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  lincoln  focused  on  the  task  at  hand  as  he  rummaged  through  the  remnants  of  his  refrigerator  and  brought  over  to  the  man  a  bottle  of  steinlager  in  hand  with  one  for  each  of  them.  "  i'm  fine.  "  he  didn't  know  what  else  to  say,  his  thoughts  racing  as  he  adjusted  his  body  to  showcase  his  cover  up.  "  like  my  new  tattoo?  "  he  asked  as  a  harsh  sun  shimmered  on  his  right  rib.

  moving  back  to  sit  down  on  a  chair  near  his  bed,  the  man  shook  his  head  no.  "  what  more  is  there  to  talk  about?  this  place  is  trying  to  kill  us  and  our  comrades  are  fucking  dunces.  "

"yeah. sure." axel ran a hand over the back of his head, scratching at the back of his scalp as he tried hard to fall into his usual pattern of over-thinking everything. it had only gotten worse after the divinity in his blood had been awakened, sadly. for now, he shucked off his shirt and sat down on the bed so he could toe off his shoes. that felt easy enough, especially since this was how he looked earlier when link was checking where he'd been hit with an arrow. it was fine now, even if they were still dealing with it.

"beer?" he called out, watching lincoln move around from his seat on the bed. he felt like he should say more but he couldn't figure out what for the life of him. so he went with the old faithful of, "so, you wanna talk about it?"

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  "  hey.  "  he  responded  back,  leaning  forward  and  sitting  at  the  edge  of  the  bed  while  patting  next  to  him  for  axel  to  relax.  he  didn't  necessarily  know  what  his  plan  was  in  getting  axel  over  but  the  other  was  familiar  and  perhaps  that  would  help  in  this  moment.

  "  why  don't  you  get  comfortable,  glad  you  don't  have  to  spend  the  night  in  one  of  those  shitty  infirmary  beds.  "  the  man  spoke  honestly  and  with  a  smile  as  he  decided  to  stand  up  in  his  pair  of  black  boxer  briefs  while  he  walked  to  his  nearest  fridge  for  a  drink.  "  want  something  to  drink?  water?  soda?  a  beer?  "

he knew where the helios cabin was mostly because he'd gone so far out of his way to avoid it those first couple of days. he knew lincoln well- or at least he knew the lincoln he went to school with about a decade ago well. assuming not much had changed, he was sure the guy would be just fine. his bed would never be empty if he didn't want it to be. he was attractive, charming and far too into the chase for his own good. that's definitely how the two of them had eventually collided way back when.

but that's not why axel is here now. he's here because on damn near every mission so far someone has been on the brink of death and on two out of three? he was one of them. if link was feeling something because of that? axel could be here for him. that's why he's pushing through the door, finding his way to that bedroom and standing at the edge of the bed, watching the son of the sun carefully.

"hey."

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[ @duckandash ] gods,  he  was  fucking  exhausted  and  tired  of  the  bullshit  that  some  of  these  demigods  just  seemed  to  have  to  sputter  out.  egos  and  pride  ;  blah  blah  blah  —  lincoln  was  learning  what  teamwork  meant  here  and  to  build  his  own  connections  and  fuck  the  rest.  it's  why  he  reached  out  to  axel,  he'd  been  meaning  to  reach  out  to  him  for  weeks  but  how  do  you  even  start  something  after  being  asked  to  leave  the  other  alone  because  he  reminded  him  of  home.

  but  with  death  so  imminent,  lincoln  knew  he  craved  for  a  sweet  escape  and  waited  in  his  bed  for  the  one  person  who  truly  knew  him  to  arrive.

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it's  wild  how  everything  settles  in  and  that  threads  of  divinity  seemed  to  tie  together  without  any  of  these  people  ever  really  even  knowing  it.  "  crazy,  huh.  "  lincoln  repeated  himself,  how  own  mind  couldn't  get  over  seeing  his  freshmen  year  roommate  in  this  moment  after  a  decade  apart.  when  axel  graduated,  link  transferred  to  usc  and  hadn't  been  back  to  san  diego  since.

