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Percy Jackson Fanfic

Disclaimer: I do not own these characters. They are owned by Rick Riodian. In this story Percy never bonded with Annabeth because she had chosen to help Luke. He is 16 and has met Jason, Leo, and Nico instead because the gods thought together they could help stop Kronus. And Nico had come out earlier and revealed he had a crush on percy but not anymore to everyone on the ship. He very obviously had a crush on one of the healers named Will Solace but won’t say anything. They are at sea. They are even more powerful than they were originally and are tracking down Kronus, Luke, Annabeth.

Percy’s POV

Gods, this is getting bad. How are we supposed to do this? It’s just me and Jason tracking them down which normally would be enough but Luke and Annabeth already convince lots of campers from both camps to join them.

“Hey Aquaman,” Jason calls from the starboard side of the ship.

“What Sparky,” I say.

“Any clues yet, I know it hasn't been long but maybe…” Jason says.

“Hold on let me get closer to the water,” I jumped down from the crows nest and slid down the ladder that leads to the water. I hit the bottom of the ladder with water scraping next to my shoe. Someone has been here, I can feel the ichor in the water, more dense than normal sea water. I know its only a small amount of ichor but I can still feel it

“Jason, turn the ship 34 degrees starboard!” I called up. “They're not far.”

“How do you know that,” Jason asks as he steers the ship.

I change the current to help us along faster and catch up, “There's ichor in the water, it's not much but it's definitely there, the water’s too dense for it to not have any in it. And it feels new. Change the wind course to move faster!” I call up.I know that since he's a child of Jupiter he can change wind patterns.

“Got it, get back up here before you fall in.” He says as he comes to the edge of the boat and offers me a hand up. The Hephaestus cabin made the ship big enough for at least 6 other people and Pegasi to be here comfortably so it's pretty large.

I take his hand and climb up. “Where’s Leo and Nico?” I ask, getting back on the ship.

“Leo is fixing the gate down in the Pegasi stables and Nico I believe is in his room why?” Jason says and I feel the ship speed up with the air current.

“Are you getting Leo or Nico?” I ask

“You get less seasick than me, you get Leo,” Jason says.

“Okay, also how would I get seasick if I’m a son of Poseidon?”

“I don’t know, Thalia is scared of heights and she's a son of Ju-Zeus,” He corrects himself.

“Fair,” I say, climbing down the ladder to get to Leo, “And for information, I don’t get seasick.” I jump down and land in the stables.

“Hey Fire boy,” I say leaning on the wall.

“What’s up Aquaman,” Leo says finishing up the gate.

“There’s ichor in the water, they’re nearby” I say, “Ready for round 2?”

“Always am buddy,” Leo says, “How far away,”

I touch the water and sense their ship, “About 5 nautical miles, too heavy of fog to see them though,” I say “We’re going about 2 nautical miles faster than them in an hour.”

“So we have 2.5 hours to prepare.” Leo says.

“Probably less if this wind keeps up for us.” I say. “Plus me and Jason are speeding us up and I bet Nico’s gonna be looking out for rocks to move out of the way for us so plan for 1.5-2 hours.”

“I’ll go start making some fuel for us. What do you want?” Leo asks.

“I don’t care, just make sure everyone can stomach it. I’m not saying your food is bad, it's just Jason and Nico getting really seasick.” I say.

“Got it, I’ll go ask them.” Leo says, “Go get some rest dude, you’ve taken night shift 4 days in a row. I’ll wake you up when the food is ready.”

“Thanks Leo,” I say, I probably look dead on my feet. I head to my room.

I open my door and see the room the Hephaestus cabin designed. Windows looking out at the sea with blue curtains, all of the wood is a sandy color. The bed is neatly made by me, the wallpaper is a bright blue with waves painted by Rachel and sandy colored wood flooring. A small altar for Poseidon sits at one of the windows, a small fountain with golden drachmas in it and a dry spot for offerings.

I put Riptide in my pocket and just fell onto my bed. Within seconds I’m out cold and end up falling into a dream almost instantly.

Jason’s POV

“Jason, how long do we have?” Nico says, gripping his stygian iron sword. He’s 12.

“About an hour and a half!” Leo calls from the kitchen.

“How do you know that.” I call to Leo.

“Perc told me. What do you guys want to eat.”

“I’m good with whatever.” Nico and I speak at the same time.

“K, i’ll make tacos, oh and don’t wake up Perc.”

