Ace hadn't slept. He'd waited for the Ares campers to fall asleep before sneaking out to the Argo II. Whenever he found it hard to sleep back home, he'd work on a project down in the shop. Why should here be any different? He spent all night working on perfecting the trajectory of his catapult.

Leo walked into the room and saw someone working at the table. Slowly and quietly he closed the door behind him. When he realized it was Ace his heart skipped a beat, his pulse quickened, and his palms became sweaty. "Ace?"

The blonde didn't looked up, hearing Leo's voice was bad enough right now seeing him would be ten times harder to resist, "Hey."

Leo smiled and walked up behind him, wrapping his arms around his waist, "What are you doing up so early?"

Ace stiffened slightly in his grip before melting into it shyly, "E-early?"

Leo kissed his neck, biting softly, "Yeah. Its five thirty in the morning."

The bite made Ace gasp, "N-no...It...It was midnight last time I looked..."

"Its five thirty. You've been here since midnight?"

"No, I've been here since eleven..."

"Why?"

Ace shrugged, moving out of Leo's grip to grab a wrench, "Couldn't sleep. I have too much to think about."

Leo pulled him closer and kissed him, "Like what?"

The other boy looked down, but didn't move away from Leo, "That."

Leo pulled away quickly, "Sorry."

"No, I like it! It's just..." Ace sighed, moving closer to Leo again, "I was trying to figure out if the liking it outweighs how much my father would kill me for it..."

"Really?"

The blonde blushed before nodding slowly, "I think...I think liking it wins."

Leo smiled, "Good." He kissed him again. Ace kissed back this time eagerly, his arms wrapping around Leo's neck. Leo puts his hands on Ace's hips and pulled him closer.

Ace pulled away a little, blushing, "I-I haven't...I've never had a...before."

"What do you mean?"

His blush deepened, "A...A whatever you are! Whatever we are! This is!" Leo kissed him again heatedly. The other boy kissed back, trying to return the heat. Leo moaned against the kiss and pulled him closer.

Ace blushed even deeper, his ears going red, at the sound Leo made. It was a nice sound, but he was clueless to what it meant or how to make the Latino make it again. Leo's hand ran along Ace's chest then ran it under his shirt. Ace's chest felt warm against his hand.

The blonde pulled away, shaking his head, "No...no..."

Leo looked down and put his hands in his pockets, "Sorry."

The hurt expression on the other boy's face made Ace regret his decision instantly...the touch had felt good. It wasn't right for somebody to look that beautifully crestfallen. He cupped Leo's chin, making him look up again, "Its just...too fast, Bello."

Leo nodded, "I understand."

Ace hugged him, his breathing shallow and his arm trembling. Leo's warmth both calmed it, and made him more nervous and freaked out. This feeling of wanting closeness was too intense. He sighed, before shyly running his fingers under Leo's shirt, and kissing his neck.

The hispanic pulled away, "What happened to too fast?"

"Decided I'm too horny to wait...unless you don't want me anymore..." The blonde looked away from Leo, a soft blush playing on his cheeks, and his red eyes suddenly shining with uncertainty.

That image pulled at Leo's heart strings. He finally got somebody attractive to want him...Leo had no clue how, but he was not about to let this boy go anytime soon. Ace felt Leo's arm go tightly around his waist, and pull him closer as Leo whispered in his ear, "I definitely want you."

Ace's back hit the workbench he'd been working on in Bunker Nine as Leo kissed him deeply. His hands that were already under Leo's shirt tightened their grip so his nails dug in some, but Leo didn't care. He wouldn't care if Ace pulled his hair out as long as he could remember these moments.

"Wouldn't this be easier on a flat surface?" Ace asked, pulling centimeters away from Leo's lips, "You know...vertical rather than horizontal?"

Leo spread his arms, "There's lots of horizontal surfaces here. Pick one."

It took the blonde a moment to realize he meant there in Bunker Nine, but Ace shrugged it off. He was really too horny to go anywhere else. Instead, he grabbed Leo's hand to pull him deeper into the rooms. There was no way he could get it on with the door right there, and anybody could walk in on them. By the time Ace stopped in a large room that was mostly empty, Leo was grinding against his ass.

"Did you really have to pick a surface so far away?" The hispanic complained, "There were plenty of good ones right there."

Ace laughed, "You're eager. I just didn't want anybody walking in, and ruining it. After all, you only lose your virginity once."

That comment made Leo stop for a minute. Virginity. For some reason he'd always thought Ace was experienced. Maybe because he was breathtaking to Leo, or he just had that air about him. Either way, the idea made him giddy.

"Yeah, you do..." He smiled as Ace lay down on the floor. His blonde hair splayed out around his head sunrays. That camp shirt had to be a size too small with how it was riding up to show some of his tanned abs. His jeans hugged low on his hips so Leo could see how his skin was taut over his hip bones.

"Are you just going to stand there, or are we going to play?" Ace asked, one perfect eyebrow raised.

Leo growled softly, getting on top of him, and whispering in his ear, "Oh, we're going to do more than just playing."

The blonde smiled, and sat up. He made sure Leo was watching before pulling his shirt off. They kissed again, deep and passionate only to pull apart as Ace pulled Leo's shirt off. Their chests rubbed together, making the two moan in unison.

There was tension building up in Leo's groin as his hands slipped down to Ace's pants. At least he knew that area of the blonde was working as there was a large bulge in the boy's jeans. Ace whined as the latino's hand brushed it, "Leo, come on!"

