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Sweat rolled down his face, his muscles strained as he raised his hammer, it fell, clanging against the metal that was white hot on the anvil. Sparks flew in every direction as he continued to pound on it. The man worked shirtless, not flinching or wincing as the sparks hit his bare skin. The large mountain of a man stood there in the wee hours of the morning as he pounded on the metal. He picked it up, the hot metal with the tongs as he then picked up the white hot metal and dumped it in the water barrel beside the forge. The steam hissed and curled as it hit the cool air. The doors to the forge were cracked open slightly, but at near three in the morning, he was still fast at work. He blinked as he then pulled out the hot metal before dunking it again into the water. IT was cool to the touch, well, for a child of Vulcan. Ronan could touch high heat and it would feel cool to him, unlike most other people. He sat down at the whetstone, putting it between his massive legs as he worked to rub the blade into a sharp edge. It seemed that there was more and more work to do despite the time of peace.

He had felt so worn out since he had come back from the Government facility. He couldn't even manage a flame with the forge. Everything about his powers made him exhausted. He didn't want to kill those people, he didn't want anything to do with them. But they had taken his family, his brother, his little sister. THey meant the world to him. Until now, he never had anything to call his own. He was Centurion, someone in charge of the fifth cohort. They wern't the best cohort, but he was doing everything that he could to make them better. He wanted to fix everything, he wanted to help everyone. But if he kept feeling so worn out, he couldn't do anything to help anyone else. As he sat there, listening to the scraping sound of metal on stone, it was rhythmic, like it was some sort of tune. IT was mesmerizing. He felt his shoulders sag, as if there was a massive weight attatched to them. Everything burned, but not in a heat sort of way. It was that feeling after you trained so hard to the point of exhaustion.

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Zoète Liefdesgod❅ It had been some weeks since the last time that Zoe saw ronan, she was worried about him, not really worried about their relationship, even when deep in her heart she was scared. Maybe Ronan didn't love her anymore and maybe even her being related to Venus, she couldn't see what he felt for her, so... that was a problem, right? Maybe he found another woman, one that was less complicated to be with, one that wouldn't get hurt by his burning touch! those ideas were burning her little by little, deep inside her heart, they were making a deep black hole in her mind and she hated to feel that! But she also reminded herself that those weren't right thoughts, that she needed to trust ronan and that he would talk to her if something wrong between them was happening. In fact, she was worried about him because she knew him, she knew how much he used to ask from himself, how much he demanded of himself. He was Centurion, also head forger or something like that, she didn't know if in the forge they had one or not, but she guessed that if it was one then Ronan would be it. also after his family was taken by the government and he had to go to rescue them, he came changed, different, there was something in his eyes that she could only relate to those people that had faced death as an ally and won the battles. she had seen that look in other campers after war, but she hadn't seen it in Ronan, not until he came back from that facility. So she was worried not really because she had in mind that he might dump her, but because she thought he was again taking his body and mind to the extreme, to the point of no return and that was what scared her the most. She loved him very much and she didn't want him to lose himself like that. So she had had decided to go visit him. She bought some special cupcakes, vanilla and others of chocolate with chocolate, not a wise desision in a forge, but she would keep them fresh. She also brought some tea and also some chocolate milk. She opened the door of the forge and inmediately felt herself wrapped in the killing heat of the place, but she breathed deeply and focused her mind, inmediately her body was covered in cold temperature, her body was cold again. winter was coming and that helped her a lot to focus her powers, to allow her to resist a longer period of time in a hot place, even in the forge and she knew that even next to Ronan. She peeked in ad heard the sound of metal against metal, she smiled and came in, then closed the door again. Slowly she walked among the working stations. then finally she saw him. She had been right, he looked tired, even more than that, wornout. Her eyes refleted the pain her heart felt at that sight, but she breathed in again controling her temperature and smiling, nothing could hel the soul like a honest smile for the one that loved you, right? "Hello, my sweet Polar bear." she said with a sweet smile, the smile alone told him all what she had missed him, all what she loved him and all what she wanted to help him, for him to let her in. "I brought some snacks for a cool weather." She said and showed him the huge basket that she was holding in her hands. I'll stop the world and melt with you

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There was the sound of scraping stone on metal, His eyelids felt heavy as he continued to push the metal against the stone to give the blade a sharp edge. There were the weapons in the armory, many of the younger campers used those till they were comfortable enough to ask for a particular weapon, something that suited their needs and godly skills better than the standard array of weapons. Sure they had to be well versed in the standard issued weapons and equipment, but sometimes shields or pilum were just not what someone needed to make the best of what they were working with. That's what he had learned from Charlie at any rate. A good centurion was someone who could make the most out of what they had, their team members were encouraged, they gave credit where it was due and they didn't ask people to do anything that they wouldn't do themselves.