  "  yeah,  whatever.  shoot.  "  link  listened  to  the  other's  appeal  and  it  hit  him  right  in  the  heart.  did  the  other  want  to  forget  everything  of  a  world  that  nourished  them  all?  "  i  don't  think  i  complicate  anything,  axel.  "  he  chimed  in,  eyes  settling  in  on  a  man  who  he  had  only  known  for  a  blimp  in  his  life  so  long  ago.

  "  i  don't  know  what  you  expect  me  to  say  as  though  i  had  this  incredible  fucking  life  and  left  it  to  come  here.  "  his  words  were  transparent  back.  "  you  follow  me  on  social  media,  you've  seen  what  kind  of  mess  i  tend  to  get  myself  into.  " the  son  of  helios  thought  back  to  his  children  ;  they  were  probably  better  off  to  think  that  he  had  died  anyway  with  how  absent  he  had  been  their  entire  lives. 

"hey-woah-linc-hey!"

the squawk that comes out of axel was downright embarrassing as he was picked up but, honestly, that was so busy trying to wrap his head around what the hell the fates were playing at with all of this that he couldn't tell if he was dizzy from thinking of from link. he was just happy he was put down before he had to ask for it.

thankfully the darkness could hide the eye roll about the bouldering. "helios..." he repeated, his face scrunching. there's some strange irony here. the night after having a falling out with the demigod of the moon, someone from his past shows up claiming to be the demigod of the sun.

"lincoln... link." god, it was weird to be talking to this man again. it's been years and he's feeling all kinds of things and he wished he could say all of them were bad but. "I'm just gonna keep it real transparent with you right now, alright? when I got that same message you did? I was fucking ecstatic 'cause I thought I didn't have to think about anything from before coming here ever again. so I'm a little off tilt right now 'cause you being here complicates that."

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[ @sonsofjustice ] the  other  was  skillful  ;  a  quick  maneuver  and  lincoln  was  flat  on  his  ass  and  wolfram  had  him  pinned.  tapping  himself  out,  they  do  of  them  had  been  tied  now  and  this  would  be  the  tiebreaker.  it  had  been  thirty  minutes  of  them  grappling,  the  skill  useful  while  they  were  out  battling  and  worth  getting  better  at  as  they  continued  to  punch  leagues  above  their  weight  class.

  without  any  weapons,  they  only  had  their  strength,  athletics,  and  dexterity  to  rely  on.  lincoln  went  for  the  legs  first  as  a  feint  and  quickly  spun  himself  around  and  pinned  the  other  with  his  body  collapsed  tightly  against  the  son  of  nemesis  waiting  for  him  to  tap  out.

  "  come  on,  wolfram.  i  fucking  got  you,  just  give  up  already.  "

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he  lifts  the  other  up  and  twirls  him  around  in  a  brutish  bear  hug,  spinning  him  as  he  rests  his  face  against  the  other's  in  an  vibrant  display  of  emotions  before  lincoln  feels  the  panging  reminder  of  what  axel  meant  to  him  and  what  followed  in  his  aftermath  and  wake.

  placing  him  down  back  on  the  ground,  lincoln  cleared  his  throat  and  laughed  a  little  to  reset  the  interaction.  "  you  know,  some  fucking  dude  came  to  me  while  i  was  bouldering  and  said  i  was  the  son  of  the  fucking  sun.  helios.  wild  shit.  "  he  let  out  a  sharp  exhale,  the  thought  still  was  so  baffling  to  him.

  "  why,  does  this  mean  you  here  cause  of  that  too?  that's  un-fucking-believable?  who  would've  ever  thought,  huh.  "  lincoln  was  trying  to  lean  into  warmth  of  the  moment.  knowing  how  susceptible  everyone  in  his  life  had  been  to  the  flames,  link  tried  to  find  the  balance  but  never  could  get  it  right.

