I groaned as I started to wake up the next morning. My eyebrows scrunched together and I tried hard to just fall back asleep before it was too late. However, soon I was hyper-aware of how my cheek felt against the pillow under it and I noticed the light around me glaring against my closed eyelids. I knew it was synthetic light coming from outside my flat. Suddenly, I wished I had gotten curtains to block that light from coming into my room completely.
I sighed, opening my eyes slowly. My vision was blurry from being in such a deep state of sleep and I blinked a few times to get rid of the grogginess. I rubbed them with the back of my hand fruitlessly, but at least the pressure felt like I was doing something.
The sheets around me moved slightly and I felt a hand slide around my bare torso. I was pulled back into Artemis. I could feel his chest rise up and down with every breath and I took a moment to match my breathing with his. "Were you watching me sleep?"
I could feel him chuckle silently behind him, running his nose through my hair. "Perhaps."
I rested my head back against him, sighing softly. "Creep." I smirked, teasing him playfully.
"Again. Perhaps." His lips trailed down the column of my neck slowly, causing me to have flashbacks of the night before. I moaned softly, reaching up and running my fingers through his silky black hair.
They nipped and sucked at my skin, causing me to gasp and arch my back. I grasped his hair harder, breathing heavily already. "Mm, Artemis…"
"Mhm?" He murmured, the vibrations of his lips adding to the sensation against the soft spot on my neck.
I pulled away from him, turning over in his arms and wincing. The large movement of my body made me realize just how sore it was.
Artemis hovered over me, looking down with a worried expression when he saw my eyes squeeze shut momentarily. "Are you alright?" He asked, his arms on either side of me.
My eyelids fluttered open and cast up to him. "Just sore." I sighed, leaning up and kissing him.
I could feel him smirk against my lips, causing me to roll my eyes. Of course he would be proud of himself. I tilted my head back, kissing him deeper. "I wonder what from." He murmured when I broke the kiss, laying back down on the bed.
"Hmm, I wonder." I rested my head back against the pillows, my arms raised above my head as I looked away. "Probably all of the training at work yesterday."
Artemis raised an eyebrow, "Don't be coy." He murmured, leaning down and kissing me slowly.
"Mm, oh that's right." I pushed him away, looking up at his blue eyes. "Maybe the five orgasms yesterday had a little something to do with it." I looked him over, frowning as the last 24 hours flooded my mind. A question started to form in my head. Pushing at his arm, I flipped him back on the bed, leaning over him this time. "I have a question for you."
He looked up at me with calm, collected eyes. Almost as though he knew I was going to push him back on the bed. "Do I plan on making you sore many, many more times?" He pretended to think for a moment before shrugging and smirking. "As many as you'd like to beg for."
His bluntness made my jaw drop a little and I looked down, knowing I was blushing. "Um, no." I said, looking back up at him and taking a deep breath. "Which brings me to my actual question. What was with you yesterday?"
Artemis cocked his head, his smirk dropping as he thought. "I'm not quite sure what you mean."
I take a big breath, trying not to blush the entire time I was thinking about yesterday. "Well, first you coerce me into staying home. Then suddenly, I ended up leaning against my bathroom tiles while you were driving yourself into me, making me scream and beg."
"Sounds like you had a marvelous time wi-" He started, but I cut him off.
"Shut up and let me finish," I watched him look up at me, shocked. "Then there was that whole thing where you pushed me against the wall and…" I trailed off, remembering that and getting distracted. My blushing spread more, but I shook it off. "And when I got home, it was just the same behavior. I didn't get a choice of what happened, you just told me what was going to happen."
"What's your question?" Artemis lifted an eyebrow.
I looked down at him, taking a deep breath. "Why did you do that?"
I watched him look up at me, running his hands down my sides under the sheets. I leaned into him, his hands warming my skin even more than my blushing. "I think you mean…" He pushed me back over, his hands on my hips as he forced them into the bed. His lips ran down my jaw and his nose over my cheek, causing me to shudder. "Why did you enjoy it so much?"
