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Calypso having to catch up with a lot of old things she was familiar with looking different now and Apollo's selective ignorance on things he should know are a phenomenal combo tbh

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Caleo Headcanons

Caleo open their mechanics shop(as they'd said).

The shop gets called 'Ogygia Mechanics'. (Idk creative names I'm sorry).

It becomes a demigod pitstop.

Any and all demigods on quests can come and rest or hide from monsters there (that happens more often that you'd think).

They fix up the demigods and send them on their way with more supplies than what they had.

Calypso does all this while balancing school. Leo doesn't literally go to school but studies with Calypso.

He masters all the subjects quickly. He's a very fast learner.

The only subject he doesn't care about is Literature. He thinks it's boring.

Calypso used to get mad at him about it but she has long given up. Let Leo study whatever he wants.

Their friends are all very proud of Leo and Calypso.

Then, they live happily ever after! Or do they? Just kidding, though I can only hope they live happily ever after.

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some calypso for the heart 

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So, this morning I noticed this recent Hypable article, which was also featured on the readriordan website. Long story short, it talks about which riordanverse characters should get their own standalone novels (Nico is of course a very popular choice, no news there), but I specifically liked what it said about Leo/Caleo and the state of their relationship.

I know this author is not Rick and I know it’s just pure speculation, but ugh, do I agree with her? Yes. I’ve already said it 1234 times but the way ToN left things vague left me with a bitter taste in my mouth. There is still so much we could and should see about this couple and instead of developing them RR only backtracked with them and I feel they deserve some kind of closure. The potential is definitely there, if only RR knew how to use it. (In other words, I both want that book and don’t want it because given what happened in ToA I’m worried he’d only make it even worse. But if he finally decides to sort it out, then I’m all for it.)

Well, at least fanfics exist… 

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Mommy!Calypso small fic (it is influenced by "Experiment on me", "Hurricane" and "Control" - Halsey)

⚠️Warning: sensitive themes, like baby loss, are explicitly showed. If it makes you feel bad, I recommend you not to read. Thank you.

Basic informations first:

Calypso is, in The Odissey, a mother. She have, with Odisseus, 3 boys. This is important;

None of her kids is mentioned by Rick. So, basically, they could easily be taken by Odisseus when he got away;

Following this idea, Calypso already lost 3 kids by the next events

"Calypso had a kid. A baby boy. Hers and Leo's. Sitting on that sofa, late at night, she just couldn't believe that she was a mother once again.

'He's pretty cute, hum?' Leo looked at his baby, named Miguel. 'He have your eyes'

'But he's a mini-you, after all' She stared at that child wrapped around a cover she herself had made. The bit of curled hair on Miguel's head, a bit lighter than his father's. But the same small nose, the same lips, not as full as hers, the same pointy ears. 'He's perfect'

'He sure is.' The demigod looked at his girlfriend and Calypso returned the stare.

She knew she wasn't 100%; she felt her hair in a loose lace, the front on her eyes. The white dress had some stains; near her breasts, down her womb. Some of milk, some of blood, some of liquids she was still putting out. She wanted to go and take another shower, but right now that wasn't important.

Her boy was.

'Hey guys, how you doi--' The couple raised their looks at the TV room's door. Apollo, with Lityerses and Jo by each of his side, stopped instantly when he saw the kid sleeping in Calypso's arms. 'What is this?'

'He's here.' Leo smiled, getting up and closer to the god. 'He finally is bor--'

'You knew it?' Apollo interrupted Leo, looking at Calypso. 'You... You knew it?'

Calypso didn't responded. She just wrapped her baby closer to her chest. Leo looked at her, then at Apollo. Jo seamed to notice something wrong, but Lit was still a bit confused.

'Of course she did?' Leo answered, letting out a dry chuckle and raising his hands, pointing at the two people behind him. 'She... Pushed him out. For, like, hours. How can she not know he was born--'

'Leo, stop' Calypso murmured.

'I'm not talking about the birth' Apollo was different. He was rude, in defensive; scared. 'I'm talking bout what was birthed--'

'My son' Calypso answered, not looking up. 'I gave birth to my son--'

'THIS IS A TITAN!' The sun god screamed, pointing with his arms in Calypso and Miguel's directions. 'THIS IS THE PROBLEM! A TITAN!'