"uh huh." axel said absentmindedly, not thinking much of it. he hadn't seen this particular guy around camp yet. that was weird, given the amount of time he'd been here but time schedules and such could allow for such a thing. he didn't think too much of it.

he didn't at first, at least. until the man say his name. because no matter how much he was trying to leave his past behind him, he couldn't ever forget that voice saying his name.

"lin...coln?" he drew out the name not because he didn't remember it but because he was almost afraid to say it. like if he manifested one person, everyone else from san diego and beyond would suddenly come out of the bushes. "what the hell are you doing here?"

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lincoln  helped  the  other  up  as  he  leaned  back  and  pulled  to  get  the  other  to  stand.  "  i  guess  with  all  this  new  power  shit,  hard  to  know  your  own  strength  sometimes.  " he  kept  himself  honest,  giving  a  pat  to  the  other's  shoulder  as  though  to  dust  him  off  from  the  collision.

  "  wait.  "  link  nearly  froze  in  his  tracks  as  he  finally  got  a  decent  look  at  the  other  and  it  was  like  he  was  catapaulted  to  a  decade  ago  when  he  first  was  at  san  diego  state  university.

  "  axel  fucking  correa,  is  that  you?  "  his  voice  raised,  humming  even  as  he  looked  at  the  other  in  both  incredible  surprise  and  elation  if  it  was  indeed  who  he  thought  it  was.

axel had spend a lot of his day studying instead of training and exercising so he had some excess energy to burn. the newly awakened son of hermes learned the hard way that he had to do get a certain level of exhaustion or he'd suffer from horrible bouts of insomnia. since he couldn't see in the dark and wasn't _that_ good of friends with any of the guys who had gyms in their cabins, long and fast runs around camp were his best option at night.

he'd already tuckered himself out and was simply cooling off before calling it and heading back to his cabin when he'd ran into the demigod equivalent of a mac truck. axel cursed silently as he shook it off and laughed at question. "yeah, no, it's totally normal to almost get a concussion by running into a guy's chest."

he did push aside his own annoyance to take the offered hand, though.

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Lincoln  often  knew  better  but  there  was  something  about  being  in  a  new  space  that  made  him  a  ferocity  to  scorch  and  burn  everything  in  his  wake.  His  eyes  caught  the  other,  nearly  eight  inches  taller  then  him  as  he  placed  a  hand  on  the  man's  shoulder  and  gave  it  a  squeeze.  "  That's  some  bullshit,  man.  this  place  is  getting  worse  and  worse  by  the  minute.  "

  Link  gestured  the  man  forward  but  kept  in  time  with  him  as  he  naturally  attempted  to  lead  the  other  toward  the  food  as  he  planted  a  hand  over  the  other's  shoulder  as  he  naturally  would  to  any  stranger  for  the  sake  of  asserting  himself  into  other  people's  life  without  any  hesitation.

  "  Well,  damn.  i  guess  the  no  women  thing  would  be  a  problem  if  i  hadn't  learned  some  very  key  things  during  college.  " 

  Another  glance  over  to  the  man,  seeing  if  he  could  get  the  other  even  a  tiny  bit  hot  and  bothered.  There  was  such  a  beauty  to  the  art  of  seduction  and  persuasion  and  Link  loved  the  fucking  chase.

First note, dude was hot.

Not like, normal hot, but the kind of hot that permeated, that went beyond the physical. The kind of hot that glowed, like a hot stove luring one to touch, despite fully knowing better.

So, Simon just slid past the figure in the doorway, to nod and lead him further inside.

"Oh, they didn't tell you?" One lie, cocked and loaded. "The ladies' village is across the lake. There's mixers and shit, but good luck if you get caught." He shifted his shoulders, sniffed, did his best to appear natural while giggling and kicking on the inside. "Virgin goddesses and all that shit."