“Why, you had night shift last night?” I say.

“I was supposed to but we hit something so he took over for me while I fixed the hull. I didn’t know until this morning he had also taken Nico’s and yours the past couple of days.”

“Wait so he has been up for 4 days straight while trying to control the current and locate the other ship. I asked him if he could take mine a couple days ago because I had to intercept that guy who was shooting us in the air and I could barely move.” Nico says.

“I asked him to cover mine because of the siren attack and I had to make the wind go so fast we wouldn’t hear the song while he dealt with them.” I say. “And he did his on Monday after all of us got sucked under the water by Scylla and he saved us by using a siren song which he somehow knows.”

“I think he forgot he’s not invincible.” Leo jokes and Nico looks down.

“Hey you okay?” I ask Nico.

“Yeah, I think he just doesn’t want any of us to get hurt. So he pushes himself to far.” Nico says but it still looks guilty.

“Poor Perc” Leo says, “I’m gonna wake him up when the food is ready.”

“Yeah, thanks for the warning Leo.” Nico says.

Percy’s POV (Dream)

I’m behind a door and a voice echos.

“Annabeth, you are not fighting him, he's way too strong, you’ll get yourself killed.” I hear Luke say.

“He’s just an inexperienced kid Luke, how hard can it be,” Annabeth says.

“We have to keep him alive, it has to be one of the big three kids' bodies for Kronus to rise successfully. Jason has been fighting monsters since he was 2, Percy and Nico are our the best chances.” I hear Luke say and my heart stops. They're going to use me to help Kronus rise to power.

“I know I know, but who is going to fight them, Nico had Percy bathe in the Stixs” Annabeth says.

“I know, we just have to tire them out, Percy has been on night shift 4 days in a row because I cashed in a favor from Echidna to keep his friends busy. He can’t go much longer. Also Nico is too young he wont be able to fight us that well” Luke says with a smile on his face.

“Excellent, what are the chances they’re catching on?” Annabeth says smiling in the smile I first saw when I woke up that first night when I was 12.

“Almost none, they aren't in they’re right mind now, it's like they’re on autopilot.” Luke says. “Probably pulling an old trick I taught Percy that I learned from Michael.”

“And what is that trick?” Annabeth says, still smiling. I know what he's about to say.

“Consuming small amounts of nectar can keep you up, just not able to think about complex things, my guess is that Percy doesn’t want his friends to suffer because of him so he’s drinking nectar to stay awake.” Luke says.

“Damn, I guess his fatal flaw is showing.” Annabeth says with a chuckle.

“It sure as hell is, remember, we have to fight them away from the water, they won’t last long.” Luke says with a chuckle. All of a sudden the boat rocks and I fall against the door.

Luke looks over and almost instantly I'm shaken out of the dream.

“Percy wake up!” Leo says a concerned look.

I sit up fast “What?”

“You okay, you were out pretty hard.” Leo says.

“Yeah yeah I’m fine, just a nightmare.” I say. “Do you need anything?”

“No, foods ready, prophetic nightmare I’m guessing?” Leo says

“Yeah, it’s nothing, though I'm fine.” I say as I get up.

“Okay, how far are we from them,” Leo says

“About 45 minutes. How long was I out?” I ask as we walk down the hallway.

“About an hour and a half. Jason tried to come in earlier to play a prank and I ended up burning his shirt off.” Leo said while chuckling

“Thanks dude, you're the best.” I say smiling.

“No problem, you want to talk about the nightmare?” Leo asks, his voice hushed.

“Not now, I need a minute to process it.” I say as we enter the dining hall.

“Okay, Hey guys,” Leo says and I see Jason and Nico eating tacos.

“Perc, grab one, they're really good.” Jason says.

“Okay, we got like 45 minutes till we see them. My guess is they’re going to try to fight us on land.” I say grabbing one of the tacos.

“How do you know?” Nico asks after swallowing another bite of his taco. Leo grabs one of his own tacos.

“Wind currents are stronger near the ocean and I'm self explanatory.” I say.

“What about me and Leo? We’re not powerful by the ocean.” Nico says.

“Nico you can summon dead pirates at sea with the flick of your wrist, Leo doesn’t get weaker on land but he doesn’t necessarily get stronger either. Plus it’s easier to fight with hundreds of soldiers on land than sea when you have only one ship.” I say.

“Okay, so what do we do?” Leo asks.

