[ nico's known this would be coming. he's known it would only be a matter of time. after all, he'd practically slept with annabeth's boyfriend and has kissed him on more than one occasion. he also knows that percy would never hide that from the girl he fell into tartarus for. percy jackson is madly in love with annabeth chase so it's natural that he would tell her.
so what is she feeling then? annabeth is a hard nut to crack. she's brilliant, someone he's always admired, and that has been part of the reason he could never hate her despite his jealousy. is she mad at him, he wonders. does she hate him now? it comes as some surprise that he dreads this conversation just a little. he never wanted to hurt annabeth and he would like to think they're friends. but with someone who constantly lives in their brain, analyzes everything to the tiniest detail... he can never truly know what she's thinking.
he'd like to. he likes her. maybe not in the way he likes percy, but there was a reason he'd played up the charade of having a crush on her. who wouldn't fall for someone like annabeth? he completely understands why percy adores her so much. but in this web their caught within, he's worried that they all might come out for the worse.
it's why he's hesitant to respond, at first. he stares down at the message on his phone, chewing on his lip as his eyes trace over each letter. they're not swimming right now. he doesn't need the words to be in greek for him to understand the enormity of the situation. it's plain and simple right in front of him. he just needs to find the courage to respond.
and that's another thing. he's a coward and he knows it. it had been so hard to face his feelings for percy and now that he's had a chance to experience what it's like to be cared for by the sea's favored son, he doesn't want to lose that. at the same time, he doesn't want to lose whatever potential friendship has been forming between him and annabeth. he's afraid of driving them both away. and while he has will and loki to fall back on, it's just... well, annabeth and percy have been such a center to his life that it's hard to imagine them no longer being part of that. he's drawn to them both like gravity and that's another frightening realization.
to love percy jackson means accepting that the son of poseidon is in love with the wisdom's favored daughter. they're a packaged deal. and nico finds himself questioning how he feels about that.
he won't ignore the message, though. coward though he may be, he won't require one of cupid's arrows to force him into action. still gnawing his lip, he swallows hard and forces his fingers to move. ]
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so what is she feeling then? annabeth is a hard nut to crack. she's brilliant, someone he's always admired, and that has been part of the reason he could never hate her despite his jealousy. is she mad at him, he wonders. does she hate him now? it comes as some surprise that he dreads this conversation just a little. he never wanted to hurt annabeth and he would like to think they're friends. but with someone who constantly lives in their brain, analyzes everything to the tiniest detail... he can never truly know what she's thinking.
he'd like to. he likes her. maybe not in the way he likes percy, but there was a reason he'd played up the charade of having a crush on her. who wouldn't fall for someone like annabeth? he completely understands why percy adores her so much. but in this web their caught within, he's worried that they all might come out for the worse.
it's why he's hesitant to respond, at first. he stares down at the message on his phone, chewing on his lip as his eyes trace over each letter. they're not swimming right now. he doesn't need the words to be in greek for him to understand the enormity of the situation. it's plain and simple right in front of him. he just needs to find the courage to respond.
and that's another thing. he's a coward and he knows it. it had been so hard to face his feelings for percy and now that he's had a chance to experience what it's like to be cared for by the sea's favored son, he doesn't want to lose that. at the same time, he doesn't want to lose whatever potential friendship has been forming between him and annabeth. he's afraid of driving them both away. and while he has will and loki to fall back on, it's just... well, annabeth and percy have been such a center to his life that it's hard to imagine them no longer being part of that. he's drawn to them both like gravity and that's another frightening realization.
to love percy jackson means accepting that the son of poseidon is in love with the wisdom's favored daughter. they're a packaged deal. and nico finds himself questioning how he feels about that.
he won't ignore the message, though. coward though he may be, he won't require one of cupid's arrows to force him into action. still gnawing his lip, he swallows hard and forces his fingers to move. ]
yeah. okay.
when and where?