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wow,  this  place  was  truly  something  else.

  lincoln  absolutely  hated  that  there  were  no  women  here.  sure,  there  were  nymphs  but,  something  about  them  had  him  worried  that  they'd  cast  something  evil  against  him  for  his  usual  antics.  so  instead,  he  decided  to  go  for  a  little  nighttime  jog  to  help  clear  his  mind.  he'd  have  to  find  himself  a  gym  or  something  because  he  felt  like  he  wasn't  himself  if  he  didn't  have  a  place  to  lift,  throw,  or  toss  something  heavy  around. 

  without  skipping  a  beat,  link  turned  a  corner  and  slammed  himself  —  hard  into  a  stranger.  "  yo,  buddy.  get  up.  i  didn't  hit  you  that  hard,  did  i?  "  he  hadn't  thought  it,  but  the  man  was  like  a  brick  wall.  lincoln  offered  a  hand,  slightly  peeved  that  the  other  could  be  so  careless.  [ @duckandash ]

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lincoln  wasn't  expecting  to  find  someone  that  reminded  him  of  one  of  his  best  buddies  at  home  ;  gruffly  slapped  together  with  tattoos  and  a  howl  in  him  that  helped  the  mundane  nature  of  life  feel  a  little  more  lively. 

finding  himself  a  six  pack  of  beer  from  the  mess  hall,  link  opened  up  his  cabin  to  greyson  for  them  to  hang  out  and  just  shoot  the  shit  to  be  and  exist  without  having  to  worry  about  all  the  other  shit  that  plagued  them. 

he  was  certain  that  things  would  bubble  up  ;  the  man  looked  agitated  and  annoyed  often,  but  for  now  he'd  focus  on  just  relaxing.

"  here.  "  lincoln  tossed  over  a  can  to  greyson  as  he  headed  over  to  the  living  area  that  was  filled  with  bronze,  gold,  and  orange  motifs  of  the  sun.  "  this  shit  is  so  crazy,  i  can't  believe  i'm  fuckin'  here.  " [ @wxldhxrt ]

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it  had  been  a  single  day  and  lincoln  still  wasn't  sure  why  he  agreed  to  something  so  radically  unbelievable.  he  hadn't  drank  shit,  he  hadn't  prayed  to  no  one  but  he  was  supposedly  the  son  of  a  primordial  god  of  the  sun?  who  the  fuck  was  helios  even,  anyway?

  link  was  never  one  who  could  feel  his  feelings  so  vibrantly  and  found  his  way  through  it  by  running  viciously  and  pushing  his  body  to  its  limits  to  force  him  to  feel  the  exertion  then  his  buzzing  mind.

  after  an  hour  of  kicking  his  own  ass,  the  sun  still  had  barely  begun  its  rise  and  the  man  couldn't  help  but  laugh  at  the  irony  of  trying  to  escape  something  so  ever  present.  so  instead,  lincoln  would  head  to  his  cabin  roof  and  strip  himself  bare  to  enjoy  some  time  sunbathing  as  he  would  often  do  at  home.

  however,  these  days  some  of  these  cabins  looked  incredibly  familiar  and  somehow  he  ended  up  atop  apollo's. [ @godling-jesse ]

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life  could  just  hit  someone  right  in  the  nuts  at  any  time  and  then  they  would  be  gripping  onto  a  fucking  flying  horses'  mane  with  a  handful  of  personal  items  when  being  offered  an  opportunity  to  learn  about  that  feeling  that  pestered  you  your  whole  damn  life.  you  weren't  sure  why  but  people  gravitated  towards  you  and  things  seemed  to  always  work  out  —  well,  until  they  didn't.

  three  seriously  failed  relationships,  two  spawns  later  and  lincoln  was  a  thirty-one  year  old  who  seemingly  had  it  all  and  still  had  nothing  to  show  for  it.  a  successful  company  ;  clout  and  social  prestige  but,  everything  in  front  of  him  seemed  to  incinerate  as  soon  as  people  passed  a  threshold.

  after  dropping  his  things,  lincoln  briefly  took  a  look  around  and  mostly  saw  a  male-dominated  camp  and  he  groaned  thinking  that  there  seemed  to  be  skewed.

