Surprise, Surprise!! (Ethan)

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TAG: Ethan WORDS: 412 NOTES: Their First date in long thread!! I'm so excited! <3

It was a fine day in Camp, the weather was cold but the sun was bright up in the sky. In times like those when war was threatening to srike at any second and betrayal was something as common as a sword in Camp Jupiter, a sun as bright as the one over the roman legion in that moment, was a reminder that Apollo was there with them. In fact not only mighty apollo was showing them that he was around, also other gods like Ceres who had made that their agriculture was perfect even in winter, Minerva who helped to flow the strategic thinking in the leaders, Vesta who made their fires warmer and invited campers to be closer to others, support each other, as a huge family. A huge family... support each other... well, that was what Camp needed in that moment, to feel that all of them were part of a tight, strong group. That Legion was their family and it would support them and protect them at any moment! that was what campers needed to remember, that the legion was there for them so as they were for the legion. those were the thought of the young medic, Lilith McKinnon. She was in that moment finishing to put the arm of a kid from the first cohort into a cast. Christopher Ashby had broken his arm in a drill. Lilith would have to talk to him about those drills, wel to him and Charlie! both of them were almost crazy when they trained, they trained as if each practice was real life! "ok! remember don't use that arm for two weeks at least, I'll tell your centurions about it. you may leave." she said giving the kid a lolly pop with the face of mickey mouse. Then the kid smiled at her, nodded and walked away. She waved at him and then turned to write down everything she did on the kid's file. Then she walked to the office and put the file in its place, she hated the unorganization in that office. Then she stretched out and sighed, her lunch break had started, so she had one hour to do whatever she wanted to do before she had to go and train with her cohort. Ronan was a good centurion, so she tried to be a good legionarie under his commands. she took of her white medic robe and hung it from a nail on the wall.

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It was a perfect day. For adventure! Ethan ambled down the via principalis on his way to the infirmary, where he knew Lilith would be. Why? Because he’d sort of spied on the files in the infirmary yesterday to figure out her schedule. Creeper? Possibly. But it helped with his master plan, so he was okay with being a minor creeper for the sake of a good date. Assuming she would go with him. She was working, after all, and he didn’t want to take away from that. He knew how much she was into her work, which he really admired about her. She was dedicated and devoted to everything and everyone who mattered to her: her work, her family, her friends. The lot. It was great. He really loved that about her. Heck, he just loved her in general.

Ethan had never thought he would be the kind of guy to fall in love. He was more the prankster and the crazy idiot usually. Or at least, that was how he acted. But hey, two of his brothers, Josh and Jason – the J’s! – had found a girlfriend. Though he would be lying if he said he didn’t worry about Josh’s taste. But he wasn’t about to say that to his brother’s face, of course. He was going to be a good brother and support Josh any way he could.

And speaking of girlfriends, he pulled himself back to reality as he made it to the door of the infirmary. Time to pull and Ethan and give her a date to remember. Or possibly just schedule one because she might be busy. He wandered around, looking at the various things as he looked for her as well. She had to be somewhere around here. Schedule had said she would be. Wow, the more he thought about that, the more it really did make him sound like a stalker. He’d conveniently not mention how he’d known where to look. Lucky guess. Yes, that was a good excuse. Or would she find it touching that he had snuck in to look it up? He really wasn’t sure. She was supportive of his Mercury habits, so that much was good. He was certainly grateful for that.

That was roughly when he spotted her and she was hanging up a white robe on a nail in the wall. That was promising, right? That looked like it meant she wasn’t busy. He grinned and walked up to her. “Lilith, m’lady! I have come to humbly request your presence for a lunch outing. Assuming you aren’t busy and actually haven’t eaten yet, which might be assuming a lot, but hey, that’s why I’m asking first. So! Join me?” He bowed and offered his hand.

Tag: Lilith
Word Count: 459
Notes: this is going to be so much fun!

