The Moon's Lover

20

Percy PoV

The alarm woke me, and I quickly silenced it.

I woke my wife and kissed her good morning.

We suited up, and I told her to be safe before running off to battle.

Facing off with some of Ares's offspring proved not very difficult.

Though I got a cut on my cheek, my opponents were reforming, so I believe it was safe to say I won those fights. I arrived back at the tent and showered, stepping out to find Artemis napping in the love seat.

I pecked her forehead, and my wife's eyes fluttered open.

She spotted my cut and made me sit down.

She straddled my waist and cleaned up the wound before stitching it up and kissing it.

I smiled. "Thanks, love," I murmured into her neck. Artemis flopped down onto the bed, and I laid down next to her, kissing the spot behind her ear.

Artemis let out a sound similar to that of a cat's purr.

I kissed her softly on the lips until we fell asleep.

I was shaken awake by my wife. "Percy," she hissed. "Someone's outside."

Artemis PoV

We suited up and grabbed our guns, and Percy got an idea.

He sat down in the love seat and I straddled his waist, kissing him.

The flap was torn open, and the person cleared their throat.

"We've come to demol-"the attacker stopped when he saw us.

He cleared his throat again. "Um, you need to stop. If you don't, um..."

Percy shot him straight in the head, then went back to kissing me.

We took down all the intruders and tended to our comrades, then headed up the sniper tower, shooting away at the oncoming troops.

A soldier started firing back up at us, and a stray bullet caught me in the neck.

Percy hit the auto shoot button and crawled over to me, tending to my wounds.

The last thing I saw before passing out was movement on the rope that connected the sniper tower to the ground.

What felt like the longest nap ever later, I woke up.

Percy was sketching something, my head rested in his lap.

I groaned and tried to sit up, to no avail.

Percy kissed my forehead. "Shhhhhh, don't talk, you'll reopen your wound."

He set down the sketch and slid down so he lay next to me.

I kissed his cheek. "I love you too," he mumbled. The next few days was a lot of cuddling.

After about a week, Percy checked my wound to find it fully healed.

"Okay," my husband declared. "The wound has healed."

In response to that, I crawled into his lap and kissed him. Breathless, I pulled away. My lover smiled, kissing my cheek.

I snuggled into his chest and closed my eyes, drifting back off.

Percy PoV

I awoke with Artemis on my chest.

She sat up and kissed my cheek.