'A... Titan?' Leo looked confused. He stared at the nymph with the baby. She looked smaller. 'H-how?'

'How you think?' Apollo sounded a bit ironic. 'Have never passed your mind that, maybe, a goddess and a demigod could have a... Devine baby? I thought you were good at maths'

'But... She's a mortal' Leo chuckle again, searching for something realistic. 'She's not a goddess anymore'

'A nymph is still a type of goddess.' Jo said. She was now in the middle of the room, maybe to stop anything that could start. 'A mortal kind. And... Calypso is a titan. A titan nymph, a titan mortal goddess'

'And you knew that?' He stared at his foster mom, turning to Calypso. 'Do you... Knew it could happen?'

'I knew' Calypso spoke, her voice cracked, her head down. Her face wasn't visible. 'I knew it was happening inside me. I knew it.'

'Why... Didn't you tell me?' Leo didn't sounded mad. He stepped down on his knees, holding her face with his both hands. 'Why you didn't told me bout our baby? I wouldn't be mad or anything. I just... It doesn't make sense to me.'

'I didn't wanted to loose another baby' She murmured, almost impossible to understand. 'I didn't wanted him to be taken too...'

Leo didn't responded. He hugged her, taking care with his son's small body. He knew bout Calypso's past. She told him, it were on books. It was just different to see all that baggage reflecting on her for the first big time.

'That's okay, that's okay, I'm here, no one is taking our baby away...'

'I wouldn't be that sure...' Apollo said, walking into the nearest chair and sitting.

Calypso raised her eyes, fear on them. She just couldn't believe she heared it.

'What?' She moved on her place, making Leo get a sit by her side, ready to take the baby from her hands. 'What do you mean by that?'

'My father can be scared of him.' He pointed to Miguel. 'He could send some gods to take this new titan. Just to don't risk anythi--'

'He's a baby.' Calypso gave her son to Leo, who wrapped him and held close to his chest, like Calypso had done. Jo walked in his direction while the nymph stood up. 'What ~risk~ he could mean to Zeus?'

'I--I mean' Apollo stuttered. 'Not that I follow his mind or his ideas--'

'You sound very hypocritical while saying that right after screaming at my baby, his father and me'

'Well, I was scared!' The god sunk on to the chair, raising his hands. The air around Calypso looked heavier, more visible. 'It is a titan, after all! Titans normally wants to kill me!'

'A baby! Do you know what it means?' She got closer. Calypso just wasn't open to acceptance. She didn't wanted to know. One hand raised in Apollo's direction, to other strongly closed. 'You were scared by a... Sleeping baby?! How can that scary Zeus?!'

Apollo got up, taking a few steps back.

'Calypso, calm down--'

'NO!' She screamed. Wind spirits rushing all around. Calypso could her Jo asking her to stop and Lityerses calling Apollo. 'YOU WILL NOT TAKE MY BABY FROM ME AGAIN! I WON'T LET YOU OR YOUR FATHER DO IT!'

'OKAY!' Apollo told her back, raising his hands. The wind slowed down and Calypso started to feel tired. 'Okay, Calypso, okay, o one will take your baby--'

'Promise. Promises me' She asked, looking straight into his eyes. 'Swear for my sister's name; swear for the River Stynx'

'I-I swear for the River Stynx' He answered. 'Gods, Calypso, I-I'm sorry, but don't do it again. Please'

She stopped, her mind coming back to normal. She looked around: everything was a mess. People were scared of the fight, scared of her. Calypso felt her legs trembling, her body getting tired, her mind running out, her vison getting dark.

Her body falling down.

She woke up clean, in her bedroom's bed. Leo was by her side, holding Miguel and singing some lullaby she didn't recognized.

'What?...'

'Good morning, Sunshine' Leo smiled at her.

'W-what happened?' She tried to get up, being stopped by a strong headache. 'Ouch! My head hurts. Leo, what happened to me? I... Had some type of... Fight with Apollo, I remember that. But... How did I got here?'

'Me, Jo and Emmie took you here.' He changed his arms that where holding the baby, shaking from one side to the other. 'They cleaned you, changed you. I took care of this little buddy and you all the time after the shower. Are you okay now?'

Calypso lookd at the sheets. She felt bad for her reaction. She knew Apollo didn't mean to be rude or bad or offensive. But she just couldn't hold herself.

