Will

As we walked down the hill from Thalia's tree toward Camp Half-Blood, I was beginning to be glad that this day was almost over. After everything that happened in the city, the train ride across Long Island, and the walk to the camp; I was ready for a shower and some sleep. I always was a warm blooded guy, but the heat today seemed to be getting to me. Even Nico was sweating like a pig. The thermometer at the train station showed that it was in the mid-90's and it was really humid. I had taken my shirt off as soon as we left the train station, but Nico kept his tank top on. I did make sure to reapply his sunscreen while we were on the train though. He had a tendency to burn really easy and I didn't want to see him getting skin cancer. Luckily, the walk to camp from the train station didn't take all that long.

When we reached the camp, we headed straight for the big house. That was where Mr. D. and Chiron pretty much ran the camp from. As we walked through the camp, we noticed that there weren't too many campers out today. Any other time this place would be full of demigods training and working on their skills. I guess that on a hot day like this I wouldn't want to be running around in battle armor neither. It was days like this that filled the infirmary up with dehydrated campers. We got to the big house and headed inside. Thank the Gods they had the air conditioning running. I put my tank back on as we looked around for one of the camp leaders. We found Chiron sitting behind his desk in his magical wheelchair. Chiron was a centaur, but when he was in his wheelchair he looked like a normal guy. He was going through paperwork and didn't notice us until Nico knocked of the doorframe.

"Ah, Will and Nico, I didn't think that you guys were coming back this summer," Chiron said.

"Neither did we."

We sat down on the chairs across the desk from Chiron and explained the whole situation to him. He sat in his wheelchair and listened to the story without saying anything until we were done. "Well, sounds like the two of you really are in a predicament. Unfortunately, Leo and Calypso had to make a trip for parts today and won't be back until late tonight. Of course, you're more than welcome to stay as long as you need. The Hades cabin is vacant as normal."

"Thank you Chiron, we appreciate it," Nico replied. "I hope that the air conditioning is still working."

Chiron said, "yes this heat wave is terrible. We had to cancel all afternoon activities except for swimming. There were campers passing out left and right from heat exhaustion. It's summer's like this that we miss you in the infirmary Will."

"I'm sure that they have it under control, but if they need the help I'd be more than happy later. Right now I think that we just need a shower and some rest. It's been a long two days."

"Understandably so," Chiron replied. "Well, I believe that you two know the way. Hopefully I can catch up with you guys tomorrow sometime."

We both thanked Chiron and left his office. As soon as we let the big house, I peeled my tank top back off of me. I was actually shocked that Nico took his off as well. I guess he was a little more comfortable since we were in familiar surroundings. We made our way through the quiet camp and headed to where the cabins were. When we go to the Hades cabin, Nico took out his key and unlocked the door. As soon as we were inside, we put our bags down and I turned on the air conditioner. Nico went over to the refrigerator and grabbed each of us a bottle of water. The cabin was just as we had left it last summer. It didn't look like anyone had even been inside to check on it.

"Babe," Nico said, "how about we rinse off while it cools down in here?"

"Sounds like a plan to me."

I finished my bottle of water while Nico was turning the shower on. I was really hoping that he didn't have it turned up as hot as he normally did. By the time that I walked into the bathroom, Nico was already in the shower. After taking off what few clothes I was still wearing, I joined my husband in the shower. He had the water temperature adjusted so that it was warm enough not to freeze him. We took turns scrubbing each other like we normally did. I could tell that Nico was getting tired just from feeling him. He liked his beauty sleep and we haven't gotten much of that in the past few days. By the time we finished washing off, I was practically holding him up in the shower. I turned the water off and we both got out of the shower. I helped Nico dry off as I dried myself. We walked out of the bathroom and into the now cooler cabin. Both us us headed straight for the bed with me turning off the lights along the way. The sun was still out but the curtains blocked most of the light from shining through. Nico climbed onto the bed and went straight under the sheets. He was laying on his side, so I layed down with my chest against his back. I wrapped my arm around my angel as he was already starting to lightly snore.

...

When I woke up it was still dark outside, the only light in the room was from the nightlight. I wasn't sure if Nico was awake or not, but he was grinding his little butt into me. As my length was being rubbed between his cheeks, he put his hand on my arm and squeezed me. Now I was pretty sure that he was awake and I knew what he wanted. I slid my hand down his torso and found him already leaking all over the sheets. I got out of bed and carefully walked through the dark room over to the couch where my bag as sitting. After retrieving the bottle, I re-joined my lover laying the same way that I had before. I got everything ready and slowly slid into him. Part of me wanted to go to town on him, but I was enjoying the feel of Nico's body. As he started whimpering, I pulled him tight against me and rolled us so he was now on top of me. My hand found it's way back to where it was before I got out of bed. His foreskin was already pulled back, exposing the leaking glans. After I started working on Nico, it didn't take much longer before he was covering his stomach. His orgasm set me off, releasing deep inside him.

Nico carefully got off of me, trying not to make more of a mess on the bed. I followed him to the bathroom where we showered once again. Once I got Nico all cleaned up again, we went back to bed. It was only a little after three and after what we just did, I could use a little more sleep. I laid on my back as Nico curled up beside me with his head on my shoulder. Wrapping my arm around his back, I held him tight as he fell back asleep.

...

After a quick breakfast at the dining pavilion, we headed across camp and started through the woods. The trip was usually uneventful, but we had our weapons with us just in case. I had my backpack on me with our swimming stuff too in case we had some time. Even in the early morning it was already getting rather warm again today. It wouldn't be quite so bad if it wasn't as humid as it has been. As we got closer I could start to see the flat face of the hill up ahead. It wasn't much longer after that we were standing in front of Bunker Nine's massive door. As we walked over to the man door on the side someone started talking to us.