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Tag: Ethan

Word: 413

Notes: He is so adorable with her!!! <3

It was amazing how many people could get hurt in a camp like Camp Jupiter. It was understandable, because of all the ways they had to train and keep in shape. but maybe not even the Marine SEALS had as many injuries as some of the kids in that place! But it was what was needed to be a good roman, a good legionarie and in time of war, the time they were about to live, it was even more important that they were ready for anything, any kind of danger that would attack them, they should need to be ready to defeat it.

That was what Lilith thought, but also that was why she studied so hard to be as good doctor as Jason or as Tessa, that way she would help romans, rome and the gods. She had just put her robe on the nail when she heard the voice of a male, that voice made her heart skip a beat and then beat faster. She smiled widely and looked back, and her ears hadn't fooled her, it really was the grandson of Mercury, the knight in shinning armor that in many ways had saved the soul of the legacy of Mors. "Ethan!" she said in a high pitched tone of voice.

It was incredible how Ethan always made her smile. no matter how bad she felt or how deep in the hole of depression she was, Ethan was always there, always with a huge wide smile and the right kind and sometimes funny words to make her smile, to make her feel that the world wasn't that bad after all, that is was worth to live in it. Ethan Hunter, the fool, the prankster, the guys from fourth cohort that everyone wanted to kick his butt, but no one really did because was the adoptive brother of the praetor. That guy was the one that kept Lilith's hope and love alive and going.

She did a slight jump to wrap her arms around his neck and hugged him tightly. Venus did a wonderful job there, because Lilith loved Ethan more than anything. "Missed you my sweet knight!" She kissed his cheek and smiled loosing the tight hug. "I'm starving!! so going out with you would be twice perfect! food and the most perfect knight in camp!" She said with a wide smile and kissed his cheek once more, then grined at him innocently. "any good idea to where to go?"

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She really was beautiful. And the way her face just lit up, it made his heart skip a beat. She was perfect. Her smile, the way she cared so much for others, the way she was so nice to him. He really loved her. It was official. He was giving his heart to her. It was safely in her control, and he couldn’t think of a better place to have it. So for a minute, he smiled stupidly at her, just taking it all in, how lucky he was, how wonderful she was. And of course, in a show of her caring spirit, here she was in the infirmary working hard and helping others. It was amazing. It made him want to work harder to help others too. Not that he had much he was skilled at in that area, but maybe if he just worked to protect and keep Lilith safe, that would be useful. Not that he wasn’t already determined to do that. He would never forgive himself if she got hurt in any way. But she looked fine to him now, so he could check that one off his list of worries.

Ethan beamed as he hugged her back. “As I have quite missed you, my lady. I always do when I’m not with you.” He blushed at the kiss. How did he ever end up with such a great girlfriend? He asked himself that a lot, not that he thought about it. And her compliment made him blush all the more. “Well then, it sounds like my timing was right on! And I don’t know about perfect, but I’ll be as perfect as I can for you. Though if I keep getting kisses from such a lovely lady as yourself then this blush is going to be permanent!” he laughed. He took her hand in his and kissed the back of it. “Well then, if my lady would be so kind as to hold on tight, I have just the idea.” He pulled her into an embrace and they both vanished.

And reappeared in a narrow alleyway. Ethan promptly let go and sank against one of the buildings to their sides, his gut killing him. “Sorry if that made you sick. Really sorry. It’ll pass, I promise. And I think it should be worth it. I hope.” He wasn’t used to travelling this far, though he was slowly getting more and more used to it, as he’d been practicing for this particular date for a week or so now, looking for the perfect location. He stood up and wrapped an arm around Lilith protectively. And to help support her if she needed it. He knew teleporting could be rough on a person if they weren’t used to it.

After a good ten minutes for precautionary sake, he went to the very opening of the alleyway into the street beyond and glanced around. He smirked when he saw it. “Lilith, when you’re feeling okay, you might want to come see this…” The almost deserted street allowed a near perfect view of the Eiffel Tower not terribly far in the distance.

Tag: Lilith
Word Count: 523
Notes: love these two together!

