"Ah- Ah!" Nico gasped, Leo pounding into him from behind. "Ba- baby!"

Leo tossed his head back, his chocolate curls falling behind his shoulders, "Fuck, baby, ah..."

After a few more minutes, Leo came inside of Nico.

"Ah!" Nico shouted. "Fuck, that's so much..." He looked behind him to see Leo had released a huge load and it was beginning to slip out of him.

"Mm..." Nico squeezed the bed sheet beneath him.

"Here," Leo slid his hand to Nico's member, starting to jerk it. "You get to finish too, don't worry, darlin'."

Nico bit his lip, trying to conceal his moan, "Leo..."

After a few minutes, Nico was breathless and laying down, having finished in his boyfriend's hand. Leo was cleaning them off with a soft towel.

"Cuddle with me," Nico mumbled, a demanding request. Leo crawled above him and slowly rested his head on his boyfriend's chest.

Nico played with Leo's hair, "What about tomorrow?"

"Tomorrow?" Leo furrowed his eyebrows.

"The quest."

"Oh."

There was a moment of unhappy silence.

"I have to go," Leo said. "If I don't-"

"Let me come with you."

Leo sat up, "What?"

"It's just you. Let me go with you, and we'll bring along a satyr. Always move in three."

"Three people means three more opportunities for death!"

"That's not how that works, baby, and it's not how it worked before the war with Gaia."

Leo pulled his belt from the side of the bed and started fiddling with wires, "What if something happens to you?"

"Then I'll have you to help me. And you'll have me if something happens to you," He sat up, his dark eyes meeting Leo's. "I don't want you to leave me."

Leo stared back for a moment, but eventually looked away, breaking the connection. "I have to."

Nico clenched his jaw, "You don't. You're choosing to."

"For the best," Leo defended.

"How?! You could die, Leo! And you know what? This time you won't come back."

Leo huffed, "Why do you care so much?"

Nico was taken aback. "You're my boyfriend, of course I care about you-"

"You shouldn't." And with that, Leo threw his clothes on and turned to leave.

"Don't," Nico warned, "We never go to bed angry." But Leo didn't listen, opening Nico's cabin door and leaving for the night. Possibly for good.

Nico swallowed, feeling ready to cry. "Oh. Maybe it is."