He could feel the small cool breeze of the wind filtering through the doorway of the cracked forge doors. For a moment it was almost as if he could smell snow. It was a faint memory of back in his homeland. He missed Russia. He could return as a man one day, not the little orphan boy that was overly slow and stupid by most accounts. He knew his father now, Though the few times they had spoken it had been strained at best. Ronan never knew what to make of his own dad, but he did have his grandfather. And while he knew that NEptune was a bit harder on him than he was his two little girls, it was so Ronan could become a stronger man.

Ronan looked up at the sound of a sweet voice, a voice that made him feel as if he was going to soak in a hot sauna or slide into a warm bath. He desperately wanted to hug Zoe, to envelope her in his arms and tell her how much he cared about her. But he couldn't, he was too hot and she was his snowflake. His face broke into a sad smile as he looked at her without saying a word, offering his large hand to her and a seat near the door where she could be more comfortable by the door where there was a bit more of the cool air. The heat from his body made it easy for him to withstand the most extreme heat and the most extreme cold. So long as there was oxygen for him to burn, he could live.

"My snowflake." Ronan said, his voice cracking slightly from lack of use. Heavily accented, but understandable. His shoulders sagged as if he had been carrying an enormous weight. Looking sideways, he gave a small sigh as the blade in his hand dropped, clanging to the floor, breaking the silence as he searched for the right words to say. Nothing came to mind, so he sat there with a pleading look, longing to reach out to her. He felt so lost, he knew in his heart she had the answers he needed.

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Zoète Liefdesgod❅ Zoe smiled at him when he pronounced the nickname that he had assigned to her. She loved to be called like that and not only because of her being related to snow, but because he had come up with it. she held his hot hand and moved to the seat that was closer to the window. The cool breeze coming from it was refreshing and helped Zoe to keep her body in balance. It was something that she wanted to show Ronan. She had been training herself to be capable to deal with heat and a real ammount of it! She looked into his eyes and noticed the pain, the incertitude. She breathed deeply and kept the freezing temperature inside her body, her skin only had a small, human amount of coolness. She got up again and placed his hand on her back waist and then took his other hot hand and placed it over his first hand, then she wrapped her arms around his neck and pressed her slender body against his burning body. She felt the blast of heat from his body, but focusing her power to her torso kept her organs safe from heat, so she could function as a normal person and even more because he was always at burning edge and she still could be that close to him. She hugged him tightly and kissed his cheek softly, then she spoke tenderly to him. "Shhh... I can't promise you that everything will be fine, that would be a lie. But I can promise you that we will be here to help others, always protecting the innocent. And I will always be here for you, to protect you." when he said protect him, she meant to protect his soul, his heart, his mind. She would never let him fall and if he did, she would be there to get his foot back on the ground. She kissed his cheek once more and his neck, then she pulled back, just enough to see into his sweet blue eyes and held his cheeks in her hands. Her smile was sweet and earnest. Then she just hugged him again tightly, letting him know that he wasn't alone, letting him know what he needed to know. I'll stop the world and melt with you

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Christmas, or Saturnalia, it was different for people of many different cultures. Ronan was Russian. While Nova's desk was decorated with Christmas stuff, Ronan's wasn't just yet. He'd just wait a bit longer. Russian Christmas wasn't until New Years. But he did have some small presents for people tucked away amongst the forge. They wern't obvious but if you looked hard enough you could spot them. Ronan had never really done much in celebration to Christmas. IT wasn't something orphanages really got into. To be honest, Ronan had been alone for so long, he didn't know how to do much in the way of celebration till Nova came along. He prized his little sister more than anything else in the world. Then Zoe came into his life and he felt rather happy and contented. The only problem was that after the government, after everything was said and done, he blamed himself for all of the deaths. What sort of role model could he be if he lost control like that? He didn't deserve to be a centurion.

He couldn't sleep and ate very little these past few days, becoming increasingly reclusive. Ronan knew he shouldn't. He attended trainings though he left most of the work to Josh, who had his own problems. But he knew he needed to get his head out of the fire and back into real life. There were so many other things that he had to take care of. He felt the cool touch of Zoe on his back and then on his hand, compared to her, she was quite cold but it felt soothing. She was close to him, oh very close. He turned his head in towards her looking at her. He was exhausted and every muscle in his body protested as he sat there on the forge floor. He didn't want her to think that he couldn't take care of himself, but he really couldn't, not right now. Ronan felt that no matter what he did, he was so close to tears these days that he couldn't even think strait let alone work with fire.

Ronan simply nodded silently when Zoe spoke to him, he was unable to speak, his throat sore and constricted. He opened up his mouth to say something but there was nothing but a slight squeak that came out. Ronan looked ashamed. He didn't know what to say, he really couldn't find the words. He stood up and reached up and grabbed a small box, neatly wrapped in a shiny bit of blue wrapping paper covered in a bow. Inside the box was a silver and blue sapphire necklace he had gotten her. “It... it's early. Thank you, for saving me.”

