Will

Everyone was on deck as the Argo III started to make its descent as we approached the coast of Long Island.  As much as I had enjoyed spending so much time with my angel and lounging in the sun, I was more than ready to get off this ship.  Nico and I were standing by the rail at the front of the ship.  My baby was standing in front of me with my arms wrapped tightly around him.  Both of us were sweating in the afternoon sun, but I don't think that either of us cared.  At this point, I was just looking forward to a nice shower with my angel in Cabin 13.  Nico pressed his shoulders back into my chest as the sound came into view.

I really had to thank Leo once we were on the ground.  His ship had performed almost flawlessly on our journey around the world.  Yeah, it had some minor issues along the way, but it made the trip just fine.  I was hoping that Leo and Calypso would take some well deserved time off together once the ship was back safely in Bunker 9.  However, knowing Leo, he was going to be busy working on some kind of gadget again.  I'm sure Calypso will get her way though, he'd do anything for that woman.

Jason and Piper were on the other side of the deck beside us.  Jason had his arms wrapped around her just like I was holding my Nico.  He seemed to be doing much better over the past two days, or at least he was putting up a good front.  Piper didn't want to tell him what was really going on until this whole ordeal was over.  She didn't want the knowledge affecting his performance in battle.  I could fully understand her motives, but cutting him off from any kind of intimacy really wasn't fair to the guy.  Jason still had needs too, that didn't involve being in our bedroom.  Despite wanting to drop everyone else off at Camp Half-Blood, Piper still wanted to go into the city with us.  She promised that she would stay out of the way, however, she still wanted to be close him.  I guess if I was in her shoes, I would want to do the same thing.

As the beach started to come into view, I lifted up the bottom of Nico's shirt and rubbed his wet stomach.  He pressed his head against my shoulder, rubbing his damp hair against the side of my face.  The ship slowed down and leveled out as it approached the coast.  The spot on the beach that Nico and I used to go to in our free time was right in front of us.  My angel tightened his grip on my arms as we sailed over it.  Maybe a day at the beach might still be in order before we went back home.  After all, this was our summer vacation. 

I still felt bad about spending over half of our first vacation in years on this quest.  There were some positive points to it thought.  I got to see a lot of the world with my lover that I probably wouldn't have had the chance to otherwise.  Nico and I got to spend more quality time together than we had in months before.  Despite the shower situation, I didn't have any remorse from this journey.  At nothing else, it had brought my husband and I even closer together than we already were.

I continued rubbing his stomach as the ship cleared the beach and started passing over top of the trees.  I knew that it wouldn't be long now until the ship would be landing.  Our bags were already packed and sitting on the deck beside the ladder.  I think that all of us were looking forward to a night on the ground before heading into New York City tomorrow morning.  Nico was definitely ready for a good meal and some rest in our old bed.

After we passed over the beach, the small clearing in front of the bunker's door wasn't too far ahead of us.  It was only a minute or two before the ship stopped above the clearing and started it's decent to the ground.  As the ship started to drop below the tree tops, we looked over the side and watched what was happening.  Right before the ship reached the ground, the landing gear came out of the sides and dropped down into position.  The Argo III came to a gentle landing and we watched the air oars retract back into the ship.  I couldn't describe how good it felt to be back in Camp Half-Blood.  Not knowing what else to do at the moment, I turned Nico around in my arms and leaned in to kiss him.

Nico broke off our kiss and said, "I think that it's time the we thanked our hosts and get the fuck off this ship."

"I agree completely."

We left the rail and walked across the deck toward the controls.  Leo was standing there with his arm wrapped around Calypso's waist.  He was looking rather pleased with himself as he looked at the screens in front of him.

Nico walked over to him first and gave him a hug.  "Leo, you built one fuck of a ship.  Thank you for hauling our asses around the world."

"It was my pleasure, amigo," Leo replied.  "There was no way that I would have missed out on one more adventure with my homies."

He released his hold on Leo and turned to Calypso.  "Calypso, thank you for putting up with us during this trip."

Calypso said, "I wanted to thank you guys for getting me out of this bunker for a while.  It was nice to be out and about, seeing the world again.  The two of you have to promise to come visit us more often."

Nico replied, "we'll try when we can.  At least for the time being we're pretty close to here."

As Nico hugged Calypso, I walked over and gave Leo a hug.  After Nico finished hugging Calypso I took his place, thanking her as I gave her a hug too.  When we finished thanking our hosts, we walked over to the rope ladder where our bags were waiting for us.  We grabbed our bags and climbed down the rope ladder.  I wrapped my arm around my angel's side as we walked through the woods towards camp.

...

I wasn't surprised that we didn't run into any other campers as we walked toward the cabins.  It was just over 100 degrees and even the shade from the trees didn't provide relief from the heat.  Of course, Nico led me through the woods away from the regular paths to avoid running into anyone.  We got up early to pack and he was starting to get a little bitchy.

