Chapter 1: "You know your my favorite, right?"
Summary:
#16
Solangelo
Chapter Text
"Will?"
Will looks up from his desk. Nico stands in the doorway, arm bleeding, please-don't-hurt-me expression on his face.
"Nico!"
"Sorry!"
Will sighs again but grabs a roll of bandages and stands, walks Nico to an infirmary cot and gets to work. It's quiet, at least for a while.
"You know your my favourite, right?"
Nicos voice is small. Will has to grin.
"I know. Its pretty obvious by the way you ask for me everytime your in here"
Its Nicos turn to grin.
"Its that obvious?"
And now their both giggling as Will finishes wrapping Nicos arm.
"Thanks"
"Welcome, Death boy"
Chapter 2: "Im the last person you should come to for a diplomat. Im terrible at diplomacy"
Summary:
#30
Reyna & Thalia
Chapter Text
"You want me to what?"
Thalia stares at Reyna, who has the audacity to shrug as if its no big deal.
"It wont be that bad"
Thalia scoffs
"Its your sister. It will be that bad. Really, Im the last person you should come to for a diplomat. Im terrible at diplomacy"
Reyna shrugs again, but she's smiling this time.
"Im not asking you to be a diplomat. You can leave all the talking to me. All you have to do is stand there and look scary."
Thalia blinks, once, twice. Reyna stares at her- a question.
"Well why didnt you say so?"
Thalia stands.
"Lets go intimidate some Amazons"
Reyna punches her on the shoulder.
"Knew you'd come around"
Chapter 3: "You didnt call, didnt text. Nothing" "maybe im meant to be alone"
Summary:
#4 & 6
Solangelo
Chapter Text
"Hey, remember that time when you vanished out of Camp Half-Blood? During the prophecy?"
Will looks over at Nico, who's flopped on the bed next to him on the bed in the Hades cabin.
Nico chews his lip. Will has to resist the urge to pull it out.
"Yeah?"
Will looks back up at the ceiling.
"I remember cause we were gettin' on real well and the suddenly one day you just up and vanished. I'd given you my phone number nut you didnt call, didnt text. Nothin'. And that left me super confused."
Nicos hand Fidgets with the bedsheets.
"Yeah, well its a but hard to get reception in a bronze jar. No air, no wifi, no water-"
He says it conversationally, but Will nearly falls off the bed anyway. He wants to interrupt so badly, but let's Nico keep talking.
"-and then I got busy saving the world while battling my own head, the voices that kept saying maybe im meant to be alone"
Wills hand finds Nicos ans squeezes it. I'm Here, he tries to communicate with it. Nico looks down at their hands, pale olive against tan and smiles softly.
Squeezes back.
Chapter 4
Summary:
#11 Jercy- You promised you wouldn't be reckless this time
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
Jercy #11 - “You promised me that you wouldn’t be reckless this time.”
"Where is he?!"
Jason runs round another tree, desperately looking for Percy
"Where is he?!"
"He's here somewhere, Jason, relax!"
Hazel, the only person as fast a Jason, but also the only one who can keep a level head, runs beside him and checks to her left.
"I would relax if he hadn't been gone for five hours, Hazel."
They round another corner, skidding to a stop outside a cave
"Can you-"
"On it"
Hazel concentrates for a second, then shakes her head.
"No-one in there"
They take off again
~*~
"Jason! Oof! Woah!"
Percy seems surprised as Jason immediately envelopes him in a hug
Hazel sighs, turning to call Annabeth on one of Leo's demigod-safe cellphones.
Jason finally releases Percy, but keeps his hands on Percy's shoulders.
"Hey. You okay?"
Percy reaches up to press two fingers against Jason's forehead.
"You look stressed. 's not good for you."
"You promised me you wouldn't be reckless this time!"
Percy sighs, pulling his hand back down to rub his face.
Jason misses the contact instantly, but he forces himself to concentrate on the moment.
"I know- but-"
"No buts! You promised!"
"I know, and I'm sorry. I wasn't thinking strait-"
"You're never thinking strait"
"Hah, hah. Very funny. Seriously. I'm sorry."
"You know Cabin 1 is always open- heck, your sleeping in it half the time!"
Percy huffs a little, then leans forward and wraps his arms around Jason again, burying his face in Jason's chest.
"You weren't there. Needed to get out, somewhere where no-one would find me."
Jason relaxes a little.
"Alright, it's okay. I forgive you. Now I know where to check if you vanish again, yeah?"
~*~
Notes:
I don't even know what Percy did. Don't ask.
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Chapter 5: "Trust is for kids"/"I love you and it terrifies me"
Summary:
#35 and #37
Solangelo
Chapter Text
Will eases himself down next to Nico, then leans his head back and sighs.
Nico stares dead ahead, fighting sleep.
He knows he's safe here, in camp, knows that his friends want him to be happy, but-
But the nightmares. They keep coming back.
Will starts humming something. The tune sounds vaguely familiar, and the melody winds around him and tugs on his eyelids.
No. He can't fall asleep now. He won't give Hypnos and his mother that satisfaction.
Flashes of the bronze jar resurface, of the terrors he saw in Tartarus, but he shoves them away.
Trust is for kids, he thinks. Trust isn't something I can afford anymore.
Nico glances over at Will, just to distract himself.
He's got his head leaning back against the wall, hands resting on his knees. He's close than Nico thought he was, arms almost against each other.
The sun is apparently also getting into the game of trying to remind Nico of what he can't have, illuminating Will like a fucking deity or some sort.
His eyes slide shut again, but he blinks them open.
Not here.
Not now.
The arena slowly empties of all people, and yet Nico is too tired to move. Will doesn't either, simply doing nothing but hum that soft, lilting melody.
And finally, Nico gives in, and lets his head drop forward.
~*~
Will smiles a little to himself when Nico's head finally droops and his eyes slide shut.
Okay, maybe using a sleeping melody from Apollo is kinda cheating, but Death Boy needs the sleep.
He plants on hand on the ground, getting ready to get up and carry the sleeping boy to his cabin, when something hits his shoulder and he freezes.
Because Nico's just tipped over in his sleep to rest his head on Wills shoulder.
It wasn't meant to go like this, Will thinks as a strawberry flush brushes his check.
He glances down, careful not to disturb Nico, and a small smile tugs on his lips at Nico's peaceful face, almost angelic in rest.
But maybe it's better this way.
It's selfish, he knows, but with Nico? Will would take every blessing he could get.
I love you, he thinks, I love you and it terrifies me.
Because Will would let the world end before he hurt Nico- Nico, his frame too thin and small to contain all his grief and trauma and scars, Nico, who should be laughing and doing stupid things that 15-year-olds do, not falling asleep in a battle arena from exhaustion caused by a lifetime of fighting and running and loss.
Will wants Nico to be happy. And that's why loving him is so scary. Because what if he screws up? What if Nico doesn't want him in his life? What if his traitorous heart is what drives them apart, hurting them both in the process? What if, what if, what if?
Will sighs, resting his head on top of Nico's, letting himself enjoy the moment.
After all, he doesn't know what the future holds. And why worry about it when he has this little moment, right now?