"Well, you're eager." Leo laughed softly, pulling Ace's pants down. Before he ever realized what was happening, Leo found his jeans off with Ace's hands already slipping into his boxer briefs, "A-ace...Ah!"

His hands were warm pressed against Leo's already hot skin. The latino was trying his best to keep from bursting into flame, but the way Ace was moving his hand along his Leo's member was making that particularly hard to manage.

"Your hair is smoking." Ace muttered softly, blushing.

"Oh, shit." Leo pulled away, patting his hair out. His embarrassment was clear, but Ace just smiled at him. The blonde closed the distance between them again to kiss him, and press their hips together. The hispanic boy moaned as their clothed cocks brushed together.

Ace winked, his confidence slowly growing. He kept their hips together as he slipped his fingers into each of their underwears to push them down together. Inch by inch the skin was revealed, and instantly pressed together making both boys moan loudly as the infuriating cloth finally hit the floor.

Leo found himself searching for some sign of imperfection on the boy, but there was nothing. Ace was tanned with lean muscles, his lightly defined abs had sweat glistening on them, thin soccer player like legs, and in between...well, that seemed perfect too; hard and leaking pre-cum.

"Bello?" Ace asked softly, pulling Leo out of his trance, "Are you okay?"

He laughed, "You're perfect."

Ace didn't get the chance to answer before Leo was kissing him again, and pressing him into the cement floor. They moved in unison with their hips grinding together both moaning. The blonde pulled back, panting beautifully in Leo's mind, "We need lube."

The hispanic reached for his magic tool belt, praying to every god and goddess he knew of that it would contain what they needed. Thankfully, his hand withdrew with a bottle of regular clear lube. Both boys smiled in relief as Ace lay back, spreading his long legs wide.

Again, Leo got distracted. The imagine beneath him was perfection. Ace was flushed, and panting. Desperation had finally found it's way into his eyes, flames flashing with longing behind his ashy eyes. Leo's eyes traced down Ace's body to between his legs.

"Bello, come on!" Ace cried out, pulling at Leo's hands, "Don't just stare at me!"

Leo laughed softly, before using some of the lube to press a finger into the blonde's hole. The moan that followed just encouraged the hispanic to press in deeper, give him more. Ace's fingers tried to claw into the cement beneath him, but they just slid, his moans steadily got louder, "Come on, Bello!"

"We have to wait." Leo shook his head, "You need proper preparation or it'll hurt a lot."

Ace nodded, but reached towards Leo with one hand to rub his cock in the hope that he'd make the other boy hurry up. It seemed to work as he pressed another finger into the boy beneath him. The fast pace of his hand made Leo jumpy, and he knew he was going too fast but in that moment it didn't matter. The blonde was just as eager after all.

Leo pulled out which lead to Ace making a very undignified whining noise. It didn't discourage the hispanic though as he slowly pressed into the warmth. The feeling almost made him want to explode. Ace had closed his eyes, hands moving to grip at Leo's shoulder and side tight enough to bruise but the blonde wasn't telling him to stop so Leo kept pushing in slowly.

They stopped fully connected with their faces inches apart, both panting. After a minute like that, Ace whined, "Move, Bello! More!"

The comment made Leo smirk. There was no way he could refuse that plea. Leo started moving slowly which made Ace whine, "More please!"

His moan of pleasure echoed around the room as Leo did what he asked . Their bodies moved together in thrusts of passion. Before long, both boys were moaning heatedly. Sweat shone on their skin as they pressed even closer.

"Come on, Leo, more! Harder!" Ace screamed in pleasure, "There! Right there! More!"

Something clicked in Leo's mind at that, and he moved harder while trying to focus on hitting that spot with every thrust. He didn't have a constant pace which was even more pleasurable torture for the blonde. All too soon for both of them, Leo started pumping Ace as he reached his peak. The blonde moaned even louder as Leo pumped him fast.

"I-I...Bello!" Ace whined as he came in Leo's hand. Both boys were slow to come down from the orgasmic bliss, but gradually Ace lay flat on the cement again. Leo lay down next to him, and after a minute of awkward silent the blonde turned on his side to cuddle into the latino.

"Memorable?" Leo muttered into the silence.

Ace smiled and kissed him gently, "Very."

They basked together in the post-orgasmic bliss happily. Ace had his eyes closed from pure exhaustion with his arm around Leo's waist. The tattoo seemed to shine accusingly at the Greek. The Roman tattoo; SPQR with laurel wreaths, seven lines like a barcode, and a symbol it took Leo a minute to recognize. It was a 'female' sign with a circle, and a downward line that had another line to create an upside down cross.

Leo had lost track of time, but it couldn't have been very long before Ace sat up, "I should go to bed before I fall asleep on top of you."

"Or you could fall asleep on top of me."

His comment made Ace laugh but shake his head, "No I should go to my bed. I'll come back later this afternoon."

"We can go to the campfire together tonight." Leo offered, "I mean...together, but the others don't have to know it's together if you don't-"

He was stopped by Ace's lips on his. The kiss was soft and gentle, but it made Leo smile brightly. The blonde winked, "Sounds great."

They got dressed in silence, and Leo lead the way outside of Bunker Nine. Ace kissed him once more in the woods before making his way back to the cabins. Instead of going into the Ares cabin like he's suppose to, Ace wandered over to under the Hephaestus cabin. Leo's bed was more comfortable...warmer...