I struggled to make a sound after his bluntness, and what came from my lips was more in the line of a choked gasp. I grasped his arms, my head falling back as he kissed my throat. His hands ran up and down my legs as he nestled himself between them. My head began to swim and my nails dug into his skin. "I-I don't-"
He chuckled against my throat, "You don't know?" I could feel his teeth scrape against my skin and a whimper unwillingly left my throat. "You don't like it?" He pulled away, and I looked up at him with wide eyes. "Both of those are completely untrue. You do know. You do like it." He ground his hips to mine and captured my lips in his when I let out a gasp. The pain and soreness from yesterday being pushed away by the pleasure of the friction on my sex. "Tell me I'm wrong, Holly, and I'll stop."
I moaned and jabbed my fingers through his hair, pulling him down deeper and grinding my hips back against him. "I don't know what to say." I finished my words from before, panting and kissing the corner of his mouth. "Without entrapping myself in your little game."
That made Artemis smile and quirk his eyebrows before he kissed my cheek sweetly. He pulled his hips away from me, much to my dismay, and he smirked when I let out a disapproving sound. I let my head fall back on the pillows behind it and I glared at him playfully.
"I know you were hoping for my cock in you this morning, love, but you're just going to have to play my little game." He quipped, which made me laugh. I turned onto my side as Artemis turned onto his and I pulled the blankets around me.
"I do have another question." I sighed when Artemis caressed my cheek with the back of his hand, running the tips of his fingers over my jaw as though he was tracing it like a drawing. "Are you planning to answer it or are you going to be a teasing asshole?"
Artemis chuckled mirthfully, running his tongue over his canine teeth as he smirked at him. He clicked his tongue before speaking, "As much as I'd love to tease your ass, Holly, I don't think you're quite ready for that."
My mouth dropped open as I processed what he was saying. "I…I didn't mean…" My breathing quickened and I silently cursed myself for being tongue tied.
He laughed at my response, running his thumb over my bottom lip. "What's your question, Short?" He asked, ripping my mind back to what I was thinking about before.
I licked my lips, pulling away from his hand. He really had too much of an effect on me. "How can you switch back and forth?" I asked, "One moment you're sweet and caring, the next you're…"
"Ruthless and making you beg?" He guessed, his hand moving down my arm now. Tingles followed wherever he touched my skin. My eyes flicked up to his and I nodded silently in response. "It's simple really." Artemis whispered, "I'll tell you if you get closer."
That made me roll my eyes. "I just got some separation from you, mud man. The closer you get, the more crazy you make me feel."
"You're funny, Short." He whispered, his mouth turned up at the end. "But, despite what you may think, I do like just holding you. Nothing more right now, I promise."
I sighed, raising an eyebrow again and assessing what he was saying. There was nothing to make me think he was lying. I moved the half yard closer to him, my own hands cupping his face as he wrapped an arm around me. I shivered involuntarily at the touch and Artemis pulled the sheets around us tighter, his hand grazing up and down my back. I waited a moment, savoring the soft look in his eyes.
"I can tell what you want based on how you act." Artemis whispered, rolling me onto my back. I gasped softly, looking up at him. He wasn't on top of my body like before, though. He hovered above me, his warm torso and legs to the side of me instead of between my thighs. He barely touched me, his arms caging me on either side of my head and Artemis looked down, studying my face. My hands still cupped his face, however, my thumbs brushing over his cheeks gently. "There's a certain fire in your eyes when I'm rough with you. Almost challenging me to go on, and you tend to try to get away when I start. It took me a moment to realize that you were challenging me."
A noise came from the back of my throat without my brain processing it, somewhere between a moan and a whimper. He growled at the sound, leaning down and crushing his lips to mine. I opened my mouth immediately, my body heating up yet again from his words and actions. He ran his tongue against my top lip, meeting my own and groaning before he pulled away by a fraction of an inch so we could breathe. We panted against each other.
