Author's Note:
Hey guys, I just couldn't help myself. I had to write an Alexander/Hephaistion story. It's not long, nor will it be a chapter story. Oneshot. Just felt like writing one. Hope you enjoy. And please review. It makes me all warm and fuzzy inside. :)

Not of Gold But of Sin

Hephaistion entered Alexander's room, confusion filling his eyes as he looked upon his lover.

"What bothers you so, Alexander?"

"My heart is not bothered tonight Hephaistion. Except for the longings of you."

"Alexander?"

"Stay with me tonight, Hephaistion."

"And I will do so, Alexander. But I must ask, how will you treat me tonight as I lay with you in your bed?"

"I will treat you as you are." Alexander said as his lips touched lightly to Hephaistion's neck.

"And what am I, Alexander? How will you love me?"

"My beautiful Hephaistion. I will treat you as you deserve. As my companion, my friend. You are the only one I trust, and the only person in this world that I cannot lie to."

"Then do not lie to me tonight."

"I will do no such thing. I will treat you as my lover, my Hephaistion, my king."

"Such foolish things you say, Alexander. Me a king? You are the king of all. Of Macedonia. The new king of Persia. The king of I as well."

"But you do not understand me clearly, my love. Countries and homelands do not matter here, in the confines of my bedroom. Here it is just you and myself. Here you are the king of me, Hephaistion. The king of my heart and my soul. You reign over me like no one else ever shall."

Alexander's blond hair was ravashed by the war-scarred hands of his lover. They gently carressed his cheek bones and neck.

"I love you with all that is inside of me, Alexander. Tell me I will not lose you to this world."

"But you are my world. Countries and princesses, whores nor jewels could tear my heart away. I have loved you since I was a child, Hephaistion. And even now as we grow older, that love will never change."

Hephaistion's lips never left his lovers for long that night, as they lay together upon damp sheets. Their bodies melded together in the hopes that the night would never end. That the darkness that surrounded them would capture them as they had captured each others hearts, never to let go. The sounds of moans and whispered 'I love you's' filled the cool air that swept in through the open windows.

Alexander pushed into his lover, holding him closely in fear of losing him to the pleasure they shared. Pure ecstacy dwelled so closely around the two of them that they thought maybe they would never return.

As the night rolled on, Hephaistion lay beneath the man that had given him so much. The man he had shared many dreams with since he was a child, wrestling with Alexander in hopes of one day they could become something more.

Soon an exhausting passion filled their eyes and they came together, filled with such love and peace they had never found in anyone else.

Dawn came too soon and they lay together, sheets wrapped lazily around them so. Hephaistion held onto his blond lover, arms wrapped around him, fingers in his hair, on his chest.

Alexander lay sleeping, so innocent, yet his body reflected that of a man. A man who would never share his bed with another.

Hephaistion slid up, so to be eye level with the sight before him and kissed him softly on the lips.

"I shall never let go of my Kingdom, Alexander."