  "  where  the  fuck  are  all  the  women?  "  lincoln  groaned  while  entering  the  mess  hall,  hoping  perhaps  they  were  all  in  the  kitchen  cooking  or  something  that'd  explain  this  fiasco.  [  @abrakabullshlt  ]

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matthew  noszka,  bisexual,  he  +  his,  fighter  «—◦—→  well  met,  lincoln  nementz!  the  godling  born  child  of  helios.  it’s  been  31  years  and  now  they  have  answered  the  song  in  their  veins.  can  he  here  change  the  course  of  history  with  their  allure,  craftiness,  and  daring?  or  will  their  cockiness,  salacity,  or  obstinacy  hinder  them?  only  time  will  tell  before  this  godling’s  name  is  sung  into  myth  and  legend!

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𝐅𝐔𝐋𝐋 𝐍𝐀𝐌𝐄.    lincoln nementz 𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀𝐒.     link 𝐀𝐆𝐄.     31 𝐆𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐑 & 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐍𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐒.     cis male & he / him 𝐎𝐑𝐈𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.     bisexual 𝐒𝐏𝐄𝐂𝐈𝐄𝐒.     demigod ( son of helios )  𝐎𝐂𝐂𝐔𝐏𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.     ceo of rayz (solar energy company)

𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄

𝐇𝐀𝐈𝐑.     dark blonde 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒.     brown 𝐇𝐄𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓.     6'2 / 191.99 cm 𝐁𝐔𝐈𝐋𝐃.     athletic 𝐒𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐒.     left palm directly under his thumb 𝐓𝐀𝐓𝐓𝐎𝐎𝐒.    a tattoo that says leo in script on his right rib  𝐏𝐈𝐄𝐑𝐂𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.     earrings 𝐅𝐀𝐂𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐀𝐈𝐌.     matthew noszka

𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘

𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐆𝐍𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓.     chaotic neutral 𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒.     alluring, crafty, and daring 𝐍𝐄𝐆𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐓𝐒.     cocky, salacious, and obstinate  𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐁𝐈𝐄𝐒.     olympic weightlifting, rock climbing, gardening, and optimizing his sleep schedule

𝐌𝐄𝐃𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐎𝐑𝐃

𝐌𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐀𝐋.     bold and unwavering 𝐏𝐇𝐘𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐀𝐋.     at its peak 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐁𝐈𝐀𝐒.     afraid of nothing 𝐄𝐘𝐄𝐒𝐈𝐆𝐇𝐓.     20/20 𝐃𝐎𝐌𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐍𝐓 𝐇𝐀𝐍𝐃.     right 𝐃𝐑𝐔𝐆 𝐔𝐒𝐄.    dabbles 𝐀𝐋𝐂𝐎𝐇𝐎𝐋 𝐔𝐒𝐄.     yes 𝐃𝐈𝐄𝐓.     carnivore

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𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐍𝐓𝐒.     helios ( biological father ) , diesel and tawny nementz ( parents ) 𝐒𝐈𝐁𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒.     mercedes, ford, and genesis ( biological siblings ) 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍.    austin (11 year old son) and tatiana ( 7 year old daughter ) 𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐒.     none 𝐄𝐃𝐔𝐂𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍.     bachelor’s of arts in business from university of southern california. 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐀𝐁𝐋𝐄 𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒.     loves to smoke meat, somehow is beloved by mothers, and placed tenth in his weight class for the 2022 weight lifting championships.

𝐁𝐈𝐎𝐆𝐑𝐀𝐏𝐇𝐘

- icarus, icarus, icarus. two childern ; two baby mommas. never sees them. $$$ cow. cocky pos ? cocky pos

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