“Stay near the sea.” I say while using a signal me and Nico made up only we know about to talk privately.

“Percy, will you come help me practice with my sword?” Nico asks to get us both out of here.

“Yeah,” Me and Nico walk to the deck while Jason and Leo stay in the dining hall eating.

“Dude, what's up?” Nico asks when we’re out of earshot.

“Me and you need to stay near the sea at all costs. And stay by me” I tell him.

“Why,” Nico says.

“I had one of those prophetic nightmares and it was Luke and Annabeth having a conversation where they were planning on how one of us was going to be Kronus’ host. They’re going to try to lure us to land so they can capture one of us.” I say.

“What, why us.” Nico says pulling out his sword and swing it at dummies.

“We’re new to this, they need a big three kid, Artemis is protecting Thalia and Jason has been fighting monsters since he was 2.” I explain.

“Okay, so stay near you and make sure you stay by the sea.” Nico says.

“Yeah, good luck,” I say as we approach the ship and I see Luke, waiting. Nico runs back to the dining hall to get Jason and Leo and I grab Riptide out of my pocket.

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Solangelo Fanfiction

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by Rick Riodian and June is owned by childofpotatoesandchaos

Nico’s POV

“Nico I’m fine,” Will says with pain invading his voice. He doesn’t think I’m that dumb does he.

“No, you’re not. I would have Kayla take you to the infirmary but you would just continue working.” I say. Percy had offered to try and teach Will at least the basics of fighting so he could defend himself. Only reason I knew was because Percy asked me to supervise in case something happened. I agreed, I knew perfectly well that if something happened to Will, he would just continue on like nothing happened and Percy doesn’t know Will like I do so he probably would think that Will was also fine.

Well something did happen, (Thanks for having me supervise Percy), and like I said Will tried to play it off. Basically, Will was getting the hang of fighting with a sword so Percy was teaching him how to perry. They had both taken off their shirts (I now hate Percy for suggesting it). Seriously, you, the guy who gets just about everyone to fall head over heels for, trust me, I know, suggests to the guy who is one, my boyfriend, and two in great shape to take off both of your shirts while I’m supervising is just evil. Will didn’t know I was there but still, Percy knew.

Anyways, a couple of campers (I believe Aphrodite and Ares) came around and started laughing at Will for having to learn the basics at 15 ½. This obviously made me and Percy mad but he beat me to it and told them to cut him some slack and in his words, “Most of this camp wouldn’t be alive without him, so back off.” Then one of the campers, I believe her name is Scarlet, said if Percy believed in him so much then why don’t he fight one of them. Will was in the middle of saying no, that same camper grabbed the dagger at their side and shoved it into the back of Will’s left thigh, then used a second one to stab his right side just below his shoulder blade. I don’t remember much after that, just red and then a lot of skeletons and shadows with Will basically unconscious and Percy rapping his discarded shirt around the wounds. I felt kind of lightheaded but that was the least of my concerns right now.

I had some nectar and ambrosia so I gave him that as Kayla and what looked like the new Apollo kid June ran over. June went to the kid who was lying on the floor not bleeding but bruised and pretty shaken up. She should be grateful that's all I did.

Will’s POV

Who knew today was going to be this much of a trainwreck. Percy was teaching me how to use a sword in emergencies. I didn’t like the idea of hurting someone but it was for others' safety so I went with it. Everything was going great until thoughs campers came in. They started making fun of me, thank the gods Percy was there to stand up for me, I hate confrontation. Then they said if he was so confident in me that I should fight them (The kids were about 9 but they actually could fight past basics.) I tried to refuse but as I did one of the kids named Scarlet took the two daggers by her side and pushed one into my left thigh and the other into my back below my shoulder blade. I fell to the ground but saw a flash of black and then an army of skeletons.

I knew it was Nico but didn’t understand how he got here so fast. Nobody could have told him fast enough for him to shadow travel here in a blind rage. He shouldn’t be shadow traveling, he knows I hate it when he does it. I don’t think he even knows what he’s doing. I can barely see now but Nico seems to have calmed down. Percy is above me trying to patch what he can with his sea blue tee-shirt. I see Kayla and June run over and then the world fades to black.

Kayla’s POV

“Somebody tell me what happened,” I say. Will is passed out and all I was told was to come to the arena with a med kit ready.

