I'm early this week! Hurrah! And I didn't need to borrow slime frog's fluorescent green and purple giant foam rattlesnake, because FFnet behaved itself! Double hurrah! Can I think of anything else to cheer about? No! But I'm going to do it anyway. Triple hurrah!
Disclaimer: Still don't own them.
Title: Intellectual Puzzle
Rating: G
Words: 100
Prompt: Water (af100)
Synopsis: Even now, Artemis is still scheming, and that worries Juliet.
Artemis lifted his fingers from the keyboard as Juliet laid the cup of tea on his desk. He looked up at her, smiling a smile that actually reached his eyes. "I've cracked it." Juliet knew this was the Artemis equivalent of jumping up and down, screaming.
"You weren't still working on that? But you know I don't like you being involved in that sort of business."
He glanced at the band of gold on her left hand. Aurum potestas est. The fire died in his eyes and he deflated a little.
"It was merely an intellectual puzzle. Don't worry yourself."
Author's Note: I think the way in which I've used the prompt may need to be explained a little. Water as in pouring water on something, i.e. extinguishing it. Yes, I'm horrible. I frequently use prompts in this way. I blame my Dad's dictionary of idioms.
(And don't tell me the motto is wrong or I'll... poke you. It's "aurum potestas est" in the UK editions. And the version that appears in US editions is wrong under Latin grammar!)