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Tag: Ethan <3

Word: 573

Notes: I adore them too!!! <3

Ethan had the incredible ability to put a smile on Lilith's face no matter what had happened in her life at the moment he did it. He was a knight in shinning armor. People in camp knew him as a bufon, a prankster that was always messing with the life of the people in there, but for Lilith he wasn't that. He was a knight, her knight, he was also a man that she would count on, someone that was always there to hold her hand and get feet back on the ground whenever she was either deep in a whole or just flying away to high. He simply was perfect for her and she was thankful for having him by her side.

And as he just told her, he was always in the right moment in the right time, whenever it meant to happen! He was there by her side and it was magic! SHe will go and give some offering to Venus and Cupid for that amazing gift that was him. "and as always you're right! your timing is perfect! and I always enjoy you being around!" she said in a nice way, with her scottish accent, it was almost not perceptible almost faded by all the years she had lived in the camp without the recordatory of her father with his scottish accent, but if you knew her well and listened her speaking, you could easily get the slight ups and downs in her voice giving her the distinguish accent of her celtic blood.

then he spoke about her kisses, but he only accomplished to make her smile even more, it was nice to know that he liked her kisses so much! and they were innocent kisses, the idea of kisses with more passion made her blush at the moment the image crossed her mind. "I could stop kissing you... but I love the blush on you and... I love to kiss you..." she said in a shy tone, she meant it all of it. If he had told her then to stop kissing him, it would have broken her heart, but she would have done it, she would never do anything to him that he didn't like her to do.

the moment he told her to hold tight, she did it she wrapped her arms around his torso and rested her head on his chest. then a second later she felt as if a hook had pulled her stomach trying to get it off her body through her skin. then the hook stopped pulling, but the feeling of an upset stomach remained, she had to close her eyes and hold on tight to him to keep her balance, also the sound of his beating heart helped her to focus on something else than her stomach. She heard his voice and she just shook her head and made an agreeing sound, fearing to vomit if she opened her mouth. He moved slowly and she moved with him.

Then he spoke again, she forced herself to open her eyes and move her head leaving the smooth sound of his heart aside. SHe looked to where he was looking and there it was Eiffel tower!! "oh gods!!... Ethan... is it... it really is... the real one? are we in... Paris?" she asked looking at him with wide open eyes and a foolish smile, she almost forgot the sickness in her stomach.

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It was hard not to smile around Lilith. He was hard-pressed to find a way that she wasn’t perfect. Sure, a lot of people weren’t that fond of her, but as far as he cared, they could take a field trip to the Underworld. Okay, so he wasn’t that harsh. Mostly because it was nearly impossible for Ethan Hunter to hate someone. Especially when he was around Lilith; she just made him so happy. Unless someone hurt her, physically or mentally, he’d be fine. If they picked on her, gods help them. Simple as that. And he included Jason, Josh, and Zidane in that circle of protection too.

He laughed. “Me? Always right? Well, I appreciate that you think that of me. If you think it, it must be true.” He couldn’t help but smile. “Well then, that works nicely because I always enjoy being around you!” Which was entirely true. Even when she was down at times, he still wanted to be with her. He wanted to be there for her, to lift her back up again. She was such a wonderful person; she deserved to be happy. He just hoped that he could be good enough to deserve her. He was working on that though. And that was part of what today was for. A treat for his girlfriend. Because she needed a treat every now and again and, well, he could teleport and make it happen, so why not?

Gods, he loved her. Just being with her, though even when he wasn’t with her too, reminded him all the more. Hearing her beautiful voice, seeing her beautiful face, anything. Everything! He’d be lying if he hadn’t considered making himself sick so he would have an excuse to be in the infirmary with her. Well, that and the idea of missing a day of training was pretty appealing too, but especially if it was to spend it with Lilith. He shook his head at her words. “No, no, I don’t think I could go without them.” Though her comment about loving his blush just made him blush all the more. She knew just the way to warm his heart. And make him blush, but hey, if she liked that, he was willing to look like a tomato for her. He couldn’t help but smile at her words. She was so sweet. Even the way she said it was just adorable. He kissed her cheek. “Well that’s good because I love to kiss you too, so I guess we’re even.”