“Okay well me and Will were training and a few other campers came up to us, challenged him to a fight, and stabbed him before he could even say anything.” Percy says, trying to rush through it. Nico is taking off the hoodie he was wearing and putting it on Will as he is picking him up in his arms. I can’t take Will to the infirmary because as soon as he wakes up he will try to start working, it's like he's a sleeper agent but with the trigger as the infirmary instead of words. Just as Nico has fully picked Will up, I came up with an idea of where to help Will.

“Nico, can I ask you a favor?” I say.

“Yes but quick,” Nico says rushed.

“Can we use the Hades Cabin to heal Will?” I say my heart starting to beat out of my chest.

Nico stutters through his words, “Uh, why not the i-infirmary.”

“Because as soon as Will wakes up he’s going to try to heal people.” I say

“Fine, just this once.” Nico says slightly flustered. I know he hates people coming in the Hades cabin, only Jason and Will are allowed in uninvited. As we jog to the Hades Cabin (Nico is trying not to drop Will so no running) I tell June to run to the infirmary to get stitching supplies, nectar and ambrosia. I hope Will is okay.

Will’s POV

Everything is blurry and my head is pounding. I don’t think I could speak even if I wanted to. The only thing that my brain even registers is cold, slim hands carrying me, I can tell they are Nico’s. Everything hurts but especially my left leg and right side of my back. I feel something on my skin, maybe a hoodie but it's not mine, I wasn't wearing one before. My eyes refuse to open so I can’t tell anyone that I'm somewhat awake.

I can hear some of the conversation but only bits and pieces.

“Will… training…campers…fight…stab…” I can’t tell who said it

Another voice says “Hades… heal Will”

I start moving with Nico and all I hear is breathing. I can tell at least Nico is worried. We enter somewhere that is cold, maybe the infirmary. Nico sets me on one of the beds and I black out again.

Nico’s POV

Why is it my cabin. It’s not that I don’t want Will to get better, it's just a lot of people.

“Where’s June?” Kayla asks.

“I don’t kno…” I start to say

“Sorry… I’m here.” June says breathing heavily, “and I got the stuff.” She holds up a bag with stitching materials, ambrosia, and a bottle of nectar.

“Great, Nico, will you take off the hoodie?” Kayla says.

“Okay,” I say as I lift the oversized hoodie off of Will’s bloody body.

Kayla grabs the green salve and puts it on the wounds on Will’s body to numb it before stitching up the wounds.

About an hour later Will had been bandaged and me and Kayla had decided that he would stay in the Hades Cabin until he was fully healed. Kayla runs over to the Apollo cabin to grab some of his clothes. Then after Kayla leaves for the final time, Will’s eyes open ever so slightly

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Solangelo Fanfiction

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters, they are owned by Rick Riodain.

Warning: Slight Fluff

Will’s POV

“What! You’ve never been vaccinated?” I say surprised.

“Well, I am from 1940s Italy so they were focused on the soldiers,” Nico replied in a cool tone

I say back “Well it isn't a good idea to walk around without vaccinations, you could have, I don't know, Scarlet Fever and be passing it on to everyone else.”

“Wouldn’t I be in extreme pain then?” Nico said with a slight chuckle “Also I would have to have had it since I was 8 so no high pain tolerance.”

“Fair but you know what I mean, so let's get you up to speed for medical treatment.” I say as I signal Kayla to get some basic shots. Some demigods can’t leave camp for their own and others safeties so we keep mortal medicine like shots for them. Nico could technically be considered that.

When Nico sees Kayla with a tray of needles he flinches away and grabs part of the sheet he is holding.

“You okay Neeks?” I ask.

“Yeah I’m fine.” He says but with a very slight shake in his voice.

“Hey Kayla, can you leave just for a minute.” I ask, Nico won’t talk much when other people are around.

“Yeah, I need to grab something from the cabin anyway.” Kayla says as she is walking to the door.

“Thanks,’ I call to her. “Hey, what's wrong?” I ask Nico.

“Nothing, I’m fine.” He says coldly.

“You’re not one to be jumpy and you just acted like a God jumpscared you in your cabin,” I say.

“Okay, I may or may not have a small phobia of needles.” Nico whispers under his breath

“You, Nico Di’ Angelo, The Ghost King, Slayer of Titans and Giants, Tartarus Survivor, Prince of the Underworld, are scared of needles of all things.” I ask, trying to keep a straight face. Imagining my tiny ball of darkness being scared of something so tiny is so cute and out of character for him.

