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Rolling in the Deep

Love. As much as she thought that love would be a foreign concept to her she loved the contrast her hand made against his chest as he slept. His black skin in-between the spaces of her white hand as she let it rest it on his bare chest. She loved the man resting beside her in ways she never thought she was capable of. For the last year Artemis and Kaldur had taken a dramatic turn in their relationship they were no longer friends but lovers. Kaldur made sure of that with a clumsy albeit sweet confession of his feelings to her one day. She was of course taken aback by this but, when she thought about it she realized that she cared for him too. How he was perfectly noble or how he would not hesitant to put himself in harms way for any of their junior teammates. Most importantly he let her carry her own weight, she received no special treatment because she was dating the leader of the team. Not saying that they always saw eye to eye but, when they didn't the make-up sex made it all worth it in the end. She let herself smile at that last remark that she said to herself. She had been watching Kaldur's naked form for a little over half a hour now and she could no longer hold her objective back. She gently shook him.

"Kal, Kal. Wake up".

"Yes my beloved?"

As he answered a deep blush burned Artemis cheeks.

"We only have a little over an hour till we have to wake up Kal."

A lazy smile drew over Kaldur's lips. He knew exactly why Artemis would wake him only to tell him the time in which they would have to pull themselves from their bed. After all he received this very request on many of occasions. She saw the smile that was playing at his lips and she gave him a steely pinch.

"Ouch, what was that for."

"You don't have to be so smug you know."

"I am not. I am just thinking how lucky I am to be awoken by such a beautiful woman."

"Nice save Kal."

Kaldur then proceed to roll over on top of Artemis. She took in his magnificent body. A dense Atlantean physique hovered over her, and she took in all of his features from his shaved head, his almond colored eyes, his gills to the Atlantean tattoos that covered his chest back and arms, and his slightly webbed hands. For all that could be said about the team no wonder he was the leader. He was essentially a demigod. Kaldur could control water with his bare hands forming any weapon his mind could think up in seconds, his body naturally holds a electric current that he could expel in any number of volts at any given time, not to forget to mention that he has super strength that easily rivals Superboy's all while being taught tactics and strategy by Batman on occasion. He let lose another smile as he caught Artemis is thought. He promptly received a pinch to his rear-end given to him by his lovely archer. He bent his head and caught her pulse in-between his teeth and not so gently teased it. A moan rumbled from her throat.

"Mhhhhh… Kal"

"Yes my beloved?"

"Please go slow and be deliberate. Mhhhhh…"

"As you wish Artemis."

Kaldur loved that about Artemis, she knew what she wanted and she had no qualms about going to go get it. In life she was beyond words at least to him. She had beautiful blonde hair, blue eyes that would shift color with her mood and she was not just a archer she was an amazing at tactical ops. Which made her a very valuable member on the team. He offend wondered if the Gods of Atlantis meant to bless him in such a way. His eyes caught hers as he crashed his lips to hers. A groan was rewarded to him, as he contently breathed in her scent. As he pulled back his eyes wandered idly over her body. He took in the fullness of her chest and ran his finger tips down her midsection he could not tell you the last time he saw a woman who could be so fit yet still hold all of the womanly curves that offend keep men so curious about them. He worked his lips from her lips down the side of her neck to her shoulder. The one thing he had yet to discover about Artemis was were the vast collection of scars that littered her body came from. From gunshot wounds to arrows and even animal bites were present. He moved to the side of her abdominal which had a vicious scar that he could only guess was a dog bite. He gently ran his tongue in and out of the ridges then blew gently across it. He watched as the goosebumps popped across her skin before placing his mouth over the area and suckling at the site. Artemis wished she could open that part of herself to him, give him a explaintion to how and why she looked like she had a fight with a blender as a young child. But how could she that part of her was ugly, no ugly was not the word for it the word she was looking for was more like hideous. How do you tell someone that their super villain father made you learn from a young age that there is no second place just the first loser. She remembers that wound how her father starved a set of dogs then set them in a room with her and a steak. The catch was she hadn't eaten in a week either. So after about an hour she was able to claim her prize which was a decent meal. How proud he was of her when she killed those animals she will never forget his filthy smirk. She could only think that Kaldur was trying to erase the scar from her skin and if he couldn't do that he was trying to give her a positive memory to go with it. She moan again at his licking of the site. His hand moved below her waist and thumbed her erect clitoris.

