A/N- Okay, I had another story up (same title, different content) for the Ship Week challenge, but I was really unhappy with the way it turned out so after a total of 14 hours up I took it down and here is the rewrite, about 15 minutes before the deadline. Whatever, I was always a procrastinator.

OMG guess what? My next door neighbor just introduced me to Pokémon, and I was like WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL MY LIFE?

This is rated T because of a bit in the first stanza, which you can take to mean a friendly game of checkers or something a little bit… dirtier. If that's what you like to read.

Anyway, this is for the PJO Ship Week, which was introduced to me by the fabulous Wonderstruck Pen, and the pairing is Thalia/Luke.

This fic is for Wonderstruck Pen, for getting me into PJO fics and ships and just being an all-around awesome person, and also to PhantomWhispers for helping me improve the rewrite!

Disclaimer- I don't own PJO or anything connected with it. However, I do own this obscenely long author's note.

Boys are for Mortals

A hesitant touch

A careful kiss

A night together

In total bliss

Awoken from dreaming

Reliving the night

Back to reality

A pull she can't fight

Betrayed by her love

To darkness he turned

A heart truly lost

Can't be returned

Waking up from dreams

Speaking his name

Hiding a passion

With no one to blame

Perpetually single

With the threat of removal

No guys allowed

Not under Artemis' approval

Strictly enforced

Not dared to be broken

Her love for him

Must go unspoken

He left her for

The darkness within

All by herself

Future looking grim

While frozen in time

He forgot their history

Leaving his heart behind

Feelings a mystery

One day this will end

Like gods, we're immortal

But until then

Boys are for mortals…