“One, it's a phobia, not a fear, two, 1940s medicine doesn’t have the cleanest record and didn’t back then either. Your forgetting cigarettes used to be considered a cure all for any disease and they added Cocaine to Coke. Forgive me for being a little concerned.” He explains it as if it is urgent news.

“Okay I get it but medicine is much better now, plus you’ll get to come here less.” I say gesturing to the infirmary. “Can I call Kayla back in now?”

“Yeah I guess.” Nico responds

“Kayla, you can come back in.” I call.

“Okay I’m here,” Kayla says as she moves towards the tray of shots, there's about 10 on the tray that we can use now. I have to think of something to distract Nico while Kayla gives him the injection.

I stand just in front of Kayla so Nico can’t see her as I continue teasing him. I then get the idea for how to distract him. When Kayla has the first one in hand she moves towards him but before Nico catches on I lean down next to him and …

Nico’s POV

I have my reasons for not liking shots. How cliche am I for being from the 1940s and dating a doctor from the 21st century. Will is standing in front of Kayla. I’m not that concerned because I know Will, if he can even accomplish it, will give me the injections. I’m hoping they don’t hurt as bad as Bianca said they did. Will walks forward but doesn’t have a shot in hand so i don’t know why he's coming closer. He leans down because I’m too short, puts his hands behind my neck and head and…

He kisses me, a soft kiss that seems almost effortless. I melt into it and my body relaxes on its own. I hadn’t even realized I was tense. I feel something pierce my upper arm but I barely even notice. After a couple of seconds the thing that pierced my arm comes out and Will backs away smiling. He grabs a small band aid and places it on my arm where the needle was. WAIT, a needle!

“One down, a couple more to go.” Will says very audiolaby trying to suppress a laugh.

“Hey, what was that!” I say annoyed. The kiss was nice but using it to distract me is evil.

“Trying to make sure you didn’t freak out,” Will says.

“By kissing me, that's just evil.” I say trying to get out of here. Maybe I could shadow travel and pray I get back to my cabin intime to lock it before Will drags me back.

“It worked, didn’t it? Will says amused by the conversation.

“Yes, it did.” I say pulling shadows from the floor.

“Oh no you don’t,” Will says as he grabs my wrist and a burst of light comes from his palm. The shadows fade to the floor, “Nico, One, you know how I feel about you shadow traveling, Two, there's more where that came from if you stay.” He says in a playful tone as Kayla brings another needle. Let's say I have never and will never have a better time in the infirmary than now.

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Partners in Crime

Disclaimers:This is an original story that I have wrote with inspiration from “assistant to the villain”. Please don’t steal this it is a Prologue. I would love ideas for this series and I will credit you. Anyone is welcome to write fan fiction about my characters or story. I have pictures of them if you would like to get a visual of the characters.

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Over here boys,” I say louder than I intended to but the effect stays the same. My magic manipulates my voice into an echo for the forest to bound off its trees. The guards don’t know where its coming from and soon leave, but not before shouting “The king will find you! You will become part of his guard!” “Yeah, he can have fun trying.” I whisper to myself.

I should probably introduce myself to you. Hi, i’m Sage Grace, a 12 year old minor sorcerer and apparently a stab wound in the kingdom’s side. I ran away from my village when I was 8 and have been on the run since. The king wants to put me as part of his ‘Royal Guard of Sorcerers’. I personally think it is the dumbest thing since bottomless shoes, just don’t wear shoes at that point! My parents thought it would be a great opportunity considering the pay. Also they want me to be with my brother, Tango Grace who’s magic awoke about 6 years ago, I think he is 14 now but I’m not sure anymore. My magic has been with me since I was 8, I’ve gotten better at using it but I can’t do to much. Light magic has always been the easiest to use but sometimes I glow from my freckles when I’m surprised. Let me tell you, it can really get in the way of hiding when if something pops out of a tree you become a human star lamp..

Anyways I start to climb down from the tree I climbed to escape the guards and start walking through this forsaken forest. It’s so dark I have to summon a little light into palm to see five feet in front of me. After what feels like hours I hear what sounds like screaming coming from the right side of the forest. I run to see who or what it came from but immediately hide behind a tree when I do. A young no more than 10 year old half-elf on the ground with royal guards surrounding her holding a knife to her throat. I can’t even make out what they’re saying but my instincts take over.