"You drive me crazy." He admitted, pulling me into another rough kiss until we ran out of breath again. Artemis didn't break his promise though. He didn't run his hand down my body to my thighs or spread my legs wide to settle himself over me. He stayed still, the only part of him touching me was his lips against mine.
I laughed this time, my arms going around his neck. "You are crazy." I jabbed at him, smirking.
"Because of you." Artemis murmured and laid back down beside me, his lips pressed against my hair. I relaxed against him, sighing softly. "You also get this look in your eye when you want me to be softer."
"Hm?" I looked at him, "What look?" I felt his arm wrap around me again to pull me closer and I rested my head against his side.
"Like a lost baby deer." Artemis sighed deeply now and he looked back down at me. "Your eyes get very wide and your body goes stiff. Like a few moments ago. That's why I backed off. I could've kept teasing you."
I shivered again, "You are the genius, I guess." I leaned up and kissed him softly. The feeling of him pulling me closer and kissing me back made me exhale deeply. "So, genius." I breathed, smirking. "What do I want now?"
Artemis chuckled, his hands roaming down to squeeze my ass. I gasped and gripped his arm tighter, my eyes flicking to his. "You want food." He whispered, letting me go and getting up. "Let's go have breakfast."
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I was cleaning up dishes in the kitchen when Artemis came in behind me. He was dressed, just like I was now, but in black dress pants and a button up like normal. It was my one day off, so I decided to just wear shorts and a shirt. It was warm enough in Haven today. I glanced over at him and turned off the water. "You know, it was nice to see you out of a suit for a while."
Artemis leaned against the counter opposite from me, crossing his arms. His hair was slicked back slightly, probably with water instead of a hard-holding gel. He crossed his ankles too, his eyebrows twitching up in amusement when he noticed me staring at him. "I'm more comfortable like this." He smirked, following my eyes. "I could take it off, if that's what you want…" Artemis began unbuttoning his shirt slowly, his eyes not leaving mine as more of his skin became more visible.
I walked over to him, putting a hand over his and stopping him. "Not yet." I breathed, pressing my lips to his gently.
"Why? Do you want to do the honors?" He laced his fingers in mine, running the tips of my fingers over the next button on his shirt.
My eyes stayed on his hands intertwined with his. "We just got dressed." A sigh slipped from my lips. "I can tell you're smirking and I'm not even looking at you." I mumbled, not able to stop as Artemis worked my fingers with his to unbutton his shirt. "You're a very smug bastard."
Artemis chuckled, kissing my forehead and moving my hand down to the next button. "Maybe I just know how to get a rise out of you." He whispered.
"Maybe." I hummed, not pulling away. My eyes flicked up to his as I leaned forward, kissing the skin that was revealed through his shirt. He watched me intently, waiting for my next move. I pulled my hand away from his, despite him holding it tightly, and moved my lips down his sternum and over the V in his shirt to the button I was working on before. I gripped the fabric with my teeth carefully, pulling the material free and running my lips over the new skin exposed. "But I also know how to get it from you."
Artemis exhaled deeply, his hand going through my hair but not grasping it. "Holly…" He groaned.
I enjoyed knowing the effect I was having on him. Usually it was the other way around, and I relished in the fact that I knew exactly how I was making him feel. "Do you want me to stop?" I murmured against his skin, my tongue laying flat against it as I licked the smooth skin.
"Gods, no.." Artemis leaned against the counter more, one hand going to the edge to keep him still and upright. I could see his eyes close for a moment before I reached down and ran my palm over the bulge in his dress slacks.
I pulled away and leaned up, stroking his cock over his pants and leaning up to kiss him. He moaned against my lips and I smirked, still loving the feeling of giving him a taste of his own medicine. I ran my tongue across his bottom lip, sucking at it gently.
He moaned again, thrusting his hips against my hand and his tongue invaded my mouth. I pushed against his chest with my free hand and ran my own tongue against his. I sucked harder on his tongue and wrapped my hand around his stiff cock through the material of his pants. Artemis pulled back, sucking in deep breaths and a ferocious glint in his eyes. "What are you getting at?" He clutched my hair in one of his hands, making my head tilt back and a gasp slip from my lips.