The feeling of her holding on to him so close was great, and for a split second, he pondered just staying like this for a good five minutes, instead of ruining it with making them both nauseous. But he reminded himself that this was a surprise for her. It would be selfish of him to keep it to himself, to keep her to himself. But that would be depriving the whole camp of a wonderful person, and as much as he wanted her to himself, the camp needed her too. After the war, maybe. Yes, that would be much better. So, for now, he’d just steal her away for an hour or so.

The practice he’d been doing getting there and back paid off a little. At least he didn’t vomit in front of Lilith, which he had the first time he came here. He reached into his pocket and pulled out a box of Pepto Bismoth tablets and offered them over to her. “Here, this should help. Never travel without ‘em.” Eventually, when he was feeling up to moving, he went to the opening of the alleyway and, sure enough, they were here. He beckoned her over and grinned at her reaction. “Come on, what kind of boyfriend do you take me for?” he teased. “I wouldn’t take you to some cheesy fake tower. Nope, we’re really in France.” There was the minor issue of him not knowing a lick of French, but at least he figured Paris was probably pretty touristy, so he hoped that English was decently well-known here. At least enough to order food. He took her hand. “Come on, let’s go. I scouted out a nice restaurant here I think you’ll like. Hope you’re okay with authentic French cuisine!”

Tag: Lilith!
Word Count: 716
Notes: I have no idea what they eat in France besides snails… I better do some research! lol

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Tag: Ethan <3

Word: 570

Notes: Adorable!! XD

Ethan was so warm, not only his body which Lilith was capable to feel while she was holding herself from him, but his attitude, he was so warm. If she didn’t know for sure that he was a legacy of Mercury, then she would dare to suggest that he was related to the god of the sun Apollo or maybe to Vulcan due the warmth that he radiated. Although she was very happy that he wasn’t related at least to the first one, She was granddaughter of Apollo and it would be messy if he was related to him too.

For a second she hugged him tightly, she didn’t want to let him go. Maybe he didn’t know it but when she was in his arms feeling that warmth, the shattered pieces of her soul started slowly to gather again, slowly, very slowly, but the healing process was felt by Lilith’s heart. Her stomach was much better by the moment he told her that he really enjoyed kissing her too, which made her smile widely. She thanked the gods every moment of her life for the blessing of having him by her side. But time to let his torso go had come, they needed to move and to get to see where he had brought her to.

She looked at the tablets and then at him, she grinned and then grabbed one. “thank you…” she said and put it inside her mouth as if it was a candy, then looked at him again and with that same grin. “well, as a medic I should have known, but I had never teleported before. But from now on I’ll always carry some in my pockets, just in case you take me somewhere.” She said and then leaned up and kissed his jaw line, she couldn’t reach his cheek being so short. After that she saw the tower and was impressed, it was amazing the gift he had, to go anywhere he would think of, it was almost what her cousin could do… well she would love to do it too, but… she rather travel with Ethan, even to the end of the world!

“Oh! No, I know you wouldn’t… it’s just that… I’ve never been out of camp or Scotland, so this is… amazing!" she smiled more and admired the tower and the buildings around them. It was so different from the places where she had been before, and it was such an amazing experience to be out there and with the best person! Ethan, her boyfriend! He held his hand and told her about a restourant he had seen. She let him lead her way, in a way she loved that. In the infirmary she was learning how to be responsible and how to order, how to be a figure of authority, but when she was with him, she liked to be the damsel in distress, his lady.

As they walked down the street she recall that she spoke none French at all. "Ethan, I speak no French!" she said half smiling half worried, what if she offended someone because she couldn't speak their language. "and... I have no idea what they usually eat, but it will be exciting to learn some names and dishes! do you know any?" she held his hand tighter as she smiled up at him.