"Oh god Kal! Mhhhhh… Please don't stop!"

Her hips greedily humped his hand. He applied more pressure as Artemis ran her hands over his head and neck. He then dipped his tongue into her navel. Kaldur may not have been her first but he was by far the best when it came to understanding her body during intercourse. When to advance when to retreat along with harder and softer were all within his repertoire and to think that Artemis was his first. She had never before worried what anyone thought of her sexual actives until it came time to share them with him. She wished that she just wrote whore in bold letters on hear forehead instead of telling him about her past partners. Some of which wore tights on both sides of the line. Yet in true Kaldur fashion he didn't waver at any of the names or the number of them. Not that she would admit to it but, deep down she hoped and wished that Kaldur would be the final man she shared a bed with. Kaldur took one of her nipples between his teeth and pulled. Artemis's body trembled and she choked on the letters of his name with a failed attempt to call it out. Kaldur stopped the stimulation of her clitoris and removed his mouth from her breast. He hovered over her again and dip his head to whisper in her ear

"Your beauty is beyond words Artemis."

With that he ready himself at entrance to her body and entered her slowly yet firmly. Her eyes closed and her body flexed upward giving him better access to her body. She quivered when he could not go any further.

"Mhhhhh…"

His lips found hers again and he felt her tongue demand to enter his mouth which he sucked ravenously drawing more moans from her body. He treated her body like the ocean, well one swimming in the ocean all on there own to be exact. One had to know when to push and pull with the waves in order to keep a float. To roll with the waves not against them. The ocean much like Artemis couldn't be tamed and any attempt to do so meant a horrible death. He learned that a slow rhythm much like in the sea kept him calm and from being dragged under. His goal was to pleasure Artemis to make her scream his name to demand more from him each time. The only flaw in his plan was that it was already working. Her soft skin knead against his own with a lustful friction. Her eyes locked on to his again as she tried to convey all of those nasty human emotions that her father told her to bury, or better yet never to have in the first place. She could only hope that she could give him the message that way. As Kaldur grinded his body into hers she felt the wave building the one that was going to take her under the one she wanted to take her under the very one that she thought that if she drown under she would die happy. Kaldur could feel Artemis body submitting to his advances and he eased his pace he never wanted to be anything more than loving with her. She was always taken aback by this, all of the men she had ever been with were all concerned with their pleasure not hers. Most just mercilessly pounding away to reach their goal leaving her high and dry. Not Kaldur, with Kaldur she was more on an expedition that he led taking her with him every step of the way to the treasure that they both sought after. That's why she fell for him the way he treated her like a queen when she felt like a leper. That's what also made her afraid what was going to happen now, love led to many things and those things she saw with her own parents made her petrified. She pushed all of those wandering thoughts to the back of her head and came back to the here and now. Her body could take no more and she lost all sense of reason. Up was down, north was south, east was west, most of all she was lost in the moment.

"KALDUR!"

She clutched on to Kaldur as his name erupted from a pit in her stomach. Her body vibrated relentlessly from her core out. Her very skin seemed to be on fire. Her nails bit into Kaldur's skin not that he minded. She had to actually think to take a breath. She felt the warm rush of liquid that signaled that Kaldur had reached his orgasm and it the mist of own she rocked her body against his letting him ride out his orgasm with hers.

"Artemis, Artemis, Artemis"

She offend had an odd relief when Kaldur called her name like that. It meant that no one else was on his mind. So in that brief amount of time she was the only one in Kaldur's world. Kaldur looked down at the archer catching her eyes.

"Kal your staring."

"I know. It just can't be helped."

"I am not that beautiful Kal."

"Your are to me. I just… just…"

"Just what Kal."

Kaldur took Artemis's hand into his own and led them to his chest and rested them over his heart. She could feel his heartbeat thump against her hand. The action spoke louder then any words could. Artemis could feel the tears in her eyes as she tried to hold them back. Kaldur then kissed away the few stray drops of water then peppered her face with small butterfly kisses. Kaldur rolled to her side and Artemis cuddled up next to him resting against his chest. Artemis let Kaldur's heartbeat be her lullaby as gingerly noted they had time for a nap before having to report in for roll call at the Watchtower. Kaldur let his eyes close as he held her close to him for if he had his way he would never let her go.