I use most if not all of my willpower to summon a wall of light between the half-elf and the guards but not before I use some more magic to cover both my eyes and hers. The wall knock the knife out of the guards hands and blinds the guards. I get inside all of their heads with magic and make them believe they were never supposed to be here. When they can finally see they mount their horse parked beside them and ride in what I believe is the direction of the Royal Palace.

Like I said before I can’t do a lot of magic at once, I hadn’t ever even done mind magic, so this really took a toll on me. I could barely see anything and not because it was dark, my whole body was writhing in pain from the effort that it took to do the magic. Before I knew what happened, my knees buckled and I felt 2 hands break my fall.

When I came to my senses, a little light was shining through the trees. I took a guess that it was mid day. The half-elf from before was standing next to me pouring what looked like a blueish green liquid into my mouth. I tasted like limeade with a touch of lemon. I looked like the girl had moved her to a safer place, a smaller than average cottage beside them. It looked almost charming.

“Hey, are you ok?” the half-elf asked.

I responded, “Now, yes. Who are you by the way.”

“Clarabella, Clarabella Thompson,” she said, “I’m a half-elf, I can guess that you are a sorcerer, right?”

“Very observant,” I joked. “What did the guards want with you?”

Clarabella or as I like to call her Clare said, “They want me to be a part of the kingdom army, apparently I have great fighting potential. How about you?”

“The king himself wants me to be a part of his ‘Royal Guard’ because of my magical abilities.” I answer

“Ok so I know we just met like a couple hours ago,” Clare says, “But I made this place to hide from the guards, there's an extra bedroom if you want to stay with me.”

I respond with, “That sounds wonderful, but can I try something really quick?”

“Sure,” she says

I summon a purple element into my hand and place both of the elements onto the house. I whisper Clare’s and my name into it and suddenly the house pluses with purple and returns to normal. A bead of sweat falls onto my face.

“Whoa, what did you do?” Clare asks in awe.

“A spell to hide it from unwanted visitors” I say back with labored breathing.

“May I go inside?” I ask as I’m grabbing what little I have.

“Yes you may.” She says as we both run into the little house in the woods that would be our home.

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Solangelo

Disclaimer: I do not own any of these characters. They are owned by Rick Riodan. I believe that this is an original idea but pls tell me if it’s not and I will tag that person. Please give me some grace because this is my first post ever.

Will and Nico are dating. Will is 15 and Nico is 14. This is sometime after the “Sun and the Star”.

Will’s POV

Today is the third day in a row that I’m in the infirmary because none of my siblings can take over. I am so tired because of the stupid prank the Hypnos, Hecate, and Hermes cabin pulled on me. They decided it would be a good idea to put a slow acting sedative in my drink when I left it at the infirmary door.

I asked them and they said once I fell asleep I would be out for at least two days. They were in the infirmary 10 minutes later. I have been drinking drops of nectar to stay awake because I don’t want to get the kids who did this in trouble. I know it’s a bad idea but I have so many patients I can’t have my siblings do all the work I promised I’d do because I was irresponsible.

Anyways I’m working off instinct and nectar to keep healing. It’s about 8:30 PM so I shouldn’t get any more patients tonight and everyone else is asleep or at the campfire .I run to the back off the infirmary to grab the nectar. I am dangerously close to hitting the maximum amount of nectar I can have before I start facing physical consequences. I uncap the bottle of golden liquid and lift it to my lips but before the liquid touches them two pale hands close over mine and lower the bottle away from my face as my stomach, even in my tired state, fills with butterflies.

Nico’s POV

I noticed this morning that Will hadn’t left the infirmary since 2 days ago so I talked to Austin and Kayla and told them. They were rightfully mad so we made a plan that tonight I would bring him to the Hades cabin while they took control over the infirmary.

I had visited Will this morning and he looked almost as dead as one of the shades from my father’s realm with dark circles under his eyes. In typical Will fashion he was wearing a big smile and acting like he had just clocked in. He is really good at hiding himself from his patients so they think they can trust him.

But when I went to act out the plan I found Will lifting a bottle of nectar to his mouth. I was freaking out because he could have gotten himself killed by doing that and he knew that. I remained calm on the outside, went behind him, gently took his hands in mine lowering the bottle of golden liquid away as I took it out of his hands entirely, and set it on the table next to us. I make sure to soften my expression as I turn him around and pushed him down onto an infirmary bed.

“Will, what are you doing?”

“Working” he responds.

“No, you were testing the fates and death,” I say.