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How on earth was Lilith so perfect? Ethan asked himself that a lot. He also asked himself things like how he was lucky enough to call himself her boyfriend, why Saturn was such a butthole, and who to best nick something from next. Typical day in the mind of Ethan Hunter. He knew he wasn’t anything all that special, but when he was with Lilith, he felt special. The way she looked at him was so warming. He only hoped he could make her feel special too. He knew she wasn’t always as happy as she should be – hadn’t he just a while back found her crying thanks to some no good bullies? – but he was determined to be there for her at least. She deserved to be happy all the time. And that was what today’s mission was: to get her away from the bullies and the naysayers and let her forget her worries for a little while. Something just for her.

He smiled to himself as he held her and felt her holding on tightly to him. This, right here, this was how it was supposed to be. He could stand like this for hours. In fact, he almost did, but reminded himself he had a goal here that was more important. There would be time to just enjoy hugging her when they weren’t on a schedule. After all, she probably only had so long a break, and they had a lunch to eat and a city to explore.

Speaking of said city, they were here. And after a few minutes of letting the nausea subside, they ought to be ready to go. He handed over his supply of medicine and couldn’t help but smile at the grin he got back. He made a face and waved his hand as if brushing the thought away. “Nah. You didn’t know it would do that. I probably should have warned you actually. No better way to learn than experience sometimes, I suppose. But I can warn you of future travelling if you like. So you don’t always have to worry about if you and your stomach are going to be caught off guard,” he said with a laugh. Then she kissed him and he blushed, wondering if he would ever get used to that or if it would continue to be a novel experience every time. He sort of hoped for the latter. He never wanted to lose that warm, fuzzy feeling. Ever.

He grinned impishly at her and lightly elbowed her arm. “I was just joking with you. Though now that I think of it, there is a rather nice copy of the Eiffel Tower in Las Vegas. Come to think of it, there’s a lot there. Dancing fountains, a giant pyramid, a scale model of New York City, and a theme park on top of a tower. I went there once when I was about twelve and was bored. Tried to play with a slot machine and got caught by the casino police. Pretended I had to go to the bathroom while they looked for someone responsible for me and teleported back to camp.” He chuckled at the memory. “Good times. But you should see the place, it’s amazing. Might be an idea for a next trip if you want. But first, we need to enjoy this trip.”

He pulled her into a one-arm hug for a moment and then let her go, taking her hand instead. “We have to go to the Tower first though. It’s only about half a mile away from here. I want to… show you something.” So he led the way down the street, hand in hand with his favorite girl in the world. Until she spoke up and he could tell there was a hint of worry in her voice. Which meant something was wrong. Which meant he needed to do something stat. But her words made him smile; well, that and the fact that she was smiling too helped. He laughed and grinned like an idiot. “Neither do I. But I was here a few times on a test run for today, to get down the right location and stuff like that, and turns out they can speak a lot of English here too, I guess since it’s so touristy. Which is good because all I know is ‘bonjour’.” He chuckled and shrugged. “All I know is escargot. Which is snails. Which I don’t think I’ll be trying to be honest.” He stuck out his tongue and made a disgusted face, which soon morphed into a laugh. “Ah well, we’ll sort it out.”

Tag: Lilith
Word Count: 772
Notes: I have no idea what Paris is actually like, so hope you don’t mind if I kind of wing it, lol

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Tag: Ethan <3

Word: 481

Notes: lovely!!! sorry the delay!!

It was something that Lilith would never understand, how on Earth the gods were so kind to her and not only gave her the opportunity to stay alive and continue roaming in that amazing world that surrounded them, but also they granted her with the amazing company of a man like Ethan Hunter. Because she couldn't say that he was a boy or a teenager, even when his age said so and sometimes his actions determined that too, she knew better, he was already a man and as a man he had behaved with her. Something that she liked a lot, she loved his eternal inner child and also that responsible man that he already was.

She smiled at him when he said he would let her know when would be the next time that he would take her out in another crazy adventure. She loved the idea of more adventures like that one! So she nodded and then she replied. "I like the spontaneity, so I'll have some of these in my pocket all the time, that way you can surprise me no matter when or how." She loved the idea of him popping his messy head in her office in the infirmary to take her out on a date to Las Vegas or to New Rome, no matter where she would love it, because she would be with
him.