As we got closer to the cabins, I could see the black walls of Cabin 13 through the trees.  Nico picked up his pace, pulling me along with his hand still holding mine.  When we reached the cabin, we went around the side and walked up the steps on the front porch.  Nico took his key out of his pocket and unlocked the door.  I followed my angel inside and shut the door behind me.  While I was shutting the door, Nico dropped his bags on the floor.

"Oh, thank the Gods," he said.  Not even bothering to take his shoes off, Nico jumped on the bed and face planted himself into the pillow.

After setting my bags down on the couch, I cranked the AC on high.  Then, I went over to the bed and sat down on the foot of it.  Carefully, trying not to wake my angel up, I untied his shoes and pulled them off his feet.  His socks were soon to follow, joining his shoes on the floor beside the bed.  We had an hour or so before dinner, so I laid down beside my baby and wrapped my arm around his sweat soaked back.  Not really tired, I snuggled up beside my lover and held him as he took his nap.

...

Nico didn't want to wake up, but talking about dinner seemed to get him motivated.  I was going to suggest that we showered first, but we were just going to get sweaty all over again while we were out.  After getting our shoes back on, we left the now cooled cabin and locked the door.  There were a lot more campers out now than when we got into camp.  Most of them waved to us as we walked across camp.  Nico had been keeping a tight grip on my hand since we left the cabin.  Even though we weren't planning on visiting the camp this summer, I think that he was happy to be back.  And especially after spending so much time on the Argo III, I was glad to be back too.

When we reached the dining pavilion, we found Piper and Jason already sitting at the Hades table.  They were sitting beside each other and Jason was holding her hand as they talked.  I don't think that they even noticed us until we sat down across from them.

"I hope that we're not interrupting you guys."

Piper looked away from Jason and at us.  "Sorry, didn't even notice you guys coming.  We were just talking while we were waiting for the two of you to get here.  Ready to get some dinner?"

Nico replied, "absolutely!"

The four of us got up and went to fill our plates.  It actually felt good making the customary sacrifices to the Gods before eating.  None of us were all that talkative as we ate our meals.  After Nico finished off his plate, he got up an excused himself as he went back for more.  I couldn't help myself as I chuckled, watching him walk across the pavilion.  The sight of his sexy little legs sticking out from his shorts was really cute.  When he returned to the table, he sat down beside me and started on his 2nd plate which was as full as the 1st.  I had just put my hand on his leg when Chiron rolled over to our table in his magical wheelchair.

"Heroes, I'm glad to see that you returned safely from your journey.  I hope that you were successful on your quest."

Jason replied, "five out of the seven down.  We were planning on resting here for the night before going into the city tomorrow morning."

"I'm sorry that we didn't come see you first.  We got in late and didn't want to miss dinner.  We were planning on coming over to The Big House after we ate."

"It's alright my friends," Chiron said as he looked at Nico still eating.  "I know how much you guys need to eat."  Chiron chuckled before clearing his throat.  "What time were you planning on leaving in the morning?"

"Well," Piper replied, "we don't think that going during the morning rush would be a good thing.  Besides, Will hates being underground to begin with.  So, we were gonna leave camp around eight and go catch the train."

Chiron said, "no point walking to the station when Argus can drive you guys over in the camp van.  I'll have him waiting to give you all a lift in the morning."

Nico finally looked up from his plate.  "Thank you, Chiron, we really appreciate it.  We'll be ready right after breakfast."

"Nico," Chiron said, "I don't see how you still be hungry for breakfast after eating two full plates for dinner."

We all started laughing as Nico smirked at us and went back to finishing his plate.  I gently squeezed his thigh and smiled at him.  He didn't respond, but I could see a smile forming at the edges of his mouth.

Chiron continued, "we'll see you in the morning heroes.  Make sure to get some rest, I have a feeling that you're going to need it."

We said good night to Chiron as he rolled away in his wheelchair.  After Nico's stomach was finally full, we cleaned up our plates and headed back to the cabins.  Piper and Jason walked with us as we decided to forgo the nightly camp-fire.  It had been a long day and we all starting to get tired.  We said good night to Jason and Piper in front of the Hades Cabin and they continued walking to the Zeus Cabin.

Nico unlocked the door and we went inside.  I had barely taken my flip flops off when Nico wrapped his arms around me and started kissing me.  It was a slow kiss, filled with passion.  Once he started nibbling on my lower lip, I knew that we were going to be up for a while yet.  He hadn't done that since our last summer at camp.

"Whoa there, what got into you?"

"Just shut up and kiss me."

That was something that I wouldn't have said 'no' to.  I leaned back in and Nico's lips took right back over where they left off.  I finished kicking off my flip flops as Nico led me over to the bed.  He pulled down onto the bed with me laying on top of him, our lips not losing connection for a second.

...

It was dark outside as we sat on the front steps of the porch.  Nico sat beside me with my arm around his back.  Both of us sat there, just wearing a pair of basketball shorts.  It had now been over three hours since we got back from dinner, most of which was spend in bed.  The intimate side of my angel was something that never got old.  He even wore me out sometimes and tonight was one of them.