I can feel how hot is hands are and his cheeks are red and covered in sweat. I wouldn’t be very surprised if the amount of nectar he drank caused a fever.

“No, what makes you think that,” Will says.

“You’re completely red and sweating a river, how much nectar have you drank.” I ask with a concerned voice

“Not enough,” Will says under his breath.

“Will! You can’t be doing this, you know that!” I say. “Why are you doing this!”

“I got pranked by the Hecate, Hypnos, and Hermes!” He say with a tired expression.

“What,” I ask.

“I got pranked by a couple of kids from three cabins by them putting a slow acting sedative in my drink the other day and now once I fall asleep I’ll be out for at least 2 days!” He says loud enough to be a scream but not enough to wake up his patients.

“Will, calm down, why don’t you come to the Hades cabin with me. You look dead on your feet.” I say trying to not stress him, “Also, later I need names.”

“Okay 1. Please don’t hurt them, this is the only reason I didn’t tell Chiron,” he says “2. I can’t leave, I already promised my siblings that I woul….”

“You mean these siblings?” Kayla says as her and Austin walk in.

Will’s POV

“Wha, where did you come from?” I say my body going numb from lack of sleep, I should have grabbed the nectar sooner.

Nico had sat me down on one of the open beds in the infirmary about 30 minutes ago and now the campfire has ended and everyone is asleep.

“We came from the campfire because you haven’t left the infirmary since 2 days ago which means you haven’t slept since then.” Austin says as Kayla is going over to one of the cabinets.

“Austin, he was worrying about making sure he completed the work he promised you two he would. Give him a break.” Nico says before I can defend myself.

I wonder why he didn’t say anything about the prank to them.

As Kayla is stocking the medical cabinet she says “Fine, but he has got to go to bed.”

“But…” I start to say.

“Yes Kayla, I’ll take him to my cabin.” Nico interrupts while trying to tell me to be quiet.

“Hey just so you know everybody is either asleep or putting their campers to sleep so you’re good.” Austin says confusing me, why would it matter if everyone is in their cabins.

“Perfect, Will, could you please stand up for a second?” Nico says, I really doun’t want to but I do as my boyfriend says.

“Thanks,” he says as he scoops me up bridle style.

“Hey, put me down,” I say my words slurring slightly and vision blurring from lack of sleep. I don’t care, both me and Nico know I don’t have the strength to fight him right now. Even though I’m taller than him I know that he can easily pick me up (thanks to demigod training) and has a grip made of steel.

“No Will, you need sleep and Austin and Kayla already said that they would rather you be well than overworking yourself to finish a job.” Nico says.

“Yeah Will, we love you and don’t want you to burn yourself out,” Austin and Kayla say with caring voices.

“Hey we’re gonna head to my cabin,” Nico is heading for the door because he can feel me slumping down in his arms.

“Ok tell me when he wakes up,” Kayla calls. I can’t figure out why she said that, my brain is shutting down but I know I haven’t slept for an absurd amount of time before when I did this and she doesn’t know about the prank.

Nico is fading into the shadows when he calls, “I will,” then we are inside the Hades cabin.

Nico’s POV

I shadow traveled into my cabin. I know Will is going to chew me out but I did not want to accidentally drop him while walking to my cabin since it is the farthest cabin away from everything.

I set a half asleep Will onto one of the empty bunks and he rolls himself onto his side. He’s so cute but none less he still looks so tense so I grab the bottle of lavender massage oil on my shelf (hazel gave it to me) open the scented oil bottle, poured a little on my hands and went back over to Will who was trying to take off his shirt.

I hesitate to help him because I don’t know if he knows what he’s doing. Then I grab the shirt off him gently and lay him back down. His eyes are half closed and he was mumbling something I couldn’t hear. I put my hands on his bare back start rubbing it. I can see him stop fighting sleep and start relaxing, the nectar must be wearing off. His eyes close and his shoulders relax.

A couple minutes later I could hear his breathing and heartbeat was slowing. I’m smiling because Will can finally have a little while to himself which I know he never gets because he “needs” to help his younger siblings. He was forced into the head counselor position when he was 12 to one of the largest cabins in camp after his 2 older brothers that he was very close with died. He was also forced to be head medic at the same age. He’s said that he will do everything he can to make sure that doesn’t happen again.

I know that he loves me and doesn’t think that he is enough for me. He doesn’t know how lucky I am to have met him when I did or I might be with my father 24/7.