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I am in Control

I just fucked myself over and am currently being really mad at myself. Luckily, I get to write this, so I'll vent here. I know a lot of you will want me to go further, but I would really like to keep this rated T. I'm sorry. Hopefully I'll have time to write a lemon afterwards.

Artemis had never thought she would ever be in a relationship. Actually, that's a lie. She'd been in many relationships, but never with a male. She had thought it repulsive. Yet here she was, lying in her bed with Perseus Jackson hovering over her and pressing searing kisses all down her neck, something she'd never really felt but was enjoying very much. Maybe a bit too much.

Let's not forget to mention she'd thought she was asexual up until now. She guessed she'd just never found anything to turn her on enough. Until Percy Jackson, at least. In her eyes, he was the opposite of what the hunters preached. The epitome of a perfect man. The impossible. Perhaps another one of the many reasons she found him so attractive.

She felt Percy latch onto the side of her neck, teeth digging into soft skin and sending pleasing shivers up her spine. She tangled one hand into his hair and left the other settled in the crook of his neck. He ran his tongue over the skin, slowly sucking on it and tugging. She gripped onto him tighter, tilting her head back to expose more of her neck.

Artemis tugged on Percy's hair, pulling him back up to her lips. They met with force, teeth clashing together. Percy slipped his tongue into her mouth and she fought back, ensuing in a battle for dominance. Percy eventually won out and pulled away from the kiss, nipping lightly at her lower lip on the way back.

This was such a foreign thing to her that felt so incredibly good that she really couldn't control herself with her hormones running wild as they were. Artemis slipped her hand down to the hemline of his shirt, tugging it upwards. Percy got the message and sat back onto her legs so he could pull off his shirt. He then gently tugged at her own shirt. Asking for permission. Artemis nodded, sitting up so he could whisk her shirt over her head. Lost in lust, Artemis disregarded the many consequinces that would come from this.

That was, until it was all over. Artemis lay on her bed panting, sweat dripping down her face as she let her arms fall to her sides. Percy was collapsed on top of her, face tucked into her neck as he tried to catch his breath. Artemis relaxed, fully satisfied until the thought of what she had just done caught up to her. Her eyes flew wide open. "Percy!"

"Hmm?" He hummed. "What is it?"

"I just broke my vow," she told him. "A vow sworn on the Styx. Zeus will know, as will Aphrodite. This is a major change in her domain."

Percy adjusted so he was up on his elbows over her. "What will happen to you? How will they punish you?"

"I don't know," Artemis whispered. "The worst thing I can think of is my hunters being taken away. They probably will."

Percy's face hardened. "No. I'll take the blame for it if I need to. They'll just kill me and it will all be over."

"Percy no!" Artemis protested. "I won't let you do that!"

"Your hunters are dear to you," Percy said. "They've been with you for thousands of years. Them being taken away would break you."

"That's one reason why," Artemis sighed. "I've lived for a thousand years. You're only eighteeen. You have yet to live your life. I've lived through many generations." She closed her eyes, dropping her head back with another, larger sigh. "I've done many terrible things in my life anyway. I probably deserve to be punished."

"Artemis," Percy said forcefully. She opened her eyes to meet his. "You may have done some bad things in your life, but the fact that you regret them says something. Every single god I know has done far more than you have and regrets none of it. They'll still rape mortals just for their pleasure, bearing dozens of kids. They'll still kill anyone who offends them. You don't do that."

"Lies," Artemis said. "I've turned many offenders into animals."

"But you don't kill them." Artemis looked at Percy confused. "You don't kill them. They'll still get to live, for a long time if they're smart. Considering you've lived through ages where people were killed for the fun of it alongside people who did the same, I think what you do is forgivable."

"Oh, Percy," Artemis breathed, pulling him to her and hugging him with all the force she could muster, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes. "Thank you. Nobody's ever told me anything like that."

"It's true, though. You aren't a bad person." Percy pressed a sweet kiss to her lips before rolling off of her. Artemis curled herself into his side, burying her face in his chest and dripping silent tears. Percy wrapped an arm around her, using his other hand to wipe away her tears.

"Love you," Percy muttered quietly, breaking the silence. Artemis stiffened for a moment before relaxing again, a small chuckle escaping her.

"Love you, too."

I have time. Writing a smut fic now. Hopefully it'll be up within an hour or so. If not, I'll finish it tomorrow.