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Zoète Liefdesgod❅ She couldn't really say how she knew it, but she did. She knew how tired he was, how at the edge he was, maybe her grandmother was already giving her the ability to read a bit of his feelings, which in fact she didn't think she need, or maybe it was only that she loved him so much that he knew what his tormented soul needed? anyways she knew that place was the one where she must be, by his side, to be... the hand that would pour wine in his cup and the fire for his candles... well maybe in fact he was the fire for the condeles. The fact was that seh loved him, and she knew her place was there, to suport him and to help him realize how important he was for Camp Jupiter, how important he was for those under his command, and that the kills that he was responsible for, were needed to keep everyone safe, including his sister. He saw him sitting on the ground and smiled at him, her bear. She was sure that there was a scandinavian tale about a snow princess and her companion, a bear. Well, he was his prince. then he looked at her and at first couldn't speak, then he grabbed a small box and gave it to her. "you know that I'm here for you and that I no require more than your love, right?" she said and then looked at the box and smiled a bit more. She grabbed a small box from the basket and then gave it to him. "I was going to wait till your Christmas, but... I guess it's ok if you open it now." inside there it was a trinqueta and circling a circle of fire steel and gold, but Nova helped her so it would never melt. it meant for her their love, faith and hope, she already wearing one just as the one in the box. and under it there was a small pendant of a bear that was him. So he could wear both. then she opened the wrap being careful, then she opened the box and gasped smiling. "This is so beautiful! so perfect!..." Looks at him and smiles a bit more. "it is like me... a snowflake! Help me to put it in the chain!!" she said so excitedly, and she wanted to wear it inmediately. "and after, you must taste the cupcakes! and the chocolate!" She grinned at him and leaned to kiss his lips tenderly, leavig a cold trace on them. I'll stop the world and melt with you

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There was a feeling of relief, like a massive weight had been taken off of his shoulders. A small sigh as the fires of the forge flickered, sending dancing shadows and light against the walls and storage shelves. There were bits of the fire light refracting off of the various metals and armours that were being repaired and worked on. Various projects were strewn across desks and table tops and workbenches. Everything in the forge was cluttered, chaotic, but if you were a forge child, you knew where everything was despite the mess. There was snow coming down outside and there was a chance that the beautiful girl in front of him had something to do with it. Ronan would be one of the first people to admit that there was something beautiful about snow. It was beautiful, so quiet and serene but at the same time, it was dangerous. like anything too much of it could be dangerous, life threatening. But many things were like that, and for now, watching the snow drift downwards in the soft light of the open forge door, Ronan felt like it was a painting that had come to life. Some of his fondest memories of living in Russia included snow.

She spoke to him, telling him and reassuring his mind that he was all she required, that all she needed was his love. He wanted to give it to her, he wanted to give her love. But there were parts of him that didn't know how to do something like that. There was simple love that he knew, family love. But it was romantic love he had issues with. He didn't know why feeling like this made him feel really uneasy but it did. He wanted to just run from his feelings but that wasn't exactly a good thing. Someone had told him it was a bad thing to do. So like any good roman, he'd face the problem head on. He was no emotionally constipated kid like the Mars children were, but he didn't like to admit that he actually felt things like normal people did. So he hid them most of the time. Then there were times like this, when ever the wee hours of the morning came around and he was still awake with only his thoughts to keep him company. He would break down, crying, shaking, simply sitting in silence and working till he passed out from exhaustion.

Ronan smiled as he opened up the box, the bear pendant glinting in the fire light as he put it on promptly. "Thank you, Snowflake you know how to make me smile." He said with a nod. And then he helped her as requested to help her with the chain of the necklace. "Chocolate? Cupcakes? You went all out didn't you?" He said, his voice slightly accented as he wrinkeled his eyes into a bigger smile.

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Zoète Liefdesgod❅ Men... why did they were uncapable to show a bit of weakness? well love wasn't one, but for some it was, for them showing that they were soft marshmallows inside was more than a weakness and being Roman put them in a more difficult situation about their feelings and the way they showed how soft they were. she hated that! But she understood it, she was Roman also and she knew how their minds and hearts worked. It would be very difficult to make a tough roman to show that softness and also to let his shields down for a second. she knew it and looking into ronan's eyes, she knew that it was more or less what was going inside him, she knew that there was still a huge thick wall around his heart, but she hoped that little by little she could break some bricks so he let her in, so she could be in his heart as he was already in hers. she passed her delicate and cold fingers through his silky but hot stripes of hot hair. She felt the heat of his har, the heat coming from his skull and she felt how the heat got her fingers as if she was touching fire, but she didn't care, she kind of liked the feeling, when it was comig from him. She giggled and then nodded. "Of course! I know you eat little and I want you to eat well, also to enjoy food!! that is one of the joys of life!" She said and then leaned and kissed his forehead with a kiss that slightly did a 'hissss' sound when her cold lips touched his hot skin. She breathed deeply and then with a soft smile she turned and grabbed the basket and put it on the desk. "They are fresh now, so don't worry about they melting soon." Grins as opening the basket for him to look inside and pick the ones he wanted. I'll stop the world and melt with you

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