"Hey Will and Nico, what are you two doing here?" Calypso came out from behind some vines in her garden beside the bunker.

"Oh, hi Calypso, didn't see you over there. We came to see Leo, we're sorta on a quest and we need his help."

"Okay, he's inside fiddling with some contraption. I'll show you the way."

Calypso led us inside through the smaller door. Right inside of the massive doors was Leo's massive airship. He had started building the Argo III shortly after he returned from rescuing Calypso. Leo said that this ship was going to be his masterpiece and from the look of it he succeeded. The hull was built with celestial bronze, with square holes every few feet for the air oars. Half way down, right before the retractable wings, a rope ladder was hanging down the side of the ship. We continued following her past the back where the propeller was attached. She led us off to the side where the draft tables were. Leo was beside them with his head and arms inside something that looked like a satellite.

"Um honey, we have guests," Calypso said to him as she tapped him on the shoulder.

There was a loud thud before Leo pulled himself out of the machine. He started rubbing his head as he turned and looked at us. "Hey homies, wasn't expecting to see you guys this summer. What do we owe the pleasure?"

"We had an unexpected change in plans," Nico said.

We explained everything to Leo and Calypso just as we did the day before to Chiron. As we told them the story, Leo was wiping the grease off of his light brown arms. His white t-shirt was also covered in grease and Gods knows what else. Leo definitely wasn't afraid to get his hands dirty. His magic tool belt was strapped to his side like it usually was when he was working on something. It could produce simple tools out of thin air. He could just reach inside and pull out whatever tool he needed.

"Sounds like you guys got fucked over once again." Leo started smiling at us, "of course I'll help you out. What do you need me to do?"

I glanced over my shoulder at the air ship behind us. "I think your dad sent us to you knowing that you could provide transportation. Getting a quest is going to be the first step in this and Rachel Dare is still at Camp Jupiter with Reyna."

"Oh no, the last time I took a ship there I started a war between our camps."

"It's different now," Nico said. "The Romans have been working with the Greeks for the past few years. Besides, this time we'll make sure that they know we're coming. If this quest sends us somewhere else, which it probably will, we'll need a way to get there."

Leo looked at Calypso before responding, "can you guys give us a moment please?"

"Um, sure."

The couple walked down past the end of the draft tables and had a conversation in whispers. When they came back over to us Leo had a grin on his face. "Fine, we can take the ship to Camp Jupiter. But, as long as we're on the ship, she's under my command. I didn't work this long to built her to have her destroyed by some stupid monster. And, Calypso is coming with us. She doesn't want to be left behind while we're out having all the fun."

I looked at Nico and he just shrugged his shoulders. "Deal, how soon until we can leave?"

Leo crossed his arms against his white t-shirt, which looked like it had 'Valdezinator' written across it in marker. He moved his one hand up and started rubbing his chin, as if he was thinking. It took him a little bit before answered Nico's question. "The Argo III is fully flight ready now, but I'd feel better if I checked over her one more time before leaving. So I would say, late tonight or tomorrow if you guys can wait another day."

"I think that we can wait until tomorrow. I think we'd both feel better if you checked out the ship again before we go flying away on it anyway."

Leo replied, "awesome, that'll give me a chance to flight test it first."

"Wait a minute," Nico said, "what do you mean....?"

I had my hand across my baby's mouth before he could finish his sentence. "I think what Nico meant to say was, we have complete faith in your mechanical abilities. Ouch!"

I pulled my freshly bitten hand away from Nico's mouth and wrapped my other hand around my wounded palm. When I looked at my black haired angel, he was smiling back at me with a shit eating grin on his face. I'd get him back later, but right now I just wanted to get out of this cave. My underground tolerance time was quickly coming to an end. Yes, I was a little worried about flying on that thing too, but Leo wouldn't take Calypso on it if he wasn't confident in his work. I knew how much he loved her and they were really cute together.

"Well," Nico said, "unless you need help with anything, we're gonna get out of here. Will has a thing with being underground and I think he's getting antsy."

"Nah homies, I got this. We'll see you guys tomorrow morning."

We thanked Leo and Calypso as we headed back out of the bunker. Once we were back outside I was glad to be back in the sun, even in the sweltering heat. Shortly after we were out of the bunker, my shirt was off and so was Nico's. From where the bunker was at, the beach wasn't to far away. Nico and I walked through the woods towards the beach in the mid-morning sun. By the time we got there, my hand was completely healed. We were still pretty far down beach from where the rest of the campers hanged out, nobody was in sight in either direction.

As soon as I was sure the coast was clear, I kicked off my flip flops and dropped my shorts. It felt good being nude in the sun again and I wasn't going to waste this opportunity. Nico stripped down as well and I made sure that he was thoroughly coated in sunscreen before we went into the water. We played around in the water for a while until I found the perfect opportunity to get back at him. He had worked his back against my chest and my hand slid down his torso. After finding his junk, I slid my hand between his legs and grabbed him between his cheeks. I took my other arm and flipped him on his back in the water. Once I had him by the balls, my payback was half achieved. I was still holding him with his head above water with my other arm.

"What aren't you going to do again?"

"Go swimming with you?"

"Wrong answer." I dunked his head under the ocean surf for a few seconds.

"Okay, I give already. I won't bite your hand anymore."

"Right answer babe." I let go of him and turned him around so he was facing me. After pulling his head up so his lips were up to mine, I gave my husband a kiss as the ocean waves washed over us.