Nico looked thoroughly exhausted, though, he still had a smile on his face.  He was leaning into my side, resting his head on my shoulder, while he sipped his second bottle of water.  I didn't think that there was a muscle on my body that didn't feel like jelly.  From the way that Nico was leaning his weight into me, he must have felt the same way.  It was nothing that a good night's sleep and a hot shower in the morning couldn't fix though.  Normally, we spent the end of our day winding down on the couch.  However, after spending that much quality time together, we needed some fresh air.

As we sat on the steps, with the moon shining down on us, I could see a figure jogging through the grass.  The moonlight was shining on his sweaty torso as he jogged in the muggy, night air.  When he got closer to us, I could tell that it was Jason.  He looked over at us and started to slow down, stopping right in front of the porch.  Jason bent over, placing his hands on his thighs as he caught his breath.

Nico said, "hey Jason, odd time for a run isn't it?"

He looked at us and said, "eh, I needed to burn some energy off before bed.  Besides, I haven't been on a good run since we left."  Jason seemed to look closer at me, almost squinting.  "Will, where did those marks on your arms come from?  They look like teeth marks.  We're you guys fighting or something?"

Shit, I had completely forgot about Nico biting down on my arms and hands a couple times.  I bent my head around looked at my black-haired angels face.  Even with his hair partially covering it, I could see the devilish grin on his face.  He was proud of those marks and thoroughly enjoying what I was doing to him when he gave them to me.  I didn't really mind them, but it was kind of embarrassing.

I looked back at Jason and said, "we'll go with something."

"Alright," he said, "not sure if I want to know or not.  Anyway, mind if I join you guys for a few minutes.  I need to get something off my chest."

Nico replied, "yeah, that's fine.  Have a seat."

Jason sat down on the bottom step, laying one leg out across it with the other knee up.  I handed him one of our spare water bottles, which he gratefully took and drank half of it right away.

He wiped his lips and looked at us, "thanks, I needed that.  So, I think that I owe you guys an apology."

"Jason, you don't need to apologize to us for anything."

"No, I think I really do.  I used our friendship to take advantage of you guys.  I could have hooked up with anyone, but I was too fucking scared.  I felt safe with the two of you.  I knew that you guys wouldn't hurt me."

Nico said, "Jason..."

Jason cut him off, "Nico, I feel like I pushed myself onto you guys to get what I wanted.  It would kill me if I hurt your relationship."

I was going to say something, but Nico beat me to it.  "Jason, we just spent three hours humping like bunnies.  Believe me, if anything, hooking up with you just proved to us that we didn't need to be with anyone else.  My baby is all that I need in my life."

I squeezed my angel's side and smiled at him.  Granted, I don't think that I would have put it the way he did, but my point would have been the same.  I looked at Jason, who had a look on his face as if he had just lost his best friend.

"Jason, this doesn't affect us being friends with you in anyway.  You are still one of our best buds.  We're just a lot closer now.  We just don't want to have any more extracurricular activities so to speak."

"I gotcha," he replied, "it's cool.  Honestly, I'm not sure if I would do it again either.  Yeah, it was fucking awesome, but I don't think that guy sex is my cup of tea.  Maybe some of the other stuff, if it was consensual.  Anywho, once this shit is over, I need to spend some quality time with Piper."

Nico said, "I take it you two had a heart to heart tonight?"

He responded, "yeah, we did.  She's ready to get back and for it to just be the two of us again.  She doesn't regret coming with us on this adventure, but she's been worried sick that something would happen to me.  I guess that I can't really object, I would feel the same way if I was stuck on the ship while she was out fighting.  Well, I think that I've kept you guys long enough.  I should get going back to the cabin."

"Yeah, we need to get to bed soon too.  I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be a long day and we'll need the rest."

"Thank you, guys," he said, "for everything."

I stood up, pulling my Nico to his feet with me.  Jason joined us before hugging both of us at the same time.  "I'm so lucky to have friends like the two of you."

"Jason," Nico said, "you will always be a part of our lives."

I'm not positive, but I think that I felt a tear roll down Jason's cheek.  Of course, since it was still pretty warm out, it could have been sweat.  Either way, I knew that he felt the same way about us.  We said our goodnight's and Jason finished his jog back to the Zeus cabin.  I picked up our empty water bottles and led Nico back inside.  Even though we had showered before going outside, we needed to rinse the sweat off us again before bed.

Once I had the water adjusted, I stepped into the shower with my angel following me.  As Nico scrubbed my backside, I felt him poking at my entrance once again.  I don't know where he got the energy from, but he made love to me one last time in the shower before bed.  It was slow and sensual as he roamed his hands over my chest.  It was a good thing that the hot water never went out here since he was taking his time and I was loving every minute of it.  When we were done, I dried myself and my angel off before leading us to bed.

Nico climbed in bed and pulled the covers over him.  I think that he was sleeping before I even crawled in beside him.  Nico had rolled onto his side, so, I spooned myself behind him with my arm wrapped around his chest.  As I buried my nose into the nape of his neck, the smell of his scent washed over me.  I took a deep breath, taking it all in.  I fell asleep, holding my lover in my arms with his hair still in my face.