She also reacted out of fear.

'I'm sorry' Calypso murmured, not looking up. 'I'm sorry for what happened, you must be scared of me--'

'Why would I?' Leo smiled, taking her chin with one hand, holding the baby with the other. 'You protected me, and my baby. Our baby. I would have done the same, in your position.'

'No, Leo, you don't understand--'

'I do.' He looked at her deeply. 'They took my mother from me. They took my friends. They took my childhood, my teenager years. They took me, even tho I escaped them.' Leo's eyes were strong, hurted. Not even close to that glowing look he always have up, no, a more adult feeling on them this time. 'If you didn't had reacted, I would do. I'm not gonna let them hurt me anymore, and this includes not hurting you and not hurting this small one. No need to say sorry for that, I'm fine.'

Calypso couldn't belive. She let herself fall back on the bed, looking at the ceiling.

'But what about ny powers? They have not been like... That, after we got out of Ogigya. That didn't scared you?'

'Well, kind of, but not in a traumatizing style.' He put Miguel down on the bed, between them. 'And also, I almost put the bedroom in flames when we first had sex, and you still by my side, even after years of the same accident happening times to times. That's no big deal to us, being in between scaring situations, hum?'

'You really compared me bringing spirits to the TV room in the intention to kill a god to us having sex?' Calypso smiled sideways, looking at Leo.

'Not to us having sex, but me almost killing you during sex. See? Alike situations.'

'No, they're not'

'Yeah, they are, but you are tired, your mind isn't 100% yet to see it' He laughed. Calypso pushed him from his knees, not hiding her big smile.

'Okay, gimme the baby, I have to feed him.' Leo helped her to get up, passing Miguel to his mother as soon as possible. It wasn't hard for her to breastfeed after so many time, but surely a but strange. Calypso was happy to be at that position once again. 'Thank you for understanding me. I don't know, I just felt like you would be mad and... I don't know.'

'That's fine, Calie. That's okay.' Leo got closer to her, looking at the baby. 'Everything is going to be fine, all the three of us will be fine. No one is going to hurt us anymore. Right, mijo?' He played with the baby's chin.

Calypso let out a small laugh.

'I hope so' She stared at the world outside the window, the sun coming in, ignoring the clouds that tried to hide it. 'I do hope so'"

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Saw this recently and thought it would be funny to do :)

Caleo/Leo/Calypso headcannons (winter edition):

Leo is warm. His body is warmer than the normal, sometimes being mistaken by a small fever

Calypso, on the other hand, is cold. She literally can't keep herself in a warm condition, no matter what

That's why Leo's always trying to keep her warm with coats and sweaters during winter, keeping an eye on his cold-cold girlfriend

He also holds her hands in his and hug her more often, so she can be warm enough

Calypso wasn't scared, but sure surprised to see snow for the first time

She would watch it falling from Waystation's big windows, pointing it out and following everything turning white

Leo, otherwise, isn't a big snow fan. It melts under his feet, so it isn't that funny for him

They sleep together under 3 covers, but Calypso slowly take them out one by one cuz "Damn, you're too hot!"

She also gets small colds during all the winter. It isn't rare to see her sniffing and with a red nose

Leo likes to take Festus in flights during this time. People are more inside their homes, so he doesn't need to worry with them looking at the mechanical dragon flying around

And Festus now don't need to worry bout his head freezing anymore, so he just open his wings and let the wind blowing on them

Leo and Calypso spent the week days taking care of foster kids. They bring food, water and covers to them and Leo just feels happy to be the light no one was for him, when he was by himself

Calypso doesn't understand what "Christmas" is, and when Leo explains it to her, she just can't understand why he celebrates it

"Cuz, Sunshine, Christmas is about love and family too. And now that I have both again, I'm more than excited to commemorate it"

Emmie and Jo do the food. Leo tries to help, but they won't let him in on the kitchen

So he just does what he can: sits on the TV room with Apollo, Lityerses, Georgie and Calypso to watch Christmas movies

Calypso loves the tree. And the lights. And the animals and angels hanging on it. She touch them every now and then just to be sure it's not a dream

Everyone eats together, on the TV room. They talk, laugh and play games until midnight, when Georgie starts to scream and jump for the gifts

Calypso gives them flowers that are still growing. In pretty vases she herself did

