Precious

This is a Companion fic to Ladyfirehair's Quest.

What if Opal hadn't saved Maddy?

Disclaimer – I don't own anything. Horowitz owns Alex, Colfer owns Arty and Ladyfirehair owns Maddy.

There was silence around Fowl Manor except for the bang of a door and the sound of feet storming up the stairs.

"Fowl!" bellowed an anguished voice.

The boy with silky black hair turned and his piercing blue eyes met a pair of eyes that were as dark as his were light. The other boy was tall and muscled with bronzed skin and ivory hair.

Artemis Fowl and Alex Rider stared at each other.

A few hours later they were blazingly drunk and Alex was nuzzling Artemis's neck.

Why not thought Artemis. We've both lost the girl we love, anything to forget the pain.

"Turn over," Alex whispered, and Artemis looked up..

"I..."

"Relax, always keep supplies handy." Artemis stripped out of his top and rummaged through a drawer on the nightstand, pulling out a condom and a tube of lubricant. Alex grinned.

Artemis was glad the lighting was dim, because he was certain he was as pale as the duvet. He glanced down and saw Alex's's erection jutting out impressivly.

He pushed his jeans down, toeing off his shoes in the process. "How do you want me to...?" He tried not to look flustered.

"Mmmmm," Alex said, grinning and starting to stroke himself. "Just bend over."

Artemis hung himself over the edge of the bed, pressing his face into the duvet.

He heard the tearing of the condom wrapper behind him, and started to get nervous. He knew enough to understand that being tense would not help this process. He felt Alex's latex-covered cock pressing against him, and he tensed even further.

Alex kissed between his shoulder blades

"Don't worry," he whispered, kissing a trail down his spine. "I promise this will be good."

Just relax. Right. He felt something push into him, and realized it was one of Alex's fingers. He had a sudden flash of a memorable visit to the doctor's office, and almost laughed, until Alex rotated the finger and pulled it out. It felt exactly like he was having a bowel movement.. This had to be the most unsexy sex ever. The finger pushed back in, deeper this time, and pressed down, and Artemis gasped.

Alex continued fucking him with one finger, and then two, and Artemis was surprised to feel his erection swell in full drunken force.

The fingers disappeared, more lube was applied, and then it was Alex's cock pressed against his ass, pushing forward. Artemis hissed against the sensation of his body being breached. This was a bad idea. Really, really bad.

"Push back," Alex whispered, and Artemis did. It helped, and then Alex was inside him. It didn't really hurt so much as it felt... full. Alex started moving, slowly at first, and then speeding up the pace when he realized Artemis was fine.

I'm being fucked by another bloke, Artemis thought. It wasn't bad. It felt kind of nice, but it wasn't going to be enough to make him come again. He tried to relax into the duvet. Alex grunted more loudly then, and shuddered and Artemis moaned at the erotic sensations filling him.

"Mmmm, Artemis," Alex whimpered, collapsing against him and kissing the back of his neck.

He withdrew, and Artemis felt oddly empty -- physically and emotionally. Then Alex slammed back into him and he yelled with pleasure.

They climaxed together, Artemis whimpering and Alex screaming the same name.

"Maddy!"

Artemis woke the next morning to find a note on his desk

Fowl

I know Maddy trusted you.

Goodluck

Rider

It was on the news the next night about how a terrorist had been caught at the airport. Artemis turned it off knowing that it had been Alex and now he was dead.

I moved to the window and rested my head against it.

Life is short.

Don't waste it.

I recommend reading Ladyfirehair's fanfiction cos she is awesome and her writing is 15 000 000 times better than mine.