18

                                    

                                          
~~**weed use**~~
      
      Eros woke up in a sweat. He looked around frantically, trying to remember where he was. He heard a soft snore next to him and turned to see Alex sleeping next to him. He sighed in relief and pulled Alex close to him, hugging him tightly. Out of all nights, why did this memory have to appear? He knew Nyx wasn't allowed on Olympus, she had gotten banished to Tartarus ages ago. 
He rolled around trying to fall back asleep again. Eventually he got up, trying his best to not wake Alex. He walked to his desk and took out a joint. He desperately searched for the lighter and found it under a stack of papers. He lit the joint, taking a large hit off of it. Eros walked out to the balcony, looking at the empty streets below. He leaned against the railing, taking another hit. Breathing the smoke out, he felt himself relax, the memories fading into the background as his mind went fuzzy from the high. 
Eros felt a pair of arms wrap around his waist. 
"What are you doing out here at this time?" Alex asked sleepily, pressing his face into Eros's back. 
"I couldn't sleep, had a bad dream," Eros responded, turning around and pulling Alex closer to him. He breathed in the smell of Alex's hair. 
"Gods I love you so much," Eros said, kissing the top of his boyfriend's hair. He took the last pull from his blunt before it was gone and pulled Alex even closer to him if it was possible. 
"I love you too," Alex said, "now let's get back to bed." 
They went back into the room, Alex laying down and falling asleep almost immediately. Eros laid there for a while, still unable to fall asleep, an uneasy feeling settling in his stomach.
      "Eros, sweetie," Alex said, shaking Eros awake, "are you okay?"
"Huh? Yea I'm fine," Eros asked confused, groggily looking around. 
"Are you sure? You were twitching and groaning?" 
"Yea I'm fine, it was probably just another bad dream," Eros said trying to reassure Alex. He could tell Alex didn't believe him. Eros was covered in sweat and shaking slightly. Alex looked at him skeptically before walking downstairs to find something to eat. 
Eros sat in the bed for a few minutes, trying to recall what his dream was. Unfortunately he couldn't. He got up and threw a pair of shorts on, following Alex downstairs.
He found Alex in the kitchen, preparing a small breakfast for the two of them. He walked over and slid his arms around his boyfriend's waist, lightly kissing the hickies and bites on the back of his neck from the day before. 
"We should go out today baby," Eros murmured, "there's a park that I want to show you." 
"That would be nice," Alex said "now go set plates at the table, breakfast is ready." 
Eros complied and set two plates on the table. Alex served them breakfast and they ate, discussing plans for the day. 
They finished breakfast and Eros cleaned up, Alex going upstairs to change into actual clothes and finish getting ready. Eros finished washing everything and followed Alex upstairs, throwing on a pair of shorts. Alex appeared from the bathroom and gave Eros a sceptical look. 
"That's all you're wearing?" He asked, raising an eyebrow. 
"Yea, usually when I'm up on Olympus I go around in a lot less," Eros said shrugging his shoulders. He saw Alex turn away with a pout on his face. 
"At least put a shirt on." 
"You aren't jealous are you?" Eros smirked. 
"No! I'm not," Alex said, the blush spreading across his ears and face giving away the lie. 
"You're totally jealous!" Eros teased, "aww look at my little boyfriend, jealous cause he can't get me all to himself." 
"Shut up! I'm not!" Alex retorted, throwing a pillow at Eros. 
"Ok fine, I'll put a shirt on," Eros said, "no promises it's staying on though." 
Alex scowled at that and went downstairs, saying something along the lines of he'll be waiting down there until Eros finished up.
Eros finished up, not long after and went downstairs. He found Alex waiting by the desk downstairs, attempting to organise the papers and books scattered around over the surface. 
"Having fun?" Eros asked, watching his boyfriend try to organise all the stuff. Alex made a small noise of annoyance in response. 
"How do you read any of this?" Alex wondered after a few more minutes of him trying to sort through the mess. He held up a book paper, written entirely in Ancient Greek. 
"Honey, think about this for a second," Eros laughed. Alex glared at him and he stopped laughing. 
"Where are we right now?" 
"Mount Olympus..." Alex responded wearily.
"Who makes their homes on Mount Olympus?" 
"The Greek Gods," Alex said in a small voice. 
"And what am I?" 
"A Greek God," Alex said setting the paper down. 
"There we go, you got it!" 
Alex sighed and rolled his eyes, saying, "weren't we going to visit some park?"
Eros laughed again and grabbed Alex by the hand, pulling him out the door. 
"Yeah, you'll enjoy it, it's beautiful there," Eros said pulling Alex through the maze of streets and buildings and paths. 
      They arrived at the park. There were young nymphs playing around, Satyrs playing music or drinking wine and eating food. Minor deities roamed around, some holding hands on a date, others causing mischief and chaos, others just chilling in the park, doing yoga or staring at the sky. 
Somewhere around Alex could hear water running and splashing. He looked around and the open space and the small groups of trees scattered around. 
"Do you like it?" 
Alex nodded eagerly, too immersed in the beauty of everything around him to properly respond. Eros pulled him down a path, leading him through the green meadow. Alex was still too stunned by the sights to where they were going. 
Eros, on the other hand, was keeping details on his surroundings. There were too many nymphs that lived in the park that found him very attractive and would often wait around outside his house, hoping to get a glimpse of the handsome god. He saw one staring and glared at her. She pouted when she looked and saw Eros's fingers locked together with Alex's. 
Eros lead Alex to a small pond at the back of the park, it was surrounded by trees, providing shade for its visitors, and had a small waterfall running into it. In the pond there were different fish swimming around, occasionally splashing at the surface. On one side of the pond there was a small dock. The dock had several young kids jumping off into the sparkling water below.
Alex watched one of the kids jump off, or attempt to. In the process they ended up slipping on the dock and fell, rather ungracefully into the water with a loud splash. He smiled softly while watching them. 
He felt movement next to him and turned his head to find Eros taking his shirt off. He rolled his eyes and made a small noise. Eros smirked at that, and laid on his back, stretching out on the soft grass. Alex eyed his torso and the tattoos on it. Was he jealous that other people got to see his boyfriend shirtless? Yes. Was he ever going to admit it? No the fuck he wasn't. 
One of the kids that Alex was watching play at earlier ran up to them, she had a handful of flowers in her hand and she looked rather embarrassed about something. 
"Excuse me? Are you Alex?" She asked and blushed green. Or what Alex could only assume was blush. 
"I am," Alex answered. 
She held the flowers out to Alex. "My mommy says to give these to you." She giggled then turned to Eros, climbing on his lap. 
"Where 'ave you been?" She pouted, poking Eros's stomach. 
"I've been in the mortal world," he answered, smiling brightly at her. 
"Why didn't you come and visit?" She said crossing her arms and trying to look angry. 
"I've been busy," Eros said, "why don't you introduce yourself to Alex over there." He pointed to a rather confused Alex. 
She giggled then said, "I'm Danai." 
"Nice to meet you Danai, I'm Alex," Alex smiled. 
She beamed and ran away, laughing and smiling, back to her group of friends at the far end of the pond. 
"How do you know her?" 
"She's my sister, well technically half sister," Eros shrugged, "I rarely see her though cause it seems every time I'm up on Olympus I'm here for a family gathering or party. And I don't want to be a bad influence." 
Eros laid back down on the grass, this time Alex joined him. They snuggled together and watched the scenery and activities before them. And occasionally Danai would peak her head over at Alex and smile widely.