A/N: Het smut ahoy! Yes, there's good old m/m because I couldn't ignore the siren call of the boys doing boys, but het managed to sneak itself in there. I have no idea where this came from, I just started writing and there it was. I know I've been wanting to write a story wherein Psyche is treated with the respect I think she deserves, considering what a large part she plays in Cupid's life in mythology. I'm hoping this does that intention justice.

I owe a huge amount of thanks to Candace on this one. If she hadn't suggested a rewrite, this story wouldn't be nearly as good as I like to think it is now. A couple of the lines near the end of the story are hers and I expanded on a few ideas she had for other parts of the story.

Many thanks also to Darkamber for hunting down the bad grammar/missing words/typos not once, but twice, on two different versions of this story. There'd be some strange looking sentences here without her assistance.

Any remaining mistakes are entirely my responsibility.

Pairing(s): Cupid/Strife, Cupid/Psyche/Strife

Warnings: NC-17, m/m and m/f.

Waking From Silence