But for Leo, she gives a moonlace pendant, one of the most important flowers she have; the few one she brought from Ogigya

Leo, otherwise, gives her a ring made with celestial bronze with the gem he kept when he got back to her. No a weeding ring, a date ring; a memorial ring

That night, looking at the snow falling outside, under the same cover, they felt asleep in each other's arms. A part of their past in their hands and necks

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I had to crop the original pic because tumblr couldn’t handle its awesomeness, but anyway, I wanted to share the lovely art the birthday girl @criis55 / @criis-art made for my birthday last month! Caleo in the wintery scene! ♥ Could even go pretty well together with my latest TWLIFT chapters because it’s December in them. 

Do not repost without permission! Otherwise I will find you >:(

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"An Oath to keep with a final breath."

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Leo Valdez is my fave, he deserves the world 😌

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Calypso

And I know no one will save me

I just need someone to kiss

Give me one good honest kiss

And I’ll be alright

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Leo Valdez, y'all.

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I don’t really follow racing of any kind, so my apologies on the very limited knowledge on the topic, but I just learned that today a race called Indy 500, which apparently is a really big racing event, is organized in Indianapolis. Well, you know which fictional characters live in Indianapolis (both in canon and in my fic)? Leo and Calypso. And you know who loves machines of all kinds (cars included)? Leo Valdez. And I’m now convinced that he’d take Calypso to watch that some time. Calypso may not be super enthusiastic about it at first but I like to think that once she gets into it, she gets /into/ it. As in, she’ll be cheering even louder than Leo in the end.

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And it's here! Took me almost a month, and a lot of time, but here it is :) a bit more of Caleo to our part of the fandom

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Do we think Leo gave Calypso a little notebook to write down things she needed to try or watch now that she was free from the island like the one Steve Rogers had in the MCU?

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Okay, so I have to write some caleo headcanons. 

They actually had to take a ‘break’ some time after being together, because they realised that they hadn’t even figured themselves out yet, and they couldn’t end up becoming like 100% dependent on the other. 

After 2-3 months they got back together though, and yeah, they kinda hit it off.

Calypso is 2 inches taller than Leo. None of them care though, just mentioning it.

Calypso loves painting Leo’s nails, and actually, his hands look more feminine than hers do. So at least once a week, Calypso paints his nails, always adding some really small and beautiful designs. But, honestly, he rocks every colour.

Calypso has a talent in painting nails, and similarly, Leo could legit become a makeup artist. The first time he tried it on Calypso was a dare, but it ended up even better than good, so whenever there’s a special event, not just her, but a few people from the Aphrodite Cabin ask him to do their makeup.

Whenever Calypso takes ambrosia or nectar, she taste’s Leo’s tofu tacos, because they’re so good.

Both of them are pros at cooking, have them cook a meal together and it will be the best thing you’ve ever tasted.

Okay, but while Leo’s asleep sometimes Calypso likes to just braid moonlace into his hair and it looks so good akjhwjql.

Leo’s a cuddler so whenever he gets really bad nightmares he just cuddles Calypso and she doesn’t mind at all, and they’re so cute together uwu.

Calypso is really really fast at learning new things. It took her two days, and boom, she knowns morse code, and they’re always having conversations like that. 

Leo’s pronouns are he/they. Not really a caleo headcanon but I had to add that.

On their wedding day, Calypso was wearing platforms, and Leo really didn’t want to look almost a foot shorter than her, so guess what he did? He wore 7-inch high boots. And because it was really last minute, he was wearing Calypso’s ones which practically were heels. But, like everything he wears, he  r o c k e d it.

Nico and Calypso bonded over “not my type” jokes. 

So, yeah, that’s all I have in my mind. 

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Many people misinterpreted Calypso's curse in Ogygia. It's not "cursed to automatically fall in love with the hero who washed up on her eternal island" but "cursed to stay on her prison island and being sent a hero who she can't help fall in love with" a.k.a. the heroes have a quality/personality that is worth being loved !!! She did not helplessly fall in love with a hero just because of the cruel curse, she fell in love with the hero by herself!! By her own heart's desires ❗❗❗

Die mad about this🙄

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Percy: Leo, tell Calypso: "Your eyes are beautiful."

Leo: Ok!

Leo: Hi,Cal my eyes are beautiful

Calypso:

Percy: