ pride and joy and her closest confidant, had passed away in the most tragic of circumstances. A secret drug addiction had taken Allison’s life much too soon at a house party, leaving behind an inconsolable family that sometimes still struggled with the empty space Ally had left behind. In the midst of their grief, Alistair and Renee had turned their efforts into ensuring their surviving daughter did not meet the same fate as her sister. Even though she had been unwillingly thrust into this spotlight, Lexie had tried to meet their unreasonably high expectations as much as she could to no avail. It wasn’t long before she realized she would never live up to her sister’s legacy, and allowed her dejected self to find solace in marijuana, self harm, bad company and the occasional truancy. Eventually, everything came to a head between parents and daughter, and Lex was forcefully sent away from town. Back then, Alexandria had resented it. Looking back on it now, it was the best thing that ever happened to her. It was outside of Edenridge that Lexie had faced her demons, fought them until she was healed, and blossomed into the confident, tenacious young woman of today. Boston had provided her with the invaluable opportunity to stretch out her wings and fly solo, reaching every goal she set for herself along the way. In Boston, she wasn’t the baby sister of the town’s dead golden daughter. Nobody felt sorry for her, nobody took pity on her, nobody compared her to Allison or brought her up in conversation all the time. Alexandria was free to be her own person, with her own reputation and without ties to someone else’s. The freedom to be herself was exhilarating. If you would have told her in the past that she’d be packing her belongings in her 2015 Hyundai Santa Fe and moving from the city back to her hometown, she would’ve laughed in your face and called you delusional. Returning to Edenridge had never been part of the plan. She was quite content in her small college apartment, living it up with her friends, with aspirations of getting her BSN and making bank by becoming a travel nurse. But Reynaldo Gonzalez Jr.’s opportunity had been too good to pass up. Free board, a large salary and a position at the town’s cutting-edge medical facility-- all in exchange for providing her services to the Southside Serpents. To somebody else, the mere suggestion of such a dangerous job would be preposterous. But it was the hands-on knowledge and financial gain to be had that really solidified the deal for Lexie. She could always pack up her things and leave again if she wanted to, with the added benefit of a juicer bank account. And, quite honestly, she would be lying if she said that the conversations she’d had with ReyRey Gonzalez outside the scope of business hadn’t piqued her interest about what new things her small town had to offer. [color=00A868]“Thank you so much for everything, ReyRey,”[/color] Alexandria thanked the man in earnest as she plopped down on the surprisingly plush mattress of her new bedroom, crossing her left leg over her right. She had just finished helping ReyRey unload the last of her belongings into the cute, cozy, fully furnished, two bed two bath home he had procured for her in the border between the North and South side of town. The physical work, along with the drive, had her energies nearly spent. [color=00A868]"The house, the furniture, the appliances-- I couldn't have asked for anything better. It’s all perfect."[/color] How he had managed to get everything ready for her in such short notice was beyond her. But she was sure that being the leader of the town’s leading criminal organization meant that he had certain influence in making sure tasks got completed on whatever deadline he demanded. [color=gold]“Ain’t no thing, mami.”[/color] The King Serpent had kept tabs on Alexandria ever since she was shipped out of Eden. He felt a desire to protect her-- maybe out of some form of guilt? He wasn’t really sure. When he had noted that Lex was going to be a medical professional? Well, that was just too good of an opportunity to pass up. She owed him and he needed fresh blood to help take care of his guys. A few flirty messages and phone calls later and Lex Davies was now here, in a house he owned, doing what he wanted. She was his. ReyRey walked into the bedroom, leaned against the doorway and folded his arms. His dark eyes danced around the young woman’s amazing body. In some ways, she was so much like Allison: right down to her mannerisms and the confident way she carried herself. From behind, it would be easy to confuse the Davies sisters. Yet up close it was far easier. Lex had more curves than her sister, and represented their father's Hispanic heritage a lot clearer. The brunette had some sweet tattoos and kittenish eyes to die for. She sat looking at him in some denim short-shorts and a black tank top that showed a lot of skin. Fuck, she was sexy. Just like her sister-- just like Ally. [color=gold]“Anything else you need?”[/color] Given the eight-year age difference and life circumstances between the two, Lexie never really had much interactions with or paid much attention to the King of the Serpents growing up. She had heard stories about who he was and what he did for a living, and plenty of warnings from adults and her peers to not get mixed up with him or his crew members. When girls in her class had found him attractive back in high school, Lex had scoffed in disgust and voiced her disapproval. Fast-forward to seven years later, and she was seeing the tantalizing appeal of the forbidden fruit right here in her bedroom, in the flesh. Alexandria turned her full attention back to Reynaldo, who had perched himself by the bedroom door frame, and allowed her hazel eyes to carefully examine his figure for the first time. His black hair was styled to perfection, spiked up in one of those fashionable styles. His broad shoulders and muscled arms were on full display, adorned with tattoos that flaunted both his heritage and his Serpent affiliation. A hint of trimmed chest hair could be seen peeking through the deep collar of his undershirt, which she knew neatly trailed down south and well past the waistband of his boxer briefs. His blue jeans clung nicely to the curves of his lower body, to finish off the effortlessly casual look. But it was the full beard, and that gold chain hanging around his neck, what really sent the brunette down the rabbit hole of possibilities of what could happen between the two inside the privacy of her new home. And by the way his dark eyes were greedily taking in the sight of her own body, Lex knew their minds were both circling back to the heated media files they’d exchanged with one another throughout the last two weeks. What [i]else[/i]did she need, ReyRey asked? That was easy. She needed [b]him[/b]. Plain and simple. The days of being an apprehensive, hesitant girl unsure of what she would do or was capable of were long gone. She was a woman now-- with all the needs and demands that came along with it. And the thrill of being dominated by one of the most dangerous, well-respected men in town made her blood boil in ways it never had before. Alexandria’s verbal response, however, was a more playful one.[color=00A868]“A cold shower,”[/color] she answered him with a titter, her eyes sparkling with that playful flirtation he would soon get to know well. Her words, although innocent enough, were meant to be interpreted in a more suggestive manner. Yet if there was any lingering doubt about her true intentions, they would be dissipated by what she said next.. [color=00A868]“It seems like you could use one too. I’m sure there’s room for the both of us,”[/color] she added, a teasing smirk on her lips as she greedily looked over his body once again. There it was. There was the difference between Allison and Alexandria. He could tell in Lexie’s eyes: she [i]knew[/i] what she wanted, what she [i]needed[/i]. Ally never knew. Whenever ReyRey held the brunette in his embrace, whenever the lightning struck him and the fire burned inside, he would look into her chocolate eyes and see the uncertainty, the guilt-- it was a look that haunted him. In some ways, the Davies sisters were mirror opposites of one another. In others, they were so similar, right down to the way they walked. It was hard to get his head around it. He saw Lexie, by God did he see her, but all he wanted to see was Allison. R2’s tongue swept across his lower lip as he pondered just what was going to happen next. Could he do this? To her? She was there for a reason. Maybe Allison had sent her? Was it her way of being with him in some capacity? The leader of the Serpents took a step into the room and closer to the girl on the bed. He towered over her. He reached out, his fingertips dancing across her warm, silky cheek before tracing down her neck, teasing her arm and breast before reaching down to her hand. Rey grasped it and roughly pulled Alexandria up off of the bed and into his arms. He grabbed the back of her head and moved his face to hers. [color=gold]“You’re mine now.”[/color] There was no hiding the smug smile that lit up Alexandria’s features as she stared at her predator straight in the eyes. She could tell that ReyRey, as the one with the age and physical advantage over her, thought he was in complete charge of the steamy situation unfolding. What the man didn't know was that every action, as subtle as it might have been, had been carefully chosen by Lex in hopes of eliciting the exact response she was getting right now. From the choice in outfit, the strategic answers to his questions, and down to the non-verbal queues, it was all a ploy to lure the King Snake right into bed with her. He might be the one manhandling her and soon doing with her as he pleased, but it was she who was tightly holding onto the reins of the show. [color=00A868]"For now, at least,”[/color] came the woman’s daring answer, paired with eyebrows raised in a challenging manner and the biting of her lower lip. Her response, as blunt as it was, held nothing but truth. Although Lex temporarily surrendered herself to the lovers she tangled herself with, the only person she ever belonged to was her own damn self. No person would change that. She was playing games. He didn’t hate that. When Rey was with Lex’s sister, Allison did very little in the way of subterfuge or deception. Ally was honest…or at least she pretended to be. Lexie was something else entirely, another beast unlike her departed kin. The problem for poor ReyRey was that every time he looked at the young woman in his arms, all he could see in her eyes was her sister. Every time his dark gaze fell upon Lex, all he wanted was for her to be Allison. He knew she was gone and she wasn’t coming back. But her sister, her baby little sister… Well, she was close enough. ReyRey’s lips danced over hers; lingering as they shared heated breath. He could feel her heartbeat pounding hard against her chest, causing her whole body to vibrate with anticipation. With a handful of her soft, wavy tresses, R2 pulled Lex to him and kissed her hard. With his other hand he grasped at her throat, spinning them around together until they were against the wall. His actions were met with no protest from the young woman, who was quick to voice her approval in the form of a moan that was stifled by his own mouth. As their tongues danced a wicked game, with the shorter girl’s figure tightly pressed against his while her fingers dug into his broad back, R2 couldn’t help but think that she tasted just like her. Allison.[/indent][/indent][/color]