I panted softly, kissing his lips once more before moving down to my knees and looking up at him. "This." I smirked, my hands going up to his pants and unzipping them slowly. I reached silently, pulling his hard cock free and licking my lips to wet them. I glanced down before grasping his hardness and I began pumping it in even, long strokes.
I could hear Artemis curse under his breath, and his hands went back to the edge of the counter to grasp onto something. "Holly…Gods…" He sighed, his eyes closing as he bucked his hips into my hand.
"I like making you feel like this." I admitted, my tongue darting out to lick the tip of his cock. "This power…I know how you feel now." Before he could say anything, I lifted him in my hand and ran my tongue flat against his shaft.
Artemis hissed through his teeth, only nudging me further in my endeavors. I took him in my mouth slowly, moving back when he thrusted his hips forward to avoid him pushing himself to the back of my mouth. I was too drunk on the power to give it up. I wrapped my lips around him again, my tongue swirling around his tip as I pushed his dick more and more into my mouth.
My head bobbed around him, pushing him farther and hearing his moans increase in volume. I hollowed my cheeks to suck harder against him, moaning myself as he gripped a hand through my hair. He didn't push, but he also didn't let me pull away. My hand wrapped around the base of his cock, stroking him and taking whatever else I could into my mouth without feeling overwhelmed.
Artemis bucked forward, bringing tears to my eyes as he pushed himself further. I took in a final breath before sucking more and feeling his cock tighten against my tongue. I felt the wave of salty come hit my throat and I swallowed as much as I could before I pulled back to suck in a deep breath of air.
I was about to sit back when Artemis' arm looped around my waist and dragged me up to the counter. I was still breathing heavily as he sat me on the edge of the smooth, flat surface. My stomach flipped when I saw how disheveled he looked, compared to before. His shirt was half off his shoulder from me unbuttoning all but the last two buttons. It was also partially untucked from his pants, and Artemis' hair was in thick black tendrils around his piercing blue eyes. "That was something else." He sighed, pressing his forehead against mine.
I smiled, looking at his eyes and reaching up to clean a bit of his come off my chin with my index finger. I pushed him away slightly with my other hand, my eyes never leaving his as I wrapped my lips around the digit and pulled it out clean. "I had a feeling you'd like that." I breathed softly, biting my lip.
Artemis groaned again, crushing his lips to mine in a bruising kiss. I wrapped my arms around his shoulders and his hands slid down my hips to my thighs. He spread my legs open wide and stepped between them, nipping and sucking at my lips. I whimpered against him, my hands fisting his hair as I leaned back and pushed my hips against his. I could feel his cock harden against the material of my shorts. I had to pull away from his mouth for a moment to take in a short gasp before Artemis' mouth found mine again.
I could feel his fingers slipping in the waistband of my shorts and I bucked my hips so he could have the leverage to slip them off of me. It seemed like the moment he stepped away to get my clothes off of me, he was back and pulling me closer to him.
"Artemis," I moaned, letting my head fall back when he let me out of our kiss. I leaned against the counter, loving the feeling of his cock rubbing against the last piece of clothing I had on before he could finally get inside me.
He started pulling off my underwear slowly, his lips kissing down my neck. He scraped his teeth against the delicate skin, causing me to arch my body even closer to his. I loved the feeling of him over me, just as much as I loved the feeling of me controlling his pleasure. "Gods…Artemis…I need you in me." I moaned, my hands moving down to his arms and gripping them tightly. I leaned up, kissing his lips. "I want you to make me forget everything." I told him against his lips, earning a low groan from him.
His hands went under my shirt and started lifting it as his cock rubbed against my entrance. I gasped for air, so ready to feel him push inside me…
When the doorbell rang.
The only sound we heard after was our heavy breathing, as the movement and rustling of our bodies froze where they were. My eyes flicked up to Artemis'.
"Get to the bedroom and lock it. Now." I ordered.
