𝙼𝚎𝚝𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚒𝚊 (𝙇𝙚𝙤 𝙑𝙖𝙡𝙙𝙚𝙯 𝙓 𝙊𝙘)

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Elena was the only one who was really allowed to be out after Gleeson's 'curfew' given the fact that her little brother was snoozing away in the cabin next door, it was relatively necessary to be going back and forth from the cabins. Although, as a result, she never got to talk with Annabeth as they had planned to. Putting Ere to bed for the nth time that night, she finally snuggled into her bed and closed her eyes.
It seemed like only a few seconds had passed before she woke to the breakfast bell.

"Ellie?" Leo knocked on her door. "We're landing!"

"Landing?" She sat up groggily.

Leo opened her door and poked his head in. He had his hand over his eyes, which would've been a nice gesture if he hadn't been peeking through his fingers.
"You decent?" She was in fact not decent. Her shirt had been flung off when she'd been half asleep and Elena was very aware of the fact that her bra had gone missing. Awkward.

"Leo!" she yelped, covering her body with her blanket.

"Sorry." He grinned, earning a pillow being flung at his head. He chuckles as he walks in and closes the door. Picking up the stray shirt off the floor he passes it to her and she reaches for the bra which had been draped over her bed post.

"Turn around." She orders watching Leo dutifully turn as she puts her clothes back on.

"Sorry Ellie," he says in the silence.

"What for?" She asks, rubbing her eyes.

"I washed off the lipstick from yesterday, I tried my best but it all came off in the shower." He replies.

Elena laughs a little and hugs him from behind arms snaking around his waist. "It doesn't matter," she says recalling their intimate moment together yesterday, "I don't know what I was thinking-doing that to you in the first place, didn't anyone say anything to you?"

"Not really," Leo says bashfully, "Hazel did give me a look though. I think she knew that they weren't quite the exact same marks as when we had gone to the lake together."

"Hmm," She says, feeling him turn in her arms.

"Forget that," Leo says facing her, "Sleep well?"

"Not really, Ere really likes to play at night, you'd think he was a child of Thanatos and not me considering how much he likes the dark."
Leo ponders this for a second before pulling Elena closer and pulling them both down to the bed. She lies on his chest listening to his heart beat.

"You should sleep some more." He says planting a kiss on her lips. Elena sat up and kissed him back, long and sweet.

"I don't think I'm that sleepy anymore." She replies as he kisses her again. Another long and soft kiss and she's suddenly pushing him into the mattress kissing his lips, legs pinning him down. She pulls away suddenly aware of the not so appropriate position they were in. Leo says nothing but tugs her back to continue. She kisses his lips again this time with more force feeling his nose brush against hers. She sighs happily into the kiss and— from above, Coach Hedge yelled, "Thar she blows! Kansas, ahoy!"

Elena pulls away in shock and she hears Leo curse under his breath.

"Holy Hephaestus," Leo muttered. "He really needs to work on his shipspeak. I'd better get above deck."

Elena kisses him again this time more chastely, "Go." she says pushing herself off him.

Leo nods looking somewhat disappointed, "See you in a bit mi princesa."

By the time Elena had showered and changed the realisation that she'd kissed Leo with her morning breath hit her at full force. Did my breath smell? She unconsciously put a hand to her mouth and gasped. Elena was definitely going to carry around breath mints from now on.