Then she laughed with her melodious voice in a medium volume and then looked at him still smiling, but with her free hand on her belly, laughing like that hadn't been wise, her stomach reminded her that it was still kind of upset. "well, maybe next time you go to Vegas, you could bring me with you, as you said, next project, I'd love to see that place and the places you enjoyed there!" She said and kissed his jaw line again. Her heart skipped a beat, it always did when she kissed him and twice if he was the one kissing her. He heart was weak
but it was still pretty much alive and in love.

She blushed after the kiss, she hoped that they would always be like that, even after years of being together, that they always acted as if they were still love birds. She held his hand back and nodded walking with him. "then... if they speak English I'm fine with it. And... snails... aren't really my favourite idea of a meal, but we may try them" she said and kept walking with him, looking around as if the streets were made of diamonds or something like that. "so much... activity here..." she said talking about the numerous ghosts she could see. She tried not to
see them because they would follow her and she didn't want them to ruin her date. "so... what do you want to show me?" she asked out in curiousity.

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Someone who liked spontaneity? Sounded good by him. Because that was basically the definition of Ethan. He grinned at her. “Be careful saying that or I’ll be popping in and sweeping you away every day. Possibly literally.” He winked and laughed. Which was probably made all the funnier because he had no ability whatsoever to wink. Ah well. “So yes, probably a good idea to carry some medicine with you. Or if you don’t, I usually have some because it’s no easier on my guts than yours I imagine.”

Ah, that laugh. He could listen to it all day. It was like a beautiful song. Everything about her was beautiful. Her appearance, her personality, everything. She was easily the kindest person in all the camp, and in his opinion, probably the world. If the world just had more Liliths it would be such a better place. None of this encroaching war stuff. Then again, he much preferred just his one Lilith. After all, he didn’t think he’d be very good at sharing. Lilith had his full attention and he liked it that way. Though he noticed she was holding her stomach too. Not a good sign. He gave her a quick ‘you okay?’ look, but before he could actually voice it, she spoke up herself. He smiled, already loving the idea. “Consider it planned. Or as planned as anything gets around me. I’ll give you the full tour! Minus the getting picked up by the police part.”

Eep! He could feel his cheeks getting pinker when she kissed him. She really knew how to make his heart skip! Worked every time. Though he had to smile when he noticed she was blushing too. Gods, she was so cute when she did that! “To be honest, I think I heard like five or six different languages when I was wandering around last. Like I said, touristy.” He chuckled when she said they could try snails. “You’re more brave than me! Fresh off a teleport, I don’t think my stomach could handle me even looking at a snail, much less eating it. But we can get some for you to try.” He mostly kept his eyes on the crowds so they could steer through alright, though every once in a while he stole a glance at Lilith. She looked like she was enjoying herself, which made him smile. Good. She deserved a vacation day. So far the plan was working splendidly.

Right, the plan. Her question reminded him. He put on a smile. “Well, it I told you now, it wouldn’t be a surprise, would it? And it’s supposed to be a surprise.” He just hoped she liked it, though he had a sneaking suspicion she would. If he managed to do it right. Cue the nerves again. Hey Venus, if you could, you know, maybe help a guy out here? he silently asked of the clear blue sky. Though it wasn’t long before they got to the Eiffel Tower, which meant he had butterflies dancing in his stomach like crazy, so he was very happy they weren’t talking about eating snails anymore. Something told him the snails and the butterflies would get in a bit of a disagreement.

As they walked under the legs of the tower, he stole his nerves as best he could, chewing his cheek in the process. Why was he so nervous anyway? “Right, so, um, you’re surprise…” He stopped walking and abruptly hugged her. But not just that. He dipped her and kissed her deeply under the shadow of the Eiffel Tower. His heart joined in the butterflies’ dance. When he finally broke the kiss, still holding her at an angle, he laughed slightly, “I hope you don’t mind it… I sort of tossed the receipt.”

Tag: Lilith
Word Count: 630
Notes: <3!